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"No, no. You don't understand. There aren't two debatable arguments here. See, on one side there's me being right, and on the other side there's you being an idiot."
"The difference in intelligence between me and my kinsfolk is too immense to be explained with simple Darwinist evolution."
Intelligent Design, is the absolutely true and totally scientific theory that the Universe is so mind-bogglingly complex that it could only have been designed and constructed by an equally, if not more complex, "intelligent designer", whom we shall call the "Creator". It might be the Christian God ...but it might not, and we're not telling! This Creator might not have been a creator at all, but rather a committee of creators. Therefore the official version of the theory makes absolutely no reference to a Christian God. In fact, the theory was run through a word processor which also checked for all common misspellings, so this is an absolutely certain fact! This is what makes Intelligent Design totally scientific. (Hidden message to loyal followers of the One True Faith: it really is the Christian God! We promise! But don't tell anyone. [1]
The proof
Intelligent design was conceived by the highly-respected [2] scientific genius William Dembski of the world-renowned Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, a highly prestigious and respected University in Louisville, Kentucky. Dr. Demski was an eccentric genius and was shunned by lesser members of the scientific community as a result of petty jealousy of Dr. Demski great skills.
Some biologists, like the highly religious Ken G. Miller of Brown University [3], Rhode Island, claim that since Dr. Demski is a mathematician, he shouldn't claim to be a major authority on biology. Some of Ken's grad students like Brian Griffin are actually animals rather than humans (Brian is actually a dog)[4]. This is because Ken is in fact a mad scientist.
Dr. Demski had been gathering evidence for many years that evolution was incorrect. Dr. Demski's vision, insight and legendary determination led to the formation of the following arguments:
- Evolution isn't mentioned in the bible
- Evolution is wrong.[5]
- Evolution is designed to spread atheism.[6]
- I have a degree in mathematics and know how to use really big words.
One other compelling argument that intelligent design is true stems from the following Logic Train:
- William Dembski is a pudding
- Proof is in the pudding
- Proof is in William Dembski
If the proof is already in Dembski then he does not need to provide scientific proof that it's true, argumentum ad absurdum.
ID itself
The purpose of intelligent design, according to the Wedge Document, is:
- "To defeat scientific materialism and its destructive moral, cultural, and political legacies"
- "To replace materialistic explanations with the theistic understanding that nature and human beings are created by God"
If that sounds like it is motivated by religion and politics rather than science, then pretend you didn't read it, and move on.
ID relies on modern information theory. Information theory was developed by Claude Shannon of the Bell Telephone Company, and states that anything which conveys information has useful parts and redundant parts. For example "Congratulations sir, you are now a father!" could strip down on redundant parts and increase the information-conveying parts by changing it to "you now have a son!" But, if we slightly rework the definition to state its obvious implication that information can only be added by an intelligent designer, we now have a solid law on which to base ID.
Human DNA contains large amounts of information, much in the same way that your freezer contains the information to create all kinds of crystal patters in the ice of a freezing ice cube. After all, if your freezer didn't contain this information, creating these patterns would be adding information, which requires a designer. This would mean that ice was God, which is logically impossible, quid pro quo.
Since human DNA contains information, and random processes cannot add information, an intelligent designer must have added this information.
Still not convinced? Then we will get even more sciencer. he Second Law of Thermodynamics states that "in a closed system, all things tend toward entropy." As DNA is enclosed in a cell, which is in turn enclosed in your body, which is in the world, and so on, we are looking at a highly closed system.[7] Thus, things must always tend toward chaos in DNA. So you can see, if Evolution were not wrong, and DNA did evolve over time, we would not find evidence of so-called "survival of the fittest"; instead, we would only find evidence of entropy, whales being born with legs, fruit flies living twice their normal age in controlled experiments, and flowers speciating to the point where they can no longer crossbreed, ad hoc sic. No such things exist.[8]
Other proofs that ID is an undisputable fact:
- Evolution simply cannot be true because scientists' minds can grasp it. The TRUE truth can only be understood by
Godthe Creator.
- Towering intellects say Intelligent Design should be taught in public schools.
- Intelligent Design is not quite as stupid as SD
- ID can withstand criticism from small-minded science bigots.
- Modern-day miracles, such as Virgin Mary apparitions on toast.
- Toast is magical spiritual substance through which the ancient Hebrew people communicated with God and wrote the bible per His instructions.
- The Wizard of ID said so.
Scientific Discoveries
The best lack of evidence that ID is correct is the remarkably innovative and relatively new (about 4000 years old perhaps) concept of "irreducible complexity". In the context of intelligent design, irreducible complexity was put forthby Michael Behe, who defines it as: "life is like really complex, you know?". Almost every scientist in the world supports the concept of irreducable complexity. [9]
Behe uses the analogy of a "blind watchmaker" to illustrate the concept of intelligent design. Let's say that you were walking along the beach and you found a gold watch. Would you assume that the watch was created by a designer, or that it "evolved" from a bunch of wriggling gears? After all, if you take out one gear, the entire watch doesn't work! What if you walked across the beach and found a nuclear reactor? Why, you'd assume that the watchmaker made it as well. A shoe? The watchmaker made it. A fish? Also made by the watchmaker. And even if you did find the watch on a beach full of a bunch of wriggling gears and watches with intermediary stages of functionality, you would assume that they, too, were made by the watchmaker, quod ad argumentum.
Another important thing to note is to understand scientific lingo. Evolution is only a theory – therefore it's not proven true. Just like Newton's theory of gravity and Einstein's special and generalized theories of relativity. It is worth noting that Galileo first came up with the ideas of relativity and gravity and the Catholic Church hated him. What more evidence do you need?"
