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#190417 - 04/13/10 05:22 AM Reliable vs. Dependable
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Reliable vs. Dependable... is there any difference?
#190418 - 04/13/10 07:20 AM Re: Reliable vs. Dependable [Re: tcolling]
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I think you'll find that while many people may agree that there is a difference, you'll find few agree on what that difference is.
#190420 - 04/13/10 08:27 AM Re: Reliable vs. Dependable [Re: Faldage]
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the distinction that I (usually) make is that reliable is more about machinery and dependable is more about people. but I often use reliable for people, too, but I don't often say machinery is dependable, though it could be, of course._________________________
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#190424 - 04/13/10 01:36 PM Re: Reliable vs. Dependable [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
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I see them as synonyms, just like rely and depend. The etymology is not similar, but to me they are equal. I would use either one for people, machinery, weather or whatever. I have a dependable vehicle and a reliable husband (usually...). Since they are the same to me, I can't say what the difference would be.
#190624 - 04/19/10 10:09 PM Re: Reliable vs. Dependable [Re: tcolling]
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To me, reliable is slightly "higher". That is, I would rather have a friend or a car that is reliable than dependable; I think reliable is a degree or two closer to certainty.
#199608 - 05/03/11 06:20 PM Re: Reliable vs. Dependable [Re: Jackie]
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@Jackie, I agree with you. Out of curiosity I searched for these words and found two things. This cool Wordsmith site, and that someone other than me feels there is a difference in these two words. I couldn't have explained them better, but I too feel that reliable is a step closer to certainty than dependable.
#199609 - 05/03/11 07:35 PM Re: Reliable vs. Dependable [Re: Miranda]
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#199613 - 05/03/11 10:22 PM Re: Reliable vs. Dependable [Re: Miranda]
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Why, thank you, Miranda. Welcome aBoard, and I hope you stick around a while!
#199617 - 05/04/11 09:03 AM Re: Reliable vs. Dependable [Re: tcolling]
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Originally Posted By: tcollingReliable vs. Dependable... is there any difference?
They are spelt differently
#199620 - 05/04/11 10:43 AM Re: Reliable vs. Dependable [Re: Candy]
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To me reliable means that they may not be in some cases,
dependable means 'you can count on it'. Perhaps just
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I am currently in the process of trying to relactate. A friend of mine told me that if I increased my calories it would help. I am still currently carring around about 15 pounds baby weight and was about 20 pounds overweight to begin with. I am not dieting right now by any means, nor am I exercising. I am not overeating as well. Do you think calorie increase will help?
TO update you on what I am doing....
I am pumping about 9 or 10 times a day for 15 minutes.
I am taking the fenugreek 3 pills, 3 times a day
I am drinking mothers milk tea 2 times a day
I eat oatmeal once a day.
I am still taking my prenantal vitamins.
I am drinking 8 glasses of water a day.
I co sleep
I spend as much skin to skin time as possible.
I am waiting on the Domperidone pills and my baby sling.
I cant get my daughter on my breast. SHe has been on the bottle too long plus I have flat nipples so she doesnt want to have anything to do with them. Nipple shields dont even help to much becuase it doesnt have anything to stay on! LOL
Now with pumping it is drizzling out. Extremely little but more then before. I am starting my 3rd week of this. I had stopped bfing for almost six weeks and I hear it can take about that long to get my supply back.
SORRY SO LONG...but here is my question. DO you think it is nessecary to increase calories as well? I dont want to gain any more weight. If it is nessecary, what is the best way to do it?


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Not really - he keeps playing at the current level with the team winning then statistically he'll go down as one of the best point guards irregardless of the turnovers. 28 points, +50% FG% and 14 assists??
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It was great to see JR playing good solid minutes, it's obvious that is too soon to assume anything, but I think he'll have a big role on this team.
Also good to see that Lin didn't let the previous game affect his, even though he made some bad passes in the 2nd half, but overall he played a great game, he shot the ball pretty well and dished it out perfectly.
But let's not forget Steve "The Gunslinger" Novak, with his 3 pointers we took the command of the game and never looked back!!
-Knicks: welp were running out of FA options, lets slap 100 mill in Amare's face and cross our fingers
-stoudemire- 100 mill? thats "phenomenal" ill take it.
Dont be fooled if the suns gave him what he wanted he would still be there
i do respect, he played his heart out his 1st season here and made us relevant, but i will never respect how terrible he's playing this season
he's not playing defense, rebounds when he wants, slams the ball on the floor when somethings not going his way instead of actually contributing and fixing the situation. for a guy playing on 100 mill contract, the way he's playing is unacceptable. Every game is a "rough" game for him. It aint hard to tell,
Ill root for Jared flippin Jeffries a guy that plays his a$$ off does the little things, hustle, rebounds before i cheer on a guy sitting on a fat check playing like MR softy.
Stat has the ability to be great, but for some reason he's just not putting any effort this season.
As fans it's our jobs to bash a player when he's playing like crap, no matter who they are Stat, melo, Lin who ever , you dont pat them on the a$$ and say maybe next time... and thats where coaching comes in Mike dantoni scared to yell at his stars and get in their ear, they have the freedom to play how ever they feel, and nobody will say anything about it smh.
Saw the whole second half(whole half????) and a little nerve racking.....Ended up handling biz down the stretch after the Mavs came outta the lockeroom blazing. Linsanity needs to cut down on the turnovers, but that will come with time.... This team has weapons esp. w/Melo back... Question is: can D'ant stir the drink????? Somebody get Phil on the horn!!!!!
