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How to Foster Student Feedback
At the end of the year, the student survey can be your best friend -- that honest and supportive friend that gives you meaningful feedback and leaves you with something to think about. Your job is to set the stage for your friend to perform on, and then listen with an open mind. I've given surveys to every group of kids I've ever taught -- as young as second graders -- and I've found them invaluable in improving my practice.
First, let's consider the purpose of the survey. Though it can be a tool for reflection, primarily, it's a way for students to give you feedback.
An Opportunity to Reflect
A reflection is mostly for helping the learner become aware of his or her own learning experience and communicate that to the teacher. Sometimes, reflections can be kept private; sometimes, they can be shared. You can use reflections as a demonstration of student learning; a reflection should have the learner as its content.
A survey, however, has the class, school, or teacher as its content. The purpose is to get feedback on this content so that you can improve it. I suggest giving students the opportunity to reflect on their learning experience before offering you feedback on it.
Here's my spiel when giving kids an end-of-year survey:
"I need to know what you think about this class and my teaching this year. Your ideas and feelings are really important to me. I'll use this information to make my class better next year. It's really important that you are as honest as possible.
"However, I'd also like to ask you to be responsible for how you say things. If you say that you didn't like me because I always wore ugly clothes or because I was an evil witch, then I won't be able to hear your real complaints.
"I want to take you seriously. I want you to think about how you say things. If you have critical comments, that's fine. In fact, I encourage you to be critical. But I also recommend that you explain your answers. If you think I was really mean to you and picked on you, give me as many examples as you can.
"I really need your help to get better. There's no one whose opinion matters more to me than yours. I need you to be really honest."
The Format of the Survey
I like to give students the option to answer on a Likert scale and explain those answers, as well as ask some open-ended questions. The Likert scale allows students who don't want to write a lot, or write anything, to give some response. It also gives you a certain kind of quantifiable data.
I always ask students not to write their names on their papers. Sometimes they know I can recognize most of their handwriting. If students feel uncomfortable with this, offer to let them type it or dictate their responses to someone else.
What to Ask?
The question is, what do you want to know? This is hard to answer. In the beginning, and when we're unsure of how we did, we might fear brutal honesty. I've created surveys, looked at them later, and realized that what I was asking for was students' validation and approval of what I did. I didn't ask the hard questions. I didn't invite their criticism.
Ultimately, you're going to have to put your ego aside. This is also hard. Ideally, you'll give your students surveys throughout the year and they'll get good at doing them, and you'll get skilled at listening to them. But the first time, especially if it's at the end of the year, and especially if your students trust you and are honest, it can be a little hard.
But I want to know about their experiences and their feelings. I need to know.
Creating Your Survey
Again, I recommend a Likert scale. It tends to be very kid friendly (5 = I strongly agree, 4 = I agree, 3 = I feel neutral, 2 = I disagree 1 = I disagree strongly). Remember to provide the five numbers after
Here are statements to consider for your survey:
- I learned a lot in this class.
- I felt challenged by this class.
- I was clear about the goals for this class.
- I felt like the content of this class connected to my life and was meaningful to me.
- I felt like you respected me.
- I felt like you gave me timely and useful feedback on my work.
- I felt like you were fair.
- I felt like you had high expectations for me.
Also, you should definitely include open-ended questions and other invitations to respond on your survey. The answers to them add richness and allow other things to come up that you might not have contemplated.
Here's a sample of open-ended questions and requests for information to consider for your survey:
- Which project did you enjoy the most?
- Tell me about a time in my class when you felt respected.
- Tell me about a time in my class when you felt frustrated.
- What advice can you give me about how to be a better teacher?
- What advice can you give me for how I should change my class next year?
Using the Survey
After the students complete the surveys, there are several ways to look at them: Highlight or mark salient points. Reflect on the comments that really get under your skin. Is there any truth to them?
Reflect on the praise and be conscious of what you did to receive that praise. Think about what you might do differently next year. Think about what you'll continue to do. Think about what you learned from giving a survey.
You can also share what you learned with your students. Show them some of the data. Share your reflections and the practices you want to change based on their comments.
