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As I was checking out some links in an e-mail update I received from the ABR, I came across an article entitled "Should Evolution be Immune from Critical Analysis?" by David Buckna on a website entitled Revolution Against Evolution. In this article, I found the following statement that I found rather interesting:
One popular biology textbook used in public schools is "Inquiry Into Life" by Sylvia Mader, published by McGraw-Hill Ryerson. On page 529 (eighth edition) are diagrams of giraffes which compare Lamarck's theory and Darwin's theory. According to Darwin, "Early giraffes probably had necks of various lengths. Natural selection due to competition led to survival of the longer-necked giraffes and their offspring. Eventually, only long-necked giraffes survived the competition."
Regarding giraffes, shouldn't students be taught to distinguish between fact and speculation? No fossil evidence has ever been unearthed showing giraffes with shorter necks.
Even ardent evolutionists such as Gould have commented on the "indefensible" and "entirely speculative" use of the giraffe to show students how Darwin's theory is better than Lamarck's earlier view. "No data from giraffes then existed to support one theory of causes over another, and none exist now, " said Gould. "...the spotty evidence gives no insight into how the long-necked modern species arose. ... The standard story, in fact, is both fatuous and unsupported" (Stephen Jay Gould, May 1996, "The Tallest Tale," Natural History, Vol. 105 No. 5, pp. 18-23, 54-57).
Critical thinkers should be asking, "Why are these diagrams included in Mader's book, if the empirical evidence doesn't support a Lamarckian or Darwinian view of giraffes? Is this good science?"
The claim of evolutionists that there are fossil *ancestors* for giraffes is story telling. There's not a single transitional form between the so-called short-necked "giraffe" and the modern long-necked giraffe. For example, calling the fossil Palaeotragus a "giraffe" certainly doesn't make it a "giraffe" or the ancestor of giraffes, any more than calling Hyracotherium a "horse" makes it a "horse" or the ancestor of horses. Of course, evolutionists maintain the okapi is a "living example" of one of these short-necked "giraffes".
I've not read all the literature on giraffes, but what I've found in my brief search is that Colbert and Morales (5th edition) devote two paragraphs to giraffes, Robert Carroll -- one paragraph, Romer -- two paragraphs, and Barbara Stahl -- one paragraph.
Concerning the okapi, Stahl writes: "The only other extant giraffe is the rare okapi. This lone form, in which the lengthening of the neck and forelegs is far less pronounced than in Giraffa, seems to be a relic derived with little change from Palaeotragus or a close ally". She repeats an often-told error--that the forelimbs of the giraffe are longer than the hind limbs. As Gould points out in his article on giraffes (Natural History May 1990, p. 22) both pairs of legs of the giraffe are equally tall. It would seem that if some ancient "giraffes" evolved into the modern giraffes, evolutionists would have more than a paragraph or two to tell about this incredible transition, and could give examples of fossils showing the transition of the short necks into the long necks of modern giraffes.
It's certainly easy enough for evolutionists to pick out something and call it a "giraffe" and thus generate an ancestor for giraffes. Carroll illustrates a marvelous example of how other ancestors are generated: He suggested that the wolf-like Mesonychus (which he believes was the terrestrial ancestor of whales) should be placed in the Order Cetacea. Since the Order Cetacea is reserved for whales, presto! Mesonychids are whales!
But with regard to the evolution of giraffes, what is required is a compelling gradual series of intermediate-length neck giraffes in the sedimentary rocks -- 10 to 20 would do nicely. But where are they?
It seems to me that if the giraffe is used as an example of evolution, there should be some evidence that the giraffe actually evolved from a shorter necked creature to a longer necked creature in the form of some medium-necked giraffes (or proto-giraffes), shouldn't there? After all, if there isn't then what we really have here is an assumption that giraffes evolved (without any real evidence) from a precommitment to evolutionary theory which is being used to prove evolution. (And Christians are accused of using circular arguments?)
Before I go any farther, I think that the first question that needs to be answered is whether the giraffe is still being used as an illustration for evolution. Fear not, a quick Internet search found a couple examples by the peddlers of evolutionary theory that giraffes are an excellent example of evolution. For example, on a page called "Evolution Happens" there is a photograph of giraffes with the following caption: "The long neck of the giraffe contains only the seven vertebrae typical of most mammals. This is an excellent example of how the evolutionary process tends to modify existing structures, rather than creating new ones." (Emphasis in the original).
