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China must improve monetary policy communication as it takes on an increasingly large role in the global economy, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew said in an interview ahead of talks in Beijing between the two countries.
Market gyrations following the People's Bank of China's decision in August to devalue the yuan reflected "something that was confusing and not well communicated, and it gave rise to fears that China's economy was in a much weaker place than it actually appears to be or was perceived by policy makers to be," Lew said in a Bloomberg Television interview.
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Lew and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry are in Beijing for talks with China Vice Premier Wang Yang and State Councilor Yang Jiechi. The two-day talks aim to foster discussion on key issues for the world's two largest economies.
In the television interview, Lew said he was on vacation when China devalued the yuan, and he spent much of that time on the phone urging China's central bank policy makers to explain what they had done.
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"When I understood what they perceived their action to be, I immediately said 'that is not what the world saw,"' Lew recalled, adding that after a few days PBOC Deputy Governor Yi Gang offered a clearer explanation "that started to help settle things down" and Governor Zhou Xiaochuan later gave a long interview that explained the views.
The yuan has fallen further since August, posting a five-year low in January and sinking back toward that mark last week in the face of an uncertain economic outlook.
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"The state of the world's economy depends on us each doing well, and that requires us to work through issues, often very hard issues," Lew said. "It's a relationship of necessity."
This week's talks are the eighth and final under President Barack Obama. With U.S. elections months away, it'll be important that a new administration continue to foster a dialogue between the two countries, as "I don't think walking away from that relationship would serve the interests of the United States or the world," Lew said.
Challenges remain on structural reforms in China. Policy makers in the world's most populous nation are attempting to steer the economy toward growth led more by consumers and services and less by manufacturing and exports. At the same time, the U.S. is pushing China to subject its economy to market forces, saying more openness is needed to create a level playing field for companies that want to do business there.
Illustrative of the dynamic is the excess capacity debate. China has been cutting surplus production in sectors including coal and steel while striving to keep growth above their 6.5 percent minimum target for this year.
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Still, exports of steel from China won't decline significantly from last year's record, Li Xinchuang, president of the country's Metallurgical Planning Institute, said in May. China is already doing its share to reduce the global problem, with proposals to lower capacity by as much as 150 million tons that will put more than half a million people out of work, Li said.
"I don't think that we've seen the implementation yet on policies to deal with excess capacity," Lew said in the interview. Global steel and aluminum markets are being "distorted" by China's excess capacity, and it would have a "corrosive effect on future growth if you let the problem linger," he said. But politically and socially, dislocating workers is a challenge.
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"Threading that needle is hard -- you don't have a choice," Lew said. "If you have excess capacity and you're just kind of grinding down your future potential growth, that's not going to be good for people either. So they made the policy commitment to make these changes, they now have to implement and execute, not just at the national level but at the provincial level as well."
There's a similar push for China to allow its currency to fluctuate more freely, and "compared to where we were just a few years ago, we've seen real progress," Lew said.
"We have very much made clear that we need to make sure that the commitment to moving in an orderly way to more market-determined exchange rates will stay a firm policy as there's up and down pressure, and that it not become a one-way policy in the future," he said.
Lew demurred from discussing U.S. monetary policy, noting that Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer is in Beijing to meet with his Chinese counterparts. However, he did note general progress in the domestic economy despite "bumps along the way."