There's a lot to do with surveys. There's a lot to learn about them. My advice, if you're just starting, is to give them frequently, have everyone involved reflect on the giving and taking of surveys, and keep refining them as a tool.
You can get invaluable insights from them, and they help students see that they play a role in shaping their education, that you want to listen to them, and that they are respected.
Do not fear surveys; they can change your teaching practice.
What would you like to ask your students? What do you want to know? Please share any experiences you've had with giving surveys to your students.
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I find end-of-year surveys to be helpful, although sometimes brutal on the ego. But I also do end-of-unit surveys. I identify on the board all the techniques I used (oral drills, translations, oral quizzes, etc.) and ask what worked for the students, what didn't work, what I could have done better, what else they'd like to see in the unit/how I could improve it, etc. They answer while everything is fresh on their mind--they're not influenced by the last unit we did, as they so often are at the end of the year. Thus I have formative assessments which allow me to modify my teaching during the year. I've found that there are group differences every year--some years students are gung-ho for translation exercises, and hate the music and art stuff, while other years students love oral quizzes and hate reading. (After 21 years in the classroom I've come to believe there's something to the Chinese zodiac.) This way I adjust my teaching for each batch of students. BTW, I teach high school Spanish.
Pattipeg, thank you so much for this comment and for mentioning using surveys at the end of a unit. That's fantastic, and as you say, a great formative assessment. I'm also intrigued by your comment about the Chinese Zodiac - it is really amazing how cohorts of kids can be so incredibly different year after year. I'd never thought about that!
This was my first year asking students to complete a survey in a long time. I teach high school students with special needs and I was curious as to what they thought about their experience in a high school history class. I must say the students were very honest in their assessment, however. Some students did not quite understand the questioning. For example, students were asked to rate my professional demeanor and some student rated me appropriately and others gave me a low rating in the area of appropriate appearance which I know they did not understand the question because I am a true professional when it come to appearance. Another factor the students fell short on was the written responses. Well this helped me to understand them because oftentimes students are either afraid to express themselves or they they are unable to express themselves. This lets me know that I must continue pushing writing skills. Overall, I am glad that I had the students complete the survey. The survey did provide me with valuable information that I can use to improve myself and how I deliver instruction.
Hey Elena,
I've been meaning to share what I've been doing with student surveys for awhile, but I'm so glad to hear that you feel as fervently about them as I do. They are some powerful stuff, I tell you. I love how you broke it down. I took our last year's 8th grade survey a step further and pulled out golden lines and got some great, tear-inducing tune, and dropped it all into iMovie to show the staff at our first meeting the new school year. It was informative and joyful. Of course, for the purpose of the meeting, we kept it to the positive, love and miss this school already contributions. But we reflected on all of the surveys and the negative comments as well as a staff, decided what points had true merit, and have used the student input to help guide our professional development this past year. Thanks so much for sharing. Great ideas. Everyone who's reading: try it!
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Schools are suspending today's FCAT testing because some school districts are having computer issues.
The Florida Department of Education says the problem is with testing firm Pearson. The problem is not statewide, they said, but they've advised districts having issues to suspend testing.
The Tampa Bay Times reports Pasco County schools have stopped testing. Pasco County schools' testing director said Leon, Seminole and Brevard schools are reporting similar issues.
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Good morning,
As some of you already know, Pearson is experiencing difficulty with a hosting provider this morning, which is causing issues with testing (both TestNav and TestHear) and accessing the PearsonAccess website for test management. The issue does not seem to be statewide, but several districts have reported issues.
If your district is experiencing difficulty with live testing, please suspend testing and wait to hear from our office. We do not currently have an estimated timeline from Pearson for when this issue will be resolved, but we will be in touch with updates/resolutions throughout the day. If your district is not experiencing issues, you may continue testing as scheduled as your district is likely not routing through the affected server.
Some of you have inquired about schedule extensions due to this issue. Once the problem is resolved, if you have schools that will need more time to complete testing beyond your district's schedule, please let us know (in writing) and we will work with you to ensure that all students in your district have sufficient opportunity to test.