The theory of Intelligent Design was apparently proven scientifically beyond all possible doubt by an unnamed scientist in 1994. Unfortunately, instead of immediately alerting current fourteen-term President and Christ figure Ronald Reagan, the scientist made the unfortunate decision of taking his theories to an evolutionary biologist for confirmation. After proceeding to the biologist's ten-thousand acre manor estate, which, according to some reports, was infested with insolent talking household appliances, the scientist made his report to a figure later described as "shrouded in the blackest black shadow," sitting behind a massive mahogany desk. After hearing what the scientist had to say, the biologist reportedly made a phone call to the Jew-Controlled Gay Loving Democrat Liberal Elite Media. Though the exact orders given by the JCGLDLEM remain unknown, the biologist spoke a single word and instantly the scientist was consumed and skeletonized by a swarm of lab-coat-garbed teacher's assistants. The lone copy of the document that so absolutely and empirically proved ID was slowly burned by one of the biologist's cigarettes, which were purportedly gold fringed and kept in a monogrammed, leather-bound and possibly jewel-encrusted case. [10]
When asked to explain how they are privy to these events, Intelligent Designerists typically respond with "How are you privy to these events?" and make their escape in the resulting confusion. Note that this story explaining the lack of proof behind ID is not agreed upon by all ID advocates. Others assert that the scientist in question simply had the document stolen from him by a gang of passing black people. A third group typically claims that "Proof is for communists. You're not a communist, are you?"
Of course you're not.
Teach the Truth
We all know that ID has absolutely nothing to do with religion; it's all about letting children hear both sides of a genuine scientific debate. Other examples are shown in the image to the right. Here are some more examples:
- Alchemy or chemistry
- Magic or physics
- Astrology or astronomy
- Phrenology or neurology
- Shamanism or evidence-based medicine
- The Big Bang or earth-centered universe
- Transfer of phlogiston or fire as oxidation of reduced fuel
- Heat as Brownian motion or calorique release
- Describe light using the luminiferous aether or quantum mechanics
- Describe gravity using the noodly appendages of the Flying Spaghetti Monster or general relativity
Criticisms from Small-Minded Science-Bigots
Although many reputable scientists around the world support the revolutionary and wonderfully original theory of intelligent design (unlike the ten or so who believe in evolution) some people can't help but arguing against it. Thus, we present some sample responses to criticisms from Behe.
Argument 1
Q: Isn't Intelligent Design just Creationism in disguise?
A: No! This is one of the biggest misconceptions about ID and to lump it in with creationism is nothing short of fallacy. Creationism is the notion that life did not evolve by natural means but instead was created by an intelligent being. Intelligent Design on the other hand, states (Editor's Note: will complete this section after consulting with pastor).
Argument 2
Q: About this information theory business... Are you saying that the Creator put more information into our genes than he even possessed?
Stated another way: If we are so complex that we must have been engineered by a space alien, is it not true that the Creator would also have been pretty damned complex? Doesn't that mean that the Creator must have been created by another Creator? And what about the Creator's Creator's Creator?
A: The road to Hell is paved with questions of good intention.
Argument 3
Q: What makes you think the design was intelligent? Really it's not; just look around you. Flying squirrels? Crabs and the platypus? How about the ocelot, llama, koala or the back-to-front human retina? No reasonable person can seriously believe someone intelligent designed these animals!
A: Richard Dawkins proved evolution was bunk and Intelligent Design a fact in his book "Tumbling Down Mount Improbable", wherein he asserts that "given the existence of mosquitoes, tornadoes, infidelity, and war, it should be clear to any television-consuming being that the universe was designed by a God who is desperate for entertainment."[11] If Dawkins believed in this, you don't need things like Unintelligent Design. See New Intelligent Design.
Argument 4
Q: Surely this is more a question of theology rather than of science? If a school in Kansas wants to teach this alternative "theory" shouldn't they be doing so in a Religious Education lesson? Shouldn't science get to stick some stickers on religious texts saying "the information within this publication is not supported by certain facts established from the rigorous scientific confirmation of empirical data"? EH?
A: School kids are going to be indoctrinated with something, so it might as well be something that any high-school dropout would agree is science. In fact, I hold here a letter signed by over eight thousand high school dropouts attesting that it is.
Intelligent Design in the Classroom
In recent years, the ongoing bias in science classes towards scientific explanations has reached unacceptable levels. Studies show that science teachers stubbornly refuse to teach ID. Instead, students are forced to hear only one side of the issue in their science classes: the one presented by "scientists".
The Intelligent Design movement was formed as a response to this pervasive bias in our children's education. First appearing near Austin, Texas, the Intelligent Designerists overthrew that state's educational system -- a triumph for Christ (or whatever aliens or other beings may have designed life). Further victories were had in the intelligentest and most forward-thinking states: Kansas and Georgia. The goal of the ID movement is to ensure that children are not exposed only to science in science class, but to ALL classes of ideas, so long as those ideas are held by televangelists and other proponents of ID. Also, their rules only apply to the theory of evolution by natural selection and not to any other scientific theory, law, or concept, because natural selection is so unfair and discriminates against people who are unfit, panem et circenses.
Copyright Issues
Proponents of ID claim that creation happened 69 years ago and that copyright subsists in all attributes of the Intelligent Design. The current patentholder is a company called SCO, who also holds the patents for planets Saturn and Pluto and the recipe for water. SCO has ID lawyers working feverishly to prevent cloning on the basis that this would be a breach of copyright.
Intelligent design outside of biology
Intelligent design isn't just limited to biology – many other scientific discoveries contradict what's written in the Bible too, including: The location of the earth in the universe, the shape of the earth and the creation of the earth and the sun. These issues are addressed in the new field of ID called "Intelligent Geography".
Since geography isn't, strictly speaking, science, religious people and relativists don't mock it very often. Chemistry might be a better candidate. As any relativist will tell you, the theory that the moon is a quarter of the size of the earth and is a million miles away is on a par with the theory that the moon is a calabash tossed into the sky, hanging only just of reach above the treetops.
Following from that "logic", we can say that the theory that a benzene molecule is a flat hexagon of six carbon atoms and a delocalized central electron ring is on a par with the theory that consuming the philosopher's stone with a glass of tonic will give one eternal life. So it follows that alchemy is as valid, maybe even more valid, than chemistry, acta est fabula plaudite.
It is important that children hear all sides of a scientific debate and the discovery, which took human scientists 40 years to work out (1825 – 1865) that benzene is cyclical, is just as important as the mystical realization of the existence of a magical rock that grants eternal life. Clearly the latter seems more important (eternal life versus cyclic hydrocarbons), but design proponents believe in fairness.
Hence it was decided by Tony Blair that alchemy should be a mandatory part of the British National Curriculum (just like religious education is). New O-level (now known as Occult level) alchemy textbooks have been introduced and will be used in parallel with Of Pandas and People to teach 6th graders science. Since 99.9% of non-Chinese students study psychology, this won't have much of an effect.
