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Mercedes-Benz has published a full set of details about the four-wheel drive variant of its full-size Sprinter van. Called simply Sprinter 4x4, the off-roader will exclusively be sold on the European market.
The Sprinter 4x4 is equipped with an all-wheel drive system derived from the one found in the GL- and ML-Class SUVs that can be engaged at the push of a button to split traction 35/65 between the front and the rear axles. Four extra inches of ground clearance increase the van's approach and departure angles while standard roll bars help keep all four wheels on the ground even in sharp corners.
Electronic Stability Control comes standard and Downhill Speed Regulation, a function that works with the van's cruise control to maintain a constant speed when going down a steep grade, is available as an option. Other extra-cost add-ons include Hill-Start Assist, off-road tires with a deep thread and a straight-cut reduction gear.
Visually, the Sprinter 4x4 stands out from the regular Sprinter with side turn signals installed on the front fenders instead of the mirrors, a new radiator grille, a revised front bumper, bespoke headlights as well as bumper-mounted fog and reverse lights. The cockpit has been upgraded with a thick-rimmed steering wheel, chrome trim around the air vents and new upholstery on the seats.
Buyers can choose from three diesel-burning engines ranging from a 2.1-liter four-cylinder that makes 129 horsepower and 225 lb-ft. of torque and a 3.0-liter V6 rated at 190 ponies and 324 lb-ft. of twist. A six-speed manual transmission is standard and a five-speed automatic is available at an option.
In Germany, the four-wheel drive Sprinter carries a base price of €8,400 (roughly $11,450) over its two-wheel drive sibling.
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1930s fashion was an era of feminine and romantic style as influenced by America's captivation with silver screen stars who wore sensual silks, luxurious lace and backless gowns. Coco Chanel knit suits, Elsa Schiaparelli hats and designs in her "shocking pink" color, Madeleine Vionnet bias cut dresses and Madame Gres Grecian-style pleated dresses were some styles that graced the pages of Vogue and the runways of Paris.(Read more)
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Despite being an era of economic struggle, 1930s clothing was inspired by an era of revolutionary style thanks to advancements in clothing production, the popularity of Hollywood cinema as well as the increased resourcefulness of daywear fashion because of the Great Depression. Keep reading after the jump to see 5 iconic pieces from the 1930s and to read how they revolutionized the way American women dressed!(Read more)

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Khaled Khalifa's In Praise of Hatred, banned in Syria, has made the longlist for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2013. The book – published secretly in Damascus and banned forty days later – was shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2008. Set in and around 1980s Aleppo, the story unpicks a life lived under dictatorship and loudly echoes the violence across the Middle East and the Arab world over the past two years. The translation into English by Leri Price is joined on the 16-strong longlist by Orhan Pamuk – who won the first Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in 1990 and has subsequently been shortlisted twice – and Ismail Kadare, who won the first Man Booker International Prize in 2005.
The longlist also features Diego Marani, one of Italy's leading contemporary authors, who was shortlisted for this Prize last year with New Finnish Grammar. Independent publishers are well represented with 11 different houses represented on the list. Harvill Secker also have a bumper year taking four of the slots, and finally Transworld with one. Translator Anne McLean appears twice for her work on The Sound of Things Falling, by Juan Gabriel Vasquez, and Dublinesque by Enrique Vila-Matas, on which she collaborated with Rosalind Harvey. The longlist features books translated from 13 different languages including Croatian, Norwegian, Hungarian, and Afrikaans.
The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize is awarded annually to the best work of contemporary fiction in translation. The Prize celebrates an exceptional work of fiction by a living author which has been translated into English from any other language and published in the United Kingdom in 2012. Uniquely, the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize acknowledges both the writer and the translator equally, recognising the importance of the translator in their ability to bridge the gap between languages and cultures.
A total of 16 contenders have been longlisted for the 2013 Prize, worth £10,000. They are:
A Death in the Family by Karl Ove Knausgaard, translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett (Harvill Secker)
Black Bazaar by Alain Mabanckou, translated from the French by Sarah Ardizonne (Serpent's Tail)
Bundu by Chris Barnard, translated from the Afrikaans by Michiel Heyns (Alma Books)
Cold Sea Stories by Pawel Huelle, translated from the Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Comma Press)
Dublinesque by Enrique Vila-Matas, translated from the Spanish by Rosalind Harvey and Anne McLean (Harvill Secker)
HHhH by Laurent Binet, translated from the French by Sam Taylor (Harvill Secker)
In Praise of Hatred by Khalid Khalifa, translated from the Arabic by Leri Price (Transworld)
The Detour by Gerrband Bakker, translated from the Dutch by David Colmer (Harvill Secker)
The Last of the Vostyachs by Diego Marani, translated from the Italian by Judith Landry (Dedalus)
The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vasquez, translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean (Bloomsbury)
Traveller of the Century by Andrés Neuman, translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor and Lorenza Garcia (Pushkin Press)
Trieste by Dasa Drndic, translated from the Croatian by Ellen Elias-Bursac (Maclehose Press)
Satantango by Laszlo Krasznahovkai, translated from the Hungarian by George Szirtes (Tuskar Rock)
Silent House by Orhan Pamuk, translated from the Turkish by Robert Finn (Faber & Faber)
The Fall of the Stone City by Ismail Kadare, translated from the Albanian by John Hodgson (Canongate)
The Murder of Halland by Pia Juul, translated from the Danish by Martin Aitken (Peirene Press)
The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize ran previously between 1990 and 1995 and the Prize was revived with the support of Arts Council England in 2001. The £10,000 Prize money and associated costs are funded by Arts Council England who manage the Prize in partnership with Booktrust. The Prize is also supported by the Independent and Champagne Taittinger.
