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British PM David Cameron Accidentally Left Eight-Year-Old Daughter Alone in a Pub
The UK's Sun revealed today that Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha had a bit of a scare two months ago when they inadvertently left their eight-year-old daughter alone in a pub after finishing their Sunday lunch.
It wasn't until they arrived at Chequers Court, their country home near Ellesborough in Buckinghamshire, that they realized Nancy had been left behind at the Plough Inn. Apparently the little girl had gone to use the restroom, and returned to find her parents missing.
"Pub staff found their daughter in the toilet and didn't know what to do," a source told The Sun. "It's not like you can look up David Cameron in the phone book and then ring to say, 'You've left your daughter behind."
A Downing Street spokesperson said the incident was the result of a mix-up over which car Nancy would be riding in. "Thankfully when they phoned the pub, she was there safe and well," said the spox. "The PM went down straight away to get her."
Reuters notes that this embarrassing blooper will likely "add fuel to critics who accuse him of being overly fond of relaxing, or 'chillaxing' as he has called it, when not dealing with affairs of state."
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Appendix A: Evidence
Appendix B: Notes of Parishes and Schools
Appendix C: Parochial Summary of Day and Sunday Schools
Appendix D: Census of Population in Llanvair, Clydogan and Cellan, in Cardiganshire
Appendix E: Rules for conducting Mrs. Bevan's Charity-Schools in Wales
Appendix F(1): Letters on New Dissenting Schools in Cardiganshire desiring grants
Appendix F(2): Report of the Committee at Llandyssil, Cardiganshire, on Government Grants
Appendix G(1 & 2): Christ College Free Grammar-School, Brecknock
Appendix H: On the Welsh Monthly Periodicals published in South Wales, 1847
Appendix I(1 & 2): Condition of the poorer classes of persons in the Rhayader Union
Appendix J: Letter from the Rev. W. L. Bevan on the System of Writing from Dictation in the National Schools at Hay
Reasons for including Monmouthshire in the Inquiry; Extent of the District; Increase of Population; Parochial abstract of Schools and Population; How far the Statistics to be relied on; Day School Statistics; Their results; Attendance; Causes of non-attendance at School; Youthful age at which Schooling ends; Duration of attendence; Love of gain the strongest impediment to Education; Teachers, their training and incomes; Income of Schools; Schools connected with Iron-works; Evil of the system; Table of Income of Schools; Tenure and character of School-houses; The Teachers' previous occupations; System of instruction and extent of acquirements; System of instruction and discipline; Notes of Schools; Sunday schools; Activity of the Dissenting laity in Sunday Schools; The character of the people of the District; Hostility between Masters and Men; The misconduct of Employers; Dislike of the Employers to provident habits among Men; Drinking bouts; Truck system; Physical degradation of the people; Ignorance prevailing among the people; Superstitions; Evidence.
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Distinctive Homes enters third year
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Distinctive Homes is not only inserted in the pages of the Boulder County Business Report but also is distributed at real estate offices, coffee shops and other venues throughout Boulder and Broomfield counties. In addition, readers can access all of the Distinctive Homes content at www.distinctivehomesbv.com.
From March through September, the monthly Distinctive Homes will provide analysis of the local housing sector — identifying trends, sampling specific submarkets, examining home design, featuring green living and much more.
From the beginning, we wanted Distinctive Homes to rise far above typical advertising features found in many daily newspapers. Rather, we saw a need for quality editorial content, delivered in an objective manner.
In these pages, you'll see some fun new features, including a Q&A with a prominent local Realtor, beginning this issue with Karen Bernardi of The Bernardi Real Estate Group at Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage.
Other features will continue, including our looks at green living, loft projects, "What You Get …", specific neighborhoods, interior design and much more. Residential Spotlight will continue to feature a specific high-end home on the market.
Other pieces will provide snapshots of the market. This issue, for example, includes our look at the Top 10 home sales of 2012.
And then there is our coverage of market trends, as evidenced by this issue's look at what the new year will hold for the Boulder Valley's housing market. This issue demonstrates that there is increasing confidence in the market, tempered with a realistic assessment of the numbers. What just a couple of years ago was a buyer's market increasingly finds sellers more in the driver's seat.
Whatever the market entails, look to this and future issues of Distinctive Homes for the region's best reporting of the housing sector.
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Failing education strategies need to be abondoned
No Child Left Behind, the federal school reform law launched with much fanfare, proved to be an enormous flop. Now that West Virginia has been formally excused from complying with NCLB, the question is whether its state-engineered replacement will be any better.
State Board of Education President Wade Linger thinks so. He maintains the state education reform campaign "will be envied by the entire country, if not the world."
Self-confidence can be a wonderful thing, providing it does not amount, in the end, to self-deception. West Virginians are all too familiar with promises to bring world-class public schools to our state. Somehow, it never seems to happen.
We know that under standard measures of education quality, such as standardized tests, graduation rates, etc., many public schools in our state are not doing very good jobs. We also know that little, if any, improvement was seen as a result of NCLB.
Now the state has joined 36 others given waivers from complying with the federal law. U.S. Department of Education officials agreed to that only after being convinced the state has a reasonable school reform plan of our own.
Earlier this year state legislators approved a package of education mandates. More emphasis will be given to ensuring children can read at an early age. Pre-school programs will be boosted. School systems theoretically will have more flexibility, with less emphasis on meeting state requirements and more on results.
One change will be that the old NCLB system of deciding whether individual schools make Adequate Yearly Progress will be scrapped. In its place, a new evaluation system called the West Virginia Accountability Index will be used. So there will be no more AYP but much more WVAI.
Let's hope that amounts to more than stirring the alphabet soup the bureaucracy is so fond of dishing out.
Public school reform is not a snap-of-the-fingers event that occurs suddenly, leaving everything much better than before. It is a process – and it is likely to take several years to come to full fruition.
But for too long, Mountain State residents have been told our schools were doing well, when they were not. Not at all. Unless real, measurable progress is made quickly – never mind whether we're the envy of the world – the current reform strategy will need to be abandoned, and something new tried. We've heard promises too many times in the past. Now, we need results.


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I may regret this in the morning......
Comments? I am preparing myself for the onslaught by one member in particular.
Races, tracks, drivers and all the drama that comes along with it
cslonewolf wrote:Well I'm not sure how this adds any confidence to the team. In fact if anything I kinda wonder if it increases the level of nerves for the crew thus causing these mistakes. These guys are so worried if they have a bad pitstop this weekend they might not be working next weekend, so they rush and lose focus. I think Kyle Petty had a very good point yesterday too. He said that while the 48 team is using a diff crew week after week trying to find the "perfect crew", all the other teams are working together every week and getting better.
On a side note though that Jimmie Johnson is just amazing. How many times did he go from the back of the pack to the front again yesterday? He was spinning out, having bad pitstops, taking 4 tires when everyone else took two, but some how this S.O.B kept on coming back. I cheer everytime he spins or has a bad run, but somehow he always ends up back in the top 10. I was happy more than once yesterday w/ the 48's woes, thinking to myself ok theres no way he's gonna come back again. HE STILL FINISHED 5TH WTF!!!!!! The guy and his team are amazing. It was runs like yesterdays that showcase why the 48 team has won 5 strait championships. Hate to admit it but hey I must give credit where credit is due.
jamo14 wrote:all I heard from Jimmie on the radio (post-race) was that he said Juablo was out of mulligans.
onerockindoc wrote:His post race commentary was something along the lines of...I don't know what happened to them(pit crew)....I work out with them, I spend time with them, who knows what was wrong with them. It made me think that maybe those guys are just not overly confident in their job security.