"Sometimes you see spikes of good news, but the trend over time has remained very strong, and we would like to do better," Lew said. A June 3 report showed that U.S. economy added just 38,000 jobs in May, the fewest in six years. While the trajectory will need to be watched, the long-term trend is still positive, he said in remarks to students Sunday at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
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Data Structures Lecture 9 Fang Yu Department of Management Information Systems National Chengchi University Fall 2010
Fundamental Algorithms Divide and Conquer: Merge-sort, Quick-sort, and Recurrence Analysis 7 2 9 4 2 2 79 4 72 29 94 4
Divide-and-Conquer A general algorithm design paradigm Divide : divide the input data S in two or more disjoint subsets S 1, S 2, … Recur: solve the sub problems recursively Conquer : combine the solutions for S 1, S 2, …, into a solution for S The base case for the recursion are subproblems of constant size Analysis can be done using recurrence equations
Merge-sort Merge-sort is a sorting algorithm based on the divide-and-conquer paradigm Like heap-sort It uses a comparator It has O(n log n) running time Unlike heap-sort It does not use an auxiliary priority queue It accesses data in a sequential manner (suitable to sort data on a disk)
Merge-sort Merge-sort on an input sequence S with n elements consists of three steps: Divide: partition S into two sequences S 1 and S 2 of about n 2 elements each Recur: recursively sort S 1 and S 2 Conquer: merge S 1 and S 2 into a unique sorted sequence Algorithm mergeSort(S, C) Input sequence S with n elements, comparator C Output sequence S sorted according to C if S.size() > 1 (S 1, S 2 ) partition(S, n/2) mergeSort(S 1, C) mergeSort(S 2, C) S merge(S 1, S 2 )
Merging Two Sorted Sequences The conquer step of merge-sort consists of merging two sorted sequences A and B into a sorted sequence S containing the union of the elements of A and B Merging two sorted sequences, each with n 2 elements and implemented by means of a doubly linked list, takes O(n) time Algorithm merge(A, B) Input sequences A and B with n 2 elements each Output sorted sequence of A B S empty sequence while A.isEmpty() B.isEmpty() if A.first().element() < B.first().element() S.addLast(A.remove(A.first())) else S.addLast(B.remove(B.first())) while A.isEmpty() S.addLast(A.remove(A.first())) while B.isEmpty() S.addLast(B.remove(B.first())) return S
Merge-Sort Tree An execution of merge-sort is depicted by a binary tree each node represents a recursive call of merge-sort and stores unsorted sequence before the execution and its partition sorted sequence at the end of the execution the root is the initial call the leaves are calls on subsequences of size 0 or 9 4 2 2 79 4 72 29 94 4
An execution example 1 67 72 29 94 43 38 86 61
Partition 7 2 9 4 1 67 72 29 94 43 38 86 61
Partition 7 2 9 4 2 72 29 94 43 38 86 61
Recur: base case 7 2 9 4 2 77 7 2 29 94 43 38 86 61
Recur: Base case 7 2 9 4 2 77 72 22 29 94 43 38 86 61
Merge 7 2 9 4 2 77 72 22 29 94 43 38 86 61
Recursive call,…, merge 7 2 9 4 2 77 72 22 23 38 86 61 94 4
Merge 7 2 9 4 2 77 72 22 29 94 43 38 86 61
Recursive call, …, merge, merge 7 2 9 4 2 77 72 22 29 94 43 33 38 88 86 66 61 11
Merge 7 2 9 4 2 77 72 22 29 94 43 33 38 88 86 66 61 11
Analysis of Merge-sort The height h of the merge-sort tree is O(log n) at each recursive call we divide in half the sequence, The overall amount or work done at the nodes of depth i is O(n) we partition and merge 2 i sequences of size n 2 i we make 2 i 1 recursive calls Thus, the total running time of merge-sort is O(n log n) depth#seqssize 01n 12 n2n2 i2i2i n2in2i ………
Quick-sort A randomized sorting algorithm based on the divide-and- conquer paradigm: Divide: pick a random element x (called pivot) and partition S into L elements less than x E elements equal x G elements greater than x Recur: sort L and G Conquer: join L, E and G x x LG E x