What you really need to know
about this game was the 33 bench points
seems like Jr has no problem being off the bench.
Novak seems like he has a real connection with Lin
He's been on fire since getting some playing time.
The Stat hate is laughable he played an ok game on the defensive end
and tried really hard on the boards he didn't get in the way or stop the
ball movement thats what I need from him, he's still finding his rhythm
those shots will fall.
But we need to trade Douglass and Walker for a back up Pg
because Baron Davis might not be able to give us 16-20 mins
and LIN can not afford to break down. Great win though
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Agree on STAT, the hate is too much really. He didn't play horribly, he didn't play amazingly. Had an ok game.
I don't think Walker or Douglas is going to get us anything except draft picks and I'd rather we had them there at least they can both shoot the 3 and defend if we have injuries down the stretch.
If all we can get for Toney and Walker are picks
I'm all for it this up coming draft is so deep that getting the 30th pick
is like getting a lottery pick there's alot of guys that can replace Walker
If we can trade em for a mid-1st rounder we should take Marquis Teague who
would be great in this system and a great back up.
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cut Stat some slack. He damn near broke his back last year helping to make us relevant again, he has new faces to embrace and feel out, plus his bro just passed away.... let time heal all wounds.
btw,the last i check we were winning, right?
Just my cents tho? The Knicks, even when Melo gets back, are still no better than 6th in the East. Philly has built a sizable lead, they play defense and they don't lose at home. Knicks were still giving up wide open baskets to Dallas to day and this insistence on switching into defensive mismatches is distubing to me.
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I think I agree w/ the peeps above, re: STAT.
He's playing kinda like he was right before his he took time off.....which is to say he seems a bit more aware and consistently applying effort both ways.
The best thing for STAT's D and overall game at this pt is finding his way on the offense. He's an offensive player, if he starts eating good he's going to be able to apply the rhythm and confidence both ways. (or at least to a degree better than he can otherwise).
I agree w/ CA7 that he might just be being a bit of a bitch, too, and feeling aggravated about not being "The Man" anymore.
There's just no reason he shouldn't be shooting in the high .500 %'s, with 7+ boards, and getting his 20 a game as a result, and going off for bonzo scoring games when the matchups are right.
Look, all that swag ass bull**** he's talked since coming here has to be tied to this notion he has of saving NYK, being a king of the basketball city, etc....Just look at how much he applies himself to media and entertainment exposure, facilitated through the pris mof STAT as basketball god of NY and leader of the NYK.
I just pray he's able to get his **** together, and be the player he can still be on this. And this guy doesn't pull a Curry on us, and allow his game to erode over time bc he's not emotionally satisfied.
In this sense alone, Bosh is superior to Amare, IMO. He's adapted far quicker and with less bull**** -- in a tougher situation, too -- than STAT.
The 20lb stuff I just don't get. Who the **** gets paid 100M to play ball, and puts on 20lb if there's any real chance it'd legit effect their game poorly. I can't believe this could happen, and coaches/trainers/etc wouldn't stop it.
Bottomline, Chandler is playing better than anyone thought, too. He has become a pretty beast scorer, surprisingly. Lin, Melo, Chandler and guys like Shump, Novak, JR....all can act as scorers; sucks that it makes STAT's offense all the more expendable, on top of his overall game and contract.
STAT is like A-Rod. Homer when we're up by 8 runs. Lin is like Jeter, he gives us ribby's when we're down.. STAT need a world series ring..
Except the last part. It's a star league, when you're a superstar you get away with ****, -- it's a reality that reflects the totality of the NBA today.
It's ain't the NHL. These players get treated with kid gloves a lotta the time, which sucks, but you can understand why it happens.
When coaches do call out star players and beef.....your franchise basically gets assraped then when the player demands out and you get pennies to the dollar (a la Deron Williams), after the said players rapes your team's chemistry, and is constantly beefing with the coach and team.
Anyway, D'antoni sitting STAT a lot at the end of the game was a good sign. But just benching him would be a nightmare, even if we'd like to see it. It's kinda like A-Rod actually, when he batted 8th those games...took a long ass time before even Torre did that....And the NBA and situation with STAT is 10000x more perilous and wrought with potential nightmare scenarios if **** spiraled between STAT and coach/team.


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Saturday, October 11, 2008
Feeling Rotten
It must be the virus that has reactivated. I tried all the tricks I know to get my body going today because I wanted to be able to go to my sister and brother-in-laws birthday party.
I had this feeling that if I just pushed myself then I could will myself out of how badly I felt. I thought that maybe going for a walk would help but I barely made it partway down the block before I had to turn around and come home. That's never happened to me before.
I'm filled with dread about everything. The thought of this feeling continuing on and on is dreadful. The thought of this feeling getting worse on antivirals is just as dreadful. And then to have to be on it for six months??!!
I started diflucan to treat the candida from all the antibiotics but I waited until evening because I'll probably experience some die off symptoms from that.
I think this next stretch of treatment is going to be the toughest yet. Once I get the lab results my doctor and I will tackle the viruses. I was hoping I'd be able to avoid this part.
I hate that these headaches are back. It's a headache but worse because it feels like my brain is actually swollen. Oh, and then there's the heart palpitations that are back multiple times daily.
I think the trip to Santa Rosa wore me out plus my immune system is down from the illness itself and beiong on antibiotics for 5 months.
And then there the return of my ingrown toenail. Except its on the opposite foot as the one that had the staph infection and abscess. It's a small thing in the scheme of things but I get freaked out by it. I have to call the podiatrist on Monday. He's going to have to do that procedure to remove the toenail. I don't know how I'm going to make it without fainting given how badly I'm feeling right now. Maybe I could arrange it so I can faint and then he could do the procedure. Just get both of them over with.