Now get your tomatoes ready....while I think JPM drives like a crazy man I find him incredibly sexy. Must be the Latin Lover thing. I could listen to him all day long.
tlmerk wrote:Yep Doc, I wondered if anyone was going to comment on the JJ post-race interview. It seemed really out of character to blame the fact that he lost the race on his pit crew and basically seemed like he was giving them an ultimatum. Very strange indeed. You don't usually hear JJ bad mouth anyone, but to talk crap about his own crew, was not typical for him. A couple races ago, Smoke bitched about his crew too but he was a lot more tactful and it didn't come across the same way. In the end Smoke usually claims some responsibility himself.
So Chad is brilliant (I still don't like him, but I'll aquiesce to that), so how come none of these mistakes come down on his shoulders?
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Websites for health-care providers are promoting diagnostic heart tests - including expensive C-T scans - to just about anyone.
Electrocardiograms are another heart test that Consumer Reports says most people should skip if you don't have symptoms. An EKG can give a false positive, leading to more tests and unnecessary treatment.
"This procedure is no more effective than medication in managing stable heart disease. And the procedure itself can trigger a heart attack."
For people without symptoms, Consumer Reports says the simplest methods of determining the risk of heart disease are still the best - monitoring your blood pressure, having a blood test to check your cholesterol, and getting a glucose test for diabetes.
"If you do find preliminary signs of heart disease, ask your doctor about medications and changes in lifestyle that can help."
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This high power Motorola Moto E charger features a mains charger with USB port, so you can use the included USB charging cable to provide the juice your Moto E needs. You also have the option of powering your device from a PC or laptop by using the USB cable.
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The mains charger is fitted with a Micro USB connector, which is compatible with the Moto E - so you have everything you need to keep your smartphone topped up. The metre long cable gives you the freedom to charge your phone while keeping it in sight, so you'll never miss that call or alert.
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Sleepwalking Dangers
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Researchers say it's time to take sleepwalking seriously.
A new report finds that when left untreated, sleepwalking can cause injury, fatigue and even violent behavior.
This French study followed 100 adult sleepwalkers, who were around 30 years old. All were videotaped during one night in a sleep lab, had a clinical exam and answered questions about their sleep habits.
Results showed that 22-point-8 percent of participants had nightly episodes of sleepwalking while more than 43-percent reported sleepwalking at least once a week.
Family history of sleepwalking was reported in more than 56 percent of the people and violent sleep related behaviors in nearly 58-percent-some causing injuries requiring medical care.
Patients with violent behaviors had more night terrors and higher alcohol intake, which may have been contributing factors.
The researchers say their findings provide strong evidence that sleepwalking should not be considered a benign condition.
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Dariohead is none other than the anagram pseudonym derived from the group called Radiohead. It's adopted by the Argentinean graphic designer Dario Cerbino because of his admiration for the band. His illustrations are dense, colorful, rich in detail and with a strong dose of optimism. He uses traditional tools to make his artwork evoking a suggestive world, in which he immerse at the time of imagination, creating characters that have enough ingenuity to make room for interpretation.
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I did not plan on being a church planter. And, I don't mean that in a God-was-calling-me-there-but-I-refused-to-listen-to-God's-voice kind of way. It was literally not even a blip on my radar. So, when the opportunity came up to be a planting pastor with Urban Village Church, an initiative with the UMC, I really had to think on it.
I began talking with Trey Hall and Christian Coon, the lead pastors of UVC about a year ago. At the same time, they were having conversations with Benjamin Reynolds, a PhD student at Chicago Theological Seminary who had pastored a large African American Baptist congregation in Colorado Springs. I was caught by how they really listened, were responsive, and sought to follow the Spirit's lead in their own discernment about us as their partners in ministry. I realized that, in a risky endeavor like church planting, it was important for me to know I had passionate, dynamic, and intelligent partners who would not only recognize and value the gifts and experiences that I brought to the table, but also take me seriously as a partner. I didn't plan on church planting, but once I accepted the call, I became excited. It was the best intersection of my gifts and passions: creative communications, graphic design, organization, seeing the gospel change lives, and having fun.
So, why plant churches in time of mainline decline? The simple answer is that there are people who want to engage questions of spirituality and faith, but they are not finding what they need. Rather than paint with a broad brushstroke, I will speak to the particular context where Benjamin and I are doing our work. In my conversations with folks (most, but not all, of whom were young adults) in the Woodlawn and Hyde Park neighborhoods, I have come across 4 types – People who have:
1) given up trying to find something in the neighborhood and go somewhere else.
2) given up trying to find a church and don't go to church.
3) settled on a place, but aren't all that satisfied
4) been burned or rejected by the church at some point.
Many people are looking for a sense of connection and community; where someone notices when they've been away or knows to ask about what's happening in their lives. They are also looking for a place where their questions are not ignored but taken seriously and engaged; where doubt is not equated with unbelief. Additionally, families are looking for a place where their children can be equipped to think about faith and faithful living that is rooted in the gospel with intelligence and meaning. There is also a unique need that UVC on the south side can address: being a faith community that welcomes and affirms people of color (and their families) across the spectrum of sexual orientation. Finally, our vision for Urban Village as a whole (and particularly on the south side) is to be a multi-racial faith community that does not minimize difference but engage it for the sake of being a fuller expression of God's kindom.
McCormick was important in equipping me with certain tools in this work:
- Developing a posture of life-long learning
- Opportunities for engaging in conversations with people who come from a diversity of backgrounds and life experiences
- A network of creative colleagues who both support and challenge me
- Knowledge of ministry in an urban context (particularly Chicago)
- Public speaking and preaching
- Supportive faculty and staff
- Tools for shaping creative liturgy and worship
There are other key tools that McCormick did not (and in some cases, could not) equip me with, so I had to learn or obtain elsewhere:
- Perseverance
- Humor
- Graphic design and marketing
- Organization/Administration
- External networks and connections
- Creative ways to do evangelism/outreach
- The nuts and bolts of church planting
- The practice of trying to do church differently
- Community organizing
Being a church planter is hard work! You have to put yourself out there again and again, initiating conversations with people, risking rejection and judgement on a daily basis. But, I do not regret my decision. There is something very powerful and humbling about the work of planting churches. You get a front row seat in bearing witness to the kind of work that God can do through a broken vessel (moi) to help make the neighborhood just a little bit better and the gospel just a little more present in the world.
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Zen V Plus firmware problem
My daughter's Zen V Plus developed a firmware problem over the weekend (she didn't tell me how). It would boot, the "firmware problem" screen would flash then move to the recovery mode, which would not shut off, the Zen would also not shut off (didn't try the reset button). I downloaded the latest firmware plugged the zen into my laptop (which found the zen and connected), I clicked on the firmware download (a window which said the this version firmware was already installed, do you want to continue?" I said yes), everything seemed fine but the install froze at about 80%. I exited the install and now the only screen that shows up is the "Firmware problem," Windows does not see the zen anymore, pressing the reset button and turning on the Zen only results in the "firmware problem" screen, it will not boot into recovery mode.
Is the Zen dead? Any options?
Thanks, HG Guy
I don't think the V/V Plus use rotational media (hard drives), so this problem points to a faulty memory location, likely caused by a failed Flash chip. This condition is terminal, I'm afraid. Failure to boot into recovery mode means your player is truly bricked.
I realise this thread is a bit old but thought I'd post in case someone comes across it after searching the same problem (like I did:)).