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A key feature of today's graphics cards is their support for Microsoft's DirectX 9 Applications Programming Interface (API). While games that make extensive use of DirectX 9 are just beginning to make an appearance, Futuremark's 3DMark03 debuted in February of 2003. At that time 3DMark03 was one of the few legitimate applications that could test and measure the performance of DirectX 9 features.
The attention that the industry is giving DirectX 9 is increasing as we've seen new synthetic benchmarks such as AquaMark3, RightMark3D, ShaderMark and X2 The Rolling Demo. Although each of these benchmarks measures some aspect of DirectX 9 performance, they differ in their approach, as well as the amount of DirectX 9 related workload they generate. For example RightMark3D and ShaderMark allow for tests that are heavily concentrated on DirectX 9. Aquamark was designed around a game engine and as such obtains the best performance possible in certain tests based on the capabilities of a graphics card.
The first test was run using the default 3DMark03 settings. Note that the overall 3DMark03 result is derived from game tests 1 through 4:
3DMark03 Score = (GT1 * 7.3) + (GT2 * 37) + (GT3 * 47.1) + (GT4 * 38.7)
The results from the games tests and vertex and pixel shader tests are in average frames per second.
According to the 3DMark03 documentation, Game Test 4 uses the DirectX 9 based pixel shader version 2.0 to generate the surface of the lake and the sky, while other effects use prior versions of pixel and vertex shaders. The slight edge of the GeForce 5950 Ultra in Game Test 4 may be reflected in the Pixel Shader 2.0 test results, although a casual examination of image quality could reveal otherwise.
For this series of tests, 4X AA and 8X AF were applied via the respective graphics card driver control panels.
Update: November 11, 2003
Futuremark announced the availability of a patch, which brings 3DMark03 up to build 340. According to the patch documentation, "Version 3.4.0 has updated prevention of 3DMark specific optimizations in the graphics drivers. This ensures that the benchmark results you get are genuinely comparable to those of other hardware." Futuremark also states that build 340 is currently the only supported version of 3DMark03.
Although NVIDIA has released updated nForce drivers, I have yet to install them. The system I am currently using is bascially the same configuration that was originally used in this preview. The following table is a comparison of the 3DMark03 benchmark results obtained from build 330 and build 340 using the default settings on the GeForce FX 5950 Ultra.
The results I obtained at the default settings mirror those that were published today at Nordic Hardware. Unlike the significant differences in the scores from the GeForce FX 5950 Ultra, Nordic Hardware also reveals that the scores from the Radeon 9800 Pro were similar between the two 3DMark03 builds.
Keep in mind that Futuremark has changed program code in 3DMark03 that they felt were driver specific optimizations. At this time Futuremark has not provided any specific information as to what code was changed and why. We also do not know if NVIDIA will provide an official response in regards to Futuremark's actions.
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NVIDIA (Europe) provided the first response to the 340 patch, which was later retracted, by stating that 3DMark03 disabled NVIDIA's Unified Compiler. Futuremark's Tero Sarkkinen, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, replied that the patch consisted of changes in the order of some shader instructions or the registers 3DMark03 used. Mr. Sarkkinen contends that a GPU compiler should process the old and the new shader code basically with the same performance as was the case on the Radeon 9800 Pro. Mr. Sarkkinen also mentioned that the GeForce FX's loss in 3DMark03 performance might be attributed to application specific optimizations, which Futuemark prohibits.
Derek Perez, NVIDIA's Director of Public Relations, has issued follow-up statements in this editorial at HardOCP. Mr. Perez contends that patch 340 of 3DMark03 is specifically designed to defeat NVIDIA's Unified Compilier, which evaluates shaders and in some cases substitutes hand tuned shaders, but increasingly simply applies the run-time compiler to generate optimal code. He goes on you say that this is yet another example of how 3DMark03 doesn't behave like a game - as a game developer would never specifically try to make their application run poorly or disable optimizations that produce the correct image while delivering better performance.
The professional version of 3DMark03 contains an image capture feature that can be useful for comparing image quality. It also allows the tester access to the reference image that was rendered with the DirectX 9 reference rasterizer. The reference rasterizer is a CPU-only renderer and renders every frame as intended by the DirectX specification. The reference images were generated using the default 3DMark03 settings.