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Thank you for this blog. I have cfids and/or other mystery illnesses/viruses as well. It's been almost 5 years now and I am a little better. So have hope! It's great to hear someone talk about the mental aspect of this type of illness. As someone who always prided herself on being calm and practical, I have had a hard time adjusting to my new mental state, which includes anxiety, depressed days, and extreme reactions to stress--heart palpitations, shaking, headache and dizziness. It helps just to know I'm not alone. Stay positive and keep blogging! H.L.ReplyDelete
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The State Board, in its 1996 report titled "Illinois Framework for Restructuring the Recruitment, Preparation, Licensure, and Continuing Professional Development of Teachers," recommended several major initiatives aimed at better attracting, preparing, and supporting teachers while also making them more accountable.
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· Alternative routes to teaching.
Work is underway on all of these recommendations. The State Board has created and implemented a three-tiered certification structure. Teachers now receive either Initial or Standard certificates based on their experience.
The "Master Teacher" Certificate, the third leg of the new certification system, has been issued to nearly 100 veteran teachers who have qualified for certification with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
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Now that August is here, we will again be providing you with information via weekly messages. I wish you the greatest success in the school year about to begin and we at ISBE pledge to you our full efforts in support of your work.
As you are all aware, we have been undergoing many significant changes here as a result of changes in the state's education budget. This message contains more detailed explanations of these changes and their impact on services we provide. In addition, we will send you a separate e-mail communication today specifically addressing teacher certification issues. Please look for it.
This message includes the following items:
· RFP Issued for System of Support – Mandatory bidder's conference August 4
· State assessment results
· State and federal grant policy guidelines
· Status of non-public school recognition process
K–8 Youth essay and map making
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· Notice of completed rulemaking
· Reminder regarding the Superintendent's six regional conferences in September.
Every day, I receive copies of numerous education news
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Line Item Vetoes Will Mean Cuts in Some Programs
For your reference, here is a brief recapitulation of what has happened regarding the elementary and secondary education budget since my last regular weekly message to you on June 27.
On July 10, Governor Blagojevich signed HB2663, containing most of the education budget. The Governor's intent, in his own words, was to reduce "agency administrative costs." The cuts were made without our prior knowledge of areas that would potentially be affected. As the Board has made clear in subsequent statements, the cuts eliminate more than administration; they eliminate some programs. The summary analysis of the veto and line item appropriation chart are on our website:
On July 15, the State Board met to discuss the impact of the cuts on the agency's ability to provide services to districts. At that meeting the Board directed me to complete my analysis of the impact of the proposed cuts and report to them regarding available options. The news release from that meeting can be seen at:
On July 24, the Board held another special meeting to hear my report regarding options. Sadly, the options were limited. The board authorized me to take the necessary steps to bring our agency's FY04 budget expenditures in line with available appropriations, and those steps will include the elimination of additional positions in the agency and of some programs supported and administered by the employees in those positions. The news release we distributed after the meeting, along with supporting materials, can be viewed as follows:
· News release: http://www.isbe.net/news/2003/jul24-03.htm
· Detailed description of the effect on agency programs: http://www.isbe.net/news/pdf/staff_reductions_plan_072203.pdf
· Graph of the agency headcount from FY85 to FY03: http://www.isbe.net/news/pdf/yearly_headcount_graph.pdf
The Governor precisely identified cuts without seeking input from ISBE, and their impact will be severe in some program areas, particularly: certification of teachers; GED testing (High School Equivalency exam); nonpublic school recognition (see separate item in this message); Private Business and Vocational Schools (PBVS) oversight; Early Childhood and Career Technical Education grants (ISBE oversight of the use of grants funds will be curtailed); and Health/Life, Safety program.
The cuts required by the vetoes will go into effect on August 15, which is also when the staff reductions will take place. The Board will continue to discuss its long-term options in these areas, whether that involves attempting to restore funding in the fall veto session or making the case for funding these programs in the FY05 budget deliberations.
This is a very challenging time for the agency as we try to balance these cuts with our mission to support your work. We appreciate that the state budget is in a difficult situation, and we understand the Governor's goal of eliminating administrative spending. Make no mistake, though: these cuts will eliminate programs, not just administrative spending.
I will give you more detailed information about how these cuts will affect our operations as it becomes available.
RFP Issued for System of Support
As part of its system for academic accountability, ISBE may place schools in academic difficulty in Academic Early Warning, or Academic Watch status, based on the performance of their students on the state assessment. Both state and federal law require that technical assistance or a system of support be established to help these schools improve academic performance. ISBE has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the purpose of identifying grantees that can establish regional support systems to provide improvement support to schools in academic early warning and academic watch list status, as well as to assist other schools whose performance makes placement in Academic Early Warning or Academic Watch status in the near future likely.
The following entities are eligible to apply: Regional Offices of Education (ROEs), Intermediate Service Centers (ISCs), public school districts possessing sufficient staff and service capacity, colleges and universities, and established public and private entities with proven records of success in providing school improvement services.
Consortia or partnerships between or among these agencies and providers are also eligible to apply. If a joint application is submitted, then a fiscal agent must be designated, and the authorized official from each participating entity must sign the application.
A mandatory bidders' conference will be held at ISBE on
Additional specifics on the RFP, bidders' conference and webcast are available at www.isbe.net.
State Assessment Results
The results of the state assessments have been shipped to each district in the state. Districts have 45 days from receipt of the data in which to notify ISBE of any errors or discrepancies in the data.
