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Monday, August 27, 2012
New Forms of Assessment: measuring what you contribute rather than what you collect
As Nikhil Hoyal writes, "Cheating is an epidemic in schools across the nation. A 2010 survey of 2,000 Stuyvesant students revealed that more than 72 percent of students copied their homework from others and about 90 percent of seniors cheated on tests."
In the past I've commented on the likelihood that students will emulate their role models, and so if there is a cheating epidemic in schools, it is likely the result of a cheating epidemic in society in general.
So I've linked to articles with titles like "'Cheating culture' finds corruption everywhere in U.S. society." It reads: "Enron. WorldCom. Halliburton. These names are indelibly associated with ethics violations that have shaken the American economy and captured headlines in the past few years."
The cheating hasn't stopped with this 2005 article, and it's not limited to the U.S. Indeed, in the wake of the 2008 crash and findings of widespread manipulation of things like the stock market and key interest rates, it appears that cheating has become mainstream. No wonder our students find cheating to be the most reasonable response to assessment and evaluation.
I have often wondered what society would look like if we took wealth out of the equation. What would it look like, say, if we limited salaries to a million dollars a year, corporate incomes to $100 million, and set corresponding limits on the accumulation of wealth (to reduce the hoarding that is wrecking our economy)?
Perhaps we can get some sense of this by taking the traditional incentives out of education. Typically, students perform tests, write essays, or complete projects for grades from instructors. Cheating occurs when they perform something other than the intended task in order to produce the result - copying answers, for example, in order to achieve higher grades than they would have earned on their own.
Even when the incentive is minimal, when we set up learning based on grades accumulated in the traditional way, it leads to cheating. Thus we see recent lamentations in Forbes, the Chronicle and others "concerning recent articles on cheating and skepticism of online learning," according to Dick Lipton.
The response from companies like Coursera and Udacity was predictable: an honour code prohibiting multiple identities (and authentication if that doesn't work), the long-standing idea of mastery learning, or creating in-person testing centres. And if none of that works, "the online exams are regarded as "practice" insofar as not counting toward a certificate of value."
To me, this is a failure of imagination. Surely, both in schools and society, we can do better than the dog-eat-dog accumulation of numbers representing real or fictional value for power and profit. Surely we can reflect the achievement of individuals in some way that does not resemble a big stack of stuff.
The first thing that both the financial system and the grading system devalue is the worth of assistance and generosity to others. Oh, sure, there is a token 'charitable donations' check-box in your income tax form. But imagine your income went up if you gave time, money or resources to charity, even if you were living on social assistance!
In the schools, too, there is no reward for helping others (indeed, it is heavily penalized). Suppose educational achievement was measured at least partially according to how much (and how well) you helped others. The value of the achievement would increase if the person is a stranger (and conversely, decrease to zero if it's just a small clique helping each other) and would be in proportion to the timeliness and utility of the assistance (both of which can be measured).
The financial system also values mass. That is to say, it favours the creation of consolidated institutions that act as a single entity. There is limited incentive to work with others - indeed, it is often more worth your while to go to court against long-standing business partners. A limit on corporate size, by contrast, would create an incentive to cooperate with others. Changes in patent and trade law would make costly lawsuits counterproductive.
But all this is for naught if people have been educated since birth to engage in cutthroat competition with each other. Sure, we hear about fair play, but it is so rare that organizations like the Olympics issue special awards when it happens. Far more often students see cheating, doping, and plain bad manners. Indeed, they learn it doesn't even matter.
Suppose instead students were rewarded for cooperation. Not collaboration; this is just the school-level emulation of the creation of cliques and corporations. Cooperation, which is a common and ad hoc creation of interactions and exchanges for mutual value. Cooperative behaviours include exchanges of goods and services, agreement on open standards and protocols, sharing of resources in common (and open) pools, and similar behaviours.
Imagine receiving academic credit for contributing well-received resources into open source repositories, whether as software, art, photography, or educational resources. Imagine receiving credit for long-lasting additions to Wikipedia or similar online resources (we would have to fix Wikipedia, as it is now run by a gang of thugs known as 'Wikipedia editors'). We can have wide-ranging and nuanced evaluations of such contributions, not simple grades, but something based on how the content contributed is used and reused across the net (this would have the interesting result that your assessment could continue to go up over time).
Society does not in general reward contributions to the public good. Indeed, quite the opposite - in order to earn profit, corporations and individuals bribe governments to act against the public interest. Companies are more interested in seeing services privatized, instituting user fees, or other measures designed to wring wealth out of what might otherwise be a universal program. As for long range public good, such as environmental protection, or society-wide public good, such as energy and information access, more money is to be made ignoring the public good than supporting it.
Imagine it was the opposite. Imagine private enterprise and individuals were rewarded for supporting the public interest - suppose, for example, they were rewarded according to the actual good they produced, after they made the investment, rather than through some contract or billing system. Imagine a phone company made money, not from privatizing the telephone system, but by adding value to the existing public system. Imagine rewarding energy companies for producing the more environmentally sound energy, not the cheapest.
There is, again, no reason why public service cannot be incorporated into individual assessment. Adding value to fire and police services by means of monitoring and reporting (not the piece-work model of something like CrimeStoppers, but actual prevention), supporting environment by counting birds, sampling water, servicing sports events by acting as a timer or umpire - all these can add to a person's assessment.
I'm not thinking of the simple sort of tasks grade school students can perform. Indeed, a person hoping to attain a higher level qualification would need to contribute to the public good in a substantial and tangible way. Offering open online courses (that are well-subscribed and positively reviewed by the community) should be a requirement for any graduate-level recognition. The PhD used to be about offering a unique research contribution to the field; now it's about paying tuition and being exploited as a TA.
