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That's correct, the scores are normalized so that the distributions are the same. This means you *can't* compare scores across years. If you did, you would find that, amazingly, the distributions were the same. But have the students stayed the same? Nope. Have the questions stayed the same? No again.
You are wrong. Each SAT has a section that doesnt count for that year's grading but is for future tests. So lets say I take the SAT and get a 1400, and then on the experimental section I get 80% of the questions right. Well, this experimental section will be used next year as part of the test, and a correlation will be done where 80% correct = 1400.
So it is not normalized based on the year you take it. It is correlated to the kids who took it last year, and what score they got. Of course, its a much more c
I was under the impression that SAT scores were normalized, so the distribution was the same between years. Am I wrong? Anyone have any sources?
Some US schools think an exam which works for 15 of America's weaker allies [caricom.org] is standard enough.
Half of the WASI IQ test is simply a vocabulary test.
I think you'll find that it isn't a vocabulary test, it's a test of whether you can on-the-fly generalize and intuit how to reapply pieces of language (after all, IQ tests are basically designed to test your ability to see patterns and apply them).
Sure, if you don't know anything about the English language, you'll be screwed, but if you don't know anything about geometry you'll be screwed just the same. You could TRY to memorize the whole dictionary, or
Nope, IQ is meant to predict educational ability and achievement.
I have a great problem with countless standardized tests of the 'no child left behind' kind. All kids are
And you actually think that's a good thing? I don't want to live in your degenerate nation.In many countries there is a set of tests which pretty much are the only measure and the only chance you get. If you do badly or the computer system fucks up you're screwed.
I don't normally put a lot of stock in standardized test scores, but with a total score of 1380 for an entire class, I can see how that might be a problem.
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It was raining. Drenched, I stepped into Softouch Health Club, at the Regional Sports Centre (RSC), Kadavanthara. The nearly 2,000 square foot space was chock- a- bloc with trainees. Almost all the state-of-the art exercise equipment were 'occupied.' Music, albeit a bit too loud, drowned the chatter, burr of the treadmills and clanging of the metal.
Shaji A. A. has been trainer here for the last 16 years. He took me around and asked me if I wanted to try out something. Wet and a bit cold I was not in a state to walk the treadmill or workout on any of those crossover machines. That's when Shaji asked, "Want to try the sauna or a steam bath sir? We are perhaps the only ones who have this sort of facility along with all the regular works."
The toss fell in favour of the steam bath. Wrapped in a towel I was led into the darkness of a room, which can accommodate four people at a time. Slowly I was being enveloped by the steam rising around me. Soon I was covered in thick mist. Once your eyes cleared, you could feel this steam pouring onto your body. At the end of 15-20 minutes I felt my muscles loosening, relaxed, a wee bit sleepy too.
"Sauna and steam bath are therapy exercises. The former is dry heat, while the other is wet heat. Unlike the sauna in steam bath your body doesn't get overheated as the mist is also cooling. The other effects of a steam bath include your body flushing out any environmental toxins. The tense and painful feeling that you may experience in your head and shoulder muscles will be unravelled by your soothing steam bath. It is relaxing but you should make sure that you don't stay for more than 15 to 20 minutes. The steam will soothe sinus irritation due to allergies or colds, chest congestion from asthma or bronchial infection. Excessive sweating clears your pores and purges toxins. The elevated temperature increases your circulation for healthier skin and more energy. Just like a hot bath, this treatment will relax stiff muscles and ease swelling or tension in joints associated with arthritis. Doing it twice a week is ideal," informs Shaji.
Apart from therapy exercises Softouch has well defined programmes for its trainees. They have equipments and machines for cardio training, strength equipments and exercises, manual training programmes without any machines, aerobics and even physiotherapy exercises. "We find a lot of people with knee related injuries. We give them a planned workout on leg curling or leg extension machines, regular exercises and diet."
A health card for the trainees and a female trainer are added features of Softouch. "The health card includes a personalised diet plan. Every three weeks it is reviewed. Vini is the female trainer. We also have three assistant trainers. For the women trainees Vini fixes the schedules and diet in consultation with me. Maintaining general fitness is the trend now, we have a lot of trainees who come here to keep themselves physically fit."
Located inside the RSC the health club very often becomes the venue for fitness camps for sportspeople. "There are many sports activities and coaching camps at the RSC. These trainees are given special training here. This will differ according to the sport."Bottomline: Diverse programmes ranging from the regular manual exercises to sauna, steam bath to special training for sportsmen.
