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Business support for education: Just big talk?
Washington businesses have spoken a great deal about education, which turns out to be the big question facing the next Legislature and the new governor, Jay Inslee.
Indeed, both in recent months and even before this year's McCleary decision from the state Supreme Court forced the issue front and center for next year, business groups have been remarkably outspoken about the importance of education for the state's economy.
Surveying the Internet for the positions of business groups and major companies here, it's common to find statements about the need for a good education for all students. Here, for instance, is what the Washington Alliance for a Competitive Economy has to say:
The most important thing our state can do to ensure a better future for Washington is provide a quality education for all students. Recognizing that 70 percent of jobs will require postsecondary education by 2020, Washington must move toward a K-12 system designed to improve college and career readiness for all students. This system should be based on the idea that all children deserve high quality teachers and schools driven by standards that adequately prepare them for college and work.
That kind of view has also been heard from the outgoing Gov. Chris Gregoire, as well as from Inslee and his well-matched opponent, Rob McKenna.
But there's a difference between what Inslee and McKenna had to say about financing and what the sitting governor has learned from her eight years of experience. Late in the campaign, at an Oct. 25 news conference, Gregoire again counseled the two candidates that an improving economy alone will not meet the state Supreme Court's ruling in the McCleary case that basic education must be amply funded.
She might easily have included the state's business community in her admonishment.
A survey conducted by the author suggests that our leading businesses and their supporting organizations have been virtually silent on how the Legislature should answer the court's mandate in the McCleary case that "regular and dependable" tax sources be found to fully fund basic K-12 education. A few have even suggested the court got it wrong. But all want the state to embrace, and fund, educational enhancements that support the high-tech industry.
Funding of education, both K-12 and higher education, is likely to dominate the Legislature's agenda when it convenes Jan. 14. An interim work group, the Joint Task Force on Education Funding, has identified more than $3.4 billion in new basic education enhancements to be phased in over the next three state budgets over the coming six years (Washington enacts two-year or biennial budgets). The money would go to class-size reductions, student transportation, books and other operating costs, and full-day kindergarten. Additional enhancements are under consideration.
The task force has been directed to develop a "reliable and dependable" funding mechanism. It has been given the latitude to recommend several options, but it must recommend a preferred option. One option can be based on no new revenues; however, the task force then must identify cuts to other programs that will produce the needed funds. The task force will grapple with the issues at its next meeting on Tuesday.
Gregoire believes the next Legislature must make a start on K-12 funding in the 2013 session. She will soon send her final budget proposal to legislators, which she indicates will include a down payment of at least $1 billion and also address a shortfall of $1 billion or so for other programs. And she indicated in her Oct. 25 remarks that her proposal will include new taxes to fill the gap; that's something Inslee reiterated last week that he believes is unnecessary.
Business has a large stake in an excellent public education system, which it often articulates by suggesting a direct linkage between quality education and a vibrant economy. It strongly promotes STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education. And the business community also advocates for favorable business tax treatment, including tax breaks.
A plethora of associations speak for business on education and other state policy matters and their positions are available for public review. They often join in coalitions to promote the need for public policies favorable to business.
The following review is based on a search conducted last month through policy statements posted on websites and in op-eds which looked for specific mention of the McCleary decision and education funding. (Note: There may be other organizations and also education funding activity that is not posted and easily found. If so, please comment below.)
The Association of Washington Business: The venerable AWB is Washington's is the state's largest business association with more than 7,900 members representing 700,000 employees. Its membership includes major employers like Boeing, Microsoft and Weyerhaeuser, as well as many medium-size and small firms. The AWB considers itself the state's chamber of commerce and manufacturing and technology association. Its stated mission is to "advance an economic climate that enables our members, employees, and all citizens to prosper."
The AWB annually holds a policy summit. This year's summit focused on national issues: the future of aerospace; health care reform; trade; debt; and new jobs. It has an education and training committee, but no positions on McCleary and education funding could be found. It also publishes a quarterly magazine. The most recent issue carried an article by Chris Korsmo, CEO, League of Education Voters, opposing I-1185, the Eyman measure to re-impose the supermajority voting requirement, which the AWB had earlier endorsed. (Voters just passed the Eyman measure resoundingly.)
Washington Roundtable: Founded in 1983, the Roundtable is comprised of senior executives from major private sector employers throughout the state who work to "create positive change on critical policy issues that foster economic growth, generate jobs and improve quality of life for Washingtonians". Its education committee "engages on issues relevant to improving K-12 and higher education in Washington and ensuring every student is prepared for work, college and life." And it supports two education initiatives, the Partnership for Learning and Excellent Schools Now.
The Partnership "communicates about Washington's school improvement efforts and the need to better prepare… high school graduates for the demands of today's global society." Excellent Schools is a coalition of education, business and community-based organizations "working to achieve meaningful education reform that increases student achievement, closes the achievement gap and prepares students to be college and career-ready". It is promoting a K-12 education reform effort called A+ Washington.
The Roundtable's education policy agenda includes a commitment to standards, accountability and innovation in K-12 education, increased baccalaureate degree production, and support for research at our universities. No references to the McCleary decision were found in the Roundtable's website or those of its partnering organizations.