These three things - helping others, being cooperative, contributing to the public good - are obviously not easy to assess. To be sure, it's far easier to ask students simple questions and grade the number of correct responses. But asking students simple questions, far from measuring putative 'content knowledge', is really an exercise in counting without any real interest in what is being counted. It acts as an invitation to cheat, as it places self-interest ahead of the values it is actually trying to measure.
This list of three types of assessment is intended only to stimulate thought. No doubt there are many other forms of assessment along similar lines, all based on measuring what you contribute rather than what you collect. And until we begin measuring achievement - and wealth - in this way, we cannot expect better than dysfunctional students and a dysfunctional society.
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Brilliant! This may be your best contribution to the public good; and you've contributed much over the years.ReplyDelete
Thanks, Stephen.
Fascinating article. My sceptical side wondered if the societal changes you describe are a little utopian but then I considered that many aspects of the open source, open educational, open badges movements (at their most pure) already align to a certain extent with some of what you propose. Thanks for the fresh and mind-lifting angle :)ReplyDelete
Fascinating! I would like to incorporate more of the concept of "credit for contributions" into the online course I teach. The course is about incorporating the Internet into the teaching of second/foreign languages. Perhaps, I could give credit to students for their contributions to the Peer Help forum or for providing meaningful feedback to each other on products they create. Hmmmm.ReplyDeleteReplies
Say that seems like a good idea...going beyond mere participation marks..I wonder if it's cheat proof?Delete
How would you determine meaningful feedback? Would that be self-reported? would students then give each other credit for meaningful feedback? would you have to teach how to give meaningful feedback? would you ask students to tell you if your own feedback was meaningful?
At least this kinda feedback broadens intellectual competency beyond merely feeding one's self to sustaining a community.. acquiring intellectual
Hi Stephen - I agree with the comments of others who applaud your suggestions. I too believe this is the 'game changer' we need in how we can better harness ICT in assessment. It is also an extension of the emerging focus on curation in learning. Also sounds complimentary to the Flipped Classroom approach except it would be Flipped Assessment :-) Are there any marking schema or rubrics that you know of for assessment using the approach you have suggested?Delete
We should record and document the things we value, rather than credits and grades on transcripts. The old accounting systems put in place for measuring faculty productivity have long become the defacto measures of success. What would your ideal transcript look like? Who will create it? Would you...What badges would you give? I like this thinking!ReplyDelete
I like that idea! Let's see how can I make it work in my course this semester?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousTuesday, August 28, 2012
There is something quite special and potentially game-changing in this wonderful idea. I will think hard about the possibilities.ReplyDelete
This article is really on to something. The social norm today seems to be that as long as something is strictly legal and has the ability to make money it is accepted. How much better the world might be if we changed that norm to be so long as something measurably benefits the public good. We need to develop a better "accounting system" to handle this type of incentive.ReplyDelete
Stephen as usual your article is great.For many years i taught the Educational measurements to teacher trainees. My students were mostly paramedics ie nurses, physiotherapist occasionally some medical doctors. Assessment in the medical world in a matter of life and date.Surprisingly even medical students cheat and in a big way too. Why? the society. Nobody wants to be labelled a failure. Pressure from peer and family make students to succumb to this pressure. Secondly, and this ridiculous for a competency based profession.A lot of weight is disproportionately given to theoretical examination.ReplyDelete
The world needs to move to more cooperative learning. Portfolios including e and peer assessment should be employed. More practical examination ie one Objective Structured Clinical Examination- where students are assessed on selected practical skills- would go a long way in producing more responsive and competent health providers
Stephen, yes! Why not "helping others, being cooperative, contributing to the public good"? I'm thinking beyond school. These are life goals. How do we start?ReplyDelete
Hi StephenReplyDelete
Yes, utopian and ideal but substantively naive and impractical. As with any measure it is the measure that has to be met and which sets the criteria as well as the limit. Not everyone can meet or exceed the measure yet that is how the system will judge for advancement and to whichpersons will strive to acquire, meet, or demonstrate. As with all the chatter doan twitter and the persiflage propagated on the net, folks will figure the game and the rules to meet the measure and we have game on whether sports or school
Tom abeles
Hi Stephen, great idea.ReplyDelete
In an in-between moment at a conference on e-learning in Singapore some years back, Dale Spender and I sat dreaming along similar lines.
Surely it should be possible, we thought, that a student could post one contribution to an online course/event, and if that post completely changed the course of the discussions that followed, the student should be awarded a 'masters' or 'mastery' award for that one posting.
The question is how to set up the tracking of both the network of interactions, and the network of thought.
I love this idea - and I feel that I have seen it take place in environments like openStudy, P2PU and various Wiki-projects. It is valued what you give and how you interact with others - not necessarily how much you produce or accumulate.ReplyDelete
Thanks a lot for this article – it is truly inspiring and thought-provoking.ReplyDelete
Let me share one experience with you: At the beginning of this year I finished a mediation training that had taken 22 months. Part of this training was to work in a peer group. When the training started I knew nobody (well, same for nearly everybody there) and the actual choice of the group was more or less based on sympathy and geographical vicinity. We were seven in our group – coming from totally different backgrounds: somebody working for a bank, somebody working for a public institution, somebody working for a church, somebody working in her husband's company, somebody working in a big chemical plant and me, a freelance lawyer. We all had the focus to learn mediation and conflict management and to fulfill all requirements to receive the certificate at the end. We knew from the beginning that there would not be any grading. We only had the following requirements: being present on the training days (10 weekends over 22 months), taking part in peer group activities (no required time minimum or proof), writing a paper (about a concrete project) of 20 pages and to present the project at the last training weekend.