If player does not automatically go to recovery mode - keep 'play/pause' button pressed whilst you hold the power-on slider switch down - should boot into recovery mode.
From recovery mode, reformat the player - firmware update will not work (with this problem) if you don't do this.
When connecting the player to the computer, you might need to reboot the player before the computer sees it.
If the update procedure hangs/freezes - unplug the player and reset (with a paperclip etc) and start again.
When I had this problem, I tried several times with several hangs before I reformatted. After reformatting, I had one hang before I managed to successfully update the firmware.
I'm happy to report a working Zen V Plus now :)
very cool tip...I still have a perfectly function Zen V+ I remain in love with - this info is extremely useful in case I [and others] need it...
cheers and thanks!
After abandoning the ZenVPlus with it's "firmware problem" last spring for an *cough* iPod Touch *cough* my daughter today managed to accidently crush the iPod in the door of our car. Needless to say she was very bummed (I really was sorry for her, she bought with her own money, she enjoyed it quite a lot. Actually she enjoyed it too much! Became obsessive with it, the wifi, the freaking wifi! The apps, the freakin' apps! .... but, I digress). And, since she "had" to borrow my ZVM to listen to music ("Dad, I have to listen to something!!!") I thought, "Man, I gotta get that V Plus goin' again." And look here! The Solution! Wybourne, your advice to keep trying to get the V into Recovery Mode worked!! I re-formatted and it booted up just fine (all the music and videos are gone, of course, but that's easily fixed). The battery is charging as I write. I had the option to reinstall the firmware but I'm leary of doing that as long as it works now.
What would be your suggestion as to update the firmware? I did download this firmware from the Creative site and I assume it's for this V Plus (at the moment I don't recall what the current firmware is on it):
So, for the moment my daughter is mostly happy ("But, can I transfer my music from iTunes to it?) and I get my Zen back! I'm hoping this will deter her from things iPod for awhile!!! ZEN FOREVER!!!
Thanks, Weybourne and all!
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Few days ago, I got (unexpected) call from this amazingly sophisticated girl who once had been one of the top 12 finalists at the same competition last year. *wink* She, for whatever reasons, has encouraged me to give a shot on it.
Err.. frankly I'm a bit scared, since I don't think I'm qualified. But well, it's worth to have a try... think so. *sigh*
I'd better hurry.. before May 8, 2007. (Jakarta)
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Tucker County Seed and Sew dinner brings residents together
Residents from Tucker County met for the first annual Seed and Sew, a community plant swap, dinner and finale to the Tucker Community Foundation quilt contest.
The event was hosted at the Thomas Education Center Thursday by the Tucker Community Foundation. Participants in the TCF quilt-making contest were honored by Elkins Sewing Center owner Sue Pifer as the centerpiece for the event; food was provided by the Tucker County High School ProStart students and White Grass Cafe; and the Mountain Laurel Learning Cooperative students performed for all who attended.
An admission fee of one potted plant was required for people to attend and donations for the TCF were accepted.
Diane Hinkle, development director of TCF, spoke to the Inter-Mountain about TCF's role Thursday evening.
"There was something here for everybody," she said.
The quilt logo contest, she said, was created to give local quilt makers a part in TCF's interactions with community groups. She said TCF officials often meet with church and civic groups to explain what role the TCF plays in the community.
Quilt makers were charged with taking the TCF logo and replicating the design on a small quilt out of any colors or patterns they saw fit. The four entries showed off cross-threaded deep reds, bold greens and blues across various backgrounds.
"The quilted logos will be the perfect backdrop," Hinkle said, noting that TCF officials will take the entries with them to group meetings across the county.
There were four entries in the contest. Dana Rexroad came in first, Sharon Pauley took second, Katie Morvay was third and Mary Smith was fourth. There was a $200 prize for the first place winner. Second place received $200. Third and fourth each took home $75.
Pifer presented certificates to each participant at the dinner.
"The creators of these quilts all had a vision for their projects," she said.
She was quick to praise the community for supporting sewing in the surrounding area. She said sewing can do more than meets the eye – it can bring people together.
"We are tied together by our traditions and by our geography," Pifer said. "When people who quilt get together they always have an idea about how they can (help others)," she said.
Before the dinner, a short song was sung by students from the MLLC, a group that provides educational learning experiences such as an after-school Spanish and summer science program for Tucker children. Following the song, the dinner was served by students of the TCHS ProStart program.
Brian Covell, the ProStart instructor at the high school, was the head chef at the dinner. He said ProStart is a four-year culinary program at TCHS that introduces students to all facets of the food industry.
He said students learn about management, service and how to prepare different types of foods. It is a state-wide program, he said, and TCHS has 80 students in the program – the most of any school in the state.
In addition, he said, students who complete the program can earn up to 15 credits toward culinary school classes in college.
Covell said he was initally approached by Kimmie Clemens, the director of the Potomac Highlands Food and Farm Initiative, to participate in the Seed and Sew dinner.
Covell said the event provided the students with a taste of real-world experience. TCHS students were given the opportunity to help prepare and serve food, and Covell said the students were really enjoying the evening.
In addition to a dinner of salad, chicken, potatoes and vegetables, various desserts were provided by the White Grass Cafe.
Clemens mirrored the sentiments of Pifer.
"Sewing, quilting and gardening bring people together," she said.
She was excited the people could get together to exchange plants – a byproduct of the admission fee of one plant per attendee – and she said it would be great to see the event continue every year. Clemens said she will be working with TCF to make the dinner an annual event.
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A research-based discussion on the impact a Great Lakes winter has on offshore structures will take place at Grand Valley's Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center.
"Offshore Wind Turbines vs Winter on the Great Lakes: Technology Briefing" will take place on Monday, October 21, from 1:30-3 p.m. at MAREC, 200 Viridian Dr. in Muskegon.
Dale G. Karr, a professor of naval architecture and marine engineering at the University of Michigan, will discuss his research for the U.S. Department of Energy. His research includes how ice formation and extreme waves in the Great Lakes affect wind platform design.
The event is free; registration is required by October 18 at www.gvsu.edu/marec or (616) 331-6900.
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Some Good News For Fort Drum
Workers at Fort Drum are facing a tough reality - a 20 percent reduction in services.
It's all because of the big budget cuts known as sequestration.
Although Child, Youth, and School Services are now exempt, the library and medical services, including the Behavioral Health Department, will likely be cut on Fridays starting April 21.
"Although they're going to try their best to meet everybody's needs and expectations, there probably will be some hiccups in the system as a result. You just try to manage the best you can to that," said Loren Zeilnhofer, vice president of Local 400 of the American Federation of Government Employees.
The cuts will likely alternate.
For the programs affected, employees could be furloughed on Fridays or possibly Mondays.
But some services will still be offered five days a week, just at a reduced capacity.
"We're all here for a reason and that's to support the 10th Mountain Division. But when they take a cleaver to your work day, you have to make adjustments," said Zeilnhofer.
The Army is also suspending tuition assistance for soldiers.
That could have a profound effect on soldiers trying to pursue an education.
But, they still have options.
"We want soldiers to consider filing a free application for federal student aid. The purpose of which would be to secure any dollars under Pell Grants," said Joseph Agresti, education services officer.
Now is the waiting game.
We know there will be cuts and they'll be across the board.
But until April 21 - the first day the cuts are expected to go into effect - the effect on Fort Drum overall is unclear.