Partition We partition an input sequence as follows: We remove, in turn, each element y from S and We insert y into L, E or G, depending on the result of the comparison with the pivot x Each insertion and removal is at the beginning or at the end of a sequence, and hence takes O(1) time Thus, the partition step of quick- sort takes O(n) time Algorithm partition(S, p) Input sequence S, position p of pivot Output subsequences L, E, G of the elements of S less than, equal to, or greater than the pivot, resp. L, E, G empty sequences x S.remove(p) while S.isEmpty() y S.remove(S.first()) if y < x L.addLast(y) else if y = x E.addLast(y) else { y > x } G.addLast(y) return L, E, G
Quick-Sort Tree An execution of quick-sort is depicted by a binary tree Each node represents a recursive call of quick-sort and stores Unsorted sequence before the execution and its pivot Sorted sequence at the end of the execution The root is the initial call The leaves are calls on subsequences of size 0 or 29 9
Execution Example Pivot selection 38 94 4
Quick-Sort 23 Partition, recursive call, pivot selection 94 38 8 2 2
Quick-Sort 24 Partition, recursive call, base case 11 94 38 8
Quick-Sort 25 Recursive call, …, base case, join 38 11 14 3 94 44 4
Quick-Sort 26 Recursive call, pivot selection 11 14 3 94 44 4
Quick-Sort 27 Partition, …, recursive call, base case 11 14 3 94 44 4 9 99 9
Quick-Sort 28 Join, join 11 14 3 94 44 4 9 99 9
In-place Quick-sort Quick-sort can be implemented to run in-place In the partition step, we use replace operations to rearrange the elements The recursive calls consider elements with rank less than h elements with rank greater than k Algorithm inPlaceQuickSort(S, l, r) Input sequence S, ranks l and r Output sequence S with the elements of rank between l and r rearranged in increasing order if l r return i a random integer between l and r x S.elemAtRank(i) (h, k) inPlacePartition(x) inPlaceQuickSort(S, l, h 1) inPlaceQuickSort(S, k 1, r)
In-Place Quick-Sort Perform the partition using two indices to split S into L, E, G Repeat until j and k cross: Scan j to the right until finding an element > x or j=k. Scan k to the left until finding an element < x or j=k. Swap elements at indices j and k (or swap pivot with j when j=k and return (j,j)) jk (pivot = 6) jk
Summary of Sorting Algorithms AlgorithmTimeNotes selection-sort O(n2)O(n2) in-place slow (good for small inputs) insertion-sort O(n2)O(n2) in-place slow (good for small inputs) quick-sort O(n log n) expected in-place, randomized fastest (good for large inputs) heap-sort O(n log n) in-place fast (good for large inputs) merge-sort O(n log n) sequential data access fast (good for huge inputs)
Recurrence Equation Analysis The conquer step of merge-sort consists of merging two sorted sequences, each with n 2 elements and implemented by means of a doubly linked list, takes at most bn steps, for some constant b. Likewise, the basis case ( n < 2) will take at b most steps. Therefore, if we let T(n) denote the running time of merge-sort:
Recurrence Equation Analysis We can therefore analyze the running time of merge-sort by finding a closed form solution to the above equation. That is, a solution that has T(n) only on the left- hand side. We can achieve this by iterative substitution: In the iterative substitution, or "plug-and-chug," technique, we iteratively apply the recurrence equation to itself and see if we can find a pattern
Iterative Substitution Note that base, T(n)=b, case occurs when 2 i =n. That is, i = log n. So, Thus, T(n) is O(n log n).
The Recursion Tree Draw the recursion tree for the recurrence relation and look for a pattern: depthT'ssize 01n 12 n2n2 i2i2i n2in2i ……… time bn … Total time = bn + bn log n (last level plus all previous levels)
Guess-and-Test Method In the guess-and-test method, we guess a closed form solution and then try to prove it is true by induction: For example: Guess: T(n) < cn log n
Guess-and-Test Method Wrong! We cannot make this last line be less than cn log n
Guess-and-Test Method, (cont.) Recall the recurrence equation: Guess #2: T(n) < cn log 2 n. (if c>b) So, T(n) is O(n log 2 n). In general, to use this method, you need to have a good guess and you need to be good at induction proofs.