We all had our various experiences with groups, meetings etc. – me too, so I felt I wanted to try something out. I wanted to see if group work can actually work out if there is anything like a "foundation" or a "set of rules". Based on a book about proper quarreling ("the Dispute School") which contained numerous exercises for a group learning how to deal with conflict, I chose some of these exercises as a proposal for our first meeting. So actually within our first meeting we negotiated our own set of rules – talking about topics such as punctuality, breaks, food and drink, personal responsibility of each of us, tolerance, fairness, respectful treatment, what will I do if I feel bad about something, personal needs and structure of the meetings. Moreover we discussed what would make the peer group worthwhile for us and what would actually "disturb" us. We wrote a "protocol" about all these points and worked on this basis. Sure enough there were meetings when we kind of deviated from our own rules (beginning late, talking too much about other topics, not following our prepared agenda etc.), but in the whole we had a frame for our meetings. When the time to start writing the paper drew nearer our work meetings intensified – at least for five of us. Though we do not live in the same cities we met 5 times during the last two months and spent considerable time reading emails, draft papers, commenting on progress, talking on the phone – just helping each other when we were stuck and finally rehearsing the presentation. It was hard work, it was very time consuming – but it was really worthwhile! Though the actual extent of our peer group work is not part of our certificate we have all profited very much from this situation and – more important – we continue to meet and to work/share on the topic of mediation. Even without any proper assessment or "incentive" our cooperative work turned out to be source of important learning and experience for all of us.
It is certainly difficult to translate this experience in any way to a more formal educational approach – however if we could include courses that promote cooperative learning experiences we might all "profit" from this experience.
My reward from this experience actually is: a better understanding of myself, a good basis with regard to mediation and new friends whom I can trust!
Thanks again for an inspiring article Stephen! It may be a utopian ideal, but game-breaker ideas always start out that way. Now to explore ways to incorporate this thinking into the work I do :-)ReplyDelete
Very timely, we just added a learning module that does exactly this, students are given credit for their contributions and discussion around those contributions. The whole course consists of contribution.ReplyDeleteReplies
Could you provide a little more detail on the types of contributions that students make. The idea sounds intriguing. Also who is involved in the discussions?Delete
Thanks again for an inspiring article Stephen! It may be a utopian ideal, but game-breaker ideas always start out that way. Now to explore ways to incorporate this thinking into the work I do :-)ReplyDelete
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Hi, StephenReplyDelete
in my technology course (University of Padua, Italy) I assess the articles editing process in Wikipedia of my students. Articles are related to the course content.
Students are satisfied and happy to perform a task useful to the entire community.
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Hi Stephen. What an interesting article. The idea reminds me of the "bucket-filling" notions that have been circulating in my son's elementary school for the past couple of years. I often wonder what learning/school would look like if we took numerical-based grades out of the equation. My question is how do we implement the notion of contributing-based assessment in a classroom that prepares students for university/careers, when this is not the current practice of most universities or places of work? It seems a shift in our society would be needed for this to be appreciated. Maybe the bucket-filling notion in elementary schools is the start of a new way of thinking about assessment!ReplyDelete
From Heidi Woernle OLTD 501
Hi Stephen,ReplyDelete
Thank you for that article, that makes a lot of sense. I work in an alternative education setting and have found that when traditional assessment, and "the agenda", are removed, there is a shift. I have had the opportunity to assess students based mainly on Social-Emotional competencies, along with some Numeracy and and Literacy competencies, as well as conferencing. This model takes away the "any means to the end" attitude so often found in school (such as cheating for the good mark). It seems when we remove the assessment of "what you know" and replace it with the assessment of "what kind of a person are you and what can you contribute", the desire of the "any means to the end" attitude can be extinguished. I was wondering Stephen what do you think about using these kinds of Competency Assessments and do you think they will ever go beyond Alt Ed or Elementary School? (the District I worked in for 5 years and just moved from is now doing a conferencing model without letter grades for student assessment). Thank you.
Darci, OLTD 501 (VIU)
(posted by Mary O on behalf of Darci)
I think teachers are slowly becoming more aware of this issue as an an online teacher myself we are trying to find ways to avoid cheating and create innovative ways of assessing students.ReplyDelete
My question to you Stephen, is that are our old cultural teaching methods holding us back, are teachers today teaching in only the same way they were taught? Perhaps it is only a matter of time and a shift in this way of thinking that will push teachers in becoming facilitators rather than deliverers of content.
michelle Krack
Hi Stephan,ReplyDelete
I fully believe that a shift needs to happen along the way. Being an online teacher we do struggle with these same issues of cheating and creating new and creative forms of assessment.
My question to you is do you believe that teachers today only know how to teach in a method in which they were taught?
Perhaps, as we continue to move forward in education NEW teacher programs will begin to incorporate more innovative assessments or cooperations as you suggest. I think as the shift happens it will work from the ground up. Most teachers that I know that have been in the education system for years are resistant to change and feel that they don't even know where to begin the change process. But if new teachers begin to see the importance of being facilitators rather than a method of delivering content then perhaps we can see a break through!
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Good afternoon everyone! It's wonderful to be here with all of you—representing President Obama—as we celebrate the historic 35th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
I want to thank Secretary Duncan for those wonderful words and his leadership, as well as the Members of Congress here today who have worked tirelessly on behalf of people with disabilities. I also want to recognize the honorary sponsors of this event—Senator Tom Harkin, Senator Mike Enzi, Representative George Miller and Representative John Kline. For all you do to make educational opportunity possible for all students, we are forever in your debt.
Our Administration has long been committed to IDEA. In fact, Vice President Biden—an original co-sponsor of the law—has been fighting alongside people with disabilities as long as he's been in Washington. We've come a long way in those 35 years. Back then, some children were isolated in institutions. And those who attended school didn't receive the services and accommodations they deserved so that they could excel like everyone else. Far too many children with disabilities received no education at all. Many public schools simply ignored them.