Previous winners of the Prize include Milan Kundera in 1991 for Immortality translated by Peter Kussi; W.G. Sebald and translator, Anthea Bell, in 2002 for Austerlitz; and Per Petterson and translator, Anne Born, in 2006 for Out Stealing Horses. The 2012 winner was Blooms of Darkness by the Israeli author Aharon Appelfeld, translated from the Hebrew by Jeffrey M Green.
A shortlist of six books will be announced on Thursday 11 April and the overall winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2013 will be announced at an awards ceremony in central London in May at the Royal Institute of British Architects.
The judges for this year's Prize are:
Jean Boase-Beier, Professor of Literature and Translation at the University of East Anglia
Novelist and former Lecturer in English at the University of Sussex, Gabriel Josipovici
Elif Shafak, an award-winning novelist and the most widely read woman writer in Turkey
Literary translator, Frank Wynne
Boyd Tonkin, Literary Editor of the Independent
Antonia Byatt, Director, Literature, Arts Council England comments:
'Arts Council England are delighted to fund this prize, it is one of the most effective ways we support fiction in translation. It recognises and celebrates talent, both the writer and translator. We want readers here to have access to the best of world fiction and this outstanding longlist highlights the richness and variety of fiction from across the globe.'
Boyd Tonkin, Literary Editor of the Independent, comments:
'Once again, the longlist for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize showcases the very best in global fiction. It also honours the vital art of translation. These 16 titles, as diverse in mood and style as in setting and culture, deliver a feast of the imagination to our doorstep. From Nobel and Man Booker International laureates to youthful prodigies, the chosen authors offer something for every reader. So, bon appetit – or tuck in!'
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The Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer HMS Dauntless arrives in her home port of Portsmouth in a December 2, 2009, file photo. A British minister will travel to the Falkland Islands in June to take part in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of Britain's recapture of the islands from occupying Argentine troops.
Britain's HMS Dauntless, touted as one of the most sophisticated warships in the world, will set sail to the disputed Falkland Islands in coming weeks in what the government called a routine operation.
The futuristic destroyer will replace the frigate HMS Montrose, the Ministry of Defense said on Tuesday. The deployment has long been planned but comes as tensions rise between Britain and Argentina over the status of the islands, which are a British dependency.
The Dauntless, armed with anti-aircraft and anti-ballistic capability, could "take out all of South America's fighter aircraft let alone Argentina's," one Navy source told the U.K.'s Telegraph.
The news comes shortly before Prince William, heir to the British throne, is due to arrive in the Falkland Islands as part of his air force training.
Britain accuses Argentina of 'colonialism'
Foreign Secretary William Hague told Sky News that while HMS Dauntless's deployment is routine, the British ship "packs a very considerable punch."
A Royal Navy spokesman downplayed the $1 billion destroyer's deployment and rejected that it was a sign of escalation in the tensions between the two countries.
"The Royal Navy has had a continuous presence in the south Atlantic for many years. The deployment of HMS Dauntless to the south Atlantic has been long planned, is entirely routine and replaces another ship on patrol," he told the Guardian.
Last month, Argentina persuaded Brazil, Uruguay and Chile to join a Mercosur trade group resolution to turn away any ship flying the Falklands'flag — which depicts a sheep and a ship along with the United Kingdom's red, white and blue Union Jack.
Argentina claims sovereignty of the Falklands, 290 miles (460 kilometers) east of its coast. U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron has also recently stressed that the people of the Falklands must decide their own future and said Argentina is taking a colonialist approach to the islands' residents.
London's Foreign Office said Tuesday that junior minister Jeremy Browne will travel to the islands in June to mark the 30th anniversary of Britain's brief 1982 war with Argentina over the territory. Browne will be the first foreign minister to visit the Falklands since 2008. Prime Minister David Cameron's office said the British leader had no plans to visit.
Earlier this month, Britain announced that Prince Harry will visit Brazil in March as part of the U.K.'s effort to strengthen ties with Latin America.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Argentina says Prince William's deployment to the Falklands is provocative. Britain says his deployment is routine for a search and rescue pilot. The timing William's deployment is sensitive because it is has been thirty years since British forces liberated the Falkland Islands from Argentina. ITN's Bill Neely reports.
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Quoc Trung / Nguyen Le / Dhafer Youssef / Thanh Lam / Rhani Krija / Kieu Anh: Hanoi, Vietnam, September, 1, 2012
Hanoi, Vietnam
September 1, 2012
The Hanoi Opera House celebrated its centenary in 2011, and for most of those first hundred years, Vietnamese traditional and European classical music reverberated within the walls of this elegant venue. However, as the Opera House enters its second century, there are signsas in Vietnam itselfof gradual openness to more modern tides. This concertbilled as Khởi Nguồn (The Root Beginning)was conceived by veteran Vietnamese composer/keyboard player Quốc Trung, and celebrated not only the beauty of Vietnamese music but the common roots of all music, Eastern and Western, traditional and contemporary.
The invited guests for what was the first in an ongoing series of such projectsguitarist Nguyen Le, oudist/singer Dhafer Youssef and percussionist Rhani Krijaare all musical polyglots, so it was no surprise that such diverse language was explored with the outstanding traditional Vietnamese musicians.