Master Method Many divide-and-conquer recurrence equations have the form:
Master Method The Master Theorem:
Master Method, Example 1 The form: The Master Theorem: Solution: a = 4, b =2, f(n) is n log b a=2, so case 1 says T(n) is O(n 2 )
Master Method, Example 2 The form: The Master Theorem: Solution: a = 2, b =2 Solution: log b a=1, so case 2 says T(n) is O(n log 2 n).
Master Method, Example 3 The form: The Master Theorem: Solution: a = 1, b =3 log b a=0, so case 3 says T(n) is O(n log n).
Master Method, Example 4 The form: The Master Theorem: Solution: a = 8, b =2 log b a=3, so case 1 says T(n) is O(n 3 ).
HW9 (Due on Nov. 18) Quick sort keywords! Implement a quick sort algorithm for keywords Add each keyword into an array/linked list unorder Sort the keywords upon request Output all the keywords
Operations operationsdescription add(Keyword k)Insert a keyword k to an array sort()Sort the keywords using quick sort output()Output all keywords in the array Given a sequence of operations in a txt file, parse the txt file and execute each operation accordingly
An input file add Fang 3 add Yu 5 add NCCU 2 add UCSB 1 output add MIS 4 Sort output 1.You need to read the sequence of operations from a txt file 2. The format is firm 3. Raise an exception if the input does not match the format Similar to HW7, [Fang, 3][Yu, 5][NCCU, 2][UCSB, 1] [UCSB, 1][NCCU, 2][Fang, 3][MIS, 4] [Yu, 5]
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Delegates at conference give Afghan leader a lift
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan President Hamid Karzai got a modest political boost Friday when a national peace conference backed his efforts to launch substantive talks with the Taliban and other Afghan insurgent forces.
At the end of a choreographed three-day gathering of 1,600 selected delegates, the conference endorsed Karzai's push for peace talks to bring an end to nearly nine years of war.
"You have charted the way, and we will follow it," Karzai assured the delegates in his closing address in a cavernous tent on the Kabul university campus.
After emotional debates and a jarring Taliban attack on Wednesday's opening ceremony, the gathering urged Taliban leaders to distance themselves from al-Qaida and open talks with Karzai.
The final resolution called on the United Nations to remove militant Taliban leaders from its blacklist, a controversial proposal that could make it easier for Karzai to reach out to the most notorious and influential insurgents.
On Friday, U.S. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry and U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the head of international military forces in Afghanistan, looked on as the assembly also called on U.S. officials to make a good-faith gesture by releasing some Afghan prisoners from their detention centers.
International leaders joined Afghan delegates in hailing the gathering as a step in the right direction. The U.S. Embassy welcomed the discussions as the beginning of a process.
Officially, the Taliban leadership has shown little inclination to engage in talks. On Friday, the Taliban again belittled the gathering on one of their websites as a "waste of time." Their statement accused Karzai of doing the bidding of his Western backers and misusing Afghanistan's tradition of solving problems by bringing leaders together in jirgas.
Taliban hard-liners made their opposition clear on the first day of the assembly, when two or three militants targeted the tent with rockets in an attempt to derail the discussions.
Before any talks can proceed, Karzai has demanded that Taliban leaders renounce violence, sever ties with al-Qaida and accept Afghanistan's modern constitution.
The Taliban leadership says it won't talk peace until the U.S.-led military forces – now topping 100,000 – leave Afghanistan.
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Folks, I have received two comments lately in which teachers have shared their belief that I'm lucky to be able to get to the literature part of teaching. I published the first. The second was linked to a site that made me wonder if the comment might be spam. In any case, if you do not enjoy teaching where you are teaching, please remember that this blog is not your forum to complain about your job. I think that's not very wise anyway, but even so, if you have problems with your job, there is little complaining here about it can do to resolve the situation, and such comments do nothing to further conversation here.
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Academic Freedom
How much academic freedom do you have at your school?