Washington Research Council: The Council supports the state's businesses with public policy analysis. It focuses on issues of importance to state and local government, and provides the results of its analysis to government leaders, the media, and the public. Education is an issue area that the Council covers, and it has published policy briefs on both K-12 and higher education funding. One addresses the McCleary decision's funding mandate, but it doesn't indicate how full funding will be accomplished, except to say that money would be saved if I-728, which was passed to reduce class sizes, were repealed. But enhancements now on the table for funding will also reduce class size as would I-728.
The Washington Policy Center: The WPC bills itself as "an independent, non-profit, non-partisan think tank that promotes sound public policy based on free-market solutions". Its board members include several business principals who are well-known players in the public policy and political arenas, such as Kemper Freeman, Jr. and George R. Nethercutt, Jr. The WPC has a center for education that has issued policy statements on the McCleary decision and an education reform plan.
The WPC is the only business-oriented organization that has plunged headfirst into the funding debate. Its Education Center director Liv Finne has written in a Seattle Times op-ed that McCleary is not a mandate for more funding. Finne's, and the WPC's, beef is that the Supreme Court exceeded its authority by retaining jurisdiction, and it erred in endorsing a "flawed" education-reform law. It overstepped its authority by getting into the "micromanagement" of education. The reform plan is flawed because, according to their argument, it will require funding that will not increase student achievement. Although the WPC's education reform plan doesn't mention McCleary, it advocates that teacher pay should be doubled to compete for the best college grads. It says that this can be accomplished while not spending more — by eliminating low-priority programs and administration.
Washington Alliance for a Competitive Economy: WashACE is a coalition of the Washington Roundtable, Association of Washington Business, the Washington Research Council and Enterprise Washington (a group working to "help elect business-savvy Republican and Democratic legislators"). WashACE promotes economic opportunity in the state. It annually produces the "Competitiveness Redbook," which provides data on how Washington's business climate compares to other states and where it ranks in terms of business costs. It endorses quality education, in particular improved STEM programs.
The next three organizations work in concert and have a platform that addresses the relationship of education to innovation.
Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association advocates for advancing the life sciences in Washington State on behalf of small to large life science companies and research institutions. The Technology Alliance is a statewide group comprised of leaders from Washington's technology-based businesses and research institutions who are united by a vision of a vibrant state innovation economy. Washington Technology Industry Association represents 800 member companies with 100,000 tech workers statewide, and is affiliated with similar trade associations across North America. One of its policy priorities is to improve STEM education beginning in the K-12 system, including the offering of differential pay to attract qualified teachers.
Washington STEM: Launched in March 2011 with support from the business, education, and philanthropic communities, Washington STEM works to advance "a shared vision of excellence, equity, and innovation in STEM education" through investments supported by technical assistance and evaluation. At a July 2012 conference, leaders from major businesses, labor, and education committed to support K-12 STEM education with financial investments from industry to expand student enrollment in post-secondary STEM degrees.
Then, among other businesses, there is Microsoft: The past several months have been a heady time for the state's second largest employer. In addition to product introductions, it has been very active on the education front from the international to the state level. It announced "YouthSpark," a realignment of its philanthropic programs, that will invest $500 million to close the "opportunity gap" young people experience in the US and globally. It will include software for students and classroom tools for teachers.
The company also plunged into the debate over the nation's skilled worker shortage with a proposal to link foreign worker visa applications in STEM fields with improved STEM education of US citizens. Companies would pay for each visa with the proceeds invested in additional qualified STEM K-12 teachers and expanding computer science classes from the current small number to all of the nation's high schools.
Microsoft also recently weighed in with a list of suggested improvements to Washington's education system. In a blog post entitled "Creating an Education System for the 21st Century," Jane Broom, Microsoft's Director of Community Affairs, laid out a set of policy initiatives for K-12 through higher education. The post is part of a new monthly series from Microsoft called "The View from Washington State," which "will provide insight and commentary on topics and trends of importance to technology, education, corporate citizenship and public policy in Washington State."
Broom specifies requirements the state must address if it is to have an education system for the 21st Century. For K-12, the state must adopt and implement modern science and other core standards, and increase the graduation credit requirements so that students are ready for careers and college. And Broom thinks the state should intervene in persistently low-performing schools, provide more options for innovation, provide computer science classes for all interested students, and devise a plan to increase graduation rates.
The blog ends with: "Microsoft urges Washington's educational and elected leaders to commit themselves to creating an educational system for the 21st Century. In doing so, Washington can serve as a model for the rest of the nation."
But here's the rub: it's easy for Microsoft, other businesses, and business groups to enunciate laudable goals but harder to say what the costs will be and how they will be funded. That's what this survey indicates.
There is an education/skilled-jobs gap. But there is also a gap called "ample funding" that the state's business leaders need to help fill.
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Posted Mon, Nov 19, 6:27 a.m.
Thank you for shining a light on the hypocrisy of these institutions.
Posted Mon, Nov 19, 8:13 a.m.
Here is the other thing, what good is it to provide all this STEM eduaction in K-12 if there is no where for these kids to go for a college education in a STEM field? The competition to get into the UW Engineering or Computer Sciences departments is unbelievable. There aren't enough spaces. Very bright kids are going out of state if they can afford it or they are going to community college hoping to get in later. We need more spaces for WA students in these programs.
Posted Mon, Nov 19, 9:14 a.m.
Rhonwyn is right and for there to be more spaces in the Computer Science program there needs to be money to support those students.