Lê is no stranger to fusing jazz/world sounds with Vietnamese folk song; since Tales from Viet-Nam (World Records, 1996)described by Jazz Times as "a minor masterpiece" Lê has gone on to produce/record a series of intimate collaborations with singer Huong Than on the ACT Music label, most notably on Fragile Beauty (ACT Music, 2008). These recordings have brought together traditional Vietnamese musicians with such modernists as trumpeter Paolo Fresu, bassists Richard Bona and Etienne Mbappe, reed player Paul McCandless, drummer Karim Ziad, kotoist Mieko Miyazaki, and Youssef, amongst others, creating music that is essentially roots-inspired and which covers pan-global terrain.
Inevitably then, the concert drew from a number of musical wells, but at its core lay the soul of Vietnam. "Lý mười thương ("Ten reasons for loving you") began with the immediately captivating singer Kiều Anh, buoyed by Hùng Cường's washing cymbals, Hoàng Anh's gently voiced flute and Van Mai's zither, and created a traditional lyricism that would also have seduced an audience in the Opera House a century ago. Traditional Vietnamese music is under siege from Western pop influences, and Lê has done as much as anyone to present---and preservethis beautiful music in a modern context. Trung's minimalist synthesizer provided the first bridge between past and present, with electric bassist Phan Kiến, percussionist Krija, drummer Cường and Lê conjuring a Joe Zawinul-esque groove, which grew powerfully, with Kiều Anh at the helm.
"Crossing The Valley" began from a similar blueprint, moving from zither, flute and vocal intimacy to greater rhythmic and melodic urgency, driven by Cường's understated pulse and Krija's more flamboyant Middle Eastern/North African accents. By way of contrast, Trung's ethereal, tuned-bell effects, singing zither and subdued percussion provided a sympathetic backdrop to Anh's yearning vocal on "The River With One Bank." A sparse, bass dub pulse imposed a chill-out vibe, though Lê's solo lifted the ensemble; his emotionally charged playing evoking the ecstasy-driven blues of guitarist Jerry Garcia.
Youssef brought his rare vocal talents and abundant energy to three numbers before the interval. His haunting, almost devotional lament that followed the plaintive flute intro to "Wishing Upon the Moon" was echoed by Anh, and the pair cast a spell over the audience, which erupted in applause. As their voices soared to heady emotional heightssurely transporting many among the audience along with themit was difficult to believe that the sensational Anh was just 17, or that this vocal union had not originally been planned, arising only out of Youssef's urging during pre-concert rehearsals.
The languid, atmospheric "Mangustao," from Tales from Viet-nam, began with oud and guitar in gently singing unison and zither in accompanying role. Youssef and Anh's voices dovetailed, with the Tunisian's staggering vocal range plunging to didgeridoo depths and climbing to quasi-falsetto highs. On a short solo spot, Lê brought an Arabic quality to his ever-lyrical phrasing, leading into a unified ensemble closing statement on this meditative, yet captivating number. Youssef's "Byzance," from Lê and Fresu's beguiling and kaleidoscopic collaboration, Homescape (ACT, 2006), featured oud, Arabic percussion, an exhilarating funk-like motif, further vocal acrobatics from Youssef and Anh and a searing metal solo from Lê. Kajira's animated percussion solo on darbuka (Arabic goblet drum) and frame drums led into a rousing ensemble passage, and closed the first set on a high.
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Is The Public Crazy Not To Support Gun Control?
A number of opinion writers have taken the occasion of the mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado to express disgust with the fact that the American public shows little inclination towards increased gun control. According to Gallup, the percentage of Americans who say they "feel that laws covering the sale of firearms should be made more strict" dropped from 78% to 44% during the period from 1990 to 2010.
Some of the more hyperbolic has claimed this is because the US is seized by a "death cult" or that it "worships violence", but I think the actual reason is quite rational.
If we look at the percentage of people supporting stricter gun control in relation to the percentage of people who say they own guns (also from Gallup) and the US homicide rate, we see that the homicide rate dropped by 49% from 1990 to 2010 while gun ownership rates have remained fairly flat.
Since people readily perceive that gun ownership remains common, and yet violent crime has fallen significantly since the height of the '80s and '90s crime wave, people seem to implicitly believe that restricting gun ownership is not necessary in order to deal with crime.
We can get a somewhat longer term view of this if we look at an older Gallup question which is available in the same study, the percentage of Americans who say they support a ban on civilian handgun ownership. The question has been asked somewhat sporadically by Gallup, so we have only a few data points from the 50s, 60s and 70s, but the pattern is still very interesting.
Gallup first asked the question in 1959 when the murder rate had just gone up from 4.1 in 1955 to 4.9 in 1959. Support for a ban was quite high as 60%. Support for a ban dropped rapidly while crime increased. In 1979 31% of Americans supported banning handguns and the murder rate was 9.8. Support for a handgun ban then rebounded, reaching a recent high of 43% of American in 1991, which was also one of the worst years for violent crime with a murder rate of 9.8. However, violent crime then fell sharply and has continued a gradual decline, and support for banning hand guns has declined along with it with only 29% of Americans supporting such a ban in 2010.
This suggests to me that Americans actually have a pretty reasonable approach to the question. Despite the occasional headline grabbing catastrophe, the current murder rate is down at the same level as the 1950s, despite the availability of Glock handguns and "assault rifles".
The Magical Mystery Glock
In the wake of the Tuscon shooting, there have been renewed call for gun control. This is hardly surprising, and while from my own point of view it seems like an attempt to make political hay out of widespread shock and fear, and I can certainly understand that for those who believe that our current gun laws make violence more common, this sort of event would seem to confirm their thesis. What is not, however, reasonable from those who believe that gun control would be a good thing for our country, is the odd fixation of the anti-gun lobby on the Glock brand.