Okay, so if the evolution of giraffes is still being cited as a good example of evolution, what does the fossil record show? The best on-line description of the evolution of the giraffe is found in one paragraph of an article found on talkorigins.com entitled "Transitional Vertebrate Fossils FAQ: Part 2C", which reads:
Giraffes: Branched off from the deer just after Eumeryx. The first giraffids were Climacoceras (very earliest Miocene) and then Canthumeryx (also very early Miocene), then Paleomeryx (early Miocene), then Palaeotragus (early Miocene) a short-necked giraffid complete with short skin-covered horns. From here the giraffe lineage goes through Samotherium (late Miocene), another short-necked giraffe, and then split into Okapia (one species is still alive, the okapi, essentially a living Miocene short-necked giraffe), and Giraffa (Pliocene), the modern long-necked giraffe.
Now, I am no expert here, but let's assume for a moment that this is the correct description of the present line of descent. Notice the progression:
a. Eumeryx to
b. Climacoceras (short-necked) to
c. Canthumeryx (no illustration available) to
d. Paleomeryx (short-necked) to
e. Palaeotragus (short-necked) to
f. Samotherium (short-necked) to
g. Okapia (short-necked) and Giraffa (long-necked).
Okay, so the best that we have is a series of short necked "giraffes" that remain short-necked until the appearance of the modern giraffe which is suddenly long-necked. So, where is the fossil record for the lengthening of the neck? Each of these proto-giraffes are described by the author of the talkorigins article as short-necked. If this progression is to be believed, there is no slow lengthening of the neck occuring over time. Rather, all of the animals are short-necked (including the sole surviving relative of the line -- the okapi) until the long-necked modern giraffe. Could it be that there is no medium necked transitional form?
The standard reason for the evolution of the giraffe's elongated neck (that it helped the giraffe to feed from tall trees) has been questioned as well. Consider the following from the The Neck of the Giraffe from Access Research Network:
In their article, "Winning by a Neck," zoologists Robert Simmons (Uppsala University) and Lue Scheepers (Ministry of Environment, Namibia) agree with Gould that the standard account "may be no more than a tall story" (784). According to the competition hypothesis, giraffes use their long necks to advantage during dry seasons, when food is scarce; but, in fact, the opposite is observed in the field. "In the Serengeti," Simmons and Scheepers note, "giraffe spend almost all of the dry season feeding from low Grewia bushes, while only in the wet season do they turn to tall Acacia tortillis trees, when new leaves are ...plentiful ...and no competition is expected. This behavior is contrary to the prediction that giraffe should use their feeding height to advantage at times of food scarcity" (775; emphasis added). Moreover, they report, "females spend over 50% of their time feeding with their necks horizontal [a behavior so common it is used to determine the sex of animals at a distance]" and "both sexes feed faster and most often with their necks bent" (771). These observations, they conclude, suggest "that long necks did not evolve specifically for feeding at higher levels."
Simmons and Scheepers thus reject the competition hypothesis in favor of their own sexual selection scenario. Male giraffes "fight for dominance and access to females in a unique way: by clubbing opponents with well-armored heads on long necks" (771), and thus "the extraordinary length of the giraffe's neck arises from its use as a weapon during intrasexual combat" between males. Responding to the obvious objection that this scenario does not explain female long necks, Simmons and Scheepers suggest that female necks "arose as neutral by-products of genetic correlation between the sexes" (783). While allowing that this by-product explanation "is often treated as one of 'last resort' and unsatisfactory," they argue that other species exhibit similar correlations between sexes.
So, it appears that the assumption that giraffes grew longer necks to reach higher food sources is problematic to the scientists. Of course, the idea that the neck should evolve to reach higher and higher food sources has its own problems. For example, Dr. Robert W. Brehme, Professor Emeritus of Physics at Wake Forest University, in a whimsical piece entitled "The Giraffe's Long Neck" raises a question that I have always wondered about the typical explanation:
My biology teacher told me long ago (and I think biology teachers are saying just about the same thing today), that the neck of the giraffe grew longer and longer over many generations because to do so was an advantage in obtaining food from the tops of trees. It was an example of "survival of the fittest" and evolution through "natural selection." Even my child's brain wondered if such were so, why all leaf eating animals didn't have long necks. And, since there are still a lot of herbivores around with short necks, why are there not giraffes with short necks? After all, it is obvious that it is not so much the survival of the fittest as it is the survival of the fit. Even a lot of unfit creatures manage to struggle along, reproducing their own just in time and in just enough numbers to avoid extinction, but only barely so. Along that line, have you ever seen a giraffe drink from a stream? Talk about leg splits. So ungainly. I'd hardly call that an advantage. It seems to me that it's far more likely that giraffe has to eat leaves from the tops of trees because its neck is so long, rather than its neck grew long just so that it could eat from the tops of trees.