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Volume II
Opening Minds Through the Arts Project
What's New
DC School Choice passes the Senate; the President proposes expanding Advanced Placement programs; webcast available for AEI/Fordham Foundation conference on No Child Left Behind; Institute for Educational Leadership has launched a new website; Teaching Commission issues report on teacher education and compensation; National Endowment for the Humanities is accepting applications to conduct an NEH Seminar or Institute in summer 2005; Delivering Better Education: Market Solutions for Education Improvement released by the Adam Smith Institute.
Innovations in the News
DC School Choice passed by the Senate; plus information on Troops to Teachers; charter schools; virtual schools; and teacher quality.
Opening Minds Through the Arts Uses Music and Dance To Raise Student Achievement
"My first-grader wrote an opera! My fourth-grader plays the violin! My child is doing well in reading!" These exclamations could come from parents of students in the Tucson Unified School District who spend part of the school day learning to play the recorder and the violin, while others compose original music or work with a dance specialist to interpret music. The stress on music and the arts in select Tucson area schools is part of an innovative program called Opening Minds Through the Arts (OMA). The program aims to improve student achievement by building connections between arts and the core curriculum.
OMA focuses on grades K-5. All lessons are designed to integrate the arts into standard classroom activities in math and language arts. The objectives of this program include:
- Assisting teachers to develop and utilize strategies and techniques designed to fully engage all students by infusing the arts into all lessons;
- Utilizing local artists and arts-based organizations for collaboration, instruction, demonstration, and presentation;
- Conducting scientific research and evaluation in order to demonstrate OMA's effectiveness by providing a data driven accountability component; and
- Developing stronger connections to school for both students and parents.
The program received a start-up contribution from philanthropist H. Eugene Jones. Funding is also derived from Arizona's school tax credit program. In addition, collaboration with the University of Arizona School of Music and University of Arizona School of Dance, arts-based organizations (Tucson Symphony, Arizona Opera Company, and others), neighboring school districts, and local governmental agencies helps to sustain and enhance the OMA project.
Recently, Arizona Superintendent Tom Horne announced that Arizona would adopt OMA statewide and the program would receive $1 million in federal funds to support the expansion.
WestEd, a nonprofit research, development and service agency, is conducting a 3-year study comparing OMA schools to non-OMA schools. The study examines differences in instructional effectiveness and student academic achievement. Preliminary results of the study show that children in OMA are testing at a higher rate than children who do not take part in the program.
All children who took part in the OMA project, regardless of race or ethnicity, improved their scores in reading, writing, and math over the first two years. Hispanic students showed the largest gains overall in math, reading and writing. Analysis of classroom observation data suggests that teacher effectiveness is greater in OMA classes than in comparison schools.
OMA receives a grant through the Arts in Education Model Development and Dissemination grant program administered by the Office of Innovation and Improvement.
Note: The featured innovation is a description of one arts program and is given as an example. The U.S. Department of Education has not evaluated the specific services of Opening Minds Through the Arts, and the information provided should not be regarded as an endorsement.
What's New
D.C. School Choice
DC School Choice passed the Senate. Secretary Rod Paige and Mayor Anthony Williams will launch a five-year pilot program for District schoolchildren to attend private and parochial schools. OII will administer this program. (Jan. 22)
President's Bush State of Union Address
In his State of the Union Address, the President proposed that Advanced Placement programs in low-income schools be expanded as one measure of "Jobs for the 21st Century." (Jan. 20)
The American Enterprise Institute and the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation NCLB Conference Materials
The American Enterprise Institute and the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation held a conference on the implementation of the public school choice and supplemental educational services provisions of No Child Left Behind. Deputy Under Secretary Rees was a presenter. A webcast and conference papers (listed under "Event Materials") are available to anyone interested in the different points of view and a wealth of information related to this effort. (Jan. 15, 16)
Launching of e-Lead Website
The Institute for Educational Leadership has launched a website called e-Lead. e-Lead is designed to help states and districts strengthen district-wide professional development for principals. The free website offers guidance for designing and implementing principal professional development programs and has a searchable database of existing, standards-based programs. (Jan. 16)
Teaching At Risk: A Call to Action Report
The Teaching Commission has developed a strategy to upgrade teaching as a profession by changing the way teachers come into the field and how they are trained, assessed, supported, and compensated. For additional information, please view Teaching At Risk: A Call to Action. (Jan. 14)
National Endowment for the Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities is accepting applications to conduct an NEH Seminar or Institute in Summer 2005. These projects are designed to provide teachers, from grade school through college and from across the nation, with the opportunity for intensive study of important texts and topics in the humanities. The application deadline is March 1, 2004. (Jan. 2004)
Improving Student Achievement and Expanding Education Opportunity for British Students
A report, Delivering Better Education: Market Solutions for Education Improvement, from the Adam Smith Foundation, describes the benefits of market-driven education reforms in improving student achievement and expanding education opportunity for British students. (2003)
Innovations in the News
District of Columbia School Choice
The U.S. Senate passed federal legislation appropriating $13 million for publicly funded scholarships for low-income students in D.C., while also providing $13 million for traditional public schools and $13 million for additional charter schools. [More-Washington Post] (Jan. 22)
Troops to Teachers
The OII-administered Troops to Teachers program helps schools meet the No Child Left Behind requirement for highly qualified teachers as participants put their knowledge and experience to work in the classroom. [More-Washington Post] (Jan. 19)
Jim Brady and Greg Grove are assistant principals at Clinton-Massie (OH) middle and high schools, respectively, thanks to the federal government's Troops to Teachers program, which helps place former military personnel in teaching and administrative positions. [More-Wilmington News Journal, OH] (Jan. 9)
Charter Schools
The Romney administration proposes eliminating three caps on charter schools in Massachusetts: number of schools, spending limit for districts, and enrollment. This recommendation will be included in the Governor's budget proposal. [More-Boston Herald] (Jan. 23)
A major report released by the Legislative Analyst's Office recommends that the California Legislature remove the current cap on the number of charter schools, streamline charter school funding, and allow for multiple authorizers. [More-Business Wire] (Jan. 21)
High Tech High, a charter high school started in 2000 with support from San Diego entrepreneurs, defies most rules about what makes a high school. [More-The Oregonian] (Jan. 13)
Nuestro Mundo is the result of more than two years of a community's fight to create a charter school where elementary students would be immersed in both Spanish and English. [More-The Madison Capital Times] (Jan. 13)
University of California, Berkeley, will soon open an "early college academy" that will allow high school students to earn college credit as they work toward their diploma. [More-Tri-Valley Herald] (Jan. 15)
Straight Street in Paterson, New Jersey will soon be home to a new charter school: the Great Falls Charter School that is scheduled to open in September and will be geared towards college-bound sixth, seventh and eighth graders. [More-News 12 New Jersey] (Jan. 15)
Virtual Schools
Blendedschools.net, a nonprofit consortium of about 70 mostly rural school districts, was launched July 1 to provide both Internet-based courses and two-way videoconferencing to students and schools who want to take advantage of distance learning. [More-PennLive.com] (Jan. 15)
Teacher Quality
The Ohio Partnership for Accountability-a group that includes all 51 of the state's schools or colleges of education, the Ohio Department of Education, and the Ohio Board of Regents-is studying how the preparation of new teachers affects the performance of their students. [More-The Cleveland Plain Dealer] (Jan. 11)
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In celebration of Epilepsy Awareness Month each November, the Epilepsy Foundation and Ortho-McNeil Neurologics holds an art contest called "Expressions of Courage." Started in 2002 with the help of Elizabeth Thiele, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, the goal is to provide a way for people with epilepsy to express themselves through art. A panel of epilepsy advocates, art industry representatives, and health care experts select the winners based on creativity and the ability to demonstrate feelings of living with epilepsy through art. Here are a few of the winning entries for 2009; for a complete gallery of winners, go to expressionsofcourage.com .