In most places where I have worked, I have had some, but nowhere have I had as much as I do at the Weber School. In most places, if I wanted to teach a book that was not in the curriculum, a process was in place to evaluate the book, and in the end, I may or may not be able to teach it. In my first teaching position, I had a great deal of freedom because the school was in a state of disarray. I ordered a set of To Kill a Mockingbird books, and the purchase order was signed without question. In the second position, I needed to use the books I already had in my classroom for my Honors students, and I needed to use what we had in the book room for the others. In most places that meant I had some choice. I did not have to teach book X during time slot Y, but there were certain non-negotiables. I couldn't choose to skip Romeo and Juliet in ninth grade, for instance, but my novel selection might be The Pigman or it might be something else.
While it's still true that there are certain non-negotiables regarding works such as Romeo and Juliet, The Odyssey, and the like, I have more choice in my current position. If I wanted to introduce a new book in my course, I could order it for the following year, and there would be no real process aside from ordering it. Our school orders paperback copies of novels and other consumable texts so that students may annotate. I am hoping down the road we can do more with Kindles, which would be cheaper to order for each student than copies of the texts we use.
I have, however, heard of some schools in which teachers follow what amounts to a scripted curriculum and need to be on a certain page on a certain day and have no choice regarding texts they teach. While such a curriculum ensures that students will be exposed to certain things on a defined timetable, it takes away creativity and doesn't play to a teacher's passions. I couldn't teach like that.
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Shutting Down Class Discussion
I know I said I would talk about tools on Wednesdays, but something came up. A student left a comment on my book blog post "Do You Hate Holden Caulfield?" It seems he had a rather negative (or I should say perceived it was negative) experience. If I understand his comment correctly, he felt silenced in the class discussion because he did not agree with his teacher's opinion, and he had previously seen his teacher shut one of his peers down for voicing a contrary opinion.
Obviously I was not a member of the class, and I don't know what was said. I told the student that what I thought had happened was the teacher really enjoys this book and wants students to enjoy it, too. It can be hard when students don't love the books we love. But we shouldn't dismiss opinions because they are different from our own. Students do not have the learning and the background with our subjects that we have, and they can make judgments based on much less information than we have. I think it's our job to challenge students to explain why they make those judgments rather than attacking them for being "wrong." I think they learn better from us if they feel listened to. I want to emphasize that I don't know what happened in that classroom, but it sounded to me as if the student was describing a classroom in which he didn't feel free to share his own conclusions. What he asked me was whether it was OK or right to hate Holden. I gave him my permission, for whatever it's worth, and I shared my own journey with that character.
I will never forget sharing in an English Education assignment that I didn't particularly like T.S. Eliot. I guess I hit a nerve because my professor treated me to an embarrassing public lecture on why I was wrong. I still don't particularly like Eliot, but I understand his importance, and when he comes up in my curriculum, I teach my students to appreciate his work. But all that lecture did is make me dislike Eliot more, and it's not poor Eliot's fault.
So how can we share books we love with students and give them permission NOT to love them? How can we challenge them to justify their judgments? I think you should start by being honest with your students about your feelings for a book. They are surprisingly gentle (or at least, my own students have been—your mileage may vary considerably). I think the last message we want to send our students, however uninformed or incorrect we feel they may be, is that their opinions really don't matter.
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Blogging Teachers: Some Advice
The investigation into the blogging of Pennsylvania teacher Natalie Munroe has generated a great deal of discussion about whether teachers should blog or what they should blog about, while Munroe contends she's done nothing wrong and hopes the attention her blog has received will encourage debate about the more difficult aspects of teaching. I have read some of the cached comments Munroe made on her blog. My own advice would have have been not to express such sentiments in a public forum, such as a blog.
Teaching can be frustrating, and I think it does help to vent sometimes, but it's important to remember that even if we feel our blogs are small and unlikely to attract notice, as Munroe did, or even if we believe we are anonymous, we are putting information out there into the ether, and I think Munroe would certainly agree that once it's out there, it's hard to erase it, especially as caches and archives make it difficult to ensure no copies exist somewhere.