This 45-day period ends on
State And Federal Grant Policy Guidelines
All entities who receive either state or federal grant money from ISBE need to be aware of the ISBE grant policies for proper implementation. The State and Federal Grant Administration Policy handbook can be downloaded and printed off the web site of the Division of Funding and Disbursement Services: http://www.isbe.net/funding/PDF/fdsprochandbook.pdf.
The policy guidelines that must be followed and will be enforced for all grant programs are found in Section A POLICY, pages 3 and 4 of this document. As we begin FY04, please make special note that no obligation or activity that will be charged to a grant can occur until a substantially approvable document is signed and submitted by the entity to ISBE. If you have any questions, please contact staff in the Division of Funding and Disbursement Services at 217/782-5256.
Non-public schools in
Non-public schools seek recognition for various reasons including that:
· It gives assurance that the school's educational program has been approved by ISBE and meets at least minimum state requirement;
· It is an aid/requirement to entrance in many colleges, universities, and other post-secondary institutions and training programs;
· It is a requirement for membership in the Illinois High School Association and student participation in Illinois Elementary School Association sanctioned sports, contests, tournaments, etc;
· It is a requirement for acceptance/assignment to most military training programs;
· It is a requirement for eligibility of students to sit for licensing examinations in fields covered under the Illinois Nursing Act;
· Teaching in a recognized nonpublic school is often used to determine placement on the salary schedule when teachers transfer to other schools, both public and private, especially in other states; and,
· Student transfers from recognized schools are expedited and credits can be generally accepted.
In May, ISBE sent letters to all non-public schools in
the state informing them that in order for their applications for recognition to
be processed for the 2003-2004 school year, the schools had to send their
applications to ISBE (schools in Chicago) or to the local Regional Office of
Education (all other schools) no later than June 30, 2003. All applications that
met that deadline were processed before the Governor's cuts were announced, and
those schools will be notified of their status next week. Any application
received after June 30 will not be processed because of the budget cuts. The
recognition program will shut down fully August 15.
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The Midwest Literary Festival is sponsoring a contest
for students in K-8 grades. Students may draw a map or write an essay about the
Lewis and Clark expedition. Deadline for entries is
Notice of Emergency Rulemaking and Invitation to
on Accompanying Regular Amendments
Part 25 (Certification)
At its June meeting, the State Board of Education adopted emergency amendments to the rules for Certification (Part 25) and released very similar regular amendments for public comment. These documents have been posted on the agency's web site at www.isbe.net/rules; choose "Rules Currently in Effect" to view the emergency amendments effective June 26, 2003, or "Proposed Rules and Amendments" to view the version on which comments may be submitted.
Much of this material will serve to assure
Another principal purpose of these amendments is to
clarify current policies and practices for issuing elementary, secondary,
special, and early childhood certificates and to make explicit how the
requirements are applied to candidates who are completing approved programs,
those who come to
Finally, Sections 25.20 and 25.30 are being amplified to eliminate a point of confusion regarding professional education by reinserting specific coursework requirements in place of a cross-reference. This is not a substantive change and merely serves to state all applicable requirements for each certificate in one location.
Affected Sections: 25.20, 25.30, 25.35, 25.40, 25.80, and 25.92 (new); Section 25.11 in proposed amendments only.
Notice of Completed Rulemaking
Please be advised that two other rulemaking items recently adopted by the State Board of Education are now in effect. Both these sets of rules have been posted on the agency's web site at www.isbe.net/rules; choose "Rules Currently in Effect" and scroll to the relevant Part number. (If you print only the affected Sections, remember to include the table of contents for the Part, which changes every time the Part is amended.)
Transitional Bilingual Education (Part 228)
These amendments are technical revisions needed to implement P.A. 92-604, which took effect in July of 2002 and changed the requirements for the notice districts must provide to parents of children enrolled in bilingual education programs. The statute added a great deal of specificity regarding the content and timing of these notices. Section 228.40(a)(1) has been amended to provide a cross-reference to that statutory language.
P.A. 92-604 also strengthened parents' right to have their children removed from bilingual education programs on demand. The revisions to Section 228.40(a)(2) reflect that new statutory provision.
Affected Section: 228.40
Alternative Learning Opportunities Program (Part 240)
Section 13B-50.15 of the School Code [105 ILCS 5/13B-50.15] provides that regional offices of education that operate approved Alternative Learning Opportunities Programs (ALOPs) on behalf of school districts that established such programs "are entitled to receive general State aid at the foundation level of support." The law, however, does not explicitly state whether these regional offices can submit a claim directly to the State Board of Education to receive General State Aid (GSA) or receive it from the school district or districts that contracted with the regional office to operate the ALOP.
These amendments provide that regional offices of education may directly submit GSA claims to the State Board, provided that there is a cooperative agreement between the regional office and school district(s) that are establishing the program. This provision to allow for submission of the claim by the regional office does not apply to other entities, such as intermediate service centers, community colleges, health and human services agencies, and other public and private, not-for-profit agencies, that may be under contract with a school district to operate an ALOP.
Since students may enter an ALOP in the middle of a school year, the amendments further provide that GSA can be claimed only for the time period during which those students are enrolled in the program. A similar provision is included for school districts.
Affected Section: 240.90
State Superintendent's September Regional Conferences
As we have told you previously, the centralized
Superintendent's conference traditionally held in
The registration form can be accessed at http://www.isbe.net/pdf/suptconf_reg.pdf, and agenda for the meetings at http://www.isbe.net/pdf/suptconf_agenda.pdf.