How to Talk to a Scientist - If You Must
When people want to argue with you that "real" science is used every day to do things like cure diseases or make genetically-enhanced grains, you need to know how to put them in their place.
- Say things like "Well if you remember chemistry, that just disproves evolution."
- Remind them that evolution and Intelligent Design are both "theories." Compare Einstein's Theory of Relativity to your theory that Michael Jackson is really Elvis. One theory is as good as another, so both should be taught.
- Remind them that God loves you and hates them, which makes you better and more qualified to make scientific judgments.
- Drown them out by shouting that you get your information from "a higher authority."
- Tell them that in this post-modern world of relativism, people need to be taught that things are not always as they seem. I mean, if the guy from Depeche Mode is married to a woman, you really can't prove or disprove anything, tempus edax rerum.
- Dazzle 'em with science: The growing, irrefutable body of knowledge about DNA is a gold mine for proponents of Intelligent Design. Paul Davies, a researcher and professor of physics at the University of Queensland and at the Australian Center for Astrobiology at Macquarie University, says: "Just as the sequence of letters in an instruction manual is independent of the chemistry of the paper and ink, so the 'letters' in DNA — which make up the information — are independent of the chemical properties of nucleic acid." This will confuse the lay person who believes in "science" and make them give up talking to you. You will win the argument by default.
- Tell them the Second Law of Thermodynamics makes evolution impossible and try to sound really serious when you say it and then point out that all scientists say this all the time and it's an indisputed fact. [12]
- Show them movies of apes doing gross, disgusting things, like the YouTube movie of a Gorilla licking his [bleep] in the zoo. Nobody wants to be related to filthy embarrassing animals (even if drunk human rock-stars or intern-hungry televangelists do the same things as the apes).
- Show them studies proving that believing in evolution makes you a hippie commie liberal. If that fails, accuse them of atheism. (This isn't so effective outside the US, because atheists don't face resentment and persecution in other places in the civilized world. Tell them they are French instead - they're hated the world over. If it's a French person you're speaking to, tell them they're English.)
- ↑ The designer is the Christian god
- ↑ Respect of William Demski
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ F. A. Stone, Dumass, et al. "Analysis of Fictional Anthropomorphic Graduate Students" Journal of Lax Standards #8
- ↑ Mom, Dad. "Evolution, A Myth Your Teachers Teach You". Bedtime Daily Press
- ↑ Rev. Lovejoy. "Evolution's Connections To Heathenism". Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Press
- ↑ Smith, Brown, and Jakovski, DDS. "Arguments Based on Material We Don't Understand." Big Book of BS (Simon and Scheister)
- ↑ Author, Article. "What my friend told me a few months ago."
- ↑ Real scientists supporting irreducible complexity
- ↑ Jewowitz, Jewy. "How to Raise Your IQ By Eating Goyish Scientists Who Know Too Much". New England Journal of Evil, Mar 1995.
- ↑ Misunderstanding Sarcasm Monthly, Apr 2004, p.226
- ↑ Evolution and the second law of thermodynamics
See Also
- The Theory of Intelligent Design By Committee
- The Theory of Intelligent Falling
- The Theory of Incredulous Design
- The Theory of Unintelligent Design
- The Theory of Stupid Design
- The Theory of Malevolent Design
- The Theory of Intelligent Geography
- The Theory of Swiss Government
- The Theory of History
- The Theory of change
- The Theory of Reproduction
- The Theory of Homosexuology
- The Theory of Evolution
- The Theory of Evilution
- The Theory of Solid Snake
- The Theory of Pez
- The Theory of Flying Spaghetti Monster
- The Theory of Style
- The Theory of Ikea
- The Theory of Bob The Builder
- The Theory of Change Management
- The Theory of The Ghetto Gospel of Intelligent Design
- The Theory of Kitten Huffing
- The Theory of Atheism
- The Theory of youth socialism
- Poof, There It Is Theory
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- Consider using the site-licensed Respondus test creation program. Respondus is an excellent tool for the creation, modification, renaming and uploading of exams and assessments. You are also able save the original test content files on your own computer. The Respondus program can be downloaded to your computer from the download.uky.edu web site. NOTE: This program is only available for Windows computers at this time, but can be run on an Intel-based Mac using Windows virtualization software.
- Take the exam yourself after deploying the test, but before making it available to students, to make sure it meets your expectations and that there are no mistakes in the creation.
- DO NOT rename the exam once it is deployed.
- DO NOT make changes to questions (other than minor textual changes) once you have deployed the exam in a content area, including:
- Do not add or remove answers or feedback.
- Do not change creation settings.
- Do not change attached files.
- You can change the number of points a question is worth, and you can add and remove questions. Once a test is taken, however, please do not add questions.
- Changes to points possible will scale the score you gave each student. For example, if you gave a student 10/10, then changed the points possible to 5, the regrade would yield 5/5 points for that question.
- Heed all Blackboard warnings which appear when you attempt to modify an exam after it is open to student access.
- If you would like to modify an existing test for use in a different semester, you may want to instead create a new Test.
- Request your students save the answer to each question as they take the exam.
- Remind students that they must click the Submit button when the exam is complete for their exam to register as being taken.
- Post a notice in Blackboard to remind students of their best practices when taking exams in Blackboard (below is a list you may want to copy, or modify and then post to your courses).
- Keep test sections to 20 to 30 minutes. This is particularly important for essay questions, but can also be an issue with other types of questions if the students do not use the SAVE button.
- Break your quiz or exam into multiple assessments based on the type of questions.
- Objective questions (i.e., multiple choice, matching, True/False, etc.).
- Subjective questions (i.e., short answer and essay questions).
- Display one question per page. Otherwise, when a student takes several minutes to answer multiple questions before saving answers or moving on to the next page, the test may time out, causing all progress to be lost.
- Prohibit backtracking, if desired. Selecting this option allows the student to only see the current question and not get distracted by future questions. This option is useful for instructors who are concerned that students may change past answers based on future questions.
- Uncheck the Forced Completion option. If a student gets dropped from the test, they can immediately return to the question that was interrupted. (If the instructor forces completion, they will first have to clear the student's attempt so the student can re-enter the test.) If the students have been saving the answers as they worked through the test, the previously answered questions will not be lost.