Shown below are results from four image quality tests. Each test contains an image from the GeForce FX 5950 and Radeon 9800 Pro with AA and AF disabled and with 4X AA and 8X AF. Frame 1100 was captured from Game 1, frame 219 from Game 2, frame 1643 from Game 3, and frame 805 from Game 4. There was no particular reason as to why I chose these frames other than they seemed to be interesting to compare image quality with.
Below each game test image is an image that allows a side-by-side comparison to be done. The comparison images are from a particular area in the scene and are double their original size, which was done to make it clearer to see differences between them. The image on the left side is from the GeForce FX 5950 Ultra and the image on the right side is from the Radeon 9800 Pro.
I recommend using the freeware graphic viewer Irfanview to examine and compare the images that are available in this preview. Note that images were not altered in any way other than converting them from their native BMP or TGA format to PNG format.
Game 1 Images Captured
Below are 2X magnifications of the explosion that appears above the left wing. The image on the right side is from the Radeon 9800 Pro, which is of better quality than the GeForce FX 5950 Ultra and also matches the reference image. However, barring this exception, and the brightness of other smoke on the Radeon 9800 Pro, both full size images are very close to the reference image.
Game 2 Images Captured
The image below illustrates an area from the ceiling that is located left of center and is being rendered properly on the Radeon 9800 Pro. Further investigation reveals that both the GeForce FX 5950 and Radeon 9800 Pro are very similar in quality to one another although neither come close to matching the lighting in the reference image.
Game 3 Images Captured
In this scene, you'll find differences in the positioning of flames among other minor variations. A difference can be seen in the level of detail of the club, which was closer to the reference image on the GeForce FX 5950 Ultra. The difference becomes even more apparent when 4X AA and 8X AF are applied to the scene.
Game 4 Images Captured
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Passing interim orders on a public interest litigation petition filed before the Madurai Bench, a Division Bench, comprising Justice F.M. Ibrahim Kalifulla and Justice S. Palanivelu, ordered that the report should reach the court on or before December 6 and posted the matter thereafter.
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Most noted for its fashion, fit, and value proposition, this urban plus-sized women's clothing retailer is making a name for itself in the apparel industry. Customers shopping at Urban Brands' Ashley Stewart stores are not shy about who they are. Mostly college educated homeowners with middle to upper-middle incomes, these divas know they can come to any of the company's 215 nationwide stores and find fashionable clothing that fits their budgets and their bodies.
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This provider of mobility products and services sells more than products to its customers. It sells solutions that give people independence. Approximately 60% of individuals coming into a mobility dealership or retail location are new to the mobility world. Whether through an event or a diagnosis, entry into the world of mobility is rarely gradual, so before needs are met, education must be provided.
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From work wear to farm equipment, power tools, and multi-fuel stores, this retailer sells what its customers want and is improving its business practices to better service their needs. No matter your target audience, without a strategic plan, your business will not realize its full potential. When a group of farmers and ranchers decided to purchase six Quality and Country General stores in 2002 under the name of Bassco, LLC, later adding five more stores, they did it because as customers themselves, they understood the need to have such services in small, rural communities.
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|July 27 2009, 05:28 PM
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This is a new project in sector 100 on greater noida express way. Does anyone have any idea on the Builder ? They are providing 2-3 bhk flats 2825 psf.
|July 27 2009, 06:55 PM
This builder seems to have built offices for many big cos and which kind of implies its construction quality etc. They also talk a lot about 'green' etc..
This project seems to be okay but my main Q would on the sector-100. How is this sector? Is this a bit populated or just a piece of land at the moment?
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location of the sector is good . it has good connectivity on both sides(expressway and bhangel).
i was also interested in the appartment but dropped it because of too high other charges . in total there are 33 towers in the 40 acre plot out of which they have launched some 7-8 towers as of now. they claim to be one of the green project but i wonder how they will be able to do it . they have just one club for all 33 towers so its size being big is justified but it cant be a positive for the project coz of high number of flats.
overall i find the project a bit expensive. psf rate is good but other charges kill .