Robert Schiller
State Superintendent
of Education
4. First-of-a-Kind Report: What Does Research Say About How To Prepare Quality Teachers?
(Daily Southtown)
Proponents of school funding reform are weighing their next step in the wake of Attorney General Lisa Madigan's decision that the state constitution does not prescribe "a specific level of funding by the state."
Apparently hoping Madigan would issue an opinion that would bolster a possible lawsuit over funding levels, Sen. Miguel Del Valle (D-Chicago), chairman of the Senate Education Committee, asked Madigan for a formal opinion on whether the constitution requires the state to give every student access to a "minimally adequate education."
But Madigan's answer, issued at the end of May, stated that there is no such guarantee in the constitution. Nor does it require any "specific level of educational funding," Madigan said. The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled repeatedly, Madigan said, that the level of school funding is "the province of the General Assembly," not the courts.
Madigan concluded that the judgment of the attorney general on how much funding the state should provide "cannot be substituted" for that of the General Assembly, nor can the courts'.
Now reform
proponents are considering whether to push for a constitutional amendment to
force the state to meet the 50 percent target. Most reform advocates are
skeptical that the Legislature will ever approve a reform package that would
include a tax increase of some kind at the state level. Re-election is the top
priority of many legislators, and
described herself as an education supporter during her campaign, and said that
if she was elected she would be an "advocate of changing the way the schools are
funded." She specifically mentioned that the method of school funding in
Reform advocates, especially those from the Southland, ought to consider that approach. The state's heavy reliance on property taxes to fund public education results in vast disparities in funding between school districts. Affluent communities with expensive homes and lots of businesses have far more money to spend on their schools than communities with little property wealth.
The undeniable fact is that a disproportionate percentage of minority children are in schools that suffer from the current funding system. On the face of it, that looks discriminatory.
Of course, a lawsuit would take time, perhaps years, and implementation of a court-ordered solution might take years more. But the Legislature has demonstrated for decades that it is not going to address this issue. And a referendum on a constitutional amendment would likely lead to a court battle itself.
The state's inadequate and unfair funding system needs
to be junked and replaced with a system that is fair to all
(Daily Southtown)
financially struggling school districts,
Each district expects to save about $60,000 a year by sharing District 81 Supt. Al Gegenheimer, who will split his time between the two. Union officials said they will use the savings to help restore some teaching positions that were cut because of budget problems.
We commend these two districts for finding an innovative way to help weather the type of financial crisis that has befallen many school districts statewide.
With the state failing to adequately support public education and legislators showing no immediate signs of fixing the problem, districts such as these have been forced to — as Will County regional Supt. Richard Duran said — "think outside the box.''
Leaders in
Union District 81, which has about 180 students at one school, say they have
researched the idea. They say
But a centralized administrative staff might allow the districts to trim expenses. A larger, consolidated district might be able to bargain for products and services at better prices.
Until the state commits to encouraging consolidation and fixing the flaws in school funding, school districts such as Union District 81 and Laraway District 70C must by themselves find courage to further examine the idea of unification.
True, consolidation likely would eliminate jobs. Some
independence may be lost. But those are concerns reserved for adults — and
should not impact what might be the right decision for
First-of-a-Kind Report: What Does Research Say About How To Prepare Quality Teachers?
The report cautions governors and education officials that almost no teacher preparation strategy has more than limited research evidence to support it. At the same time, the report attempts to draw implications for policy from the small amount of research evidence that does exist.
"To be sure, the lack of solid research about teacher preparation is disappointing," said Michael Allen, a program director at ECS and author of the report, "Eight Questions on Teacher Preparation: What Does the Research Say?" "On the other hand," Allen said, "I believe the report can provide some very helpful guidance for policymakers and should, at the very least, caution them that those individuals who insist the research supports their position are likely overstating their case."The report, called "a monumental undertaking" by David Imig, chief executive officer of the American Association of Colleges, is the most comprehensive effort to date to analyze teacher preparation research and determine what evidence it provides, and how it might guide education policies and teacher
preparation programs.
"The report is very clear that higher education and the federal government need to get serious about supporting better educational research in many domains, including research on effective strategies to prepare teachers," Imig said.
The discovery that there is little concrete evidence about one of the most important areas of high-quality education should "serve as a call to arms for policymakers, teacher educators, researchers and funders," said Ted Sanders, ECS president.
Eight Questions on Teacher Preparation summarizes 92 research studies selected from a group of 500 and explores topics such as:
How much teachers benefit from having varying amounts of subject-specific knowledge (e.g., a minor in mathematics versus a bachelor's degree)
How much classroom experience prior to certification contributes to teacher effectiveness
The pros and cons of traditional teacher preparation routes versus alternative routes
The report also discusses the appropriate role of research in policy decisions and recommends ways teacher preparation research can be improved to be more useful. Those recommendations include:
Improve the quality and increase the amount of teacher preparation research to make it more useful to policymakers and teacher educators
Connect teacher preparation research to student achievement
Create a culture that believes education practice should be research-based much like medical practice
Cristopher T. Cross, ECS Distinguished Senior Fellow and a former assistant secretary for research in the U.S. Department of Education, said the report will "at last give policymakers a map to what [research-based information] exists and where we
are simply flying in the dark."
Former Wyoming Governor Jim Geringer, 1999-2000 ECS chairman, said, "I still remember every great teacher I had during my school days. But what made them great? Up until recently, we've left that question unanswered except by the stories that parents
and students tell about their experiences.