This is a question that I have always wondered, too. If something is an evolutionary advantage, why doesn't every creature develop the advantage? Birds supposedly evolved into flight as an evolutionary advantage, so why among all of the other non-insect species is the only other non-bird flyer a bat? Why don't we have flying dogs and cats and frogs and salamanders? And why are so few birds still flightless? After all, if it was such a disadvantage to remain on the ground, how come there are any ground animals left at all?
Oh well, guess these are all questions that will just have to remain unanswered while they dream up the answers. In the meantime, I suggest that evolutionists stop using the giraffe as an example of evolution until we find at least one transitional fossil of a medium-necked giraffe, otherwise they are assuming that the giraffe evolved and then using that assumption as proof of evolution.
Perhaps the evolutionists have had a few long-necks too many.


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France Galop is the governing body of flat and steeplechase horse racing in France. It was founded on May 3, 1995 as the result of the amalgamation of four different industry organizations. Prominent owner/breeder Jean-Luc Lagardere was elected the organization's first president.
As of 2007 France Galop has a membership of more than 9,500 horse owners, trainers, jockeys, breeders, and officials. The organization is run by a 12 member Board of Directors and an oversight committee of fifty representatives.
Each year, France Galop organizes more than 6,500 races at racetracks throughout France and operates Longchamp Racecourse, Auteuil, and the Saint-Cloud Racecourse. The organization also organises steeplechase racing at Enghien Racecourse in Val d'Oise. In addition, France Galop operates the racecourses and manages the training centres at Chantilly, Maisons-Laffitte and Deauville-La Touques and Deauville-Clairefontaine.
France Galop also focuses on promoting the improvement French racehorse breeding. Along with the harness racing association, Société du Cheval Français, France Galop controls the voting rights of the PMU (pari-mutuel urbain) who manage track and off-track betting operations on their behalf.
Edouard Etienne de Rothschild, owner of Haras de Meautry stud farm in Toques in Basse-Normandie, is the current president of France Galop. He was elected in 2004 to a four-year term.
- France-Galop official website (French language)
See also
- France Galop's French Horse Racing Hall of Fame
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I have a major blockage in my old cast iron drain pipe...I`m looking to cut out the wye joint along with the vent cross section,the cast iron measures 2-1/2 inch`s.... I was wondering if I can reduce it down to 1-1/2 PVC...
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I sigh, and nod my head. It wasn't like there was any other way around it, if I ran he would chase me, and if I were being honest with myself I wasn't sure how long I could keep that up- running that is. For weeks that is all I've done, and I would be lying if I didn't say it would be nice not to have to anymore. "Okay, go ahead." I say, closing my eyes as if to block out what was to come. "I'm ready."
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"I'm scared." I answered him, ignoring how weak I must have sounded.
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Rosie - Back
After the incident Matt never let go of my hand, he smiled down at me as we walked back into the station,
"We've got news back from the raiders in California," said the sergeant,
"And…?" Matt enquired,
"They managed to send messages to us, but they haven't come back out," he said gravely, I gasped,
"They're dead?" I asked,
"We can't be sure Rosie," said the man kindly, "But it's what we expect," I shook my head trying to make it clearer,
"Just shut it down!" I cried,
"It's not that easy," he said. Matt took my hand and kissed it,
"Don't worry Rosie," he whispered, "We'll get 'em," I couldn't even force a smile,
"What if we don't?" I challenged,
"Then we'll be guilty for eternity, but we will, I'm sure of it," he kissed my forehead, I sighed,
"As long as I'm with you,"
"And I with you," he murmured,
"We're taking you back to California," said the policeman, "Mr Richmond and his body guard will travel with you, he's hired a private jet," Matt nudged me,
"See it's not the end of the world, we're going in a jet," he said forgetting for a moment I couldn't care less if we were travelling on horseback or in a space rocket, "Cheer up chuck," he smiled.