I note, as the chair of one of the No On 1240 campaigns, that nearly every single one of the organizations named also support charter schools as a way to better academic outcomes.
Posted Mon, Nov 19, 9:15 a.m.
Rhonwyn is right and for there to be more spaces in the Computer Science program there needs to be money to support those students.
I note, as the chair of one of the No On 1240 campaigns, that nearly every single one of the organizations named also support charter schools as a way to better academic outcomes.
Posted Mon, Nov 19, 9:28 a.m.
The business community talks big about STEM without talking about the M which is a big barrier to STEM. The M in STEM is, of course, math. You can't make much progress with STEM without fixing the foundational problems with math. They'd do well to understand what's actually preventing math success in our schools. Fixing math is affordable and compared to not fixing it, it's cheap, so this should be a good match to their unwillingness to buck up.
In Seattle (and WA), 50% of the kids in high school cannot score above level 1 which is far below basic. That means that half of the kids cannot do basic arithmetic - add, subtract, multiply, and divide. They don't really come to school with a big math deficit. We actually create it once they get there.
For one, we have elementary teachers who mostly trained in language arts stumbling through math instruction and leaving the kids high and dry when it comes to helping them acquire numeracy. Combine that with the accompanying problem of adopting the worst K-12 textbooks possible - the antithesis of the kind of textbook the NMAP panel recommended in their 2008 report - some of which don't really have much math in them. Scores of math coaches - many of whom also cannot do math - go out trying to "teach" teachers how to instruct this non-math math curriculum. Yikes. We then socially promote the completely confused students without effective remedial interventions right through K-5 and middle school and then freshman year in high school we insist they all take algebra, ready or not. Of course a full half of all students are not ready. Never much talk about going back to the root of the problem and fixing things there. Then half of those who weren't ready for algebra in high school drop out of school after sleeping in the back of the classroom for about 2 years. Once they realize that 1. they can't graduate without the math requirements and 2. the only thing SPS offers is on-line credit retrieval - which is completely inappropriate for remedial students - they're gone. Of course they're not really gone. They just move on to increasingly difficult lives often including the problems that typically accompany undereducation - poverty, substance abuse, domestic violence, crime, and incarceration.
Putting one foot in front of the other to fix the math problem is completely do-able. Science, technology, and engineering all require a solid math foundation. Moreover, a reasonable life requires the ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide.
We need to stop acting like uttering the uber trendy STEM acronym will somehow fix the systemic problems preventing progress.
Businesses could do the following to be part of the solution:
1. Insist on textbooks with solid math concepts. Help purchase the new textbooks and workbooks and technology that will all help us dig our way out.
2. Advocate for math specialist teachers in preK-5. For goodness sakes we have gym teachers, why not math teachers?
3. Advocate for an assistant teacher service residency program of math majors to reduce the ratio of teacher to student in K-5 math classrooms.
4. Instead of math coaches, which is a disaster right now, cultivate a career ladder where the best math specialists become the trainers and mentors of the incoming math specialists.
4. Match the student to the remedial or accelerated help they need.
5. Advocate for the use of nationally normed tests to see how we're really doing with college readiness.
6. Help us get out from under the shackles, low standards, and excessive costs and testing coming at us with the Federal centralization of curricula deceivingly called Common Core STATE Standards which are about to dumb it all down at very high costs and take our nation down the toilet even further educationally.
Posted Tue, Nov 20, 4:45 p.m.
Well said.
Re: your last point. The Feds should leave Education entirely to the states and take over Medicaid entirely from the states. Not likely to happen unless the state of the economy makes mega reduction in bureaucracies inescapable. Sigh.
Posted Mon, Nov 19, 7:39 p.m.
Nice job Dick. You've shown that there are so many business groups talking about this that they make government look good. How about some consolidation of effort, less talk, and more walk.
Posted Wed, Nov 21, 11:50 a.m.
These business groups, like many others who share their political perspective, seem to clamor for high quality services from the government but don't want to pay for them. Perhaps the truth is that they are more honest with their money than their mouths. Perhaps they don't really want the services, they just want to complain about them to provide a rationale for refusing to pay for them.
Posted Sun, Nov 25, 5:40 p.m.
Speaking of nonsense ... clearly the business groups do not have a monopoly on nonsense.
Consider the SPS report cards on 8th graders ready for high school math.
SPS school report card:
Reports Aki Kurose that 90% of 8th graders are leaving Aki ready for high school math.
(WOW what official authored that STAT?)
The SPS report on Aki Kurose is here=>
Now here is what is happening in Math at SPS middle Schools
Note: at Aki 29.5% of 8th graders passed the 8th grade MSP math test in 2012
and 51.2% of students tested at level 1 (well below standard)
SO HOW can 90% be ready for High School Math when over 50% are well below standard on the MSP 8th grade math test?
Hey it does not need to make sense ... it is an SPS Math announcement.
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The role of the Keeper is one of those topics in this froum being discussed most - there are at least four to five topics all about how to play the role of the Keeper aside many individual comments in other topics as well; these topics more often hit more then 10 postings/ replies then many others; many postings are very complex and aim at the heart of this particular role in the game; the complexity of the different replies varies a lot. Probably the role of the Keeper belongs to the most heavily debated roles within or ideas of the game of MoM. In order to get a feeling about this role I "analyzed" the most obvious topics about the Keeper in this forum. You will find an overview along with a brief "summary" of those topics in the post scriptum, because I don't want to kill your attention right now.