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Situated in Agra, The Grand Imperial is close to Jama Masjid, Kinari Bazar, and Agra Fort. Also nearby are Mankameshwar Temple and Sadar Bazar.
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The Grand Imperial has an outdoor pool and a fitness center. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available in public areas and a computer station is located on site. This Agra hotel offers a restaurant, a coffee shop/café, and a bar/lounge. Guests are served a complimentary breakfast each morning. The staff can provide concierge services, tour/ticket assistance, and wedding services. Additional amenities at this Colonial hotel include a rooftop terrace, spa services, and a terrace. For a surcharge, guests receive transportation including a shuttle from the hotel to the airport (available 24 hours), an area shuttle, and a shopping center shuttle. Complimentary self parking is available onsite for guests. This is a smoke-free property.
The 30 air-conditioned guestrooms at The Grand Imperial include minibars and safes. Wireless high-speed Internet access (surcharge) is provided. Televisions are equipped with premium cable channels. All accommodations provide desks, complimentary newspapers, and phones. Bathrooms offer shower/tub combinations with deep soaking bathtubs and rainfall showerheads. Bathrooms also include designer toiletries, slippers, and complimentary toiletries. In-room refrigerators, coffee/tea makers, and complimentary bottled water are provided.
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- Airport drop off (available 24 hours) *
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- Free full breakfast daily
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DiningShanshah - This fine-dining restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available.
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- The property is a member of the Small Luxury Hotels of the World.
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For transfers, guests must contact the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
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You'll be asked to pay the following charges at check in or check out:
From December 26 through January 2, this property charges a daily mandatory meal fee. For more details, please contact the office using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
- Christmas Eve (24 December) Gala Dinner per adult: INR 2500.00
- Christmas Eve (24 December) Gala Dinner per child: INR 1500.00 (from 5 to 18 years old)
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Looking for ways to spice up your wardrobe and stand out from the crowd? Create a Water Bottle Necklace from Heidi Borchers - it's an easy way to accessorize! Recycled plastic bottle crafts are an ideal way to show your creativity and save the planet at the same time.
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- The outside of the plastic water bottle will be the right side of the necklace piece when done. All of the painting will be in reverse on the inside or back of piece.With a toothpick apply the first color, white, to several places on the piece. With a clean toothpick, draw through the wet paint to create a design. Continue until the design with the white paint is complete. Let paint dry completely.
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- Turning over the piece to see what the white and red paint look like from the right side.
- With a brush, brush the black paint over the entire back of the piece. Be careful that the paint doesn't seep to the right side. Let the paint dry completely.
- Spray the sealer on the back side when completely painted and paint is dry. Let the sealer dry.
- Now that you have completed your first piece, repeat the above steps to create approximately 14 pieces.
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The report, due Sept. 16, won't be the final word on Holmes' mental state. That's up to the jury in next year's trial.
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I opened up a 4-gang wallplate in our kitchen with blank inserts to see what's inside. The attached photo shows the wiring inside. There are about eight of these wires hand labelled A-G. Does anyone know what these are? My best guess is that that they are speaker cables. There are in-wall Polk Audio speakers in the kitchen. But these don't look like typical speaker cables that I've ever seen. The wallplate is right above the counter.
We bought the house about 2 years ago, but the house is ~80 years old so who knows when this was installed.
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Many experts rated him as a 3rd round pick, but they way he is playing right now; his stock is rising. Depending who we take in the 1st, if he is still on the board in the 2nd I would have to consider looking at him there. What do you think?
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He is hard to grade for scouts cuz this is only his first year as a starter.
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Ross may still be there in the 2nd and if he is, he would be a great pick IMO. He could be another D. Ryans type scenario...a potential 1st rounder that slips to the 2nd.
The way I see it, either Ross or Griffin should be there in the 2nd round. Texans should take a CB and FS in the 1st and 2nd. If we take Landry in the 1st, then hope Ross slips to the 2nd....if we take Leon Hall or another CB in the 1st, hope Griffin is available in the 2nd.
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just watched the highlight video on aaron ross and he is a great CB and Special Teams guy. can return kicks and is a good corner, the only thing that has me questioning him is his lack of exprience, he has only been a starting CB at UT for this season, hopefully he will fall to the 2nd round
has there been a thorpe award winner that has ever been picked after the first round?
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This is Ross' first year as the primary starter, but he's started games before this year, and has played in just about every game since his freshman year...FWIW..