- In some instances, allowing multiple attempts is a good choice, especially if questions are being randomly selected for presentation from a larger pool of questions. You can allow unlimited attempts or a specific number of attempts. The Grade Center will display all attempts. You can choose to grade the student's last attempt, first attempt, highest score, lowest score, or average of scores. Additionally, an override field is included so that you can manually enter a score. You may also choose to clear (or delete) the last, first, highest, lowest, or all attempts within a specified date range. This action may be performed by item (for all students at once) or by user (for a specific user).
- To time a test, use the setting: "If a time limit is set, the timer keeps ticking while the student is out of the test". (See the Setting a Time Limit on a Test section below for more information.)
Typically students complete objective questions quickly and then take more time to work on the subjective questions. In most cases, if a student is dropped from a test, it is during a subjective part of the test. If the test is designed as one whole, test answers for the answers for both the objective and subjective questions can be lost if the students have not being using the SAVE button. However, if the test is divided into two sections, it is less likely that answers to the objective questions will be lost and more likely that students will have a better chance of completing the subjective part without losing their connection to Blackboard.
Useful Hints for Administering Tests
- Inform students about the article Tips for Taking a Blackboard Test, linked below.
- Have students save each question response. This action will capture the response to each question in case the computer freezes or times out before clicking SUBMIT. In the event that the test is not submitted properly, the answers will be saved and the instructor will be able to access the student's original test with answers. Please note that if the test was not submitted properly, the grade book will show a lock; however, the instructor will still be able to view the student's responses.
- Have the student print out (or take a screen shot) and save the submission report. The report is displayed after a student has successfully submitted the assessment. It can be used as proof of submission (in case of a technical problem).
- To reduce last-minute technical issues, prepare a practice online test that is similar in the settings and types of questions you will use in graded tests. Create one and use in all your courses.
- When making a test available, instructors have the option of controlling Test Feedback. If the instructor chooses all options available, each student will receive the answer to each question, marked either correct or incorrect and the correct answer if the student incorrect. While more information is useful to the student, you should realize that students could potentially pass information along to students who have not yet taken the test. The Steps to Modify Test Feedback Options section below provide a way to allow students to receive all the feedback but keep them from sharing the information inappropriately.
- Because it is possible, even after taking precautionary steps, for students to encounter browser or network connection problems when taking online tests, always have a backup plan for students to take the test (alternative date, paper copy of the test, etc).
Setting a Time Limit on a Test
Blackboard allows you to set a timer on a test. The elapsed time will appear at the top right of the screen and a one-minute warning will also be displayed. However, setting a time limit does not restrict students from going over the allotted time. If they do, their grade will show up as a "!" in the grade book rather than a grade and you will be able to see how much time they ran over the allotted time. You will not be able to see where the student was when the time ran out or how many questions he or she answered after the fact. The assessment will need to be graded manually.
Note: Browser options need to be set appropriately in order for the test timer to be displayed.
Steps to Modify Test Feedback Options
Various options may be selected and modified, depending on how you want the test results to display for the students once they have completed the test.
- Score: Displays only the exam score, not the individual questions and/or responses.
- Submitted Answers: Displays all of the questions and the answers given by the student. It will display whether the answers were correct or incorrect, but will not show correct answers for any questions missed by the student.
- Correct Answers: Displays all of the questions and answers given by the student along with the correct answer.
- Feedback: Displays any feedback that you have supplied for each question.
If you choose to show anything other than just the score, the students will see all of the test questions as soon as they complete the test. There is no way to prevent the copying, printing, or sharing of this information.
If you want to allow the students to see your feedback after everyone has taken the exam, you can go back into the Test Options and allow the other items to be displayed, i.e., Submitted Answers, Correct Answers, and/or Feedback. If all options are checked, students will be able to access the entire exam through View Grades by clicking on the exam score to open the exam. Note: Students will be able to print this document.
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Attached at the Mouse: How my sons best friendship started onlineEliana Tardio
This is a story of friendship and the value it has on our lives. A year ago at a blogger conference, I finally met a woman I had known previously through her blog. Her name is Helena Osorio. Through our online friendship she had shared empowering words of support with me, but having the opportunity to meet her in person and give her a hug was very special.
After the event, Helena and I planned a play date for our kids. Her son is 5 years old and my kids, Emir & Ayelén, are 9 and 6 now. I couldn't wait for them to meet!
After their first meeting, Emir and Ariel became good friends. Emir doesn't speak clearly and barely talks to people that he doesn't know well. He's included in a mainstream classroom at school most of the time, but being realistic, that doesn't assure him making any real friends.
There are people in the world that are simply meant to become friends. Friends are not perfect people, but human beings, determined to see the best of you, support you with your endeavors, and even deal with your craziness from time to time.
Helena is a great cheerleader of mine. She is always happy and proud of my accomplishments, as I am for hers. Some people don't know how
online media can benefit our personal lives. It works for many of us, more often than one would think, and through social media, we can find real friends.
Living and growing with Down syndrome brings many challenges to kids, young people and mature people. One of the most significant challenges is developing a regular social life. As a parent, working hard to include your kids and create social interaction with other children is not a ticket to integration and social normalcy. Yes, many times, we (parents of kids with special needs) will fight for a normal life for our children until we can fight no more, but interaction is something that can't be forced and typical kids don't always find similarities with kids with special needs, and it only gets worse as they get older.
But accepting this fact doesn't mean giving up on meaningful relationships for your kids, so I'm still looking for positive experiences for Emir. With that, I recognize the positive side of the experience of inclusion in his school as it has provided him with a great increase in self-esteem. After being a very shy boy for years, he now approaches other kids, talks to them, and even though it doesn´t always work, when it does it always brings joy and pride to him, and to us as a family.
So back to our story of friendship: Emir and Ariel kept meeting during our "moms' dates" and they have become great friends. Ariel calls Emir "the brother" and Emir calls Ariel "the nice guy" and there is much love between our families.
Emir's first sleepover was with Ariel. Emir was so excited to have someone sharing his bedroom for a whole night, something that typical kids have as par for the course. We just visited Disney together last week for the Disney SM Moms and the sweetest part of it all was when they saw each other and became so happy and excited to spend time together. Emir's face was priceless as he reacted to seeing his best friend. It was real happiness in his eyes.
"The nice guy" is gentle and always takes the time to really listen to Emir. He understands what he says and follows his lead many times. They hold hands when walking together and they share smiles and inside jokes that us mothers could never understand.