Basically I drew the following conclusions about the role of or the how-to-play the Keeper in MoM based on the major opinions throughout discussions from the post up to today:
- The Keeper is a player and has his own goal per game-session to achieve. He should not be compared or even confused with a gamemaster in an RPG, since on the one hand MoM is a boardgame with - due to its nature - very limited game-mechanics and -concepts, and on the other hand an RPG adheres to totally different ideas of gameplay and gamefun. The Keeper should keep in mind that a boardgame like MoM is basically a game about a competition between him and the Investigators.
- The Keeper could play as hard as possible; but it seems to be general consensus that in accordance with the Cthulhu-theme the main idea should be to scare the Investigators, to use horror elements and to slowly drive the Investigators mad and by that pushng the competition.
- Although this may be kind of an implicitness, every now and then people share the idea that the Keeper should always play fair regardless of how hard he plays against the other players. In this context kind of a "gamesmanship" (like sportsmanship) seems to be a general attribute a Keeper should have in order to play along the competition with the other gamers in MoM.
- A Keeper should be flexible about his gamestyle because the game offers plenty of variations throughout each individual gamesession - due to the setup of the story, the way gamers play their Investigators, and the (small) random effects like drawing Mythos-Cards, results of dicing, and other things to happen.
(the order of these conclusions is random and does not follow a quantification about validity, importance, annoyance or whatnot ...)
My personal opinion about this? Well ... I generally agree with what was posted in the past; some ideas were "new" to me, some others were simply convincing and changed my personal attitudes, and then again others were already like what was on my mind. And I am pretty happy that I grabbed and read all the different threads mentioned in the P.S.; this may help me to become a "better" Keeper in the future. And maybe there are things in or about it that may be interesting to other new as well as veteran Keepers as well.
I hope this summary and the conclusions help you as well.
All the best!
post scriptum
I. "Keeper neutral or playing to win?" on 05 October 2010
In this first discussion about the Keeper available the majority seems to stick with the idea that the Keeper still is one of the players of the game; and he is meant to deal with the game in a way that he should try to win the game. Since there are a couple of different ways for the Keeper to win the game there is no single strategy available; also different kinds of players, Investigators and scenarios along with the radomizing-factor of Mythos-, Trauma-Cards and mis-/fortune in all the different moves within the game would make it hard for the Keeper to "simply" win with a certain plan A.
The majority in this discussiona seems to agree that the Keeper should not be confused with the role of an RPG-gamemaster, whose role and actions aim at completely different targets of the game. The main argument for this is that MoM still is ONLY a boardgame.
Inbetween a few questions are raised, but not focussed on, which are about the win-ratio of the Keeper and the effect of the Keeper's game-experience gaining him a better chance to win. As MoM was not yet available at the time of discussion (only some playtesting here and there), the debate heavily relies on test-experiences, guessings and (prejudiced?) comparisons with other games like Descent or Doom.
II. "question after 2 games" on 11 March 2011
The OP asks to discuss this theory - quote: "The Keepers task is not to hammer the investigation, but to build the threat and atmosphere of the game appropriately, directing the story like a good film director or storyteller."
This idea does not seem to be in line with the results of the first discussion about the neutrality of the Keeper at first. And not surprisingly the discussion evolves around the differences between the role of the Keeper in MoM as a boardgame and the gamemaster in an RPG, by which the tendencies of disagreement with the OP statement are present; but pretty soon new aspects are added to the discussion, and terms like "gamesmanship" and "game-fun" start to influence and dominate the discussion. Although the majority still sticks with the idea that the Keeper is bount to win as just another player in a boardgame, the discussion turns in a way that a Keeper - although a player with "his" game-mechanics - should not reduce his gameplay to mere game-mechanics, but he should keep in mind to play for the sake of atmosphere and fun. One of the participants offers a complexe description of one of his game-sessions, and he earns a lot of acknowledgements about the way he dealt with the game in the role of the Keeper, because he played "hard" against the other gamers and provided a suspenseful gamesession.
So all in all there seems to be an overall understanding of the Keeper as being the one leading through, moderating and directing the game and not just hammering the Investigators into bits and peaces; and still this does not interefere with his own game-goals to win the game and thus with playing a hard style.
III. "Crushing the Players Dreams... Can the Keeper be Nice?" on 09 April 2011
A month later a very similar topic was published on the forum. Since the OP had the experience of obliterating the Investagors in only two games he was not sure about how hard to play against the Investigators. During this conversation people share their different experiences. And it becomes crystall clear that the players of the Keeper often have different means to achieve their goals. Although this idea is challenged there is a slight majority in favor of it that the Keeper is meant to play cruel - but not in the Maniac's way of slaughtering the Investigators by all means, but to be more in line with the Cthulhu-theme and to scare every sense and sanity out of the Investigators.
Since there are many different game-experiences discussed in this topic it is a very good extension to the second topic from March 2k11.
IV. "Playing the Keeper - How to" on 26 May 2011
About another months later another discussion takes place in which the OP asks about how to play the Keeper. The great things about this particular topic are some:
First of all the topic bases on a conflict between a player of an Investigator who relentlessly tried to slow down the Keeper and press him into the "RPG-gamemaster"-role and neglecting his own game-goals.