One of the more frightening responses I can imagine administrators might have to this story is to ban their teachers from blogging lest they lose their jobs. I think teachers need a voice to talk about education and to share their ideas. If you are considering blogging or are already blogging and are now hesitant to move forward after hearing about this story, I would advise the following:
- Don't count on remaining anonymous if you choose a pseudonym. In fact, I have long contended that teachers should blog under their real names.
- Don't blog negatively about your students. However frustrated you may feel, think about how you would feel to read a teacher's disparaging remarks about you online, even if no names were used.
- Don't blog negatively about colleagues or administrators. I think that's just asking to get fired.
- Pay attention to language, tone, subject matter—fair or not, teachers are held to a higher standard regarding public persona.
- Don't give up. Building a readership takes time. You can encourage others to check out your blog by commenting on theirs and linking to their blogs in posts and/or blogrolls.
- Try to update consistently, but don't stress out if you can't. I know I've lost readership as my posts have become less regular, but I had to cut back for a variety of reasons.
- Figure out what you want to do with your blog—reflect? share? interact with others? Blogs usually do better with some sort of aim or niche, but you need not feel confined to discussing only that subject.
- Keep the conversation respectful. Making a lot of noise and attacking other bloggers might get you attention. The wrong kind, in my opinion. People won't listen to you if you're rude and nasty.
- Trust your common sense. If you wouldn't say it at work in front on colleagues, students, administrators, or parents, you should probably not say it online.
Should Natalie Munroe lose her job over her blog? Well, indications are that her school had no blogging policy that she violated. I'm pretty sure they will now, and it's likely to be a draconian one that prevents teacher voices from being heard, which is unfortunate. I don't know the context of the comments she made, but on the surface, it's an issue of professionalism. That said, I've had my own comments taken out of context and exaggerated, and I really wish I'd never made them in the first place, but I own up to having made some of the mistakes I'm advising you to steer clear of. Not all of them, sure. And that's perhaps why I've managed to stay out of trouble at work.
What advice would you give? What did I miss? If you've been following the Munroe story, what do you think?
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Andrew Young on the Youth of Today
We hear so much about how today's youth are an instant gratification society, and we should be worried, very worried, about the future. It's refreshing to hear Andrew Young offer a different perspective in this interview with Valerie Jackson on Between the Lines about his book with Kabir Sehgal, Walk in My Shoes: Conversations Between a Civil Rights Legend and His Godson on the Journey Ahead. You will have to listen until the end of the podcast, but it's worth it—it's Andrew Young, after all.
Andrew Young on Between the Lines
As a teacher, I find his perspective refreshing. I teach these young people after all, and they're not perfect, but I am often amazed by them, too.
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Teach Episode 1 Review
Watch the first episode of Teach below.
Tony Danza and I made the same mistake. The first day I took over a class as student teacher, I did all the talking. I was hoarse at the end of the day. My mentor teacher never said anything directly to me. She quietly put a cough drop in my hand. The message couldn't have been clearer. It made me wonder how common that mistake is. Did you do it, too?
One of the things I like about this show so far is the respect Danza shows toward teachers and teaching. It is a hard job. I like his principal. I like the fact that she feels strongly about her students' education and leveled with Danza from the get-go. One of the things you don't see in a series like this, however, is that as hard as teaching just one class is, or having one prep is, having five or more is that much more difficult. I have five different preps right now, five different classes. I have always had at least two preps when I have taught high school (I had one prep when I taught middle school). I do like that this program shows how difficult teaching is. I will keep watching, I think. It seems to be one of the more interesting, honest programs about teaching that I've seen.
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Some Questions
I work in a private school and don't have any plans to change that—certainly not anytime soon. I feel like I am on the sidelines in this great education debate. I see the comments on Twitter and read the blogs. But I have some questions.