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Growing Problem
While most states report fewer juveniles are being detained for crimes than in the past, West Virginia is an exception. That makes it all the more important that rehabilitation, not merely incarceration, be occurring.
For several years, that does not seem to have been the case in the state's most high-profile juvenile detention facility, in Salem. There, true children were thrown in with hardened criminals, some as old as 20 years of age.
After investigations found children were being treated inappropriately – and sometimes brutally – at Salem, state officials announced plans to transfer juveniles out of the facility. That's a good start. Clearly, however, physical surroundings are not as critical as rehabilitation policies and methods in steering young people away from lives of crime.
A special panel, the Adjudicated Juvenile Rehabilitation Review Commission, was formed in reaction to problems at Salem. It is chaired by state Supreme Court Justice Margaret Workman.
Initially, the commission was to focus primarily on juvenile detention centers. But its members are broadening their study to include all juvenile offenders taken from their homes, whether they go to detention centers or other places.
Commission members want to examine many issues, ranging from whether juvenile offenders have adequate legal representation to what support services are available for them.
During the past decade or so, most states have reported declining rates of incarceration for juvenile offenders. Ours is an exception – West Virginia has experienced the second-worst increase in the nation.
At any given time, the detention rate here is more than 300 per 100,000 juveniles in the state.
Workman and her fellow commission members should be considering whether options other than detention would be more productive. And, for juveniles who must be removed from their homes, the very best strategies to rehabilitate them must be found and employed.
Otherwise, many of the juvenile offenders will "graduate" to become hardened adult criminals.


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Prehistoric times are a particularly murky spot in the pool of human history. Still, we all have at least some idea of what went down back then: hulking, fur-clad cavemen bashing their prey (and each other) with massive clubs, attempting to invent essentials such as agriculture and the wheel on the side.
Of course, as always, things are a lot more complicated than we tend to assume. It turns out a lot of what we think we know about prehistory is brought to us by Hollywood and Geico commercials.
5Hunter-Gatherers Lived a Life of Hard Labor and Near-Starvation
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The Myth:
Imagine that you live in an alternate reality where the concept of agriculture doesn't exist. You're feeling slightly peckish, so you walk up to the fridge to get that delicious taco you were planning to reheat for lunch. Except that there is no taco. In fact, there is no fridge. All of that "food cultivated by others so you can eat it" stuff was brought on by agriculture, which you now have no concept of. You're a hunter-gatherer: What you have is a spear, and your lunch is somewhere in that forest to your left. Bon appetit!
Yes, at the hunter-gatherer stage of human history, getting groceries sucked giant mammoth balls. You were forced to eat what you could find and/or kill, which led to an unholy amount of dangerous work, not to mention relatively poor nutrition and health. Meanwhile, the tribes that had figured out how to grow their own food were thriving and living large until everyone finally started doing it their way.
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"Not going to lie, kind of miss the killing."
The Reality:
The dawn of farming actually made our ancestors' lives far more difficult.
We're not debating the merits of agriculture: It's what enabled humans to settle down, and by extension it's the sole reason you're able to sit in a roofed building reading this article. Still, there is some evidence that prehistoric people actually had a great time being hunter-gatherers. Their "meat and vegetables" diet was in fact very varied and healthy, and obtaining food was no biggie: Tribes living the hunter-gatherer lifestyle today only "work" around 14 hours a week. Compare this to the back-breaking labor of keeping livestock and making things grow, and you'll see why no prehistoric person in their right mind would have voluntarily touched a plow.
Some theories indicate that farming was, in fact, invented out of desperation. The lax schedule of prehistoric hunter-gatherers left them plenty of time to sit around and bone, which in turn led to an expanding population and not enough game to feed them all. Boom! Agriculture or death by starvation, baby!
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Had they figuratively "worked their plows" and "tilled their fields," they wouldn't have had to do it literally.
The first farmers soon found out that although agriculture did provide food, manual labor was far more grueling than the relatively bohemian lifestyle hunter-gatherers enjoyed back when food was abundant. This showed in their build: Compared to the big, meat-fed hunter types, agricultural people were a small and bony folk. It wasn't just because of all the hard work, either: Early farmed food was the kind of muck Taco Bell would hesitate to offer its customers, since early herders had no goddamned idea what they were doing in terms of breeding. This, combined with the fact that livestock lived practically under the same roof as their human owners, led to a number of animal diseases becoming more prevalent and figuring out how to jump from animals to people.
"Uh, STDs too ..."
The food the farmers were growing wasn't much better: The sugary grains agricultural societies fed on started decaying their teeth.
Incidentally, the dawn of farming also messed up our relationship with our fellow man: It marked the start of social inequality. Tribal hunter-gatherers had to work together in order to obtain food, so they were all more or less equal. This egalitarian attitude went right down the toilet the second one farmer had enough surplus crop to hire others to do the bullshit manual labor for him. As this trend continued and societies evolved into larger and larger groups, these boss/subordinate roles escalated to the point where we suddenly had kings and slaves.
4Cavemen Were Stupid Because of Their Tiny Caveman Brains
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The Myth:
Prehistoric people sat around in caves, grunting at each other and dragging potential mates around by their hair. If Doc Brown went back in time to the age of woolly mammoths and saber-tooth tigers, kidnapped a young caveman, cleaned him up, and brought him to 2013, we would instantly be able to identify the poor brute as barely capable of rudimentary thought. Everyone would think Doc had just shaved a chimp.
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The Reality:
Actually, it's possible that caveman kid would be perfectly equipped to do just as well in school as you if he were raised in the same environment. Modern research shows that you'd find the same modern brain in humans up to 100,000 years ago.
Scientists used to assume that modern human traits exploded into existence some 40,000 years ago during a relatively short period called the human revolution. However, recent research indicates that people didn't just wake up one day and start crapping out the concepts of language, consciousness, and culture. Science calls the human brain's ability for complex thought and creativity "behavioral modernity," and it looks like we've been anatomically suitable for that shit for a thousand centuries or so. So if you gave your time-traveling caveman the right education, he could go out and get a job at Jiffy Lube.
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"Oog use black ghost fluid to make steel mammoth move."
One theory even says there is no such thing as "modern man" at all -- we're all basically the same goddamn cavemen who have just adapted to different living environments. The reason prehistoric people were hunting mammoths with stone spears instead of reading poop jokes on their version of the Internet (as far as we know) is the same reason you and your friends would probably go Lord of the Flies within hours if dropped in the middle of a Paleolithic forest. Humans are good at developing particular skill sets required for their living environments.
Sure, hand a caveman an Xbox controller and a bag of Cheetos and he'd probably freak out because his set of skills and knowledge would be totally unequipped to handle that shit. Not because he has a tiny caveman brain, but because he's not going to be familiar with the concepts of gaming, artificial flavorings, or 13-year-olds shouting obscenities at him in an alien language. But imagine yourself in his time, 100,000 years ago: While you're reduced to a whimpering, damp huddle, your "primitive" caveman friend is happily manufacturing specialized weapons, clubbing giant predators in the head with said weapons, burying his dead, and setting up goddamn paint factories.
Then you're stuck offering to get them erectus for shitty leftover mammoth trunk in order to survive.