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Class: Sr.-3L
Hometown: Tyler, TX (John Tyler)
Played in all 13 games, starting two, at cornerback … tabbed first-team All-Big 12 as a punt returner by Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News and second-team All-Big 12 by the Austin American-Statesman … earned honorable mention All-Big 12 honors as a punt returner from The Associated Press … part of a defense that ranked 10th nationally in total defense (302.9 ypg), eighth in scoring defense (16.4 ppg), fourth in pass efficiency defense (96.7) and eighth in passing defense (172.0 ypg) … recorded 62 tackles, two TFL, a team-high three INTs, nine PBU and forced a fumble … posted 500 punt return yards (No. 3 on UT's single-season list) on 34 returns (No. 8 on UT's single season list) and scored two TDs (T-No. 1 on UT's single season list) … his 14.7 yards per return average ranked 10th in the nation … he is only the second player in UT history to return two punts for TDs in a season … also finished third on the team with nine special teams tackles … opened the season with two tackles, a PBU and an INT, while returning five punts for 106 yards, including a 52-yarder, against La.-Lafayette … added six tackles, including a TFL, at No. 4 Ohio State … added three tackles against Rice … posted two tackles and returned four punts for 129 yards, including an 88-yard TD, at Missouri … the 88-yard TD return is the third longest in UT history … was named Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week (10/3) for his efforts
Shared time with starter Tarell Brown at cornerback in all 12 games … posted 36 tackles, three PBUs and an INT … a key part of a defense that allowed just 320.1 yards per game (23rd NCAA) and 17.9 points per game (18th NCAA) … led the team in punt returns and yardage with 18 for 136 yards … averaging 7.6 yards per return with a long of 20 yards at Colorado … had one kickoff return for 26 yards at Arkansas … opened the season with one tackle against North Texas … posted three tackles at Arkansas … made four tackles versus Rice … tallied four tackles and a PBU against Baylor … recorded five tackles and a PBU versus No. 2 Oklahoma … had a career-high eight tackles and his first career INT against Missouri … returned the interception 64 yards to the Missouri 12, leading to a UT touchdown and a 21-14 lead … had three tackles and a PBU at Texas Tech … posted two tackles at Colorado, versus No. 19 Oklahoma State, at Kansas and versus No. 13 Michigan in the Rose Bowl.
Played in all 13 games as the primary backup at left cornerback and on special teams … shared UT's Outstanding Defensive Newcomer honor … registered 27 tackles (22 solos), including 11 on special teams, and two PBUs … made one tackle in his first career game (versus New Mexico State) … recorded three tackles each at Rice and Iowa State … also recorded his first career PBU against the Cyclones … had a season-high five tackles, all solo, at Baylor … notched two tackles versus No. 15 Washington State in the Holiday Bowl.
Yeah, I guess you're right...
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If he has played 4 then I guess he is has been at Texas for 6 and is just 2 years older than everyone else.
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Born 9/15/82 in San Antonio … full name is Aaron Jermaine Ross … also has lived in Chandler, Texas … majoring in education … active in UT's community service program … served as a summer camp counselor during high school (Camp Tyler Summer Camp) … enjoys playing video games in his spare time.
You may be right, but before you say what Im saying is "not true"....you should do your research....
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But I was positive that he was ineligible for 2 years.
If he is 24 then it is most likely that this is his 6th year in college.
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I think he is worth a 2nd round selection. though I see him going 25-32.
He has the size and instincts to play the game. If you have watched him in any of his games, you will have seen at least 1 game changing play from this guy.
I think he would be a great 2nd round pick for us. Throw him in at nickel, and let him learn.
He would make a great draft for us, linking him with either Adrian Peterson, or Joe Thomas.
Dark horse pick: I really cant see us going for a defensive player again. So I will choose Calvin Johnson.
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Ross had clearinghouse issues coming out of high school. He could've enrolled at UT and been ineligible for two years but instead went back to high school (this after already receiving a diploma, mind you), finished the classes that were in question and enrolled into UT two years later with 4 years of eligibility still intact.
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Here is the story,from the AP.
Longhorns defensive back took long road to UT and success
By Jim Vertuno
12:16 a.m. October 19, 2006
AUSTIN, Texas Aaron Ross had to feel like he was in The Twilight Zone.
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He was 20 years old and back in high school. Sitting among 15- and 16-year-olds in sophomore English, he listened to the same discussions about composition, literature and poetry he had already heard years before.
And yet, he was happy.
Pass this class again and his long and winding road to becoming a Texas Longhorn would finally end. An administrative goof and a missing half credit of high school English had held up his college football career for two years.