Second: During this discussion some very complex and decent descriptions and explanations are preseneted how to play as well to win as to develop kind of a storytelling-atmosphere.
As in the first discussions about the role of the Keeper the differences as well as overlapping parallels between this boardgame and RPGs is mentioned and discussed. This seems to be an evergreen in this kind of discussions. And although most participants in those discussions tend to agree that MoM is a boardgame and does not adhere to the general concepts and ideas of RPGs, it is a valid assumption and conclusion that RPG-elements are meant to be involved into the gameplay as well - by creating mood, describing scenes etc.
During the first answers to the OP people add an intersting aspect to the discussion, which they conclude from the imbalances of the game and the variety by which players of the Investgators may play the game. That is why the player of the Keeper should keep a lot more in mind then just playing the rules of the game and achieving his own goal. This reminds me of the "gamesmanship" mentioned in the second discussion about the role of the Keeper. Also this appears on this discussion as well using the term "sportsmanship" a little later.
Overall this discussion is very rich on ideas and opinions. Maybe this is one of the best topics overall on the "Mansions of Madness" boards.
V. "Victories / losses ratio" on 16 March 2012
This most recent and very young topic I added to this overview, since it is about the hardest way to play the Keeper and the likelihood to win the game. Already in the very first topic about the Keeper there was the question about how likely the "Die Ultra-Hardest: The Keeper" would win this game more often, this new topic is a must. It shows the delicate power or at least potential of the Keeper. The topic gets a little of the main question about the ratio, and the participants in this topic discuss the ways and ideas why they play or don't play as hard as possible. Most assuredly this topic is worth your while.


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The story of the Chulha stove began in September 2005 at a Philips Design global community workshop in Eindhoven, entitled 'A Sustainable Design Vision – Design for Sense & Simplicity'. The event goal was to envision products to support NGOs in relieving the suffering of people in emergencies (e.g. earthquakes) or enhancing individual empowerment and local communities' socio-economic development. Some 80 design ideas emerged and after the workshop these were filtered by criteria such as compliance with Philips corporate strategy, social investment policy alignment, technological feasibility, and Millennium Development Goals.
Five Months To Prototype
In the end, the chosen proposal was for a smokeless wood-burning stove, initially intended for rural and semi-urban India. "This idea seemed to have the best chance of helping the socially disadvantaged through leveraging our expertise and capabilities without involving sophisticated and expensive technologies," says Simona Rocchi, director of Sustainable Design at Philips Design in Eindhoven. The stove would be simple to use/maintain, locally manufactured, relatively inexpensive, easily produced, and able to significantly reduce indoor pollution. Indoor air pollution was a major factor in the choice. Respiratory illness affects the health of large populations that live in developing societies and cook indoors with biomass fuels like wood or dung. Philips reports estimates that over 1.6 million people die as a result each year of these illnesses – 25% of those in India. A three-person team from Philips Design Pune turned the initial design idea into two, field-tested prototypes within 5 months. The collaborative effort included local NGOs, entrepreneurs, self-help groups, and Indian families. Insight into the potential users' culinary habits and cooking behavior came from research in several villages in India's Maharashtra state, where the design team held introductory meetings, observations, and in-depth interviews. The focus was on women aged 23-45, as they are traditionally the ones who do the cooking. The research made it clear the new stove would have to be flexible enough to use different kinds of biomass fuels. It would also need to be adaptable for use in different seasons and for many different foods, such as cooking chapatti (bread), steaming rice, and boiling water. It would also need to accept non-standard cooking vessels.
The Crucial Piece
Crucial to the design would be the chimney – the most important component for reducing indoor air pollution. "The feedback we got was that conventional chimneys, which were made from a single length of pipe, were difficult to transport, often requiring a small truck or cart. They were also often damaged in transit, and were extremely difficult to clean," explains Unmesh Kulkarni, senior design/account manager at Philips Design in Pune. The Chulha stove was engineered with a chimney that is in several sections, so it is easier to produce and to transport. During testing, feedback convinced the design team to look into a vermiculite material for the chimney to reduce stove's weight and improve thermal efficiency. Philips is also making the intellectual property of the design available to manufacturers as a way of bringing the stove to market rapidly. "We allow local stakeholders to use the IP and design for free as our philanthropic contribution to sustainable development," says Rocchi. "In this way we make it much easier to achieve widespread distribution of the stoves and help keep costs down. This will not only create better living conditions for the users, but also stimulate local entrepreneurial activities with a low environmental impact." In fact, a support package is being created which includes the stove's design details as well as marketing information for entrepreneurs, communication materials for NGOs, and installation instructions. A training program is also being developed. The end product will be made largely of concrete and coated with local clay. "It is definitely 'advanced'," says Rocchi. "Not in a high-tech way, but purely because the proposed technology is considerably more effective and sophisticated than the one currently available. This simple stove demonstrates that we can clearly improve the quality of many people's lives through design." "It is all about appropriate technology," adds Kulkarni. "We tackled a huge problem using a minimum amount of resources. In many ways this is more challenging than designing a very advanced, high-tech solution."