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One common question from gun control advocates in the wake of the shooting was, "Why would any reasonable person think that civilians should need or want to own Glocks?" New York Times columnist Gail Collins summed up this line of thinking well in a column entitled "A Right to Bear Glocks?" Collins writes:
Today, the amazing thing about the reaction to the Giffords shooting is that virtually all the discussion about how to prevent a recurrence has been focusing on improving the tone of our political discourse. That would certainly be great. But you do not hear much about the fact that Jared Loughner came to Giffords's sweet gathering with a semiautomatic weapon that he was able to buy legally because the law restricting their sale expired in 2004 and Congress did not have the guts to face up to the National Rifle Association and extend it.
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Don't Negotiate, They're Crazy!
I made the mistake of following a link to a Frank Rich column this morning — an activity liable to cause lowed IQ, severe irritation, or in extreme cases, the gnawing off of one's own arm. In an effort to channel possible side effects into a vaguely positive outlet, I hope that readers will forgive me if I revisit a topic that I already touched on once before: the increasing attempts by Democratic partisans to insist that the only people who could possibly oppose their agenda are evil, racist, gun-toting, potentially-violent freaks.
Like many of Rich's pieces, this one is wandering and somewhat inarticulate. However, the basic thread is that the right as a whole is made up of violent extremists who should not be a part of the current health care debate in congress. In support of this, he points to the handful of 2nd Amendment activists who have been showing up at Townhall Meetings and other public venues in states that allows the open carry of firearms and exercising that selfsame right. This, he argues, proves that they are just like Timothy McVeigh (after all, one of them quoted Thomas Jefferson, who was also quoted by McVeigh), and to cap it all off some Republicans opposed counter-terrorism bills proposed in the wake of the OKC bombing. Got all that?
A couple things strike me about the unreasonableness of this line of thinking. Continue reading
Gun Control and School Shootings
Politicians are already considering how to tighten gun control laws as people respond with shock and horror to a school shooting spree which took the lives of 15 victims and the 18-year-old shooter in a small town today in Germany. The problem is, Germany already has some of the tightest gun laws in Europe, a continent of tight gun laws.
In 2002, in the wake of a school shooting which killed 17 plus the shooter, Germany went so far as to require a permit for airsoft guns and starter pistols. Under current German laws, someone must have a gun license for each gun he purchases, and licenses expire and must be renewed at least every three years. To get a license, you must a 18 for an airgun or .22, and 21 for larger calibers. Applicants are subjected to a criminal and psychological background check and must demonstrate ability and safety knowledge.
Catholics, The 2nd Amendment, & Subsidiarity
Ryan Harkins took an initial look at how Catholics should look at the question of whether there is a natural right to own guns in a post last week. The basic thrust of Ryan's argument, and I ask him to correct me if I misstate this, was to examine the question of whether the benefits of private gun ownership outweighed the potential social evils. This is, in a sense, an obvious way to look at the question. If one is trying to determine the rightness of allowing people to own something potentially destructive, it would seem natural to take a "do the benefits outweigh the dangers?" approach.
I'd like to take a slightly different approach, looking at both the actual text of the second amendment and Catholic Social Teaching. The second amendment reads:
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
The libertarian approach to this is to assert that an armed citizenry is required in order to provide a counter-weight to the power of the government. However, I'm not convinced that the thinking behind the second amendment was a merely a balancing of powers in this sense. Rather, it seems to me that to a great extent the US Constitution is written with the point of view that people possess certain natural rights and duties, and that from these spring rights and duties of the government. My understanding is that one of the major controversies in regards to the second amendment (one spoken to fairly definitely in last June's District of Columbia v. Heller decision) has been whether it secures a right of state militias to have weapons, or a right of individuals to have weapons. While in effect my opinion on the matter lies closer to the individual right side, it seems to me that there is an important distinction which has been increasingly lost in our modern mass society:
Should Catholics Own Guns?
How are we, as American Catholics, to understand our Second Amendment rights? As the Constitution of the United States is a document made by man, it is subject to errors, and has contained notable ones in the past. Could it possibly be that the "right to bear arms" itself is a mistake? Certainly gun ownership has come under heavy fire in the past few decades, and while this issue hasn't been as loud as others, it remains a divisive issue (especially since, once again, it is a polarized issue, with the loudest proponents on the Right, and the loudest opponents on the Left). Recently we on the Right celebrated what we viewed as a great victory in the battle for gun rights, as the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional the ban on guns in Washington D.C. But should we, as Catholics, see this in the same way?


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While most adolescents do not use alcohol, some do. But the question is – how do they get it?
It's a question of accessibility. Adolescents report that they get their alcohol from three places: a home, a friend or older relative, or from the store using an illegal ID.
Oldham County Police will provide service in the Hillcrest subdivision, starting March 1.
Fiscal Court agreed in a meeting Feb. 15 to have a marked patrol vehicle roam the area.
I love reading biographies and histories. I learn a great deal from reading the way past heroes handled everyday events and what impact they made.
The American Cancer Society is encouraging Oldham County residents to help fight cancer, and have some fun, too, by signing up for Relay for Life.
Relay for Life is an all-night event established to raise funds "so that everyone can celebrate another birthday," said event Chair Lisa Austin.
Oldham County Cooperative Extension Services presented the Leader of the Year Award to a dedicated community volunteer Tuesday morning.