A few hours later we were soaring across the sky in a plane, Matt sat on the edge of his seat staring out the window,
"That's Kentucky below us now!" he enthused, "Come see Rosie!" I tried to stay positive and I crept over to him and glanced out the window,
"Cool," I said weakly. Matt's eyes softened and he opened his arms, I slid into his embrace and he rested his chin on my head,
"I'm so sorry about all of this," he said,
"I don't blame you one bit," I told him sincerely, "I'm just fed up," I huffed,
"I love you though,"
"I love you too," I said nestling my head into his shoulder. I closed my eyes for a moment but they became heavy and soon I was sleeping safely in Matt's arms.


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A few moments later they had run into Amarantine again after leaving Sydney whitewashing the walls of the pub.
"Dawn" Gabriel said "I'm going to head back to the house"
"Alright did you want me to walk back with you?" Gabriel shook his head
"I'll be alright" Dawn smiled at him.
Walking though the houses felt strange to Gabriel he couldn't see much of the midway now the houses blocked the view. He double took at a house near him, it was tiny the roof only reached his waist. He knelt down near it to look properly and saw a small figure in the already growing garden, she was kneeling doing something in the flower bed.
"Hi" he said quietly, the tiny woman looked up at him,
"Hello" she smiled Gabriel heard her voice in his head, she stood up brushing soil from her hands, "who are you?" she asked.
"I'm Gabriel" he said frowning,
"My names Allegra, are you okay?" he didn't like telepaths that much, they could get into his head, but he nodded.
"Nice garden" he said genuinely
"Thank you, its so much easier here" she straightened her robe out, "things don't grow too well in the underworld" she fluttered up on small butterfly wings, and sat on his shoulder,
"So you're the one who everyone's talking about?" she said,
"I am?" he held his hand to his shoulder and she laughed climbing onto his palm, he could see her properly now, the small piece of un-dyed cotton material that was wrapped around her was held on by a bramble thorn at her shoulder and another at her waist.
"You are Gabriel Black- Lightning?" he nodded "you're the reason half of the daemons are here" he frowned again
"Really? Why?"
"Because the daemons wanted to see if the rumours were true"
"What rumours?" Gabriel was feeling very stupid now.
"That you're Dawn's heir" she started plaiting the thin piece of hair that had escaped from Gabriel's braid and now hung down his face.
"That's ridiculous" Gabriel said harshly.
"It's a rumour," Allegra smiled. "If that one got you annoyed you don't want to hear the other one"
"What other one?" he asked
"Well it's only started recently but with the way Dawn's been behaving, its rumoured that you two are lovers" Gabriel growled
"That's even more ridiculous"
"Don't shoot the messenger, sweetie" Allegra said lightly
"So you and Dawn are just friends then?" she said
"As far as I know"
"Well I'd better get on" Allegra smiled at him, he nodded
"And I'd better get back" he put the back of his hand flat on the ground and she jumped off gracefully.
"It was nice to meet you Gabriel" she waved her tiny hand at him
"You too" he smiled and carried on toward the house.


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The Detective
Book by: abigailminniex
Status: Finished
Genre: Mystery and Crime
Chapter1 (v.1) - The Detective
The missing detective
Chapter One
Visha was a twenty two year old American girl. She had dark blonde hair and blue eyes and she worked for a international detective agency in Ewell, Surrey near the local primary school. She lived in a small cheap house which was a five minute walk from the local shops.
One cold morning in early January, Visha was sitting down at her desk one day in the office about to do some required paperwork, when the cordless phone rang. Immediately she picked it up and enquired" Hi this is Visha and who is this speaking?'' in a loud voice. The person on the other end of the phone didn't answer that question but demanded that she come over to his house straight away.
"May I have the directions then please?" Visha asked politely to the heavily breathing client who gave her the directions and she wrote them down in her notebook before she put down the phone and turned round to see her boss Mr Mason who was standing behind her. "Are you off to see a private client now?" he said. "Yes I am and I don't think it will be a quick visit either. I will keep you up to date of any developments in the case as well" she answered in a undertone.
"Well go and see what you can find out from them anyway. I am sure that it will turn out to be alright in the end Visha and yes I should be kept up to date with new developments" he said in an encouraging tone.
Feeling more happier, Visha picked up her bag and went down to the staff car park. As she entered the car park, she could see two hooded male strangers leaving the car park. Visha frowned deeply as she went across the car park to her car. Once she was in the car driving towards the house, she thought no more of it.