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On Tap Today: Summerfest rundown for July 2
Journal Sentinel entertainment reporter Heather Ronaldson gives you the rundown of what to look forward to today at Summerfest. »Read Full Blog Post
Film festival's Cream City Cinema focuses on local
Milwaukee movie-makers get their share of the spotlight again at this year's Milwaukee Film Festival, where the Cream City Cinema program will include five feature-length films and three programs of shorts made by Milwaukee-area filmmakers.
As in past years, a jury will select from those filmmakers a winner of the festival's Filmmaker-in-Residence prize, which includes a yearlong residency with Milwaukee Film, a $5,000 cash prize, a production services package and more. »Read Full Article
Singles Scorecard: Hear new songs from Eminem, Prince and Charli XCX
Eminem explores his "Fear" with Sia, Prince takes a trip to the "Clouds," and Charli XCX tries to "Break the Rules" in the latest batch of singles. Hear the songs and read our reviews below.
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Flutist Slocum continues family tradition of making music
When Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra principal flutist Sonora Slocum takes the stage with the MSO, releases a downloadable EP recording as she did this summer, or appears on the Frankly Music series, as she will in late September, she brings a wealth of family history with her.
"I come from a very musical family," she said in a recent conversation. "I'm actually a fourth-generation musician." »Read Full Article
Dennis Pearson's final 'Beasties' have arrived
The fanciful, amorphous, make-believe animals known as the "Beasties" were invented by artist and Wisconsin native Dennis Pearson. Many will remember them from the fund-raisers for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra years ago called the "Beastie Beat," which placed artist-decorated Beasties on Milwaukee streets.
Like the Cows-on-Parade public art projects and their many spin-offs across the country, the public display of Beasties was a fun, whimsical project. The here-today, gone-tomorrow surprise effect was part of what made that work, of course. And yet the parade has marched on and on and on. »Read Full Article
Hating and loving Mark di Suvero's 'The Calling'
Special note from Mary Louise: Whenever there is a discussion about public art in Milwaukee, it often begins and ends with bellyaching over Mark di Suvero's "The Calling." Like passing "GO" and collecting $200, it is the most predictable part of the cycle, a true blue Milwaukee pastime right up there with remarking on the weather or one of our teams. When artist, writer and curator Shane McAdams, a transplant to our area from the heart of the art world, the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, told me about his own conflicting points of view about the piece, I asked him to elaborate. Here is a point of view from a relative newcomer.
Outdoor public sculpture has a history of inspiring a wider degree of controversy than more portable work designated to live out its days within the sanctuary of an art institution. The reasons for this are myriad: public sculpture is by its very nature highly visible; it often comes with a significant and known price tag; its role is often ambiguous; and the constraints of site specificity have tended to privilege a pre-ordained selection of art world regulars, traditionally male, macho and white. »Read Full Article(24)
Pierce Brosnan returns as spy in 'November Man'
For someone who once played James Bond, you'd think Pierce Brosnan would have better instincts when choosing another spy thriller.
The only suspense in "The November Man," the action-thriller opening in theaters Wednesday, is whether the cliché count will have outnumbered the lapses in logic by the time the end credits roll. »Read Full Article
'Horses' (1975)
As a prelude to the "Smith Uncovered" concert Oct. 18, I'm posting my reflections on Patti Smith's albums, one at a time in chronological order, on Mondays and Wednesdays.
"Horses" (1975), one of the great debut albums in rock history, made a striking impression even before listeners took the vinyl out of the sleeve. »Read Full Article
On Tap Today: Cargo Space at Inova
Hello everyone, and welcome to the last Wednsday of your summer.
Today, a transit bus from Houston pulls up to Inova at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The old bus, which sleeps four or five, has been turned into an artist residency. An exhibit featuring Cargo Space gets going today. »Read Full Blog Post


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Hood and trunk lights had their own harness.For the vert the trunk piggy-backed off the license plate connection. Coupes had a connection off the intermediate harness if I remember right. Hood light ran its own harness to the horn-relay bus bar. Glovebox was a single lead from the dash harness.The AIM does not say it is reworked so it must have been there for all vehicles, used or cut off I would guess.


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Football program helps search for Cullen Finnerty
Posted on May 28, 2013
Players and staff members of the Grand Valley football program are helping in the search for former Grand Valley quarterback Cullen Finnerty.
A group of coaches and players left Allendale at about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. They plan to search through the day as directed by local law enforcement officials.
Finnerty was reported missing by his family on Monday after a fishing trip near Baldwin.
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Brookfield bridge on road to reopeningStefan Hard / Staff File Photo
Autos cross the floating bridge in Brookfield before it was closed by the state over safety concerns.
BROOKFIELD — What some say is the only one of its kind in the country, Brookfield's floating bridge, may be reconstructed and open by the end of 2014.
At an information session in the town's elementary school Monday night, the Department of Transportation's Jennifer Fitch explained what is going to happen next with the one-lane bridge, which is a part of Route 65 and therefore a state highway. Fitch, the project manager, said the department has put the bridge into its budget and is going forward with its replacement.
The bridge was closed in 2008 to traffic and pedestrians because of safety concerns. Fitch said winter ice had punctured some of the floats used to hold the bridge up, causing the roadway to sink.
Fitch said her timeline is for the design to be completed in December. From there, the project will go out to bid and construction will begin in the spring of 2014. Fitch said the hope is to have the new bridge open by fall 2014.
The bridge was built in 1936 and reconstructed in 1978. The Brookfield Historical Society says there has been a floating bridge in the town's Pond Village since the 1800s. Fitch said this new bridge should have a life of 100 years.
The new bridge, 318 feet long and 22 feet wide, will be composed of five to seven modules, Fitch said. If one of the pieces is damaged, it can be unhooked from the bridge and brought on shore to be repaired, something not possible with the current bridge. Each module will have two pontoons, side by side, made up of a 1-inch-thick fiber-reinforced polymer and filled with a "closed cell" foam that will keep water out even if the pontoon is punctured.
The new one-lane bridge will have sidewalks on each side that are 5 feet wide, instead of the current 3 feet, to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Fitch said the latest estimate of the cost is $4.7 million. Of that, 80 percent will be covered by the federal government, and the remaining 20 percent, or $940,000, would be the responsibility of the state. The cost had originally been estimated at about $2 million by the department, but Fitch said that was more of a target than an actual analysis of the price.
Since the proposed budget for fiscal year 2014 has not been released yet, it is unclear if the Department of Transportation is seeking funding of the state's full share this year or spreading the cost over two years since the bridge is not expected to be completed until fiscal year 2015.
The project "is one that has been in planning for quite some time and is supported by the Vermont Agency of Transportation and will likely get some funding in the near future," said Secretary of Transportation Brian Searles in a statement. "This scenario could be complicated by the current state transportation fund shortfall, but the Legislature will be working on this problem over the next few months and the fate of the entire transportation capital program will be clearer after the Legislature completes its work."
Searles added it was good news the "iconic" bridge is on track to being rebuilt.
Select Board Chairman John Benson said he's concerned about funding for the bridge since it has to go through the Legislature.
"There is always a competition for dollars," he said.
Benson said a majority of townspeople see the bridge as an "essential element" of Pond Village and repairing it is important to maintaining the cultural aspects of the village.
Perry Kacik is on the board of directors for the Brookfield Historical Society. He said that because the bridge is a historical landmark, the replacement is required to look like the old bridge. The new bridge will also be able to take larger vehicles, as Kacik said the load limit has been doubled to 12 tons. He said this will allow ambulances to use the bridge.