That began to change in 1975, and we've made great strides ever since. Today, as Secretary Duncan pointed out, nearly 6.6 million children with disabilities benefit from the provisions of this critical civil rights legislation.
From Day One, President Obama has been steadfast in his commitment to the principle that every child deserves a world class education. And, when he and Secretary Duncan say every child, they mean every single child no matter his or her ability or disability.
That's why President Obama made an historic investment in the Recovery Act, devoting more than $12 billion in funding to IDEA. At a time when school districts around the country were struggling and contemplating cuts, this investment meant that they did not have to eliminate teachers for kids with disabilities. It meant that schools could make their buildings and classrooms more accessible while at the same time creating desperately needed jobs. It meant that schools could purchase technology so that children with disabilities can compete on a level playing field with their peers. And it signaled that this President—this Administration—would not forget about students with disabilities even when times are tough.
But fulfilling the promise of IDEA isn't just about the education system standing alone. President Obama has repeatedly affirmed that we are going to tackle big problems and we can tackle more than one at a time. Issues such as civil rights enforcement, health care for children, and employment, all are intertwined and important for realizing the promise of IDEA.
We must enforce the civil rights laws that ensure children with disabilities will have the tools needed to excel. And, to that end, the Department of Justice—working with the Department of Education—sent a 'Dear Colleague' letter to universities and colleges across the country to reinforce the principle that students with disabilities must have equal access to emerging technologies in institutions of higher education. We know that's more and more important at a time when technology plays such an essential role in our education system.
Equally important is our task ensuring that our children are healthy and ready to learn when they reach the school house door. Show me a child who is ill and I'll show you a child who hasn't been given the opportunity to excel in the classroom. That's why passage of the Affordable Care Act is critically important to supporting our parents and the education system. Parents no longer have to worry about caps on coverage for their child with a disability. Parents no longer have to worry about their children being denied coverage based on a pre-existing condition. With the removal of these barriers, children can get the health care they need and flourish at school.
The goals that animate IDEA require that we look beyond high school and college graduation. When our students take off their caps and gowns, they should be able to earn a living wage in an increasingly competitive world.
That's why President Obama has been hard at work increasing employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Just this past July, on the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, he signed an Executive Order that will help make the federal government a model employer. So those who want to join the ranks of the millions of dedicated public servants will have an equal opportunity to do so.
The President tells us, "The single most important thing we can do is to make sure we've got a world-class education system for everybody. That education is a prerequisite for prosperity. It is an obligation that we have for the next generation." That responsibility is at the heart of IDEA—every child, whether with or without a disability, should be able to live his or her dream and become a teacher, scientist, author, singer, painter, engineer or even a President. And frankly, with all the great challenges facing the country, we cannot afford to leave anyone behind. This is an "all hands on deck" moment—we need all of our talent at the table.
In closing, I must say I'm glad we're celebrating the IDEA's anniversary in this room—the Kennedy Caucus Room. I had the honor of working for Senator Kennedy—a champion for this law—for many years, and through that work, I was able to witness the power of this extraordinary piece of legislation up close and personal—to meet and to hear the stories of those whose lives have been transformed. When we breathe life into great laws, it changes the course of history.
Congratulations to everyone here for the work of the past 35 years, and we look forward to what we can accomplish together in the years to come.


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I was just wondering where your KH is?
You can measure the CO2 if you know the KH and the PH of the water column.
If you crashed the PH overnight, its important to know the KH of your water. The KH will act as a buffer limiting the change in PH for the CO2 added.
I think hagen makes a $10 membrane diffuser that would be good for you tank. On DIY systems airstones are of limited use. The pressure from the yeast bottle is not usually high enough to get the fine bubbles out of it.
Oh My Gawd Kelly ! Buck The Great ? Dont you know that drugs are illegal ? I dont know what you are smoking but that was tooo funny :lol:
As Wasserpest wrote you do also need to know your GH/KH to determine CO2 content.
If you dont want to buy that kit just bring a tap water sample to your LFS and ask them to test for them, normally they will do that for you. If you keep up on regular water changes you only need to really test for that once and it will keep you within your "known" ranges unless you have extreme water conditions that require buffering, then in that case , regular testing is necessary to be sure you have adjusted properly.
Just to add to what Buck already said...
Depending on how hard your water is, you need to be careful what you are doing to the pH in a very small tank like that. I am sure it can easily be overdone...
A long time ago, when reactors were not known yet, we used a little piece of a branch of a lime tree (Tilia), peeled off the bark, dried it, and stuck it into airline. This creates a stream of very fine bubbles, which mostly dissolve on their way to the surface. Just a thought if you don't want to uglify your 5 gal with a big plastic reactor and a 200 gal/hour powerhead
Since there were no CO2 measuring kits, we also measured the pH of tap water, then blew with a straw into the solution, which added CO2 and changed the pH. Then measured the tank water, and it was supposed to be in between the two first measurements. But I don't remember the details or scientific background... well that was when I was 8 or 10 years old :mrgreen:
Right now my mixture is 1 (big) cup of sugar, a little bit yeast (was never able to exactly measure 1/8 of a tea spoon), and warm water. This lasts for about 2 weeks, and for my tank I am using 2 bottles, and one of them is refreshed every week. I don't use baking soda, because I have hard water and I think the sodium would be poisonous to the yeast cells.
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Without a diffuser or reactor you need to keep a CO2 pocket in contact with the water at all times for it to dissolve and become a factor.
My daughter gets these drinks at walmart that come in like mini 2litre shaped bottles. I cut the bottom off and drilled a small hole, similar to Rex's directions, then of course put it over the airstone, to catch the bubbles.