I did a lot of waiting, said Ross, now a 24-year-old senior starting cornerback for No. 5 Texas. And praying.
He looks back on those days with a laugh now. None of it seemed very funny four years ago.
Ross didn't know it, but his long detour began when he moved from San Antonio to Tyler after his sophomore year of high school.
Although he didn't start playing football until he was 15, two years in Tyler had turned him into a top recruit. He was part of the Longhorns' 2001 recruiting class considered among the best in the country.
He graduated in the spring and by late summer he was ready for preseason practice.
Then the NCAA stepped in. There was a problem.
Although he had been accepted by the university, his high school transcript didn't show he had taken English II, a core requirement for the NCAA.
He wasn't eligible to play because that measly half credit didn't make the paperwork when he changed schools.
There were tears when coach Mack Brown broke the news. Texas filed a waiver with the NCAA but was denied. Ross went home to Tyler.
He thought about enrolling at Blinn Junior College, but spending two years in exile at a college football outpost didn't appeal to him.
So he waited. He worked out. He got a job as a file clerk in a doctor's office as officials tried to drum up a record of his sophomore class.
Ross thought the problem was fixed and signed again with Texas in 2002 as part of another standout class that included Vince Young.
But the same thing happened. The NCAA still didn't have the missing class.
Everybody was apologizing, Ross said. But it wasn't changing anything.
A Texas assistant coach suggested he retake the missing class. That meant going back to high school.
When he left high school the first time in 2001, he was a senior football stud. Now he was a 20-year-old 10th grader. Teenage angst and girl problems were supposed to be long gone, not surrounding him.
It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, he said. People did tease me about coming back out for the football team.
He passed again with an A again and signed with Texas again in 2003.
I was part of three recruiting classes, Ross said with a laugh.
He's played a key role on defense and special teams ever since, and he plans to graduate next summer with a degree in education.
Teammate Michael Griffin got the early attention as the leader of the secondary this season, but it's been the steady Ross who has been the most consistent. He has a team-high four interceptions, two in the fourth quarter against Oklahoma.
He typically draws the toughest coverage assignments. That meant matching up with Ohio State's Ted Ginn Jr., who beat him for a touchdown in the Buckeyes' 24-7 win, a play featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
Ross shrugs it off. A year earlier, he helped shut down Ginn in a Texas win.
Even after Ohio State won, Buckeyes quarterback Troy Smith called Ross a great cornerback, probably the best in the Big 12.
Ross lived up to that with his game against Oklahoma. The two interceptions and a fumble return for a touchdown clinched a 28-10 win. Brown started lobbying for Ross to be an all-American.
If he's not the best defensive back playing in the country, UT defensive co-coordinator Duane Akina said, I don't know who is.
As a punt returner, Ross has three career touchdowns.
Ross says life is good with that two-year detour well behind him, a wait that taught him patience and persistence. At 24, he takes good-natured ribbing from his teammates that he's the old man of the team.
His girlfriend, Sanya Richards, is the former UT track star who holds the American women's record in the 400 meters and won an Olympic relay gold medal in 2004.
Richards got to Texas a year before Ross and met him his freshman year.
Then I found out he was older than me, she said. I didn't understand how that could be.
She was attracted to him in part because he always seemed so happy. Even when she dinged up his car in a fender bender, he didn't get mad.
There's not a single thing to be unhappy about, said Ross, who somewhere in all that extra English education learned how to write his girlfriend a couple of poems.
The two get a lot of ribbing now about who's faster.
Ross said he could take her in the 100 or 200 meters. The 400, her specialty, would be different.
She'd murder me, Ross said.
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I like Ross' upside, and I'm a neutral when it comes to UT, but here's a question. Between him, Griffin, and Tarrell Brown, who was more highly rated than Ross coming into the season, you'd think they'd be pretty good against the pass. So how do you explain the fact that UT is ranked 108th in passing defense and 78th in passing efficiency defense. Is it a case of teams passing more after falling behind and UT playing prevent? Is it scheme?
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The upcoming new episode of "Reign" will feature the reunion of Mary and Francis, as Francis returns from the battlefield. In the previous episode, he was leading his army in a battle against the English to gain control of Calais.
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Talking about the fourth couple in the show, Lola and Lord Julien, McCarthy said that more skeletons are going to tumble out of Lord Julien's closet. He revealed that Lola will not have to wait till Season 2 to give birth. However, McCarthy warned that at the time, a lot of woman died during childbirth and reminded that Julien's first two wives have died during childbirth.
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