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what do people feel about 26 storied apartments? they plan to build around 3000 apts in 40 acre area. wont it make it a very crowded place with so many people sharing common facilities? i have been thinking about lotus boulevard but these facts are making me a little uncomfortable. Also there is little official word from 3c company.. .it is mostly brokers who are doing rounds.
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i am also looking at a flat in nearby areas but unable to find one at right price . there were unihomes but i didnt liked their layout. now unitech has come up with another one but i see that they have escalated the prices too much . from 2895 BSP they have moved to 3395 BSP and have increased the loading by 10% as well . so effectively more than 20% increase in cost. if you get to know some good option,rightly priced let me know ;-)
devine meadows looks good to me but not sure about the builder as such .
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Congrats on your new boat purchase! I keep my boat in Deltaville and would offer to go with you, but I don't have much interest in doing a delivery in December. Even a 30 mile day sail.
I mostly sail north of you on the Chesapeake, but I've anchored in Back river a couple times. It's a relatively easy trip from there to Portsmouth. But because of the short daylight hours, new boat and your inexperience, you should probably motor the whole way. I wouldn't want to be coming into Norfolk in the dark. Norfolk is perhaps the most crowded harbor on the East Coast. Manhattan may give it a run for its money, but I think Norfolk is worse because there is so little water to get out of the big ships' way.
You will almost certainly run into Coast Guard security and patrol boats entering Norfolk. Make sure you have all required safety gear with you so you don't get in trouble if you are boarded. Also useful in case you have an emergency
If there is a small craft warning or really crappy weather on the 29th, I'd probably postpone for a better day. Better to be safe than sorry in December.
To find someone to go with you, you might head down to the southern most boat basin in downtown Portsmouth. There was a coffee kiosk there where local sailors hung out in the morning. Last I heard, the kiosk burnt down, but I imagine it was rebuilt. You might find someone to go with you there, or at least get some advice on the trip. Although, with Ray's experience and requirements (hey, I'll need a ride back to my car), I'd definitely take him up on his offer. Good luck and have fun!
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Since its entry into the biological detection industry in 1998, Idaho Technology has earned a reputation as a provider of effective and reliable detection equipment. Its successful performance of emergency services in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks has further emphasized its position as a trustworthy participant.
"The company has strongly advocated its products and technology not only for profit and market growth, but also out of a sincere belief that these can help defend the United States and its troops overseas," notes Matthew A. Farr, Research Analyst with Frost & Sullivan. "This achievement is even more remarkable since the industry has always been rather difficult to penetrate."
Recently, Idaho won the Department of Defense's Joint Biological Agent Identification and Diagnostic System (JBAIDS) contract by targeting the need six months before the actual contract was posted to the DoD Website. Therefore, the company was preemptively able to initiate structuring the proposal and prototype significantly ahead of the competition.
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Founded by brothers Eli and Noah Weisman, QART.COM is celebrating its new gallery expansion with a festive Grand Opening called QART.COM Unveiled, on Sunday, December 14, 5pm-8pm to benefit The Stan Lee Foundation
Supersized silliness, wrapped in British accents brings you the latest production at the Mark Taper forum: What The Butler Saw
LA's most "hilariously deranged" (Los Angeles Times) seasonal tradition is back for its 19th year! Every year, insurance agent Bob Finhead's whacked out friends and clients stop by his small-town Iowa office for their annual holiday bash.
Clever, funny take on beloved, well-known comic strip characters as they navigate the high school gauntlet on the path to figuring out who they are. Plus death. Plus the internet. Plus bullying. Plus binge drinking. Plus sexuality.
Noel Coward's own pain is palpably felt in Nicky's dialogue. He originally played the role himself— it's no secret these problems cut close to home in his own life. Today, the themes and issues in The Vortex are still relevant
Part II of AFM coverage for 2014- a great comeback for the film industry
It was electric and magnified insanity. It was LA showing all her faces. And it never missed a beat. When the emcee called LUCHA to the crowd, VAVOOM came straight back.