Extension Leader of the Year Faye Korthaus of Smithfield has served as president of Poplar Grove Homemakers, which was the first homemaker club in Oldham County, and of Oldham County Homemakers.
NEW CASTLE – After almost going unnoticed through much of the game, North Oldham High School junior center Devon Rowan came through with three key plays in the final 30 seconds to help the Mustangs defeat Walton-Verona 55-54 in the opening round of the Eighth Region tourney Thursday.
Having grown up with great-grandparents who were long-standing members of a holiness church, my childhood was peppered with stories of miracles and occurrences that could only have been wrought by God.
My great-grandmother told of a time when, due to a broken leg, she attended prayer service in a wheelchair.
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Heavy winds blew shingles off a portion of Kenwood Station Elementary's roof in the early morning hours of Feb. 28, leaving underlay exposed and allowing rain to infiltrate the building. Six classrooms were damaged.
East Oldham Middle School's roof also sustained minimal wind damage, said Jim Ewalt, facilities director for Oldham County Schools.
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My book Reading Between the Lines: A Christian Guide to Literature has been re-issued in an updated format. The publishers, Crossway Books, asked me to write about the book for their blog, which I did. [Read more…]
My book Reading Between the Lines: A Christian Guide to Literature has been re-issued in an updated format. The publishers, Crossway Books, asked me to write about the book for their blog, which I did. [Read more…]
Educational reform efforts in the public schools are generally well-intentioned, but once they are taken over by the educational bureaucrats they often achieve the opposite of what was intended. A commendable concern to ensure that students have learned something from the classes they take, that they achieve certain "learning outcomes," gave us the dumbing down of "Outcome based education." The "No Child Left Behind" program left behind whole schools.
The latest reform program being foisted on all public schools is "The Common Core." That derives from a great idea, having students learn a basic foundation of material, including reading key books. In practice, though, the Common Core is resulting in literature being gutted from the English curriculum.
The Common Core State Standards in English, which have been adopted in 46 states and the District, call for public schools to ramp up nonfiction so that by 12th grade students will be reading mostly "informational text" instead of fictional literature. But as teachers excise poetry and classic works of fiction from their classrooms, those who designed the guidelines say it appears that educators have misunderstood them
Proponents of the new standards, including the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers, say U.S. students have suffered from a diet of easy reading and lack the ability to digest complex nonfiction, including studies, reports and primary documents. That has left too many students unprepared for the rigors of college and demands of the workplace, experts say.
The new standards, which are slowly rolling out now and will be in place by 2014, require that nonfiction texts represent 50 percent of reading assignments in elementary schools, and the requirement grows to 70 percent by grade 12.
Among the suggested nonfiction pieces for high school juniors and seniors are Alexis de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America," "FedViews," by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (2009) and "Executive Order 13423: Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management," published by the General Services Administration. . . .
"There's a disproportionate amount of anxiety," said David Coleman, who led the effort to write the standards with a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Coleman said educators are misinterpreting the directives.
Yes, the standards do require increasing amounts of nonfiction from kindergarten through grade 12, Coleman said. But that refers to reading across all subjects, not just in English class, he said. Teachers in social studies, science and math should require more reading, which would allow English teachers to continue to assign literature, he said. . . .
In practice, the burden of teaching the nonfiction texts is falling to English teachers, said Mark Bauerlein, an English professor at Emory University: "You have chemistry teachers, history teachers saying, 'We're not going to teach reading and writing, we have to teach our subject matter. That's what you English teachers do.' "
Sheridan Blau, a professor at Teachers College at Columbia University, said teachers across the country have told him their principals are insisting that English teachers make 70 percent of their readings nonfiction. "The effect of the new standards is to drive literature out of the English classroom," he said.
Timothy Shanahan, who chairs the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, said school administrators apparently have flunked reading comprehension when it comes to the standards.
via Common Core State Standards in English spark war over words – The Washington Post.
So the idea is that science and other subjects would include reading in those areas. Great idea. But because the administrators also are not very good readers and because no one but English teachers want to require reading, the burden of requiring 70% "informational" reading is falling on English teachers,who must make room for it by cutting out literature. So instead of reading Old Man and the Sea, students have to read "Executive Order 13423: Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management."
This is a topic that Lori Lewis asked me to address at her webzine Everyday Opera, trying to help people appreciate all the different literary styles:
"I can't stand all of those flowery descriptions in classic literature. Why don't the authors just get to the action?" "I don't like opera with all of that over-the-top emotion." "Those old writers are just not realistic!" Those are common complaints, but they deserve an answer.
First of all, literature is an art form that consists of language. Whereas a painter uses daubs of paint, an author uses daubs of words. Whereas a musical composer works with individual musical notes, working them together into complex harmonies, rhythms, and melodies, an author creates the effects of a novel or a poem with individual words.
This is to say, an author can't just "get to the action" because a story is not just a matter of action. It's words. Plays, including the dramatic production that is a movie, do consist of action. But even a visualized story generally depends on the language of dialogue, which actors use to create their characters. Purists who want only action might restrict themselves to silent movies. But even silent movies—as with all dramatic scripts—have to be written.
Words are multi-dimensional and can create an infinite number of effects–including the illusion that the words are doing nothing. Those who are impatient with "style" often don't realize that "realism" is also a style.
Do you like to go to conferences–say, a big conference on apologetics–but don't have the time or the money to take off and fly somewhere for several days? But why should anyone have to travel for a conference, what with online technology?