Now I have to get a ph test, ha ha ha...........
I own not one test kit! I feel so embarassed ops:
I will get it together eventually.
Will also update soon, if I can get my hands on a ph kit.
If the PH is crashing then you are definately getting CO2 content in there.. *I missed that part.
Your PH will drop with CO2 content, thats how to measure. Just be patient and the results will come.
CO2 is CO2 Kelly,
Its not the mix that controls your levels but how it is introduced to the water column that does. Without a diffuser or reactor you need to keep a CO2 pocket in contact with the water at all times for it to dissolve and become a factor.
I was never a fan of the airstone method because it simply puts out bubbles that float free to the surface and dissipate.
Being such a small tank Im not sure how you could do that, maybe a pill bottle suction cupped to tank wall ? :roll:
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I started this DIY co2 on my 5gal..........
:lol: So far nothing. Come on, I want Jack and the beanstalk effect here, like overnight! :lol:
But seriously, could someone tell me what to watch for, besides using water parameters, so that I will know the plants are actually getting benefits from it.
Now I took it back to cave days here, so I am not using a fancy DIY reactor yet, since I have no powerhead and such. But it might be coming soon in the future. So picture, airline tubing, silicone, bottle, and airstone.
I am fairly positive I have crashed the PH in the tank too.
Ok don't laugh, this is the mix that I am using now
1/2 tsp yeast
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 cup sugar
7 1/2 cup warm water
My friend suggested a smaller bottle and an adjustment to the ingredients.
Guess I am doing overkill right now Somehow I am not surprised, since I rarely get it right on the first go.
But hey I am trying!
Anyway any suggestions modifications and etc are welcome and appreciated
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Stifel Says Buy Microsoft For 20% Upside; $99 Xbox Hitting Shelves
Shares of Microsoft (MSFT) were down 0.8% in recent trading to $31.50, but Stifel, Nicolaus says the stock could shoot 20% higher, to $38.
Today, analyst Brad Reback resumed coverage of the stock with a Buy rating, noting that the shares look attractively valued, given the company's product cycle, its leverage to emerging trends like cloud computing, and his belief that it can thrive in a "post-PC" world.
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Its all about the enterprise. While the coming release of Win8 is getting lots of press, we believe the ongoing corporate upgrade cycle to Win7 is the most important driver for MSFT in the coming quarters. It should allow Windows rev growth to keep pace with PC units (business PCs carry a 2x higher ASP versus consumer units) as well as pull through Office and Server upgrades. We believe investors do not fully appreciate the potential positive impact this cycle could have on MSFT's revenue growth rate and profit potential.
Does MSFT finally have an answer for the tablet? While we have been disappointed in how long it has taken MSFT to address the tablet market, we believe it has finally come up with a potential solution. We think MSFT's next operating system, Windows 8, is a solid product, and when combined with new unique hardware, it will provide users with a viable alternative to Apple and Google devices. Although we expect Windows 8 to be a successful product, we continue to believe it will not be as strong as the Windows 7 cycle was out of the gate, due to less pent-up demand.
Levered to cloud computing. Although we believe MSFT does not get the credit it deserves, we feel it is one of the best-positioned vendors to benefit from the shift to the cloud. We highlight that MSFT's Windows Server, System Center, Azure, Office 365, Bing, Dynamics CRM, and many other products are being heavily utilized in customers' private, public, and hybrid clouds. Additionally, we believe the release of Windows Server 8 will be a big event and drive potential upside to Street estimates.
Elsewhere, Microsoft today said it is planning to sell its Xbox 360 game console for $99, if consumers agree to a two-year contract that includes a $15 per month fee. Yesterday, Microsoft named Seagate (STX) chairman Stephen Luczo to its board.


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WASHINGTON (AP) A crowd converged on the World War II Memorial on the National Mall, pushing through barriers Sunday morning to protest the memorial's closing under the government shutdown.
Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas were among those who gathered Sunday morning, along with former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, according to WTOP Radio. Cruz said President Barack Obama is using veterans as pawns in the shutdown.
"Tear down these walls," the crowd chanted. Protesters also sang "God bless America" and other patriotic songs as they entered the memorial plaza.
"This is the people's memorial," Palin told the crowd. "Our veterans should be above politics."
The memorial has become a political symbol in the bitter fight between Democrats and Republicans over who is at fault since the shutdown began. Earlier rallies have focused on allowing access for World War II veterans visiting from across the country with the Honor Flight Network.
Sunday's rally was more political. A protest by truckers converged with a rally by a group called the Million Vet March at the World War II Memorial. Participants cut the links between metal barriers at the National Park Service site and pushed them aside.
Later some protesters carried barricades to the White House and rallied outside the gates, confronting police in riot gear. Protesters carried one sign reading "Impeach Obama."
District of Columbia police said the crowd was starting to disperse by 1 p.m. U.S. Park Police said there had been at least one arrest at the Lincoln Memorial, though no details were available.
Jeff Thompkins of New York told WRC-TV he went to the World War II Memorial because people fought and died for the freedom to visit public spaces.
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Earth: Year 2066 isn't the only steaming plate of rubbish served to players through Steam lately. This has been highlighted by Escapist Reviews Editor Jim Sterling, who has spent the past few months slowly shovelling his way through the mounting pile of excrement which alongside 2066 include the likes of Overcast: Walden and the Werewolf, the multiplayer FPS Rekoil, and Day One: Garry's Incident. All as part of an effort to demonstrate that Steam needs better quality control.


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Doing artifical insemination for other people in demand much.
Doing artifical insemination for other people in demand much.
Asking us or telling us are you?
Specialists in Ground Cover plants since 1937. Talk to me about ground-covers!