When she arrived at the house, Visha parked her car and walked up to the front door of the house and knocked loudly on the knocker. A butler came scurrying up to the oak door and opened it and welcomed her into the large house. Visha kindly thanked him as she stepped inside the front door with her bag.
Just then one of the female servants appeared and said" Mr Murdocks wants you upstairs in his bedroom at once" to Visha. "Very well I will go and see him at once" Visha answered as she began to walk up the grand huge winding stairs to the first floor.
Once she had reached the first floor, she looked and saw a man beckoning to her from the fourth room down the corridor. So she immediately went over to the bedroom door where he was and asked for his permission to enter the room. "Yes you may enter my lady" called back Mr Murdocks from the bed near the window so Visha entered the room at once.
"Was it you that called me at the head quarters office this morning and what was your reason for doing so?" she enquired as she sat down on the bed next to her client. Mr Murdocks nodded his dark head and then said" I called the office because I wanted you to investigate the sudden early death of my partner. She died last night in the river which lies at the bottom of the private rose garden'' in sad morbid tones.
"Do you know how she died then?'' Visha Linton enquired of her client. "Yes she was found lying in the river at the bottom of the rose garden Monday evening of the previous week. Apparently she had been brutally murdered according to the unproved rumours of some of the servants who worked for her before her death" he then added miserably.
"How did that happen then. Do you know anything about this?" Visha finally managed to gasp out in shock and horror five minutes later. "No idea and that's why you need to find out all the answers" he said whilst putting a comforting arm round her at once.
"I will do my best to solve this perplexing murder mystery but I don't know to how or where to start'' said Visha. "Well I think you should talk to the servants about what happened and get some theories from them'' he wisely suggested.
"Yes I shall do it but where can I find them?" she asked of her client. "The servants are usually to be found in the kitchen" he told her. "Ok thanks for the information" she said as she went down the stairs to the ground floor and over to the big kitchen where she began questioning two of the house servants at once while Mr Murdocks watched her from the balcony above.
Half an hour later Visha reported back to her client and said one of the maids Miss Sparks had served his wife two days before her death. "Did you learn anything else from the two servants?" he inquired but Visha shook her head and then it was time for dinner. After their dinner Visha and Mr Murdock sat on the couch in the private lounge and talked about the case. Visha said she had also spoken to Miss Anna Sparks but had failed to uncover anything that was really useful or important to her in her murder investigation.
The next morning at eight over a quick breakfast in the kitchen, Mr Murdocks asked" What are we going to do today then. Visha answered" I have decided that I need to report back to headquarters and then if I have time, I will go and see your partner's sister as well. "That would be good'' replied Mr Murdocks whilst eating his cornflakes. "Yes it would be good to get some new information" responded the young detective as she put her dirty plate in the sink.
Then she went back upstairs to her bedroom and put on her pastel pretty blue mini skirt and a Chinese red top and then she went back downstairs to find that Mr Murdocks was doing some important paperwork in his private study.
"You going anywhere today'' he asked as she entered. "Yes I want to go to head quarters and if I have time I will go and visit your partner's sister as well and see if I can learn anything from her" she replied. "I understand and what time will you be back here at" he asked of her. "Not sure yet and I will call you when I'm done'' she responded simply as she went to the front door and opened it. Mr Murdocks wished her good luck as she walked very slowly and carefully down the icy slippery footpath towards her car.
Twenty minutes later she pulled up outside headquarters and went inside where Mr Mason met her and asked" Well give me the latest case update" promptly. "Very well I have now talked to two servants and looked for clues as well" she reported back. "And what did they say then" he queried. "Well they don't know who done the murder but I told them I will find out" she remarked. "Good I will hope so too. Let me know what you learn wont you'' he said simply as well.
"Well I must go and see a suspect at their house now'' said Visha about five minutes later. "Ok good luck and I will catch up with you later'' said her boss as she went to the office door and was
about to leave when he said" Visha are you available this afternoon because I'm going to the doctors at three thirty pm. That means I cant post this important business letter after all. Can you go
to the post box to post it instead". Visha said. "Alright I can take it down to the post box for you''.
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Like many other years, hunting can vary widely geographically. Idaho is an extremely geographically diverse state. Spring conditions were favorable across much of Idaho during 2012. Persistent drought conditions could impact brood survival. However, reports from folks in the field suggest the population had good production and this fall looks to be promising.