When Cinema Paradiso was released Franco Cristaldi wrote Giuseppe Tornatore: With this film we have to make it into the Heaven of Cinema. Dear Franco, dear Giuseppe, you made it—celebrating 25 years later one of the most beautiful films ever made
AFM was bigger and better than before with many new companies as well as established older ones
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Showbiz India Television Network is celebrating their 16th Anniversary in the Entertainment Industry with a glamorous Red Carpet event. "Sweet Sixteen" Anniversary Event is Saturday, November 15, 2014, 7pm at Spice Affair, 50 N. La Cienega Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA
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I'm getting ready to take my wife cruising to celebrate our 30th anniversary. We chartered a Hunter 41DS and will be departing from St Petersburg. I plan to head south and explore the coast down towards Venice and on to Sanabel Island. Almost all of my cruising experience is on the west coast and northern gulf, so I'm excited about cruising in a whole new region.
I do have a couple questions for those of you that have travelled in this area; first, anchoring. I've got the charts and have plotted quite a few anchoring locations that others have recommended, but the entire coastline looks pretty shallow. Is there any reason, other than weather related of course, that I can't just find a nice spot on the gulf side of the keys and anchor each night?
Secondly, I would like to get my wife off the boat for a couple of nice meals. Does anyone know of some waterfront restaurants in this area that I can just navigate up to and dock my boat for dinner? I'm not really interested in docking in a marina over night, and I just don't want to mess with a dingy unless I have to.
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Then, last year, the LAPD was hit with another scandal when officers in the department's Rampart division, a gang-infested neighborhood, were accused of planting evidence, lying under oath, even shooting unarmed suspects.
Five officers have been charged. One was acquitted, the convictions of three were overturned, and the fifth is awaiting trial on attempted murder charges.
"The King incident was a spontaneous reaction to a middle-of-the-night situation. I think Rampart is worse," said Lou Cannon, author of the book Official Negligence: How Rodney King and the Riots Changed Los Angeles and the LAPD. "What went on in Rampart was a lot more cold-blooded. There was an element of malevolence, of premeditation and planning."
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Recently the city agreed to federal oversight of the LAPD to try to end racial profiling and brutality. The new district attorney has also reinstated a program in which a prosecutor and investigator rush to the scene of any officer-involved shooting to see if charges are warranted.
Gates, who resigned as chief after the Christopher Commission report detailed brutality, racism and poor management in the LAPD, blamed the panel and later reform efforts by outsiders for the department's current low morale.
"People should stop meddling in the department's affairs and allow it to rebuild itself," Gates said. "You have police officers doing a great job out there day in and day out. They come home at night and read they have to reform the department. They need to feel good about themselves, and they just don't."


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In the heart of Wanstead's Village High Street is the Larder, now in its eighth year, serving delicatessen products from across Europe, fine coffee and delicious light lunches. Also licensed to sell beer and wine you can visit to browse our range, or join us at one of our ticket-only wine tasting evenings - please contact us for upcoming dates.
In Bethnal Green's Globe Town is our vegetarian kitchen, serving novel and appetising creations prepared daily by our dedicated team, though coffee and pastries are just as popular.
In Wanstead we are closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day, then open 9.30am-5pm daily until New Years Eve. We are closed New Years Day reopening as normal 2nd Jan
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The Inn at the Presidio is the newest of the nearly 100 lodges associated with our national parks.
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The recently issued NPS concession prospectus for Grand Canyon National Park's South Rim proposes some major construction in the Maswik lodging area.
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Peanut Butter Cinnamon Brownie
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1/4 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teasp. vanilla
1/2 cup flour
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1/2 teasp. baking powder
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1/2 cup extra-crunchy peanut butter
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preheat oven to 350' F
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add eggs and vanilla...beat until smooth
in small bowl .. combine flour, cinnamon, baking powder and salt
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stir just until the dry ingredients are moistened
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Mendo NF Mill Fire VOLUNTEER DAY, 10am-4pm Saturday, 11/17/12
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"There has been a change of plans since the last email I sent out... We recommend bringing a 4X4 vehicle as we will be driving to an undisclosed location. At this location we will be doing some hand work on trail tread maintenance and replacement and installation of some signs and barriers that burnt in the Mill Fire."