Could be. If you are offering to do for people you need to explain more because you are clearing new ground.
What bees would you be doing.
Or, are you offering to have people send their virgins to you along with their drones. You AI and then send them back.
Old Guy in Alabama
I saw Vp Queens offers AI on there website,something to check out.
bring me there virgins and drones or could go to them for enough work. and i could probaly obtain pure drone sources and ai there virgins
Please don't take this the wrong way, but by using correct spelling and sentence structure you would have a much better chance at attracting potential customers.
You said it more politely than i could, tanks,
Its just a way to breed queens earlyer and later than normal.people offer to bring there virgins and drones and ii and i was wandering how many people would like to look at the queen in a nuc before they buy them and the patern of coarse.
Apricate the replys and im on a cellphone and its hard to hit buttons.
So are you looking for someone to AI for you or are you offering the AI service. I think we are all confused.
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David, I am looking into II Instrumental Insemination (Not AI Artificial Insemination by the way)
I have heard many people that perform it say they inseminate queens for others. I have no idea what is involved in doing so. I do know there are a lot of issues surrounding the drones. basically they are fragile and will died in a very short time when stressed or removed from the care of workers. You can collect semen and it will remain good for several days in capillary tubes.
Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)
BeeCurious. For now I am looking into getting the Instrument and the training. that is about $5000 depending on travel costs. probably more. I will then inseminate my queens to develop my technique. trash practice queens is what I consider them. Once my skill is up to speed I will be looking for breeder quality stock. another big cost. I am giving myself 4 years to get it all done. II training is looking like it will not happen until 2014. Two years to build an apiary capable of supporting breeder quality queens and then see what I can do with selection and crosses.
I took my first tour for land yesterday in a huge valley North of Reno. Found a couple of lots I love. Not so in live with the prices. But filling that valley with my bees could make an isolated or nearly isolated open mating zone. I could end up not only queen breeding but queen rearing as well.
As I follow the path of II I will also be developing my queen rearing methods. that starts this next spring. Hopefully selling a few queens will help pay for the II. We will see.
Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)
Right now 4, and that is in a back yard in town. I just went out and checked them. some scattered bees dead on the bottom board but nothing that says they are dead yet. We are right now at about a month since the bees have been able to fly. Very cold for this area so far.
Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)
We will have two II stations going this season. It does take a lot of practice... a decent background in queen rearing will help.
John B Jacob www.oldsolbees.com
Another thing to consider say u buy a breeder queen for 100. Say shes good u buy 10 and requeen ur hives and the daughters dont have the same spunk because somebody around u treats and props up dead beats bees. So if u can instrumental inseminate. Buy two queens and raise the other 8 how many times do u buy breeder queens to pay for ii equipment. I like the fact of experminating with diffrent lines and the ability reproduce it and results. Not to mention . How Many.people love that tittle.THA BEE MAN
David, A Breeder Queen has a pourpose. I suppose you could buy them to requeen hives if you want to go to that expense. A breeder Queen is a queen that the genetics have been selected and controlled to a high degree. as much as is possible. She is the queen you would want to graft more queens from. She is what makes the typical $20 to $30 queen. I realize people will pay that same $20 to $30 for just any old mutt queen. Their money their choice. Chihuahua puppies sell for as much as $1500. I just had three Chihuahua Terrier mix puppies born. You interested in one for $1500? By the way they are only worth $300 at most, they are mutts. I will sell them for $1500 ea though all I need to do is find 3 people that have no idea what they are worth. I believe to some degree that is how $30 mutt queens are being sold also.
For me an II Breeder Queen is one to graft a bunch of queens from and then select from those the queens that will become my breeding stock. I will also produce as many $20 to $30 queens from an II queen as I can. Keep in mind for every queen I produce and sell I have the cost of the equipment to produce her.
Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)
When I think of II Queens, the words "expensive" and "short lived" come to mind.
Before jumpinmg into II learn how to keep bees.
David, is this simply an intellectual exercise or priliminary research prior to the development of a business plan? I can't imagine that there is enuf II business to pay for itself, it would have to be part of a larger business plan.
Mark Berninghausen
All the plants that woudl be native to Sagebrush Grassland, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Mountain Shrub, As well as the plants that grow around the springs and marshlands that support the native wild horses population. In addition this is a valley that has been under development for 40 years and quite a bit of Alfalfa growing is in the area. The entire valley is roughly parceled into 40 acre lots. many of them have houses built on them and landscaping.
Bees are also not the only reason I am getting this land. and far from the primary consideration in selecting it. If the bees work there that is fine. if not oh well something else will.
One of the lots is on top of a shallow hill at the edge of the large valley. behind it and right at the California boarder is a small valley with a natural spring. the entire bottom of that valley. about a half mile across and 2 to 3 miles long is a marshland. No idea what all grows in there.
Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)


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The apartment is 80m2, situated on the ground floor and a basement. It has a modern look and a cozy kitchen at the front of the apartment to the rear with a cozy living room. In the basement are 2 bedrooms located with a nice bathroom and a second toilet. The apartment is fully equipped, there is wifi available and there is a possibility to cook in the kitchen.
Among the historic buildings and galleries, there is a small playground for the children that in the middle of the street.
A 5-minute walk away you among the many museums, shopping streets, terraces and cafes where you can enjoy the Burgundian Antwerp city life.
It is situated in the old center of Antwerp at about 150 meters from the Grote Markt and the Scheldt quays. It is a pleasant, quiet street where you can enjoy various culinary restaurants.
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A great appartment in the historic centre of Antwerp. Nice and clean rooms. We had a great stay with the 3 of us. (2 adults and a 1,5 year old daughter).
Nice apartment, clean, and practical (though the stairs to the basement bedrooms are very steep). It is located within a few hundred meters of the main historic district. Groceries, laundry, tram and restaurants are literally around the corner. Overall a very good place.