"We should answer that question through quality research-based on clear standards so that we can properly guide teacher preparation and properly support teachers," Geringer said. "We owe it to our kids and those who are called to teach."
Eight Questions on Teacher Preparation was developed with a grant from the U.S. Department of Education's (USDE) Fund for the Improvement of Education. Subsequent reports about research related to teacher recruitment and retention and licensure and
certification will be released over the next 18 months.
Eight Questions on Teacher Preparation and a summary of it are available on the ECS Web site at http://www.ecs.org/tpreport. A print copy of the 140-page report is available for $20 (plus postage and handling) by calling ECS at 303.299.3692. Ask
for publication #TQ-03-01.
NAEP Report Shows Writing Scores Improve In Fourth and Eighth Grades, Remain Flat In 12th Grade
(From White House daily report)
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
in a report released this morning found that "the writing of American students
in fourth and eighth grades has improved significantly since 1998, but the
average writing performance of high school seniors was unchanged." The report
added, "At all three grades, about 75 to 85 percent of students were able to
reach the Basic achievement level, a standard of partial mastery for their grade
that indicates at least minimal effectiveness in getting their main points
across. The proportion at Proficient rose significantly at both fourth and
eighth grades. Even so, only about a quarter to 30 percent could reach the
standard for Proficient writing, which requires an
organized and coherent response with clear language and supporting detail."
Education Secretary Rod Paige said in a statement, "Overall, there is good news in this NAEP report. White, Black and Hispanic students all had higher average scores than four years ago, and it's encouraging to see that scores for lower-income students have gone up at both the fourth and eighth grades. ... Meanwhile, we still have to find creative ways to encourage our high school seniors. Their results haven't changed since 1998. While it appears that our nation's schools are moving in the right direction in producing better writers, there is cause for guarded optimism. We still have a lot of work to do: despite these significant gains, more than two-thirds of the nation's students still perform below the proficient level in writing. We need to make a collective effort to help our students become better writers. It will require diligence because one size does not fit all in any endeavor to improve student performance in any subject. We must find out what works best for which students."


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- Title
- T-ANT: a nature-inspired data gathering protocol for wireless sensor networks
- Author(s)
- Selvakennedy, S.; Sinnappan, Suku; Shang, Yi
- Abstract
- There are many difficult challenges ahead in the design of an energy-efficient communication stack for wireless sensor networks. Due to the severe sensor node constraints, protocols have to be simple yet scalable. To this end, collective social insects' behavior could be adopted to guide the design of these protocols. We exploit the simple heuristics of ant colony in foraging and brood sorting to design a hierarchical and scalable data gathering protocol. Also, we demonstrate how it could exploit data correlations in sensor readings to minimize communications cost in the data gathering process towards the sink. This approach selects only a subset of sensor nodes to reconstruct data for the entire network. A distributed variance estimation algorithm is introduced to capture data correlations with negligible state maintenance. It is shown that this algorithm is able to predict the values rather accurately. Due to the general robustness of any nature-inspired algorithm, our data gathering protocol is reliable. It is fully distributed, and promises scalability and substantial energy savings.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- Journal of Communications, Vol. 1, no. 2 (May 2006), pp. 22-29
- Publication year
- 2006
- Keyword(s)
- Ant algorithms; Biologically-inspired computing; Clustering; Data correlation; Data gathering; Nature-inspired computing; Sensor networks; Simulations; Swarm intelligence; Wireless sensor networks
- Publisher
- Academy Publisher
- 1796-2021
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- Copyright © 2006 Academy Publisher. Published version of the paper reproduced here for personal and non-commercial use only in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.
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Posted On Sunday, September 13, 2015 By Louanne
My first pregnancy was difficult as I was sick from day one till the day I delivered. At 36 weeks, I woke up with a headache like I have never had. I called the doctor and saw him that afternoon. I was spilling protein in my urine, my BP was 220/150 and my hands were swollen. They sent me directly to the hospital and I was there for a month as my baby was very tiny. Due to fetal distress, she was delivered at 40 weeks by emerg c-section. She weighed 5 lbs, 4 oz but was fine. I continued to have bp issues but was put on meds to control it. After losing 50 lbs my bp came down, and I got pregnant again. No issues other than at 38 weeks I started having contractions, so she was... Read More
Posted On Thursday, September 10, 2015 By Ali
My first (and only so far) pregnancy was "interesting" to say the least. I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes and was very careful to monitor my blood sugar as directed, and never had an issue with my sugar being "out of bounds" - unless I ate restaurant italian food, so I just avoided that. My blood pressure was picture perfect at every appointment. Late in my third trimester, my daughter was big, and I was so short. I spent a lot of time in physical therapy trying to realign my pelvis which she kept moving out of whack! "Just a few more weeks" I kept saying to myself. My 41st week mark came and went. I was starting to get restless (and a little hostile!). They ordered an ultrasound... Read More
Posted On Friday, September 04, 2015 By Natasha Robinson