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Piece of junk! Stay clear of it! For sure! 02/26/2012
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Ease of Setup. Worked well for a few months.
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My first post stated the issues. I did get an email from the manufacturer promising RMA after I provided some details. That was 10 days ago. The line went dead after I emailed specifics.
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Stay clear of these guys. I picked up two Netgear routers/access points as replacements.
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Scott wins 'ugly' to defend Australian Masters
By Ian Ransom
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - World number two Adam Scott stood firm in the face of a fierce charge from Matt Kuchar to defend his home Australian Masters by two strokes on Sunday as the American's challenge crumbled over the closing holes.
Overnight leader by four strokes, U.S. Masters champion Scott had appeared poised to canter to victory on a breezy day at Royal Melbourne, but was forced to grind out the win as Kuchar roared into contention with a scintillating front nine.
After forging two strokes clear by the time he reached the 16th tee, Kuchar fell back into a share of the lead with a bogey on the tough par-four and then handed the initiative to Scott with a double-bogey six after finding sand on the last.
Playing a couple of groups behind the American, Scott was in no mood to give up the two-shot lead he suddenly inherited and was able to soak up the adulation of a massive home gallery when he tapped in a three-foot par putt on the last to seal victory.
"I guess today, sometimes you kind of win a little bit ugly," Scott told reporters after carding a scratchy even-par 71 for a 14-under total of 270 and a winner's cheque worth A$186,000 ($174,100).
"All of the good stuff I'd done in the first three rounds counted for a lot.
"Even though it wasn't the prettiest golf today... I got away with it, but I'll have to learn not to do it next time."
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Scratch looks interesting. At present, it is used for creating games, but it has potential for supporting literacy, as well. At Brunel University, we are exploring this aspect both at Primary and Secondary ITT levels, and having fun doing so.
I don't think there is one specific innovation, in fact the idea of the "killer app or device" may be a blind alley. Although some teachers use Wikipedia or Google Earth, I feel the majority are still missing out on the interconnected mega-tools such as the aforementioned or the Google Art Project, The Encyclopaedia of Life or The Great History Project. Also APIs that are built around platforms such as YouTube and Flickr offer great opportunities to design learning. I think it is much more important to see the connections. Also I would add OERs will be critical in shaping the digital learning landscape whilst MOOCS offer a new opportunity for learning - Graham Attwell has scoped the current affordances without a bias and differentiates the different types of MOOCS (link attached)
Tools which allow teachers to share practice, particularly ones which emphasise visual learning and learning from video and moving images
the ideal digital environment would be one built to meet the needs of teachers
From the 'early days' things like the Kings College Computers in the Curriculum materials, Also: MEP - they produced some fabulous software. It's successor MESU was similar. MAPE of course turned out some terrific stuff, all by teachers. But all this was long, long ago ... :-)
Teachmeets with sharing of practice coupled with blogging and twitter as a backchannel to amplify and distribute the knowledge created
Linked-In as a forum for senior managers
models where teachers are held accountable for the changes they make to the classroom
In order to achieve new objectives you need to do things have not done before
Leask, M. and C. Preston (2011) ICT Tools for Future Teachers: Becta, Coventry. Published http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110125093509/http://research.becta.org.uk/
Pachler, N, C. Preston, J. Cuthell, A. Allen and Pinheiro Torres (2011) The ICT CPD Landscape in England, Becta http://www.wlecentre.ac.uk/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=363&Itemid=87
Davis, N., C. Preston, and I. Sahin (2009a). ICT teacher training: evidence for multilevel evaluation from a national initiative. British Journal of Education Technology (BJET). Volume 40. Issue 1 (January 2009 ) (Published Online: Feb 5 2008 12:00AM): 135–148.DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2007.00808.x Davis, N. E., C. Preston and I. Sahin (2009b). Training teachers to use new technologies impacts multiple ecologies: Evidence from a national initiative'. British Educational Research Journal (BJET). Volume 40. Issue 5 (September 2009)
Preston C. and J. Cuthell (2009). From practice to praxis – through work based teaching and learning , WLE Centre, Institute of Education, University of London. London. Back
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This seemingly counterintuitive notion has endless and major ramifications for how businesses operate, how knowledge is advanced, how economies are (or should be) organized, and how we live our daily lives. With seemingly boundless erudition and in delightfully clear prose, Surowiecki ranges across fields as diverse as popular culture, psychology, economic behaviorism, artificial intelligence, military history, and political theory to show just how this principle operates in the real world.