I'm going to be giving a lecture on Christianity & Comedy at an online apologetics conference to be held April 19-21. The overall topic will focus on "Literary Apologetics," the use of stories (including literature, films, music, and other expressions) to convey the truth of the Christian faith. The conference is being put on by Athanatos Christian Ministries, an apologetics organization led by Anthony Horvath (a Lutheran teacher and a former student of mine!).
You can sign up for the conference here. The following are the speakers and the topics. Go here for a schedule of the actual times. (Mine will be at 9:00 a.m. Central on Friday, April 20.) Notice that most of the conference is for paid registrants (a mere $30) but that the sessions on the 19th are free.
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Over the last few days I've been thinking about Lost in Austen and in particular what song I would have sung if Caroline Bingley put me on the spot. Honestly? It'd probably be from the Disney Broadway show of The Little Mermaid. I know the beginning portion of all of the songs and quite a few all the way through. What song I would have sung though, is not what this post is about. Instead, it's about what I would bring back to the past if I could.
What would I bring back into the past with me to prove my identity as someone from the future? Amanda Price, the heroine of Lost in Austen, brings with her a modern copy of Pride and Prejudice. This lands her in hot water later when Mr. Darcy finds it and is disgusted to be the butt of "her" literary work.
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Just when you thought the proceedings in Phoenix couldn't get any more petty. Now Gary and the happy henchmen are trying to drive the final nail in the coffin and have the players suffer too.
The Wall Street journal is reporting that the NHL is asking Judge Baum to require that the Phoenix Coyotes fly US Airways charters for all away games in the upcoming season.
The NHL does not believe that the team should use the same service as last year, as it happens to belong to Mr. Moyes and includes 68 first class seats and other amenities...
Unlike the Moyes jet, the US Airways planes are standard passenger jets and the majority of the seats are standard leg room.
So I guess the boys will have to decide how to divvy up the first class seats. Do they do it on a rotation? By height? I imagine Kurt Sauer at 6' 4" might have a bit of an issue getting his frame in a standard seat. Maybe they do first class as an incentive, get a shutout, goal or an assist, win a fight and move to the front of the plane.
As if the Phoenix players didn't have enough to worry about before.
It's not even Christmas yet and already Bettman has pulled a "Grinch." Hey Gary, why not make them ride a bus to all games in LA, San Jose, Edmonton, Vancouver and Edmonton too, that will save some more cash.
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What Does Due Process Do? "PARC v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" Reconsidered.
Kirp, David L.; Jensen, Donald N.
The landmark judicial decision "Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children (PARC) v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" exemplifies a growing tendency toward the legal redefinition of educational issues previously committed to professional or bureaucratic solutions. During the decade since the "PARC" decision went into effect, the hearings and appeals process it mandated has come to emphasize procedural concerns at the expense of substance. The decision ushered in a dramatic increase both in the number of children receiving special education services and in financial support for such services. Its due process hearings, however, have proved more useful for settling individual grievances than for bringing about institutional/systemic reform. A comparison of model appeals cases reveals that, although the quality of decisions has improved, confusion still remains concerning what constitutes "appropriate" instruction and placement. Federal judicial second-guessing since the 1975 "Fialkowski v. Shapp" case has complicated matters legally by challenging the "PARC" system's autonomy. Although the "PARC" case had the positive function of placing special education on the political agenda and shocking the educational system into responsiveness, its decade-long history argues for an awareness of the dangers of legalism and the extent to which a fixation on process can trivialize substantive rights. (JBM)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Court Litigation, Disabilities, Due Process, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal State Relationship, Legal Problems, Mental Retardation, Nondiscriminatory Education, Special Education, Student Placement, Student Rights
Publications, Institute for Research on Educational Finance and Governance, School of Education, CERAS Building, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 ($2.00).
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Stanford Univ., CA. Inst. for Research on Educational Finance and Governance.
Identifiers: Pennsylvania Assn for Retarded Children v Penn
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Does NextBus Own Real-Time Muni Data?
The SF Appeal yesterday published an excellent story about a financial and licensing battle raging over proprietary control of real-time Muni data, one that pits the Routesy developer against a subsidiary of NextBus, NextBus Information Systems (NBIS), which claims rights to Muni real-time data. (SF Weekly also ran a detailed story about this today.)
From SF Appeal, NBIS wrote in an email to Apple:
We demand that you do not approve any updates for the App Store application "Routesy" until the application developer has licensed the NextBus real-time prediction data from us, or removes the use of NextBus data from his application. As I have mentioned numerous times in our previous discussions, NextBus Information Systems Inc. is the sole agent for commercial use of the NextBus real-time prediction data in the United States and has exclusive rights to distribution of this data to mobile phones. The Routesy application downloads and republishes this copyrighted data which is damaging to us.
Problem is, the MTA doesn't think its real-time Muni data is proprietary, nor that anyone should be making it more difficult to get access to that data. MTA Spokesperson Judson True said that Muni owns the data in question and that the public should have access to it. He went further to say that Muni is trying to make their real-time data more accessible to the public, not less.
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Opening of the 23rd Mainzer Minipressen-Messe May 4 - 7, June 2nd 2015
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Seed Library Littleton is a joint project of the Reuben Hoar Library and Littleton Community Farm. In partnership, Seed Library Littleton seeks to build community through the sharing of bio-diverse seeds, provide education on seed saving techniques, and create a forum for discourse on the relevance of local food systems to the Littleton community.
Seed Library Littleton offers residents the opportunity to "borrow" heirloom and open-pollinated seeds for free. The goal is to create a self-sustaining source of locally-adapted seeds that grow well in our Littleton climate. Growers who "borrow" seeds will save and return new seeds after harvesting their crops. Those seeds will then be added to the collection for the following year's planting season. By participating in the library program, local growers create a culture of sharing and abundance, contributing to the sustainability of our community. Over time, the seeds become stronger and increasingly acclimated to the Littleton growing conditions.