Today I received news that a dear friend of mine Bethany who is expecting a baby boy named Hunter in November was diagnosed with severe Preeclampsia. She's 30 weeks pregnant but the baby is measuring at 25 weeks. He's not growing at a normal rate and he's having trouble receiving oxygen. Bethany was told tonight that no soon to be mother ever wants to hear she will have to give birth to her precious baby boy Hunter very prematurely they have scheduled her for a c-section this weekend. Knowing Hunter is gonna have to fight for his life outside of the womb on behalf of my friend Bethany I would like to ask for many many prayers. My heart weighs very heavy for her. Knowing what she's up... Read More
Posted On Monday, August 31, 2015 By Karin
I remember looking through your stories when I was 35 weeks pregnant, and getting myself all worked up thinking my severe headache was a sign of Preeclampsia. Turns out, that was one case where Dr. Google was actually helpful. So, I thought I would add my story, in hopes that someone frantically googling symptoms finds it helpful as well. Last year around this time I was 35 weeks pregnant. My pregnancy had been pretty textbook up until this point. I had been seeing a midwife, taking my prenatals, getting regular exercise, and gaining just the right amount of weight. My midwife used to end each appointment by saying "Everything looks beautiful, see you in a few weeks." In my third... Read More
Posted On Thursday, August 27, 2015 By Luiremar
En el año 2012 quede embarazada, aun recuerdo como si fue ayer cuando nos confirmaron la noticia, tenia tanta ilusion era mi primer hijo, lamentablemente al tercer mes de empece a hinchar y mi medico tratante me decia que era normal que guardara reposo, a la semana 27 recuerdo era sabado 2 de marzo, me comenzo a dolor el estomago yo pensaba q eran gases pero llego un momento en que no aguanba el dolor, cuando me llevan al medico, le dicen a mi esposo que tengo la tension muy alta y que me tienen que hospitalizar, al cabo de unas horas empece a convulsionar, como el hospital donde me llevaron no reunia las condisiones para intervenirme,ya que el... Read More
Posted On Wednesday, August 12, 2015 By Ushma
In June 2013, we found out I was pregnant and we were ecstatic! We had no idea it would happen so fast and felt truly blessed. My pregnancy was quite typical – I experienced the usual symptoms such as morning sickness, heartburn, fatigue. Every appointment, I would walk in with a long list of questions for my doctor. As a health services researcher, I knew I should speak up and ask questions…but it was now more important than ever. The doctors and nurses all said it was normal…the doctors weren't worried and for the most part, neither was I.... Read More
Posted On Thursday, August 06, 2015 By Rachel
Almost a year ago I woke up in hospital to find that my baby had been born. I had, and still have, no memory the day she was born, or indeed the few days following. I had three eclamptic seizures at 31 weeks pregnant. Hind sight is wonderful, but sometimes i do feel immense grief at the fact that none of my symptoms were picked up until it was too late. I had had a normal and healthy pregnancy, traveled overseas and had low blood pressure throughout. At 29 weeks my blood pressure started to increase, and over the next two weeks more and more symptoms began to appear. ... Read More
Posted On Tuesday, August 04, 2015 By angelie
Currently I'm in a hospital just being diagnosed with HELLP syndrome. It causes my kidney to stop functioning. Just worried about my condition. It's been days, but still no development... Can you help me please... What can I do to stimulate my kidneys to work again?
Posted On Friday, July 31, 2015 By ruth
I had had a rough first trimester with lots of nausea, then at 15 weeks discovered my partner had been unfaithful a few years back - a really difficult time emotionally, just when I started to feel well physically. We worked through things with counseling, but I was still feeling very down a lot of the time. By 28 weeks I was having visual aural migraines every few days, which was unusual for me, but I had had them in pre-pregancy around period time and had also had one at 6 weeks. My BP was normal and I had no proteinuria so I just assumed migraines were hormonal. By 30 weeks I was feeling tired and 'spaced out' a lot, but thought was just late pregnancy... Read More
Posted On Thursday, July 30, 2015 By ANA
2 de abril del 2014, Fui a mi cita de rutina, mis pies estaban hinchados no podía calzar zapatos, mis manos y cara estaban hinchados, había subido de peso 20 libras en un mes, tenia 33 semanas de embarazo, y la doctora no podía creer lo que estaba pasando la presión estaba alta, yo no sentía ninguna anomalía en ese momento, siempre tuve la presión mas baja que alta en todos mis chequeo, de inmediato me envió al hospital, cuando llegue la presión estaba mas alta, y me diagnosticaron preeclamsia severa, me pusieron cualquier cantidad de medicamentos para poder controlar la presión y poder suministrarme los inyectores que madurarían los pulmones de mi bebe, lograron mantenerme en... Read More
Posted On Thursday, July 30, 2015 By Rocio
Hola, mi nombre es Rocío, vivo en Canelones, Uruguay. Y esta es mi historia... en 2014 quede embarazada de mi primer hijo, el cual fue buscado por 9 ardos meses,luego de recibir la enorme noticia, siempre se me hicieron los controles rutinarios, mi embarazo fue hermoso,feliz sin ningún tipo de riesgos.Hasta las 36+4 semanas, un sábado corriente a las 9 am tenia mi cita con gine para control cómo siempre, por algún motivo del mundo ese día me acompañó mi madre,se sentía un aire extraño, como si supiera q ese día iba a conocer a mi bebe.Llegamos a la consulta y mientras hablaba con mi doc,la enfermera me tomaba la presión, al finalizar, se le acercó al doc y le susurro en... Read More
Posted On Thursday, July 30, 2015 By kaleigh
March 25th 2015 I gave birth to my beautiful daughter. She was born at 36 weeks, weighing 5 lbs and 17 1/2 inches long. Her original due date was April 16th 2015. It was the best and worst day of my life. I had a very easy pregnancy from the start. I never had morning sickness, mood swings, or high blood pressure. I had a very happy pregnancy. On March 25th 2015 I went to my regular 36 week doctor appointment. My blood pressure was 140/ 80 so my midwife went ahead and sent me over to triage at OU children's... Read More
Posted On Monday, July 27, 2015 By kelly