Two Versions of the Chulha
The Chulha smokeless stove was designed in two models. One, called Sampoorna, is an all-in-one unit for cooking/boiling with an integrated steamer that prepares rice, lentils, etc. The second model, Saral, is a modular system with a basic cooking block that allows the addition of various other blocks to accommodate extra pots, steaming, or a hot box for keeping food warm or heating it up. In the end, the stoves reduce indoor smoke pollution by 90% compared to traditional cooking fires. The concrete-and-clay construction helps keep costs low. The estimated cost for the Sampoorna is roughly €8; the Saral will be roughly €5. Kulkarni estimates the stoves will be affordable by half of the 700 to 800 million people in rural India who currently cook on traditional biomass fuel fires.
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Life is full of surprises and Caterham tester Heikki Kovalainen certainly got one this week with a late call-up to replace Kimi Raikkonen at Lotus for the final two rounds of 2013. Kovalainen, a seasoned F1 campaigner, is taking it all in his stride and is confident of a strong result in Austin. The Finn is not, however, getting carried away and insists a return to the grid with Caterham remains his primary goal for 2014
Q: Heikki, are you surprised to suddenly find yourself as the replacement for Kimi Raikkonen?
Heikki Kovalainen: Of course. I really didnt plan that situation! (laughs) In fact I wasnt planning to come to Austin at all and thought that I would spend a weekend casually at home before going to Brazil. But then late afternoon Tuesday changed all my plans when I got a call from Lotus. Of course I was interested straight away but I needed the release from Caterham that I got. Everything happened very quickly - and here I am.
Q: Tuesday to Thursday - that is indeed not a lot of time to grow into a completely new situation
HK: Indeed not. Yesterday I spent most of the day in Enstone at the Lotus factory to meet all the people and to spend a couple of hours in the simulator to get used to the procedures that are on the Lotus car. In the limited time that we had I think we managed to do quite a lot - if it is enough the weekend will show.
Q: You started you Formula One career at Renault, now Lotus, so you must have still seen many familiar faces at the factory - was that a relief?
HK: It was, of course. But that will not be the issue. The issue will be how quickly I get used to the car and if I will be able to push it to the limit. But there I am very hopeful, as even when I have driven very little for Caterham this year I always felt comfortable in the car right away - so I hope for the same switch-on situation tomorrow in the Lotus.
Q: How helpful was it that Caterham gave you the chance to drive some Fridays this year?
HK: I think it was crucial. Had I not done that I think (Lotus team principal) Eric (Boullier) would not have considered me stepping in for Kimi.
Q: What difference have you already discovered from yesterday to today?
HK: On a larger scale not many differences. Of course Lotus has more people, is a larger team, but from the weekend schedule it is not much of a difference to what I was used to. Maybe slight differences in the procedure of the build-up for Sunday - but the main question will be how fast I will be able to push to the limit as the margins are very small.
Q: Is there pressure to deliver as the team is still in a fight over positions in the constructors championship? Do they expect results from you?
HK: They absolutely do. But if I wasnt convinced that I can deliver I would not have accepted it. I am optimistic - but only time will tell if that optimism was justified. I myself believe that I will perform well. I am long enough in Formula One and even if I havent driven this year I expect to perform well.
Q: How do you see these two races? Could it be a late chance for you to find a cockpit for next year, or is it more to prove to yourself that you still have what it takes to drive in F1 racing?
HK: To be honest I havent thought a lot about it. I didnt have time to get caught in these thoughts. I wanted to get back to racing - I never wanted to leave F1. Of course if I deliver a good result that could be a bonus, but I havent been speaking to Lotus about next year. The only team I have been talking seriously with about next year is Caterham and we are getting closer to the point where we are starting to agree on terms. Caterham would be the most likely option for me.
Q: So you can take the two races experience with Lotus as a ticket for a return to a Caterham cockpit in 2014
HK: I do not really think too much about it. I was long enough in Formula One to know that good and bad can happen to you without warning - so yes, I take it as a chance to get back into the racing mode - everything else we will see.
Q: What is it that you will focus on most? The tyres, the balance of the car
HK: It is to bring the car to the limit and keep it there over a race distance. And for this I only have a very limited warming-up phase.
Q: Will you do more laps tomorrow?
HK: No, not more than usual as we are limited with the tyres so it would not make sense to burn tyres in practice and then be short when it really counts. All I can say is that I am pretty optimistic for the weekend and my whole focus will be to deliver a good result for the team.