Sadly, our friends are moving to Philadelphia soon, but it doesn't matter because this friendship started online and will stay alive that way. We'll set some Google hangouts and Skype connections and we will keep sharing our lives and stories to see our kids growing together.
That's the value of real friendship. Online friendships are worthy of the same time, effort, and commitment as in-person relationships because they're just as meaningful and important.
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Last year, Wake AHEC provided 11,886 physicians with Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit in nine North Carolina counties. Without this education and the opportunity to gain the most up-to-date medical information and strategies, our state's physicians would not be as effective in helping improve the quality of medical care for patients across North Carolina.
Additionally, Wake AHEC is pleased to report that they have again earned a four-year accreditation as a provider for CME by the North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS). To earn this accreditation, Wake AHEC met NCMS's new guidelines, one of which involves following up with participants after an educational event to determine if learning inspired changes in the delivery of patient care.
Another major new focus for CME is a concentration on improving quality in physician offices. To date, 24 primary care practice sites in this region have participated in North Carolina's Improving Performance in Practice Program, aiming to improve care in asthma and diabetes as well as prevention of these illnesses. Physician participation in quality improvement initiatives can lead to credit for structured performance activities as well as the opportunity to meet the Maintenance of Certification Part IV requirement.
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I tried "moving" to the USA, filling out the form for that, but it was refused, because my currency is Japanese yen. Yeah, a circle.
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How on earth does one contact Google to actually say something to someone?
If you successfully get the answer to this please let me know since I spent ages e-mailing without a single response.
Fortunately I do not need this for tax purposes, what I wanted was NOT to be paid in Sterling however I had to relent eventually since they forced it upon me, now what happens when I move I have no idea.
IMHO this has been very badly implemented.
The main thing though is that I want the checks in US dollars (they way they have been for years), and I want to change my address to the US, without having to cancel my Google AdSense, AdWords and Affiliate info, reapply, get accepted, then reapply to all the Affiliate merchants, recreate all the AdSense channels and ad types, and redo all of the ads on all of my sites.


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Okla. House OKs bill on religion in schools
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma public school students who express their religious views couldn't be discriminated against under a bill passed by the House on Thursday, despite concerns from opponents that such protections already exist.
The House voted 79-13 for the Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act by Rep. John Bennett, who said the bill is modeled after a Texas law.
"We have the right to religious freedom. Period," said Bennett, R-Sallisaw. "In public schools, students can hardly mention God one time without being sent to the principal's office."
The bill further directs school boards to adopt policies protecting student speakers at school events from being punished for expressing their religious views. The bill also specifically gives religious clubs or prayer groups the same access to school facilities as it does for other student groups.
Rep. Ben Sherrer said students in Oklahoma have plenty of opportunities to express religious viewpoints and that the bill is unnecessary.
"I've got news: the sovereign will of God does not need man's help," said Sherrer, D-Chouteau. "If God wants administrator-led prayer in school, it will happen. If God wants hymns sung at school board meetings, it will happen. If God wants an altar call at the end of a Homecoming ceremony, it will happen. God does not need our help."
Ryan Kiesel, the director of the Oklahoma chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, said the group opposes the bill and that a student's right to discuss religion already is protected under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
"In Rep. Bennett's attempt to protect rights that are already protected, he confuses current law and invites the very violations he is allegedly interested in preventing," Kiesel said in a statement. "We urge the Senate to see this for the political stunt that it is and reject it on arrival."


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After years of planning, there's a new fire station to serve a highly-populated area. The Ivy station is operating out of a leased warehouse near the UVA Northridge medical center. Albemarle fire chief Dan Eggleston says it adds a vital service to a highly-populated area.


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Palm Beach County group wants Rick Scott to ban anti-gay discrimination in state employment
The gay rights group Palm Beach County Human Rights Council said Tuesday it wants Gov.-elect Rick Scott's first order of business when he takes office to be issuing an executive order banning discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation in state employment.
A letter on Monday from the group's president founder, Rand Hoch, to Scott, even includes a draft executive order the new governor could sign.
The council's proposed executive order would require all state agencies to "recruit, appoint, train, evaluate and promote state personnel on the basis of merit and fitness, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, pregnancy or marital status or other non-job-related factors."
The group said similar executive orders have been issued by the governors of 30 states.
In a press release Tuesday, Hoch complained that Gov. Charlie Crist ignored a similar request.
"Unlike Charlie Crist, who spent much of his adult life in the political arena, Rick Scott has spent years in the corporate world," Hoch said. "As he takes over as Florida's chief executive officer, Rick Scott can take this opportunity to assure all state employees that under his leadership, they will be evaluated based on the basis of merit and fitness, as opposed to any non-job related factors."


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how can you treat baby's keloid?
my baby had her vaccine for BCG and Hepa 1 3 days after birth and now it seems that she's developing a keloid on her arm. is there a way this can be removed? Thanks! :)
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I have keloids too, but Mederma doesn't do anything for me. I think it's a placebo - to rub some sort of cream on it when it hurts or itches. But my scars are like 20 years old... it might work for babies. Poor baby already has keloids =( I'm sorry! And yes, sorry - i don't have an answer. I think if you any sort of scar cream thing early - it might just work.posted 06/17/2011 by uwieee
I have keloids myself. My doctor told me I could only have them removed via surgery...and there was a chance that the surgery could instigate a larger keloid instead of just a scar. And in the explanation told me I could never have my ears pierced because there was a very large chance I could have a keloidal reaction there too. Apparently the body sends out too many white blood cells to heal itself and in the process "overheals"...resulting in keloid scars. She mentioned that I could use an over-the-counter medication like Mederma when I get hurt again...but that she could not guarantee it will work. I would say give it a try for your little one. Sorry I do not have a better answer and that this is so long of a response, but I hope it helps.posted 05/29/2011 by LadyHighlander514
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15 mph on a MUP isn't bad though.Wash Park bicyclists need to heed speed
By Mike McPhee
Denver Post Staff Writer
Police today will begin enforcing the 15-mph speed limit for bicyclists using the asphalt road around the interior of Washington Park.
The park is used - heavily at times, such as early in the morning and after work - by dog walkers, joggers, in-line skaters and cyclists. It's the difference in speeds that causes the problems.
"It's a park, not a racetrack," said Jenny Cargile, 37, a mother of three who jogged Monday while pushing a big-wheeled baby carriage. "Just the other day, I saw two children get hit by bikes. It scares me when my own kids walk over the yellow line. They could be wiped out by a group of bikes."