Kacik said the floating bridge is not only the east-west connector for Pond Village but also a popular tourism destination, being the only one of its kind in the country. Kacik said there are two other floating bridges in the United States, but they are on the West Coast and have multiple lanes of traffic as part of Washington state's interstate system.
He is glad the bridge will be rebuilt because in the summer, a trip that would take a couple of minutes over the bridge instead takes 20 minutes to go around the pond. The bridge is closed in the winter because the wooden roadway cannot be plowed.
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Basically, a "reboot" is where the studio, for one reason or another, decides to start all over again with a different cast and direction.
But when the film franchise in question was still fresh (Spider-Man 3 was released in 2007), and the entire franchise grossed over one billion dollars, the whole thing seems a bit strange. And yes, even confusing.
Basically, we're treated to another Spider-Man origin story, though it's rushed and messy, as if the writers catered to audience members already knowing how Peter Parker becomes Spider-Man and just ran through the steps as quick as possible.
Which begs the question, 'Why even 'reboot' the franchise at all?'
That question is never answered.
Sure, Spider-Man is now actor Andrew Garfield (The Social Network) and Mary Jane, played in the original by Kirsten Dunst, is absent, but so is the believable action and excitement of the original.
Garfield plays Parker with all the nerdiness one has come to expect from the title character, but he really just looks the part.
He fumbles over his lines whenever a cute girl talks to him. He pines over his new love interest, Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone), and clumsily strolls through his high school existence.
But this Peter Parker acts really cool, defending nerds and skateboarding through the halls of his high school.
Then we're introduced to the movie's villain. A scientist with a missing arm, whom comic book fans already know will become the Lizard, played by Rhys Ifans.
The same scientist actually appeared in all three of the original Spider-Man films, played by Dylan Baker, as they were building him up to be a possible villain down the line, but it never happened.
When the scientist eventually turns in to the Lizard, it's a horrid mix of shoddy visual FX and cheap action. And he speaks in a British accent.
Not too terrifying.
But the plot thrusts the young Parker and Stacy through the story and, for reasons not really explained, they fall in love.
His uncle dies, just like in the original, and Parker decides he's going to go and find the thug responsible, taking out New York's baddies along the way.
Besides the bad computer generated FX for both the Lizard and Spider-Man and the lack of believability that any of the characters actually have feelings (though we're told they do), the one thing they got right was the look of Spider-Man in costume.
He closely resembles the comic book version of the hero. Extremely thin, large head. But Parker seems to take his mask off every chance he gets and reveals himself to both Gwen Stacy early on and her police chief father towards the end.
The Lizard's 'evil' plot is never fully explained either. Why does he want the people of the world to turn in to lizards? Is he lonely?
And the conclusion seems to be a cop-out, as if the director just wanted the movie to end. As did most movie-goers.
The audience is never served with any breathtaking scenes of Spider-Man swinging through the streets of New York as the original director Sam Raimi had done in the first with actual cameras on harnesses whipping through real city streets.
Sure, Spider-Man swings in between skyscrapers, but it's always so dark and quick that it never let's the audience feel like they're flying along next to him.
He contorts his body in already familiar gymnastic form as he does so, but it's all been seen and done before. And better.
The Amazing Spider-Man is a lazy re-hash of an already popular comic book character that needs to head back to the drawing board.
But, instead of tossing the whole thing out, the studio needs to fix the problems with a word they've seem to have forgotten: sequel.
Paul Gonzales is the entertainment writer at the Bee-Picayune and can be reached at 358-2550, ext. 116, or at email@example.com.


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KIPP began in 1994 when two teachers, Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin, launched a fifth-grade public school program in inner-city Houston, TX, after completing their commitment to Teach For America. In 1995, Feinberg established KIPP Academy Middle School in Houston, while Levin returned home to New York City to establish KIPP Academy Middle School in the South Bronx. These two original KIPP Academies quickly became among the highest performing public schools in their communities.
In 2000, Feinberg and Levin partnered with Doris and Don Fisher, the founders of The Gap, to establish the KIPP Foundation, focused on replicating the success of the original KIPP Academies on a national scale.
The KIPP Foundation recruits, trains, and supports leaders to open locally-managed KIPP schools. The KIPP Foundation supports excellence, growth and sustainability across the network, as well as leads network-wide efforts to innovate and share best practices. The KIPP Foundation also provides a variety of supports and services such as legal services, real estate, technology, finance, governance, operations, communications, marketing, and development.
Charter schools are publicly funded, independently operated schools that are allowed to operate with more autonomy than traditional public schools in exchange for increased accountability. Some charter schools are stand-alone institutions, while others operate as part of larger school networks. Every charter school has an authorizer which, subject to state law, may be a local school or state board, local university, or other entity. Authorizers are responsible for holding charter schools accountable for compliance with their operating agreements ("charters").
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Yes. There are currently 200 KIPP schools in 20 states and the District of Columbia, serving nearly 80,000 students. All of these KIPP schools are public charter schools.
KIPP schools are open-enrollment public schools, serving primarily low-income and minority students. Nationally, more than 88 percent of KIPP students are eligible for the federal free or reduced-price meals program, and 96 percent are African-American or Latino.
KIPP schools follow the same state and federal curriculum standards as other public schools. Each KIPP region operates autonomously, so teachers and principals have the freedom to adapt the curriculum to create customized, innovative lessons that best meet students' needs. With its extended school day, there is more time for rich learning experiences, extracurricular activities, and field lessons.
Each spring the KIPP Foundation releases its annual Report Card, which contains school information, student demographics, and test score data for all KIPP schools that have produced measurable student achievement results. All KIPP schools administer state accountability tests at required grade levels and nationally norm-referenced exams in grades 2-8 (some primary schools also administer the norm-referenced exams to grades K and 1); the KIPP Report Card provides results on these state criterion and nationally norm-referenced exams.
KIPP also works with independent researchers to evaluate the KIPP network's results. In 2007, KIPP commissioned Mathematica Policy Research to conduct a multi-year longitudinal study of KIPP schools. The first report from the study was released in June 2010. Mathematica's researchers found that the vast majority of KIPP middle schools are achieving "positive, statistically significant, and educationally substantial" academic gains in math and reading, while serving a student population that has lower entering test scores and a higher percentage of low income students than neighboring public school districts.
Most students enter KIPP as fifth-graders performing well below grade level in reading and math, but make great academic strides while at KIPP. By the time these students complete eighth grade at KIPP, the majority of students are at or above grade level. View our annual Report Card to see school-specific results.
The 2010 Mathematica report concluded that that KIPP schools typically have a positive, statistically significant, and educationally substantial impact on student achievement.
Over a three-year period, researchers found that academic impacts were equivalent to 1.2 and 0.9 years of additional instruction in math and reading, respectively.
As of spring 2015, 44 percent of KIPP students have earned a four-year college degree after finishing eighth grade at a KIPP middle school ten or more years ago. This is above the national average for all students (34 percent), and five times the rate for students from low-income families nationwide (9 percent). An additional 6 percent of KIPP alumni have graduated from two-year colleges.
While KIPP students have impressive college results so far, we still have a long way to go to reach our goal of KIPP students graduating college at a rate comparable to their highest-income peers.
At KIPP, our model is not only based on rigorous academic preparation, but also on integrating character development into everyday lessons to help students prepare for the challenges of college and life. Developing character strengths like zest, grit, and optimism is a key part of KIPP's college-preparatory approach. To learn more about our focus on college persistence, view our College Completion Report.
New KIPP schools start with a single grade level and then admit one additional grade level each year until reaching full enrollment. For example, new KIPP middle schools open with a founding fifth grade class, then admit fifth and sixth graders the next year, then fifth through seventh graders the year after that, then fifth through eighth graders the year after that.