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I would like to add an early ripening apple tree to my backyard orchard. I am having hard time deciding between Williams Pride and Pristine. I hope that somebody who has grown both or either one would give some insight. I would like to know about taste, disease resistance, growing habit, how long they store ...etc. Thank you. Andrew |
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I grow these two on dwarfing rootstock and have found them both to be vigorous and precocious bearers but very different kinds of apples. Pristine, a mildly flavored apple, has been at least 2 weeks earlier than Williams Pride. Pristine is a heavy setter and thinning is mandatory for decent apple size. I've had recurrent trouble with fireblight with this variety, but it is known to be somewhat resistant. I prefer WP despite the wait for its crispy texture and more intense flavor.I also prefer the appearance of the larger reddish apple to the smaller pale one. |
- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Wed, Jan 30, 13 at 17:35
If you like low-acid fruit (yellow delicious) go for Pristine- a little more complexity WP or just graft one or the other onto either one and enjoy both. WP will provide a longer picking season. |
I have a 'Pristine' apple and all of the reviews above by harvestman and creekweb are accurate. My apples are ready to pick by the end of July - first week in August. Mine are sweet but are a bit tart as well. They are an excellent baking apple. They are delicious. My 'Pristine' is also on dwarfing stock from Raintree Nursery. I have no problem with Fire blight, or any disease for that matter with the tree. It started producing apples in its second year. It is truly precocious! I bag my apples using plastic 'Baggies' and the apples themselves are beautiful. The tree is an 'over-producer' and thinning takes longer than bagging. It is all worthwhile as this beautiful yellow apple was a recommendation from a few on this site. They are excellent for making applesauce, apple-butter, and apple spice cake. It is extremely juicy too. Mrs. G |
Thank you creekweb, harvestman and Mrs. G. The information you provided is helpful and exactly what I needed to know. I will get WP and if I can get scion of Pristine I'll just graft it on WP or one of the other apple trees I have. Andrew |
The description for Pristine is also tempting. I ordered WP the other day and would like to get scion wood of Pristine. I hope that somebody can offer me a stick of Pristine. You can look at my trade list for a trade or I can mail you a self stamped envelop. Thank you. Andrew |
Pristine is still under patent from PRI and cannot be propagated without a license; Williams' Pride's patent expired already and can be freely propagated. |
Here on the Central Coast of California, pristine is more acidic than william's pride. William's pride makes beautiful dark red colored apples that hold well on the tree and at their prime, they are some of the highest quality Summer apples I grow, and I have 800+ varieties. My experience with pristine has not been as positive. It's a good plain yellow apple, very fragrant, but taste wise, it's tart and less interesting than william's pride.Under the right conditions it is aromatic. My recommendation is that if you have to pick one, pick william's pride. Otherwise, you can't go wrong growing both since they are so different. |
Another vote for William's Pride, my new favorite apple. Here in Ohio it's ripe in mid-August. I was amazed at how crisp it is for an early apple. Good flavor balance, dark, red, thick skin. Also seems resistant to disease. My biggest problem is keeping the raccoons off it. |
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Jazz Concert
Saturday, April 13, 2013, 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
For directions click the following link: Houghton Wesley Chapel
The Jazz Ensemble of Houghton College will have their second concert of the school year Saturday, April 13th from 7:30-8:30pm in the Wesley Chapel. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information call 585-567-9211.


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The Minnesota House released a list of committee chairmen Friday dominated by Minneapolis and St. Paul lawmakers.
House Speaker-designate Paul Thissen, DFL-Minneapolis, announced that urban representatives will lead 13 of the 28 committees. Suburban Twin Cities legislators will be in charge of seven, with those elsewhere in the state leading eight.
Thissen and Majority Leader-elect Erin Murphy of St. Paul are the top two DFL caucus leaders.
Democrats retook the House in the Nov. 6 election after giving up power two years ago. The party's strongest support comes from urban areas, with suburban and rural areas more divided.
The party in power almost always puts its members in chairmanships.
Current Agriculture Committee Chairman Rod Hamilton, R-Mountain Lake, was not happy with the key lawmaker in ag finance coming from Minneapolis.
Rep. Jean Wagenius will lead a committee dealing with environment, natural resources and agriculture funding. Hamilton noted that she is from Minneapolis, along with the incoming speaker, with the majority leader from St. Paul. "Seriously?" he asked in a tweet.
House DFL spokesman Michael Howard, however, said chairmen from outside the Twin Cities will coordinate education, health care, higher education and state government budgets.
"Our chairs come with a great depth of experience and represent Minnesotans across the state, Howard said. "Representatives in greater Minnesota chair many finance committees that are responsible for perhaps 80 percent of the budget."
The next legislative session begins at noon Jan. 8 with the main task of writing a two-year budget.
Committees and chairman for the next two years are:
– Ways and Means, Lyndon Carlson of Crystal
– Taxes, Ann Lenczewski of Bloomington
– Property Tax Division, Jim Davnie of Minneapolis
– Higher Education Finance and Policy, Gene Pelowski of Winona
– Education Finance, Paul Marquart of Dilworth
– Education Policy, Carlos Mariani of St. Paul
– Health and Human Services Finance, Tom Huntley of Duluth
– Health and Human Services Policy, Tina Liebling of Rochester
– Capital Investment, Alice Hausman of St. Paul
– Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture Finance, Jean Wagenius of Minneapolis
– Environment and Natural Resources Policy, David Dill of Crane Lake
– Agriculture Policy, Jeanne Poppe of Austin
– Energy Policy, Melissa Hortman of Brooklyn Park
– Transportation Finance, Frank Hornstein of Minneapolis
– Transportation Policy, Ron Erhardt of Edina
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– Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy, Joe Atkins of Inver Grove Heights
– Jobs and Economic Development Finance and Policy, Tim Mahoney of St. Paul
– Labor, Workplace, and Regulated Industries, Sheldon Johnson of St. Paul
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– Legacy, Phyllis Kahn of Minneapolis
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– Government Operations, Michael Nelson of Rochester
– Elections, Steve Simon of St. Louis Park
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A previous homeowner painted our deck with Porch paint.