But some cyclists think police should concentrate on bigger problems.
Julie and Daryl Hoekstra ride bikes 30 to 50 miles a day, usually on roads or the Cherry Creek bike path.
"When it's crowded, we don't ride very fast," Julie Hoekstra said. But police should ticket people who spray "graffiti or cars running stop signs. Bikers are pretty careful. The only accident I've seen is a car that ran a stop sign and hit a cyclist."
The smooth asphalt road is divided by a painted yellow line. Bikes use the outside lane traveling counterclockwise, and everyone else uses the inside lane traveling clockwise. Automobiles are banned, except for a quarter-mile stretch between the park's entrances on Virginia Avenue and Downing Street.
Police spokesman Sonny Jackson said Monday that he was not sure whether police would use a radar gun to track the speed and whether they would ticket offenders.
Several people said it was about time police did something.
Michael Hanna, 30, works out on his bike nearly every day and races on weekends.
"I don't mind the speed limit - 15 (mph) is reasonable," he said. "The park is for all kinds of people. Everyone should feel safe. But it's also important for pedestrians and kids to pay attention to the bikes while they're in the park."
Kristin and Jim Benoist, who have seven children between them, in-line skate in the park four times a week while pushing double child carriers.
"The bikes go too fast, and some skaters do too," said Kristin Benoist, 32. "And they don't have much tolerance for us, yelling to get out of the way or to go faster."
Jim Benoist, 45, said bicyclists should watch what they're doing. "It's usually just one or two riders going way too fast," he said. "I wouldn't mind even if the speed limit was 20 mph, if people were careful."
Others, like bike-commuter Brad Smith, 47, would prefer set times for a speed limit - say 4 p.m. to dusk and on weekends. "The rest of the time people could go at their own pace," said Smith, who said he witnessed a bicyclist-pedestrian accident in the park two weeks ago that required an ambulance.


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Plagiarism has been an issue in the scholarly world for as long as education and cheating have existed but an anti-plagiarism software is hoped to put an end to the illegal practice.
At the Institute of Accountancy Arusha (IAA), a special software has been created to mark the academic researches of post graduate degree students and it not only marks the papers but also seeks out plagiary lines.
In an exclusive interview with The Guardian, IAA's Deputy Rector, Academics, Research and Consultacy, Dr Faraji Kasidi said that they developed the anti-plagiarism software to stop the practice after discerning students were buying research papers as their own original works.
"This technology is very new in the country, and I am sure that the anti plagiarism software will at least solve the problem of students submitting copied researches …" said the hopeful deputy.
To complement the efforts against cheating, IAA's Director of Undergraduate Studies Hellen Meshack asserted that the institute has launched new academic programmes that go hand in hand with prevalent market orientation.
Present at the event was, PhD, Prof Johannes Monyo who has been facing allegations of fraud, forgery and ironically 'plagiarism' on account that his Doctorate is from an 'un-recognised' institute, a claim that he adamantly refuted.
"I wish to tell the public that I am a holder of a Doctor of Philosophy based on my Finance degree from Rushmore..."Monyo defended himself and made clear that the Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU) has contacted him in an official letter dated June27, 2006 in which they apparently recognised the disputed academic award.
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Missourians have until Saturday to comment on a proposed initiative petition that, if approved by voters, would create one student curator's position on each Missouri public college or university board — including Lincoln University, Linn State Technical College and the University of Missouri.
Current state law provides for non-voting student representatives to meet with schools' curators or regents and participate in their open-session discussions.
The nine-page petition replaces those representatives with students who would have the same voting authority as the other board members.
The student position still would have some differences, including a two-year term rather than six and, for some of the schools, different residency requirements.
And the student curator is to be "nonpartisan," while state law otherwise limits the number of board members from any political party.
Like the adult board members, the student curators also would have to be Missouri residents.
In addition, they would have to be full-time students and be current on their bills and fees (or have payment arrangements with their school that are current).
For the University of Missouri board, the proposed petition would keep nine curators and require one of those to be the student.
For Lincoln, Linn State Tech and other schools, the student curator would be an additional member.
All student curators would be appointed by the governor and approved by the Missouri Senate.
By law, the secretary of state writes the ballot language for initiative petition ballot issues.
Since becoming Missouri's secretary of state last January, Jason Kander began the public comment process, which includes posting the proposed initiative petition online as soon as its form is approved and giving Missourians five days to comment on the proposal.
The student curators proposal can be found at www.sos.mo.gov/elections/2014petitions/14init_pet_active.asp#2014-051.
Kander and his staff consider all comments as they write the language to appear on petitions as they're circulated, and on the ballot if the sponsors get enough valid signatures to put the proposal on the ballot.
The student curators proposal would change state law, not the Constitution, so supporters must gather signatures from registered voters equal to at least 5 percent of the total vote for governor in 2012, in at least six of Missouri's eight congressional districts.
St. Louis County attorney Brad Ketcher — a former chief of staff for Gov. Mel Carnahan — submitted the proposed petition to Kander's office. He declined Tuesday to identify his clients.
But, he told The Associated Press: "Students are bearing increasing proportions of the costs of their higher education — they're paying more tuition, they're having to borrow more.
"It's high time that they had a full voice on their university boards when issues like tuition and fee increases come up."
The Washington-based Center on Budget and Policy Priorities reported that, from 2008-13, Missouri's inflation-adjusted, per-student funding for higher education declined by $2,013, or nearly 30 percent.
During that same time, the average inflation-adjusted tuition at Missouri's public universities rose by $388, a little more than 5 percent — one of the lowest tuition-hike rates in the nation.
Corbin Evans, executive director of The Associated Students of the University of Missouri, told the AP on Tuesday the organization wasn't involved in drafting the proposed ballot initiative, but long has supported efforts to allow student curators to vote.
"The problem with not having a vote is that we don't have that guarantee that our voice is going to be equally heard with the rest of the curators," Evans said.
Previous proposals, including one passed by the Legislature in 2008 but vetoed by then-Gov. Matt Blunt, would have allowed student curators to vote on most issues — but not personnel ones, including issues involving a school's president, or faculty promotions and tenure.
But the new petition doesn't have those limits, and allows the student curators to attend all board meetings, open or closed.
The current student representatives can't attend closed sessions, either.