Once KIPP schools reach full enrollment, enrollment is based on how many spaces are available in each class.
There is no application or selection process to enroll at KIPP. Any student can attend a local KIPP school, as long as they meet the residency requirements of the local school district and there is space available at their grade level.
Each school holds a random lottery to determine admission if the number of student applicants is greater than the number of spaces available. Lotteries are typically held in the late winter or early spring (please use our School Directory to check with the local site for specific dates and details). All students who apply after the date of the lottery are accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis, regardless of socioeconomic background or academic record.
Individual KIPP schools have a variety of methods for recruiting students, from community meetings to advertisements in a local newspaper. Many KIPP principals also recruit door-to-door in the communities around their schools, to make sure that families know that KIPP is an available educational option for their children.
The enrollment process is managed on the local level. Please visit in our School Directory to select your city and school to contact them directly.
KIPP teachers are the heart and soul of KIPP schools. There are currently more than 5,000 KIPP teachers nationwide, and each shares the fundamental belief that all children can and will learn.
KIPP teachers are a diverse group, including experienced teachers who have worked in schools serving underserved students, new teachers who are just beginning their careers and career changers who are entering the classroom after succeeding in another profession.
Across our network, 43 percent of our teachers are African-American or Latino, about 23 percent are Teach For America alumni, and 27 percent hold master's degrees.
KIPP's longstanding motto—"Work hard. Be nice."—isn't just a tagline. Since the beginning, we've believed in a balanced approach to education: hard work and a strong academic curriculum balanced with the development of the character strengths needed to succeed in college and in life. While each KIPP school looks a bit different, all KIPP schools follow a set of Five Pillars, the core beliefs all KIPP teachers share and that guide the day to day interactions of our teachers and students.
Because of these beliefs and our pillar of "More Time", KIPP teachers work an extended school day and year to make more time in the day for rich learning experiences, character instruction, and field lessons. This extra time allows KIPP teachers to focus on what's most important: students. KIPP also puts a high priority on collaboration and professional development, and the extended school day gives KIPP teachers time for common lesson planning and sharing ideas. Specific teacher schedules vary by region, and you can click here to see examples from several KIPP locations.
To compensate for the additional time they work during the year, KIPP teachers typically receive a salary that is higher than they would receive in neighboring public schools. Through our KIPP School Leadership Programs, we develop leaders through our multi-tiered leadership development. We know that the work of educators is incredibly complex and challenging, and we approach professional development of educators with the utmost intentionality.
While each KIPP school is unique, all are united in a common mission: to get all KIPP students to and through college.
KIPP values teachers as professionals and all KIPP teachers have access to various professional development opportunities to continue improving their craft. While local professional development programs vary to address the specific needs of KIPP teachers, the KIPP Foundation provides regular national training and professional development for all KIPP teachers, anchored by the annual KIPP School Summit each August. Through ongoing content area workshops during the school year and online collaboration and communities provided through KIPP Share, our network wide sharing platform, teachers can share lesson plans with colleagues across the hall or across the country and gain new skills to improve their classroom practice.
Learn more about the Professional Development opportunities available to KIPP teachers by visiting our Professional Development page.
KIPP is always looking for excellent teachers. The primary requirement for teaching at a KIPP school is a belief in a very simple concept: that we will do whatever it takes to help each and every student develop the character and academic skills necessary for them to lead self-sufficient, successful and happy lives.
KIPP schools comply with any applicable state and federal laws, and certification requirements for charter school teachers vary by state. While many KIPP schools look for candidates with at least two years of prior teaching experience, several also have programs designed specifically for those new to teaching. Click here to learn more.
Each KIPP school is managed locally, and hiring decisions are made at the level of the individual school. For more information about the requirements to teach at a specific KIPP school, please visit our School Directory to access an individual school's website. Please note that to be considered for a teaching position at a KIPP school, you must have legal authorization to work in the United States.
The application process for teaching jobs is handled locally by individual KIPP schools or regions. Potential teachers can apply to work in a KIPP school by visiting the Careers section of our website and following the instructions in the job posting, or by contacting a KIPP school directly through our Schofol Directory. For more information on the application process, click here.
KIPP's growth is focused on opening new elementary and high schools to complete a Kindergarten through 12th grade continuum for KIPP students in the communities we currently serve. We are also in the process of determining new sites to open KIPP schools as we work toward our goal of serving 120,000 students across the country by 2020. Please check the School Directory for a current list of all KIPP school locations and updates on our plans to open new KIPP schools.
Because KIPP schools are public charter schools, they are primarily funded through a combination of federal, state and local dollars. However, per-pupil funding for public schools varies widely by state, and the majority of KIPP schools also receive less public funding than traditional district schools. If needed, KIPP school leaders and regional executive directors will often raise philanthropic funds to make up the difference in funding for their schools, fund facility costs, fund growth, and build cash reserves.
According to our most recent analysis, in the 2009-10 school year, 85 percent of KIPP's annual operating expenses, on average, was funded by public revenues, student fees and other local revenue (e.g., interest income). The remaining 15 percent was funded by philanthropic contributions.
To learn more about KIPP's funders or how to support KIPP, visit the Support KIPP section.
In our most recent analysis, in the 2007-08 school year (the last year for which data is easily accessible for KIPP schools and their local districts), less than half of KIPP schools spent more in operating expenses per student than the local district. One expense that KIPP schools incur that regular public schools do not is for our KIPP Through College program, which supports students after they complete KIPP middle schools through college.
KIPP co-founders Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin both served as fifth grade teachers as a part of the Teach For America program, and saw how important it was for students to get on a college-ready track in fifth grade rather than waiting for middle school. KIPP began as a fifth grade program and the original KIPP Academies in Houston and New York were middle schools serving grades five through eight.
As KIPP has expanded, we have refocused our efforts on providing a comprehensive Pre K – 12th grade education. The first KIPP elementary and high schools opened in 2004, and KIPP's network of schools now encompasses all grades with 80 elementary schools, 94 middle schools, and 26 high schools across the country.
KIPP tracks the number of students who stay with us annually, and publishes this in our Report Card. In the 2014-15 year, 89 percent of our students returned in the fall or completed the highest grade in their schools, up from 84 percent in 2006-07.
We are committed to ensuring that as many students stay with us from year to year, even though our schools are located in communities with traditionally high mobility rates. The 2010 Mathematica Study found that KIPP's student attrition is not systematically higher or lower than that of neighboring district schools.
KIPP carefully tracks the students who graduate eighth grade from KIPP middle schools and/or enroll in ninth grade at KIPP high schools. Since KIPP began in 1994, 94 percent of students who completed eighth grade at KIPP five or more years ago have graduated from high school, and 81 percent have matriculated to college.
As of fall 2015, 44 percent of KIPP students have earned a four-year college degree after finishing eighth grade at a KIPP middle school ten or more years ago. This is above the national average for all students (34 percent), and five times the rate for students from low-income families nationwide (9 percent). An additional 6 percent of KIPP alumni have graduated from two-year colleges.
While KIPP students have impressive college results so far, we still have a long way to go to reach our goal of KIPP students graduating college at a rate comparable to their highest-income peers. To learn more about our focus on college persistence, view our 2011 College Completion Report.
We follow our alumni through a program called KIPP Through College (KTC). KTC aims to empower each middle school and high school graduate to continue using the scholarly habits, knowledge, and skills they learned at KIPP schools as they continue on the path to college (and beyond).


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