What's the bet shot at removing it? It seems to peel up fairly easy, though I suspect some areas will be more stubborn than other. Do I need a stripping chemical or just an orbital sander? If the wood underneath is stained is there some sort of stain I can use to better deal with inconsistencies in wood color? Like a gel stain or something? |
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- Posted by North_Andover (My Page) on Tue, Mar 29, 11 at 12:20
I would start with a pressure washer> If it is already peeling it should do a pretty good job. You then can follow up with an electric sander. |
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- Posted by booneunderpressure (My Page) on Thu, Mar 31, 11 at 13:44
Tancefusion, Sorry to hear about your painted deck, but there is a solution. Although it is peeling off, don't just try to blast it off with a pressure washer...yet. N Andover is right it will help, but you need to do a few other things first. A chemical strip (sodium hydroxide in powder form) mixed with water. This is CAUSTIC stuff & can be dangerous. Please heed caution. Can't get it just anywhere, but I promise this will work. I've stripped 4 layers of paint/sealer with it. Stay away from the gel stripper. It's messy & quite expensive. The key to stripping is using the right products & dwell time (45-60 minutes) while keeping it wet. The idea is let your stripper do the work, NOT you. Now, you low pressure (500-700 psi) wash & rinse the paint off. You'll then need to neutralize the stripper w/ oxcilic acid & rinse after about 30 minutes. Should also brighten your wood. Then lightly sand w/ 60 grit if you're going to stain/seal. Let me know if you have any questions & how it turns out. The deck guy |
- Posted by Walt(email@example.com) onMon, May 9, 11 at 9:19
Just wanted to stress that sodium hydoxide--Caustic Soda is mean stuff, & that it gets the job done. I loaded it in a railyard from railcar to trailer for 5 years. We were dealing with industrial strength, you wont be. Here are a couple of safety tips |
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Jacqueline R. YoungJacqueline R. Young
Jacqueline Rose Young, 74, of Rutland, died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, at Rutland Regional Medical Center, following a brief illness.
She was born Oct. 24, 1938, in Rutland, the daughter of Warren J. and Alice (Packard) Young.
Ms. Young was employed for many years by Eden Park Nursing Home. She was also co-owner of two pet stores in the Rutland area, Country Fin and Fur and The Aquarium and Pet Shop. In Florida, she worked in hospice care.
She was a member of Seventh Day Adventist Church, where she was active in the smoking secession and Dorcas programs.
Ms. Young enjoyed fundraising for Rutland County Humane Society.
Survivors include four children, Ramona Mayhew of Rutland, Heidi Eccleston of Clarendon, Bruce Eccleston of Jefferson, Ga., and Stephen Eccleston of Fletcher, N.C.; 10 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren; three sisters, Shirley Korson of Georgia, Sandy Walker of Clarendon and Vivian Sargent of Arizona; four brothers, Clifford of Rutland Town, Gilbert of Zephyrhills, Fla., Sherwin and Warren Sonny Young, both of Clarendon; several nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by two sisters, Winona Lamoreau and Anita Lawrence.
The memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, at Seventh Day Adventist Church, Stratton Road, Rutland.
Memorial contributions may be made to Rutland County Humane Society Inc., 765 Stevens Road, Pittsford, VT 05763.
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Siheung is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
In the early Three Kingdoms period, the Siheung area was part of the Baekje kingdom. It was lost to Goguryeo along with the Han River valley in 475.
Siheung acquired its current administrative identity on January 1, 1989, when the old county of Siheung was divided into the cities of Siheung, Gunpo, and Uiwang. At the time Siheung city had a population of only 93,000. This number more than tripled in the following decade, as massive suburban apartment complexes were developed.
Notable landmarks include Oi Island, Mount Sorae, and the port and inlet of Wolgot. Siheung includes two new cities that were developed in the 1990s, Sihwa and Wolgot New City. The new city of Sihwa includes a very large industrial complex. Companies headquartered there include Hansung Machinery Co. Korea Polytechnic University established in 1997, and also Kyonggi Institute of Technology established in 1998.
In 2006, Korea Polytechnic University built TIP(Techno Innovation Park) of 18 floors for studying, research, and development with companies, university, and government together during several years. This building always opens since March, 2007.
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Finance Committee
The Finance Committee reviews the annual operating and capital budgets submitted by the President of the College, and when the annual budget is approved by the committee, they recommend the budget to the full Board of Managers for final action. The Committee has authority to authorize changes in the budgets and may approve unusual expenditures as may from time to time be recommended by the President of the College.
The Committee also has responsibility for the administration of all trusts where the College is the fiduciary, including the allocations and distributions of principal and income of the various trusts to beneficiaries and to funds and endowments of the College.
Working closely with the Vice President of Finance and Treasurer, the Finance Committee reviews the College's five year plans and other financial planning materials and the College's financial aid programs.
The Finance Committee is assisted in their work by an Audit and Risk Management Committee which reviews the College's auditing, accounting, risk management and financial reporting processes and the system of internal controls.
Committee Members
Harold (Koof) Kalkstein, Chair
Richard Barasch, Vice Chair
Sohail Bengali
Rhonda Cohen
Thomas W. T. Hartnett
Giles K. Kemp
Barbara W. Mather
Gustavo Schwed
David Singleton
Sujatha Srinivasan
Staff Contacts
Rebecca Chopp, President
Karl W. Clauss, Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations
C. Stuart Hain, Vice President for Facilities and Services
Eileen E. Petula, Assistant Vice President for Finance and Controller
Pamela Prescod-Caesar, Vice President of Human Resources
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