Very nice appartment on the ground floor and basement level with sufficient space in the old medievial center of Antwerp. Only 250 meters walking distance from the city hall and Grote Markt. The Noorderterras and the river are at 300 meters. Good parking opportunities nearby and several restos in the neighbourhood are worthwile visiting. Smooth, good and clear communication with the owners. To conclude: 5 stars!
Very central situated; nearby to the main spots; lovely place to stay; cosy apartment with a roomy kitchen; the owners gave us a very warm welcome.
Nice, convenient and well located. The owner are very helpful. The apartment is clean. The kitchen is furnished, sheets and towels are provided, the heater can be adjusted, the TV proposes many channels and internet by wifi works fine.
Things to know: the apartment is on the ground floor and has to floors inside (above: kitchen and living room, below: two bedrooms and a bathroom), you have to play a bit with the key to get the right movement.
Beautifully designed apartment, comfortable upstairs and a pleasure to spend time in but, unfortunately, damp downstairs. Generally well equipped - an iron and ironing board would have proved useful.
Great location. Didn't get to meet Ahmed and Leonie but had very friendly text exchanges. Welcoming wine and note much appreciated!
Very central apartment. The contact is nice, friendly and uncomplicated.
My next stay in Antwerp will be definetly be in this apartment.
Thank you for everything!
We (4 persons) had a great weekend in Antwerpen!
The location of the apartment is super central, everything you need is in the neighborhood.
Also the contact to the hosts was very friendly and uncomplicated, as well as parking and picking up the keys.
Bathroom and bedrooms are located in the basement, where it is quite dark and moist... Maybe this is a relief in hot summer months, we experienced it quite uncomfortable...
Also the cleanliness is negotiable...
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SPRINGTIME DELIGHTS for you to SAVOUR on our GASTRO CHANNEL!
HELLO THERE from the myCornwall.tv crew!
When we think of Cornish food, 'pasties' and 'cream teas' spring to mind...While these icons of traditional culture are still cherished, our food and drink industry is exploding with award-winning and imaginative Cornish producers! We had the pleasure of meeting some of these Cornish producers at Porthleven Food and Music Festival, as well as foraging along our Cornish shores for some seaweed and sampling scrummy cocktails at Fifteen Cornwall....Phew, we have been busy! Scroll down the page, see which feature takes your fancy and bon appetit!
-PORTHLEVEN FOOD AND MUSIC FESTIVAL-We went to this exciting Food and Music Festival set around the beautiful harbour of Porthleven in April. With Antony Worrall Thompson as the patron, over 40 local artisan food and drink producers attending, inspiring cooking demos AND live music being performed over the course of the weekend; it was a great success! See our exclusive interviews with Antony Worrall Thompson and other high-profile chefs, as well as soaking up this fantastic festival atmosphere!
THE FORAGER, PART 3- We go foraging once again with Miles Lavers along the picturesque Gunwalloe Beach! He cooks up some cornish seaweed on the beach! See how it turns out now!
COCKTAIL OF THE MONTH- SUNDOWNER- Ricky from Fifteen Cornwall puts a spring in our step with his latest cocktail, "Sundowner" See how he makes this springtime delight now. Cheers!
Don't forget to tune into our daily WASSON?! brought to you by me, Lena Martin. I'm out and about the lovely land of Kernow everyday to let you know what exciting activities you can get up to around Cornwall and also what new programmes to check out on myCornwall.tv.
So, with 6 different channels to choose from.... (and more on the way!)
BEST OF CORNWALL- Showing the best highlights from all our channels here, including Cornish events
ADRENALINE JUNKIE- Showcasing Surfer profiles, extreme sports and events around Cornwall
MYKERNOW- Emlyn Glanmor Harris explores our fascinating cornish history and culture
GASTRONOME- Perfect for all you foodie fans! As well as covering foodie events, we show cocktails of the month made by our cocktail connoisseur, Ricky from Fifteen Cornwall. Also, Fifteen Cornwall's Head Chef, Neil Haydock cooks us up a monthly recipe and we visit a cornish Restaurant every month in 'Patron to Patron'
EDEN PROJECT TV- What goes on behind the scenes at the infamous Eden Project? We show it all here!
K-MUSIC- Bringing you a variety of music from the best Musicians/Artists/DJ's from around the Duchy. Get the inside scoop from the featured artists, whether local and on tour. With coverage of events, gigs and festivals, and talking face to face with some of our music industry professionals, we hope to make K-Music a music hub for all tastes, and a showcase of Cornwalls diverse musical talent, past, present!
....There are a wealth of things to watch, see and do at myCornwall.tv every day of the week so come on over!
All the very best from myCornwall.tv
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The gallery of the De Pree Art Center at Hope College will host a reception on Friday, Sept. 12, as part of its participation in the multi-institution exhibition "Shared Impressions: Contemporary Dutch Prints," featuring works from Grand Valley State University's permanent collection.
The public is invited to both the exhibition and the reception, which will run from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Admission to the gallery at Hope is free.In addition to Hope, "Shared Impressions: Contemporary Dutch Prints" is being featured at the Holland Museum, the Holland Area Arts Council, Freedom Village, and the GVSU Meijer Campus. The shared exhibit, which opened on Friday, Sept. 5, presents a sampling of some 130 prints from a collection of 500 prints by contemporary Dutch artists donated to Grand Valley in 2001 through a gift from Holland residents James and Donna Brooks.
The collection was assembled by Amsterdam sculptor and graphic artist Cyril Lixenberg, who over the decades acquired works by contemporaries he admired, many times exchanging his own artwork for that of his colleagues. The result is a showcase of the many styles, movements, and controversies that characterize Dutch works on paper over the last half-century. Artists include such high-profile names as Barbara Hepworth, Victor Vasarely, Karel Appel, and many others.