I've got an email out asking if dual sport motorcycles will be permitted in lieu of 4 x 4s and if there will be 4 x 4 transportation for those who arrive by other means. I'll post more about this when I receive a reply.
At the end of the event we will meet back at Davis Flat Campground where we have a sponsor that will be feeding us. They will be packing the food up in to go containers so volunteers can pick up the food and leave if they want or need to. I am asking for a head count for this event so I can let our sponsor how much food to prepare. So if you are potentially coming next weekend please shoot me an email [
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10:00am-10:30am Meet at Davis Flat Campground Look for the Us Forest Service Vehicles and personnel.
At this time we will go over the volunteer agreements, project (location) and discuss any job hazards or safety concerns related to this project.
10:45am Meet at Jobsite with assigned US Forest Service Personnel
Please bring your necessary PPE (listed below) and water with you at this time.
We will be driving to an undisclosed location 4X4 vehicles are recommended
12:00pm-1:00pm Lunch Please bring lunch with you as we will be on location away from Fouts Springs the entire event
1:00pm-3:00pm Continue work
3:00pm-4:00pm Gather all tools, equipment, debrief and return to Davis Flat
What we need you to bring is your PPE (Personal Protection Equipment) such as:
Boots (over the ankle)
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Scientists Find Evidence Of Water Within Lunar Samples
A team of NASA-funded researchers has measured water from the moon that shows some parts of the lunar mantle have as much water as the Earth's upper mantle.
The research, from Case Western Reserve University, Carnegie Institution for Science, and Brown University, shows 100 times more water than measured before. Scientists discovered water along with volatile elements in lunar magma trapped inside of crystals that are themselves trapped inside tiny volcanic glass beads.
The team of scientists, led by Carnegie's Erik Hauri, said the Moon has much more water than previously believed. The research, published in the journal Science Express, could clearly alter the prevailing theory about the Moon's origin.
The inclusions were found in lunar sample 74220, the famous high-titanium "orange glass soil" of volcanic origin collected during the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. The team used a state-of-the-art ion microprobe instrument to measure the water content of the inclusions, which were formed during explosive eruptions on the Moon about 3.7 billion years ago.
"These samples provide the best window we have to the amount of water in the interior of the Moon," said James Van Orman, professor of geological sciences at Case Western Reserve. "The interior seems to be pretty similar to the interior of the Earth, from what we know about water abundance."
The researchers also found the concentrations of water and volatile elements including fluorine, chlorine and sulfur in lunar magma are nearly identical to concentrations in solidified magma from primitive mid-ocean ridges on Earth.
The discovery strengthens the theory that the Moon and Earth have a common origin. But it also forces scientists to reconsider the current theory of the process: that a huge impact in Earth's early history ejected material into orbit that helped create the Moon.
Part of the origin theory says that water and other volatile elements and compounds were depleted due to the heat and violence of the impact. But this research indicates otherwise and provides new clues to the process of lunar formation.
"Water plays a critical role in determining the tectonic behavior of planetary surfaces, the melting point of planetary interiors, and the location and eruptive style of planetary volcanoes," said Hauri, a geochemist with Carnegie's Department of Terrestrial Magnetism (DTM), and lead author of the study.
"We can conceive of no sample type that would be more important to return to Earth than these volcanic glass samples ejected by explosive volcanism, which have been mapped not only on the Moon but throughout the inner solar system," he said.
The presence of this much water in lunar magma also forces scientists to consider volcanic activity as a possible source of ice found in the shadows of crates at the poles.
In a paper in Nature in 2008, the same team then led by Alberto Saal, associate professor of geological sciences at Brown, reported the first evidence for the presence of water on the Moon and used models to estimate how much was originally in the magmas before eruption.
"The bottom line," said Saal, "is that in 2008, we said the primitive water content in the lunar magmas should be similar to the water content in lavas coming from the Earth's depleted upper mantle. Now, we have proven that is indeed the case."