If teachers' unions are horrible organizations who protect bad teachers from being fired, why don't all the students without teachers' unions, including my own, outperform states with unions? One would think that if the unions are the problem, then states without them would have the best teachers in place, and therefore would have the highest test scores.
Why are we doing this to kids?
Why does everyone think charter schools are the answer? One where I interviewed some years ago wanted to pay me about $7,000 a year less than I was making at the time. Surely they're not going to attract the best teachers if they will not pay the teachers a wage commensurate with what they could make elsewhere… right?
If testing kids is the answer for teacher accountability, why is it that my school's students have managed to be as successful in college and work as students with this testing background when we only administer the PSAT and AP tests? (We encourage SAT and/or ACT.) I mean, shouldn't it follow that my colleagues and I aren't really being held accountable enough and that our students might somehow be slipping through the cracks?
What am I missing?
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My Life as a Reader
I have been a terrible blogger lately. I'm sorry—grad school, work, and home responsibilities don't leave me much time, it's true, but if I am honest, blogging feels a lot like work lately. Unless I'm blogging about my reading, that is.
Melanie Holtsman has come to my rescue. Dedicated to becoming a more frequent blogger, she has provided a list of topics for participants to use on their own blogs. It's the 11th, so I'm one day off from the first topic, but I'm writing about it anyway.
What is your life as a reader like? Do you read for work, pleasure, instructions or emails? What is your favorite author and/or genre? What is your favorite reading spot? What did you like to read when you were the age of your students?
You want to know what my reading life is really like? Check out my book blog. I have an RSS feed in the right-hand sidebar if you want to see a teaser of the last five posts. I have enjoyed the heck out of writing about my reading, especially over the last few months. I try to read a little bit every single day. The grouchiest I've ever been was during a long period of time when the professional development courses, work responsibilities, and other intrusions prevented me from reading anything for pleasure for a couple of months. I couldn't figure out what was wrong with me until I remembered I hadn't been able to read. Reading feeds my soul. I certainly read for professional growth, but I have to read fiction and nonfiction regularly. My favorite writing comfort food is Jane Austen. I know if I read her books, everything will be all right in the end. However, it's hard for me to say I have a favorite writer. I love so many books and so many authors. I love the written word. I like many different genres, but I don't read much mystery, horror, or romance. I love historical fiction. My favorite place to read is in my bed, curled up under the blanket. When I was in high school, I liked to read YA fiction, mostly. Favorites included Judy Blume and Lois Duncan. I also liked to read poetry quite a lot more then than I do now. Shelley was my favorite. I have had a bit of a crush on Shelley for about 21 years now. I read books required for school when I could finish them on time—which wasn't often the case. I try to remember that when I assign reading in my own classes.
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Risha Mullins and Censorship
Drop everything and go read this post at Risha Mullins's blog.
It is amazing to me that with the evidence in their hands that what Mullins was doing was working, the principal and superintendent—and even department members—railroaded Mullins into quitting. She is a brave person, and I admire her grace under fire. If I were a school administrator, her willingness to stand up for her kids and their learning would make we want to hire her.
I have never been in her shoes, and I pray I never will be. Donalyn Miller said last week on Twitter that she noticed it seems to be parents who don't read who challenge books, and I think it's very true. The parents at my school are very literate and supportive of their children reading. I am grateful every day for the place where I teach, the students I teach, and the parents that support my students' learning.
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I've written about Tony Danza's latest project Teach before. The series will begin airing on A&E in October. Playing around with students' education is not appropriate for a reality show, in my opinion; however, it should be said that Danza seems to "get it" and is not completely without teaching qualifications—his IMDb bio indicates he has a bachelor's in History Education.
I am finding myself too busy to blog, but you can find me on Twitter most days. Sorry! It will settle down soon. I do potentially graduate from Virginia Tech with my master's this December. After that, I might actually have time. Yeah, probably not. I'm working on my portfolio right now and feeling a little lost. Sometimes having too much freedom can be as crippling as not having enough.