A total of three receptions will take place on Friday, Sept. 12. The 5-6:30 p.m. reception at Hope is titled "Meet the Collector, Cyril Lixenberg." Visitors can meet the Dutch artist and collector who assembled the works on exhibit.
Also from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., the Holland Museum will feature "Family Printmaking ... Just for Fun," with activities for the whole family.
From 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. the Holland Area Arts Council will host a reception. The event will feature remarks by Grand Valley President Mark A. Murray at 7 p.m.The exhibition continues through Friday, Sept. 19.
The De Pree Art Center is located on Columbia Avenue at 12th Street. The gallery's regular hours are Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. The gallery is handicapped accessible. Additional information may be obtained by calling (616) 395-7500.


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That being said, treatment free commercial beekeeping must be a sustainable practice for beekeepers who do what the majority of commercial beekeepers do or it is not suitable to those who are the heart and soul of the beekeeping industry.
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Here is the link to Ggal's quilt...she was kind enough to claim mine as her own...but needs credit for her beautiful quilt! Farmer's Wife Pony Club Finish
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Here is the link to Ggal's quilt...she was kind enough to claim mine as her own...but needs credit for her beautiful quilt! Farmer's Wife Pony Club Finish
Yesterday's FART yielded this :and where we ate and another book:
Yes, I agree Carrie, GardenGal did a great job, and so did you.
Block party in Neveda, Iowa, does the slogan themes and we thought that finished the day off nicely. BF got the ones from cancer patients (written by a cancer patient who has since died), Sister, and Mother. Kona charms is what each shop is giving its Passport customers...one per person...with business cards or sayings.
Nice stuff QNS
Isa's home again. All went well, she's doing great!
Bram is going to have his surgery soon, he's having problems because of his hernia's so something has to be done.
Eat, quilt, sleep, repeat
Oh Hickory Park for lunch!! So far in June haven't stepped into a quilt shop yet, but do want to get some Iowa fabric to use for family members who left the state. Have an errand trip tomorrow and may stop at Red Roxy's.
GGal-Thanks for the concern. DH gets stuck in the hay field that he wants to take first crop off of and then put in sorghum sudan because of the winter kill. Had ground ready and then got an inch of rain. Maybe in a day or so we can get some corn planted. The prevent plant portion of crop insurance is not an option for us as we need the feed/forage to feed the cows. Saw a local news report and their conclusion was commodity prices are going to rices and food prices as well--is this an aha moment that 2 years of poor crops will result in people having to pay more for food. Morale in this part of the country isn't the greatest.
Gotta dash--have a 2 yo this morning.
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I keep house
I donate quilts to the AAQI.
Red Roxy Must be a local QS? We did not make it to Crazy Redhead Quilting in Newton yet. Trying for Southeast and Southwest areas...Southwest covers a large area including Des area where we were yesterday. And the 'official' Iowa fabric is hard to come by with most of the stores sold out now. Yes, I was thinking of dgs and 'adopted' gkids on the one fabric.
Crop outlook did not look good yesterday in the places we were. Have you raised Sudan Grass before, OK ?? our experience and dh's family experience was not good...we stacked ours with lots of salt to 'cure' it...and it cut skin where ever it made contact. Dh's family had a hard time getting their cows to eat it.
Yes, its clouding up again here, and looks like more rain....Sunshine this morning. Back to work on MB some more; guess it is sooooo simple that is sooo hard to do. Third time is supposed to be a charm, right? Or someone may get it for a charity block.
Anael - Yeah, Isa is home and doing great - such great news!!!
Mercysland - The border on my PC quilt are 5" squares of left over "pony" fabric I wanted to use up. I just sewed 1 1/2" strips between each 5" square for the border. I like how it turned out. I also made a pieced backing of many more pieces of the left over fabric.
QNS - so glad you got to go on your shop hop, I've never gone on one! It sounds like fun, especially if you have a friend to go with. I don't have a quilting friend here!
"You have enough quilts made when your soul is filled, your creativity satisfied and your fingers just won't work anymore."


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Nigerian journalist attacked by unidentified men in Kwali
Lagos, Nigeria, November 15, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns an attack on a Nigerian journalist on Saturday and calls on authorities to find the perpetrators and bring them to justice.
Three unidentified men attacked Abubakar Sadiq Isah, a reporter for the Daily Trust, outside the town hall in Kwali, a local government area in Abuja, the capital, Isah told CPJ. The journalist said he was covering a public hearing when men began to beat him on his face, chest, and back. Isah said the attack occurred in front of police, who finally intervened and took him to the police station. He said his attackers were not arrested and that he filed a complaint with Umar Ozigi, the police chief. He reported no serious injuries from the attack.


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I have alot of equipment still to make this year. Something just isn't going to get done. Between frames, foundation, bottoms and tops, which are all needed, I'm thinking that inner covers can be delayed. I still plan on making them and installing them, but it would be a big burden lifted to not rushed to have them on D-day.
I have noticed that a couple of telescoping tops I was cleaning up the other day (Bought at a sale), had the residue imprint from frames. As if they sat right on the supers, without any inner cover. Got me thinking about the much needed time for other items, and if I just placed the tops on the hives and came back within a month and then installed the inner covers. I do want to use them and are standard on all my hives, but ask...Does anyone not use inner covers? Other than burr comb, and messing with bee space, any other words of wisdom?


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At what round do you guys think he's worth a selection? I think if he's there in the late 4th- mid 5th round. Why not!
Issue's aside he fits well in our system, he will not be a NFL corner by any means but he can convert to Safety, and come down in the nickle.
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