The new finding got a critical assist from a Brown undergraduate student, Thomas Weinreich, who found the melt inclusions that allowed the team to measure the pre-eruption concentration of water in the magma and to estimate the amount of water in the Moon's interior.
Weinreich searched through thousands of grains from the famous "orange soil" samples discovered by astronaut Harrison Schmidt during the Apollo 17 mission before finding ten that included melt inclusions.
"It just looks like a clear sample with some black specks in it," said Weinreich, a co-author on the paper.
Compared with meteorites, Earth and the other inner planets of our solar system contain fairly low amounts of water and volatile elements, which were not abundant in the inner solar system during planet formation. The even lower quantities of these volatile elements found on the Moon has long been claimed as evidence that it must have formed following a high-temperature, catastrophic impact. But the new findings show that aspects of this theory must be re-examined.
The paper — "High Pre-Eruptive Water Contents Preserved in Lunar Melt Inclusions" — was written by Hauri, Weinreich, Saal, Van Orman and Malcolm Rutherford of Brown. The research was funded by NASA's Lunar Advanced Science and Exploration Research and Cosmochemistry Programs, the NASA Lunar Science Institute (NLSI), and the Astrobiology Institute.
Image 1: Close-up of the orange soil discovered on the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. The color is caused by microscopic glass beads created by volcanic processes earlier in the Moon's history. Credit: NASA
Image 2: Scientists at Brown University found super-tiny melt inclusions in lunar soil samples that opened the door for measurements that revealed the magnitude of water inside the moon. Credit: Saal lab, Brown University
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Mintel Beauty & Personal Care announced the expansion of its beauty coverage into Korea.
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As India continues to gain prominence on the global beauty stage, markets such as hair care, skin care, natural/organic and men's care are all seeing shifts there.
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POG 1: 1 green stripe, no grommets, teardrop head, no bumper; no printing on top or side or racket (possibly a sticker) except for "Prince" and "graphite" at throat, cork-filled - circa 1978
POG 2: 1 green stripe, , no bumper, individual grommets, teardrop head; no printing on top or side or racket (possibly a sticker) except for "Prince" and "graphite" at throat, foam-filled? - circa 1980?
POG 3: 1 green stripe, bumper, grommet strip, modern head, ave. 356g/10.5 HL; "graphite series 110" printed on side (later variation read simply "graphite 110"); "Prince" and "graphite" at throat; foam-filled; circa 1983
POG 4: 4 green stripes, grommet strip, modern head, bumper, ave. 345g/8.5 HL; Printing: "GRAPHITE" in gold on crossbar, "Prince" and "Prince" in gold at throat, "110" in gold at 12:00, "Graphite 110" in green at side; foam-filled; circa 1987. At some point printing shifted to "Graphite Oversize" on side and "Oversize" at 12:00, but I don't know whether this corresponded to 4a, 4b, 4c, or 4d.
POG 4a: box beam with sharp corners, solid, stiff, damped, silver hologram; "Series 110" on side
POG 4b: solid, slightly less stiff, slightly rounder edges, green hologram
POG 4c: rare, silver hologram, "Made In Taiwan" on other side, roundest edges, less HL
POG 4d: white primer instead of black; squared edges like POG4a
POG 5: "Straight Shaft", lighter, less HL, less stiff, "nice pop"
POG 5.5: "20th Anniversary" "specs seem to be different"
POG 6: "Tour" - latest POG, very stiff, least HL of all, feels like different material than all others, hollow contraction (?), "worst version IMO"
Thanks Don't Let It Bounce! Looks like my latest POG 90 is a 4a.
Besides slightly thicker, stiffer and have sharper edges, it's easier to string into a "narrower" shape (which I like) than my other 4cs without the needs of doing tricks like "stretching" the frame with the machine's frame-holder (on a stand-up machine that you can adjust the holder) and 5 lbs higher on cross etc.
Almost like it is meant to be narrower anyway. Wheras the 4cs can get REALLY "round" esp. if it's strung on a desktop 2 point mounting machine.
Also, I find it a tad head heavier than the 4cs, which make groundstrokes almost effortless for me if I string it with hybrids at 40s lbs
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