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I'm interested in knowing where this ended up? I thought I remember people talking about mocking up a new printed parts so cutting is minimized.
I'm interested in knowing where this ended up? I thought I remember people talking about mocking up a new printed parts so cutting is minimized.
with loguzzzzs new mounts, id be down for one of these, i have a spare rotor id cut up all day
It looks like the warp tube needs to be fixed inside the lid to stay over top of the red paddle, since it turns. Is that the case?
Ive tried hunting down the box rotor parts needed to make this great idea, but have been unsuccessful. Anyone have leads or access to dye parts?
I can't get due to respond to inquries
Did you by chance test to see if the hopper would feed the gun consistently with out modification?
I'm thinking hopper totally stock, no mods, mounted with the proper bracket and a feed tube to the gun.
I'm kinda scared to cut up my rotor, by at the same time I fear the effort required to use a q loader, the alternative.
yes, i could have purchased something new for the same money.
I would like to get the Box Rotor parts though, that seems like it would be a nice way to go.
if someone gets me the top shell for the rotor,
i could try to cad one that doesnt have to be hacked up, i print it and you put it on your rotor, and boom warpless rotor.
I sell new 800 mah Emag batteries, in dealers section, or pm for pricing. batteries ready to ship
I think I have the standard shell top as well that I'm not using. I have the extended capacity on my rotor currently, so the standard tip is in my spare parts bucket. Not sure if you need the lid and ext, but I can send the plan top without the lid. Since it's sitting I can send without worrying to much with time frame as long as I do get it back.
He'd probably need the lid to make sure it fits ok on the new printed part.
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Pulmonary Surgery
Pulmonary surgery is performed to repair or remove diseased lung tissue. Thoracic pulmonary surgery always requires an extended hospital after-care, the duration of the stay depending on the maintained lung function, the overall health before surgery and the type of surgery performed.
The most common types of pulmonary surgery are:
- Biopsy – removes unknown growth for further pathologic testing
- Lung transplant
- Pneumonectomy – removes a part of the lung
- Pleurodesis – pulmonary surgery to prevent fluid buildup in the chest
- Empyema – surgery to treat infection or remove blood from the chest
- Pneumothorax – surgery to remove blebs causing lung collapse
- Lobectomy – removes one or more entire lobes of the lung
- Wedge resection – removes part of a lobe
Pulmonary Surgery – Conditions Treated
Thoracic pulmonary surgery is often chosen as a life-saving retreat for patients with end-stage lung disease. Thoracic pulmonary surgery refers to operations performed in the thorax to treat some of the following conditions:
- Lung cancer
- Emphysema
- Hyperhidrosis
- Thymus tumors
- Myasthenia gravis
- Schwannomas
- Mediastinal tumors
- Collapsed lung
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- Pulmonary embolism – When doctors opt for surgery pulmonary embolism is typically a life-threatening condition, in which some fat, amniotic fluid, tumor or blood clot blocks the blood flow of an artery in the lung. The surgical removal of a pulmonary block is called embolectomy. The surgery pulmonary embolism is tackled with is a relative rarely performed procedure, which is only considered for patient with no other treatment option.
Pulmonary Surgery – Techniques
In pulmonary surgery treating the above mentioned conditions the thoracic surgeon has two options when it comes to making the incision and opening up the chest wall:
- Traditional thoracotomy
- VATS (video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery)
Thoracotomy Pulmonary Surgery:
- A surgical cut is made between the ribs and from the front of the chest to the back, depending on the necessity of space.
- Chest tubes are placed to drain out blood and fluids.
- Finally, the ribs are closed, muscles and skin is sutured.
- The whole lung surgery can take up to 6 hours.
Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery:
- Several small surgical cuts are made and a videoscope and other small tubes containing the instruments are passed through them into the chest.
- This technique implies less trauma, blood loss and shorter recovery time.