"Under this proposal, they get to vote on all issues," Ketcher told the News Tribune. "That closed session language (in current law) is sunseted when this proposal kicks in."
If voters approve the proposal in the November 2014 general election, the changes would begin Jan. 1, 2015 — and require the governor to appoint the new student curators by Jan. 31, 2015, with the current student representatives continuing to serve until the state Senate approves the new appointees.
In 2008, Blunt's veto said the bill — which affected only the University of Missouri — gave students a special stake on a board that's supposed to represent all parts of the university system.
MU's curators voted 7-1 to oppose that 2008 bill.
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Controlling Your Timber Sale Tax
taxable exchanges and nontaxable exchanges. For taxable exchanges of property, or exchanges where property is traded for other property that is not similar in use to the property exchanged, the basis is the fair market value on the date of exchange. For nontaxable exchanges, such as like-kind exchanges, the basis in the property received is usually the same as the basis in the property exchanged.
When you acquire a tract of forestland, there may be several assets on the land, such as fences, bridges, ponds, plantations, buildings, and merchantable timber. These assets are referred to as real capital assets. Most forest landowners just pay for the tract and do not know that they can separate or allocate the costs to acquire the property to each asset. That means that you can literally deduct the amount you spent to purchase the timber asset from the proceeds of any future timber sale. This is important because anytime you can subtract something from the sale proceeds, you effectively reduce your tax bill.
So, how do you do it? First of all, at the time you acquire the tract, you need to establish the original cost basis in this timber asset.
Determining the original cost basis in the timber asset is a process of calculating the proportionate amount of the original basis in the property as a whole that is allocated to the timber asset. It is best to do this allocation at the time of acquisition, but it may also be done years later if you have maintained good records by setting up an account for each of the timber assets, that would include the volume and value of the asset at the time of purchase.
The next step in establishing your cost basis in the timber is to have a trained professional forester conduct a timber inventory on your property to determine the quality and volume of forest products on your tract. If the timber inventory was not conducted at the time of purchase, a forester can "cruise" the timber and estimate both the current volume and what it was when you acquired the property. An estimate of the inventory value of the timber assets is also provided as part of the inventory.
The next step in this asset cost allocation process is to calculate the proportion (percentage in decimal form) of each asset to the total fair market value or appraised


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Tokyo Game Show!
I am a guest at the Tokyo Game Show this year! I'm really honored! This is the first year they are inviting cosplay guests, and I am selected as the United States cosplayer, and 1 other from Europe, and Asia are going to be there with me. Now, I honestly have no idea what I'll be doing. I've never gone to Tokyo Game Show. I've been a guest at plenty of conventions, which usually involve panels or speaking functions of some sort, perhaps contest judging, and internationally autograph signing. I am not sure if any of that is going on here, but I suppose we will see? They have not told me what my duties will be, but if any of you are going, let me know because I would LOVE to hang out!
I know its a little late in the game for warning everyone, but I've been kinda rushing around trying to prepare the costumes for the Gerudo Valley photoshoot and haven't had a ton of time for internetting! It would be extremely fun to meet up in a foreign country and have a cool hanging out experience!
I'll be promoting The Zelda Project of course, while I'm out there, and for the first time in almost half a decade, sporting my old Aeris getup! Hope to see some of you there!
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WHETHER COMICS WERE ever really kids' stuff, there is a certain juvenile quality implied by their accessibility, by how much easier they are to grasp than prose. It only makes sense, then, that some of the medium's best work should be concerned with the process of growing up.
Take, for example, Chester Brown's Underwater (Drawn and Quarterly), which tells about a newborn's life from her point of view. If Underwater is disorienting, it's only as disorienting as the infant's day-to-day experience itself; Brown sees something worthwhile in the confusion of infancy, and his ambitious comic depicts it unfiltered, lacking any rearrangement to fit adult notions of coherence. Dreaming and waking blend without warning, and even spatial relations can't be taken for granted--a doctor's face phases through the head of the nurse in front of him; a man's throat becomes a staircase. The story is also told without any transitions to indicate the passage of time: As a result the girl seems to learn to walk a few days after birth.
At first, reading through this apparent nonsense is pretty taxing. But the pacing depends on the assumption that readers won't gloss over the non-dialogue. Eventually the girl, apparently named Kupifam, slowly learns the language. Familiar words begin to pop up amidst the Underwater-ese, reflecting Kupifam's increased understanding, and tempting readers to try divining lines like "We won't have shoo ok I have to be zaw at karshah." Still, Kupifam's childhood, centered on the difficult process of moving from one kind of consciousness into another, is more mystic than idyllic. If this strange worldview rings true, it's because Brown expertly depicts the innocent energy of a child: Every one of Kupifam's actions breathes with a gestural vibrance; the author's lines are sparsely expressionistic, and his careful pacing is complemented by a loose, intuitive sense of panel composition. He has tailored his style--most obviously in the craggy or bulbous heads of the characters--to match his story, underscoring the strangeness of Kupifam's emergence from the warm water of nothingness into the cooling air of the real world.
And the real world gets cold fast, if the darkly comic Dear Julia (Black Eye) is any indication. The book's protagonist, Boyd, is an undistinguished man who passes his days trying to ignore his mountain fever, a mental illness that occasionally results in the compulsion to leap from high places. Boyd's life is up-ended when he comes across a pair of human-sized wings that might work, although his illness has affected him long before that. Identifying with creatures of flight, he has always had trouble caring about people; he views the human species with disgust, as a "clumsy and ridiculous animal."
Brian Biggs's gray-toned drawings, filled with overpolite, anxious people, don't always make intimacy seem worth the trouble, anyway. Biggs skillfully creates an unassuming mood of quiet doom, balancing sympathy and bemused pessimism. Luckily, he makes the characters worth caring about; things never get to the point of complete alienation, where people are merely objects to be ridiculed.
Or dismembered, for that matter: That's where Johnny: The Homicidal Maniac (Slave Labor Graphics) comes in. Misanthropes don't get any worse than Jhonen Vasquez's Johnny, a rage-filled goth who hunts down the worst examples of humanity--trendoid hipsters, Hootie fans, and even a fellow darksider or two--and kills them in page after page of jagged, nervy art.