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ASP.NET Dynamic Data #9: How to Create Table Specific Custom Forms in an ASP.NET Dynamic Data Application
Sometimes we need to deviate from the default UI in our ASP.NET Dynamic Data Application. In this video we'll see how we can do that, and how we can turn off auto column generation and construct a web form that displays only the data we specifically select.
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Judge Tom Bianco will conduct a hearing today to consider motions in the Marlena Jones kidnapping and attempted homicide case.
Jones is a 35-year-old Allegheny County woman charged with attempted homicide, kidnapping, aggravated assault, unlawful restraint involving serious bodily injury, and related offenses in a July 2011 drug deal gone bad that ended up in Indiana County in the woods along Route 286 in Young Township.
Working with a man who remains unidentified and on the loose, Jones allegedly set up a deal with 19-year-old Thomas PierceIIIof Farrell to buy cocaine from a man Pierce knew, but the deal went sour the cocaine turned out to be fake. Investigators say the two suspects stripped Pierce to his underwear and bound him with duct tape, then they drove him to Indiana County where Jones allegedly tried to shoot him, but her gun malfunctioned, so they doused him with lighter fluid and lit him on fire. Pierce rolled on the ground to put out the flames and escaped, flagging down a motorist. He was treated for burns at the Indiana Regional Medical Center.
Jones is in the Indiana County Jail with bond set at $500,000. Today's hearing is at 8:30 AM.
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In a session of PMEM w/one of my players she went to connect w/her boyfriends after an adventure. On a whim I threw her a curve; 2 of her men have been taken out of town (one jailed, the other sent off into the wilderness) while the third, a blacksmith, has been "retained" by the creature.
What use would a forlarren have for a blacksmith? She's an arcane spellcaster, but other than that I don't really know what she's doing. I'm looking for suggestions as to what she might use this minion for.
Quick brainstorming shows me a couple of possibilities:
First off, the blacksmith is to be engaged in constructing some sort of significant special component; anything from a very high-end summoning circle to special medallions which will carry some spell the forlarren has come up with, to a huge magical focus.
Secondly, the forlarren doesn't necessarily need to be keeping the blacksmith for his blacksmithing. She could be wanting him for companionship, or to exact vengeance on him, or as someone to experiment on.
On the first line, perhaps the forlarren wants a high-end summoning circle so that she can summon outsiders to help identify the fiend who fathered her... and eventually call that fiend, contain, and kill him. That's if you want a sympathetic character, of course.
Some sort of twisted spire of black iron could be the focus for some sort of ritual that would strike back at the fey "for casting her out", or just at the world in general.
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Thanks for the assist PA. The 3 b/f's figure in like this:
South of town the wilderness is rugged hills dotted with sparse woods. Scattered in said wilderness I'd already established is an abandoned iron mine. One of the boys is a decent hunter that knows this area well; he's not just off getting himself killed but hunting for iron.
The blacksmith will be working on the McGuffin, preparing it for use in a terrible rite. The hunter b/f can also be gathering the materials needed for the event.
The imprisoned one is a bard that can bend wills w/his words. He has been placed in with a small handfull of debtors, thieves and roughians. These will be the unwitting sacrifices needed to fialize the spell. At the very least they can be more fodder for the forlarren to command or pervert.
Endgame: there is a lord's castle built on the edge of the Black Brume Hills, beneath which are a series of tunnels and cells used as the town's prison. One cell is always left vacant - an ancient holdover from a bygone era. If the rite is completed here she can not only destroy her underworldly father but inherit his power as her own. Of course you can't have an omelet without breaking a few eggs but she can weep for them once her rage is sated.


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okinawa taco rice
- Serves: 2
- Calories: 709 kcal
- Japanese: Tako-raisu
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- 200 g ground beef
- 140 g lettuce
- 1/2 tomato
- 60 g shredded Mozzarella cheese
- 2 servings (180 g each) steamed rice
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 to 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon paprika powder
- 1 to 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 tablespoon oil
- suitable amount salsa sauce
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Shred the lettuce. Cut the tomato into 1.5 cm. cubes. Mince the garlic clove.
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Pour the salsa sauce over the top.
Tacos were introduced from America to Okinawa in the 1980s by the large American military presence there. This taco recipe substitutes rice for tortilla and has a good taste. Okinawa Prefecture contains many small islands and, being located about 645 km from the mainland, is the most southwest of prefectures in Japan.
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We wanted to create a theme that will be different than others OC themes. Its still the same: slider, featured, manufacturers on homepage…
Very nice, but just can't get Pinterest out of my head…
That is OK. But Pinterest is social pinboard and this theme is pinboard shop. Pinboard is identical for the both cases. We want create similar e-shop. And show that is suitable for OpenCart. Many (99,9%) OpenCart Themes has identical distribution of elements. But this theme ignores a similar structure. Finally!
hi, great work. is this theme well documented and translation ready?
Thanks. Yes. Theme is well documented and translation ready – all strings. Look at the IT shop -> Top menu -> Deutsch Language.
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Hi! I love this theme…want to buy it. However I have a few doubts which I would be glad if you could clear.
>Can I have the Pin-board as part of the home page along with a few other modules? To rephrase, can I have other modules positioned above or below the pin-board?
>Can I increase the size of each pin and still have the other objects wrap about in the page elegantly?