My name is Kelly Warren and I'm from Thomas Co., Ga. I am 20 years old and I had preeclampsia during my pregnancy too. I had high blood pressure problems, swelling all over, tremendous weight gain, and protein in my urine. I was very sick. I would get dizzy from standing to long, and my feet would swell so big after standing for so long as well. Nobody in my family believed that I really was sick and didn't feel good, until I was hospitalized for 3 months before I delivered my baby boy. I fainted a few times in the hospital as I was going to get some test done for the protein count in my urine. It was the most scariest time in my life. My due date was originally... Read More
Posted On Wednesday, July 22, 2015 By Vicky
We conceived in 2011 with delivery date being 15th May 2012. I was so excited to be pregnant. I knew I was pregnant when I was on holiday in Turkey with a friend and my period had not arrived. I did not particularly feel sick. When it came to about 10 weeks in pregnancy, I was getting a lot of fatigue. I stopped traveling a big distance to my partner, he did the commute to me. He took the pets. The fatigue starting affecting the housework. I was surrounded by all undone housework. I was also losing friends, as they were getting fed up with me, as I was not meeting them in town to go for a meal, as I was either late or still at home, asleep. They were not good friends, were... Read More
Posted On Monday, July 20, 2015 By Micaela
Tengo 29 años, estoy embarazada de mi segundo hijo/a. Mi relacion con la preeclampsia y hellp comenzo con mi primer embarazo. Nunca me imagine todo lo que vivi en el final del mismo, crei que nunca alguien podia vivir semejante experiencia en un momento tan magico como convertirse en mama por primera vez. Mi diagnostico gracias a dios llego tarde, en la semana 36 comenze con unos dolores en la parte superior de la panza, muy intensos. Fui a la clinica a controlarme, y me dijeron que solo era algo estomacal, y que tenia una infeccion urinaria, algo que para una embarazada es bastante normal. Me mandaron de nuevo a mi casa, a los pocos dias el dolor volvio, casi en la semana 37 ese mismo... Read More
Posted On Monday, July 13, 2015 By maritza
I was 19 years old when I got pregnant with my son, now 2 years old. Everything was normal in the begining of my pregnancy. At 28 weeks, I noticed a lot of swelling but didn't think anything of it. At 34 weeks, I had an iron infusion and when they checked my BP it was 150/80, so after my infusion we went to my doctor. They did a stress test and checked for protein in my urine, then sent me home to take a 24hr urine test. The next morning I took the test to the hospital and went home. That night I got a call to come to the hospital: I was going to get induced. It didn't ,so they kept me on bed rest at the hospital. After 6 days in the hospital in bed, my BP was 186/92, so they... Read More
Posted On Friday, July 10, 2015 By mindy
I have learned so much reading others stories so I thought I would share mine... Two years ago I welcomed my second daughter on June 6th. The pregnancy went very well as did my pregnancy with my first. I noticed both times that my feet remained swollen. The second time though after a week after delivery they were still very swollen. I tried to alternate short walks with resting and elevating my feet. I even tried soaking them in tonic water! After 11 days I noticed a pain in my chest when I would have deep breaths or whenever I would lay on my side. I thought at first it was either because I slept wrong on... Read More
Posted On Tuesday, June 23, 2015 By stephanie
I had my daughter Arianna on March 8, 2015. My pregnancy was a tough one. I had Gestational Diabetes and had to inject insulin 3 times a day. I also had excess fluid in my body which made me develop a pretty bad carpel tunnel syndrome ( I had 4 surgeries on my carpel tunnel after Arianna was born). I was never overweight and I NEVER had high blood pressure at all throughout my whole pregnancy. I went into labor on March 7th and on March 8th I had a C-Section and my beautiful, healthy 7Lb 12 Ounce daughter was born. As every mother knows, in the hospital stay following the birth of a baby, nurses routinely come in and check your blood pressure, temperature, etc.... Read More
Posted On Thursday, June 18, 2015 By stephanie
Hello Everyone, my name is Stephanie and I thought I would share my story with you. On March 8th 2015, I delivered a beautiful, healthy baby girl. My husband and I were over the moon in love and my son loved his baby sister from day one. I felt great and I couldn't wait to get home and show her off to my family and friends. Now, if you have had a child before, you know the nurse comes in every 20 minutes to check your blood pressure, temperature and in my case my c-section wound. Everything was great and I was sent home after 3 days. Day 1, my body went into shock when I got home from the hospital. It lasted for about an hour as my husband put 7 blankets on me and held me... Read More
Posted On Tuesday, June 02, 2015 By Emily
It's been almost two years since I had my sweet, chunky, amazing baby girl. She was my third child, so I thought I knew what to expect. Boy, was I wrong. I had a relatively uneventful pregnancy. I had morning sickness every waking hour until I was 17 weeks along. Around 32 weeks I started measuring a little too big in the belly so I went for an ultrasound. She was huge, albiet healthy. The Dr noted that there was an awful lot of amniotic fluid, but never made a big deal of it. Around 38 weeks I went for another ultrasound because my belly was still abnormally large. The Dr. suggested I be induced because she was so big and had so much amniotic fluid. I had never been induced... Read More
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Yesterday! I am still in shock. I look at him and see a little boy, but he is still very much my little baby. How do you let go? He didn't want to nurse when Daddy got him out of bed today. He wanted to play with his new "dump twuck"
I never told him I was expecting, but he has been patting my belly and saying "baby in dare" (maybe because it popped right out this time). He is going to be a wonderful big brother. I am so excited. I am happy and sad at the same time.
Thank you all you wonderful LLLadies for all your support during our 2 years. We never would have made it this long without you