Johnny's adventures offer a violent, immature catharsis: There's a certain satisfaction in seeing people of all cliques getting killed for being narrow-minded assholes. Still, Vasquez doesn't let the reader off easily. As much as Johnny avenges the socially downtrodden, he also spends a lot of time screaming to himself, struggling with his grab-bag of psychoses and wondering if he really has any control over what he's doing.
As might be expected, the comic is thoroughly adolescent, replete with self-pity and multiple exclamation points. Its redemption is that Vasquez understands how ridiculous it is, and liberally mixes comical absurdity and satire with melancholia and rage. Johnny kills a convenience-store clerk, then gets distracted by the store's selection of soda; a trip to heaven slips without warning from theoretical revisionism to a psychic head-exploding war. What results is an odd pop psychodrama, a gleeful mélange of bile, self-loathing, and humor. Living well may be the best revenge, but killing well, it seems, is a close second.
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This is the best photo I have seen from this side of the mountain. A lot of snow for the end of 2003!
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Funny you should say that as this was the end of a period of very hot and dry weather that summer.
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Yes, that was my point. I was in the Vallais in 2003, and the mountains there looked very dry indeed, yet it seems there was some snow about in the Bernese Oberland -- there is even the cornice running most of the way along the top ridge of Monch.
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A water table is a geological layer on a planet. Comprised of water, this layer was a key precondition to supporting life on Class M world. The ability to access and exploit the water table was a key part of the Federation's terraforming process.
One water table that was specifically known was that which was found on Velara III. It was a very thin ribbon between the sandy surface soil and harder rock layers below. (TNG: "Home Soil")
In 2366, Beta Agni II's water table was decontaminated of tricyanate poisoning unnaturally quickly by the introduction of hytritium. This pointed the finger of suspicion at Kivas Fajo, who had indeed sabotaged the water table. (TNG: "The Most Toys")


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A little over a year ago, my eldest daughter had a ballet recital. The school had a strict no-camera-policy, which I sort of liked. I disliked it mostly because it was an obvious way to shake down parents for more money (Buy the DVD for $45! Buy a fuzzy print of your child with her eyes closed for $30! Wallet sizes for $25!), but I liked it because it required me to sit there without an electronic device in my hand. I sat and enjoyed watching my daughter flit around the stage.
Fast forward a little bit, and Remmy's in another performance. This one did not have a camera policy, but I chose to keep my iPhone in my handbag and enjoy watching her again. The woman in front of me, however, opted for standing, moving, bending, reaching, and hoisting her iPad into the air to film the whole thing.
Oooooooooookay, let's just break this down for a quick second, and if you disagree with me, let's take it to the Octagon (by Octagon, I really just mean the comments section). For the sake of the story, this is a woman, because it actually was a woman, but it applies to guys as well. Except for maybe the Spanx part, but you'll see what I mean when I get to that.
1) We're all sitting. If you stand up, I cannot see unless I stand up, then the person behind me cannot see unless he stands up and it has a domino effect and it makes me want to stand and sing It's the ciiiiircle of liiiiiife, but instead of life it's actually anger. You're starting a circle of anger.
2) An iPad? Out of all of the Apple products or non-Apple products you could use to capture a moment, an iPad is bigger than my face and you're obstructing everyone's view. You could only be more obnoxious if you were wearing one of those tall Mad Hatter hats that people did to raves in the 90s.
3) If you must move from your seat to take a photo, make it quick. A couple snap-snap-snaps and call it good, otherwise you're bending over the row in front of you for a solid two minutes, and not only can I totally see your Spanx right now, but I've mentally played connect-the-dots with the pattern on your pencil skirt (it's cute, by the way, but I don't really want to stare at it more than I want to watch my daughter perform with her peers).
Recap: Please use non-obtrusive recording devices, do not obstruct the vision of the parents around you who love their children just as much as you love yours, and if you have to shift around like a ninja, make like a Jet-Li and do it quickly. Bonus points for coordinating with a spouse or group of friends so eight of you aren't filming the same thing. In return, I promise to do the same and also I promise to stop singing the Lion King soundtrack to you. Sorry about that.
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PHOENIX, June 16, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, six programs were recognized as "Excellence in Action" award winners, representing the best Career Technical Education (CTE) has to offer. These programs of study were selected based on their uniquely inventive and effective approaches to stimulating student learning, raising student achievement, offering extensive work-based learning experiences, and increasing student postsecondary and career prospects, as described in Reflect, Transform, Lead: A New Vision for Career Technical Education.
The inaugural Excellence in Action winners are:
- Tolsia High School Carpentry Program, Fort Gay, WV (Architecture & Construction Career Cluster)
- Union County Academy for Performing Arts, Scotch Plains, NJ (Arts, A/V Technology & Career Cluster)
- Medical Sciences Program, Bollman Technical Education Center, Thornton, CO (Health Science Career Cluster)
- Computer Information Technology, Tennessee College of Applied Technology, Shelbyville, TN (Information Technology Career Cluster)
- Jack E. Singley School of Law and Public Service, Irving, TX (Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security Career Cluster)
- Innovation Academy for Engineering, Environmental, and Marine Science, Foy H. Moody High School, Corpus Christi, TX (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics Career Cluster)
NASDCTEc Executive Director Kimberly Green said, "These Excellence in Action award winners are incredibly successful – graduating their students at above average rates, building strong business and community partnerships and setting a course to increase students' attainment of postsecondary credits and degrees and industry-recognized credentials. These high-quality programs of study are leading the way, improving both the practice and perception of CTE."
The National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc) honored the award recipients at the 2014 Achieving Excellence in Career Technical Education: The National Career Clusters Institute.
Two-page, printable profiles of each winner, detailing their unique strengths and justification for their selection are available at the newly-launched NASDCTEc/NCTEF website. For further updates from the Achieving Excellence Institute, including a recap of the award ceremony, visit the CTE: Learning that Works Blog.
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MIAMI (AP) -- The U.S. Coast Guard has returned seven Cuban migrants found off the Florida Keys back to their Caribbean homeland.
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter William Flores repatriated the migrants on Wednesday to Bahia de Caba±as, Cuba. The group was found on Saturday after a good Samaritan reported a rustic boat was taking on water east of Card Sound.
The Coast Guard says crew members rescued the migrants from the partially submerged vessel and gave them water, food and basic medical attention.
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The Coast Guard has picked up 573 Cuban migrants since this fiscal year began Oct. 1. In the last fiscal year, the Coast Guard reported 1,275 Cuban migrant interdictions.
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