Thanks for your response in advance! Great job by the way.
Theme has onlly two module positions. Top and Bottom on subpages. Left and Right we had to delete because of desing issues.
You can enlarge the pins in php and css code. It's a little difficult, but possible. You must change about 3-5 files. If you would like, let us know. We will help you.
Thanks you!
Great, what about the compatibility with other modules like onepage checkout, search sugest etc.?
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Will this work as an html site? Here's my site now http://www.dreamybids.com I want to change it to this theme. I won't need the shopping cart.
Sorry, but this theme is working only with opencart system. but in the past I saw opencart as an auction system. Auctions works as an customize comments and admin changed the price every confirmed bid.
Yeah but I have a custom script, not like standard auctions. Can't I just have an HTML version?
Sorry, we dont have pure html version yet. But you can try extract html and scripts from OpenCart version. Maybe in the future…
Any way to see the typography? buttons, tables etc?
Check our demo. If you want see typography in subpages (login page, tables in order, etc.) try create an account and login to theme front end.
I'm really interested in purchasing too, I just have a few questions about how the back end payment works?
how we receive customer money etc.
I've always wanted to know how it worked I'm a dinosaur when it comes to E-commerce sites
In OpenCart system, e-shop provider receives money for "goodies" about 20 possible ways (preinstalled options – modules). For example paypal gateway, authorize.net, google checkout, moneybrookers, PayPoint, paymate… Or customer can check option with direct bank transfer, or cash on delivery…
You can get more info at http://www.opencart.com/index.php?route=feature/feature&path=8
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does the demo files comes with the theme? i would like to set it up like the demo site (IT) to show my clients. it would save a lit of time.
demo files is standard sample data from OpenCart installation. With no modification. We only copy the products 5x for "infinite scroll" demo. If you want, we send you our SQL dump to e-mail.
this is great and would buy it if we could have the product page in popup instead another page. similar to Pinterest.com
please advice. thanks
I think there is easy to create little "hack" to show product page in popup. But we think, it's worse for SEO . OpenCart has a good solution for product meta tags, keywords, etc. in the product page…
... we try to think and solve it in next update. maybe as an option.
would love to have the option… let me know
also, i was testing your template on my htc one x cellphone and in vertical mode there is some layout errors. you should heck it out.
html version is possible ?
We are starting think about it.. You are second user, that asked.
Still want HTML version? please write me an e-mail to email@example.com
a very nice work and would buy it .. is there any way we can check the backend admin panel ??
Theme is configured via little PHP script with some variables, not through backend. If you want, we can send you config.php to e-mail address. Config is well commented and very simple (as for the beginner).
Great Job on this I like it cant wait to set it up. and get it going is there any demo content with it I would like to set it up to show My Client what His site will look like.
We sent SQL dump from demo to your e-mail address. Good Luck
Hi. Great job. I am thinking buy it, but have some questions. It is possible to set 6 column view like Pinterest? I also need to sign up with Facebook and comment items with Facebook. Sorry if questions are stupid..
In theme source code you can change pin width. If you want, we help you with pin resize. For facebook comments you can use free OpenCart plugin, but we didnt tested this extensions with theme. But that option exists.For free extension try look at: http://www.opencart.com/index.php?route=extension/extension/info&extension_id=6026
....and how can I sort my goods? I mean how many levels of categories I can add?
Two levels. Category and subcategory.
If you'll change width it will looks like a original pinterest with 6 columns?
Pinterest pins are responsive. 6 pins has pinterest in resolution up to 1200 pixels width. Theme is responsive too, but has restriction 1200px max. I think, deleting restriction max 1200px we can reach 6 or more pins at width. You can try it into "inspect element" chrome tool in demo. We can look at this issue to next theme update.
I want buy it, how many time you need to make 6 columns for me? I just want my items were located in full width without spaces left and right. I can pay before.
Ok, we make 6 pins modification for you.
currently, theme update is on approval process. but we improved both of demo pages to show 6,7,8,9 pins.


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BOCA RATON, Fla.-Mark McDonald of Cincinnati has been designated grand prize winner in the Ultimate Crock-Pot Crock-Star contest.
McDonald's slow-cooker recipe for Ancho Chili & Lime Pork Tacos was voted "overwhelmingly" as the winner in the nationwide contest, according to a statement from the Jarden Consumer Solutions slow-cooker brand. As the winner, McDonald will appear as special guest on "From The Kitchens Of," the show on the Cooking Channel, in an episode scheduled to air on Jan. 20.
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Filene's Calls it Quits
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WILMINGTON, DEL. - Filene's Basement has filed for Ch. 11 bankruptcy here for the third and final time, announcing it will liquidate its stores along with apparel discounter Syms, which bought Filene's out of bankruptcy a little over two years ago in partnership with realty/investment firm Vornado.
Filene's, which also restructured under Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the 1990s, expects GOB sales to conclude in January, according to a statement. Together, Filene's and Syms operate 46 stores, most of them on the East Coast.
In addition to the impact of the slack economy, ceo Marcy Syms cited stepped up competition from department stores and "a decline in buying opportunities as brand name labels have reduced overruns by improving their supply chain management."
In its filing, the company listed $236 million in assets and approximately $94 billion in liabilities.
The company in its filing said vendors and factors have restricted trade credit in recent months, and factors had begun requiring additional security on Filene's orders.
For the six-month period ended Aug. 27, the company posted a loss of $16.7 million. In the previous fiscal year, ended Feb. 26, 2011, the loss before income taxes was $51.7 million, according to the filing.
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