Despite the sophistication of his arguments, Surowiecki presents them in a wonderfully entertaining manner. The examples he uses are all down-to-earth, surprising, and fun to ponder. Why is the line in which you're standing always the longest? Why is it that you can buy a screw anywhere in the world and it will fit a bolt bought ten-thousand miles away? Why is network television so awful? If you had to meet someone in Paris on a specific day but had no way of contacting them, when and where would you meet? Why are there traffic jams? What's the best way to win money on a game show? Why, when you walk into a convenience store at 2:00 A.M. to buy a quart of orange juice, is it there waiting for you? What do Hollywood mafia movies have to teach us about why corporations exist?
The Wisdom of Crowds is a brilliant but accessible biography of an idea, one with important lessons for how we live our lives, select our leaders, conduct our business, and think about our world.
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"Surowiecki's style is pleasantly informal, a tactical disguise for what might otherwise be rather dense material. He offers a great introduction to applied behavioral economics and game theory." (Publishers Weekly)
"Interesting book"
This book and Blink (Gladwell), I believe are related. This book explains how to capture knowledge and Blink explains why it works.
"the wisdom of crowds"
compilation of many facts that were worth consideration. Found the book good, not great. I would buy another with the same principles.
"Entertaining nonfiction"
I was entertained and informed. There were new ideas for me, as I haven't read or studied in this area, and it was presented well enough to follow in audio. I missed being able to go back and go over an idea or conclusion again- I'm using the Cretive Muvo for audible books and if a lorry passes you and you miss a bit your choices are to listen to the whole book again or miss that section for ever.
"Waiting for Volume 2"
What a great treat this book was. I had no particular expectations of this book and was pleased when it it drew me in, chapter after chapter. The amount of reference material the book relies on gives it a sturdy quality. The conclusions presented were, in my mind, reasonable.
I was sorry the book ended as quickly as it did. I can think of many more things I'd like this author's take on.
"Excellent Book"
Fantastic and fascinating book. Recommended for anyone who likes counterintuitive analysis.
"Did not succeed to capture my atention"
I had some fund listing to maybe the first half, but then this book started to feel repetitive and I lost interest.
"Good read, great Ideas"
Enjoyed it from front to back. Theory and anecdote blend well to introduce important and powerful ideas. Made me think. Doesn't get much better than that.
"An Excellent Book"
I found this book to be a very interesting look into how the many are smarter than the few. The author presents a large amount of material with a crisp pen and brief writing style.
This work distills the research of many scientists and authors into a very readable text that explains some of the social phenomenae we experience every day.
This is a book that I wanted tell people about.
"The Wisdom of Crowds"
A rare bird, this book lives up to its hype. The examples and breadth of subject matter is breathtaking. Surely this must have taken years to write. The breakdown of categories is a marvel. It has moved me to rethink a world of assumptions.
"Good food for thought"
The author does a good job in compiling many examples of his theory, that groups decide in a better way than its individuals. Entertaining, yet scientific. The only disadvantage: It's so much stuff, that it's hard to recall all the arguments after listening for hours. Anyway, I would certainly recommend this book!
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My tears felt like a give-away to the strongest emotion I felt in those few minutes of hell. But inside, I was a wreck of a bit of every negative human feeling possible; guilt, grief, fear, shock...but there was something else that surged through my veins. Only minutes back, it had taken over me, almost like a possession of my body and soul. Energy, lots of it. But right now, I didn't feel it succumb me like it had done before.
I felt like a whirlpool of distress. Someone had died because of me, a friend I barely got to know. Tears didn't feel like enough to express how I felt. Staring at her body through a blurry vision mixed in with rivers of tears, I saw Helena's body break down into silver particles.
The clouds parted and the sunlight shone down on the city once again, like nothing had happened to make the day what it really was. I felt responsible for all this. I'd known, I'd had two dreams, two visons of a death but when it had come to reality, I didn't do anything. I could have saved her life, but I hadn't.
"We should take her someplace safe," Jayden broke the silence, his eyes fixing on my limp body as I continued to cry in silence in Damian's arms.
"The Dark Seer knows of her power, can connect to it in a much stronger way than before now that he's had a taste of it. Damaian, it's not safe on Earth anymore."
Questions arose in my mind of what he meant by all this. I still hadn't absorbed the fact that Helena had passed away, trying to protect me from a monster, and that her body had turned into silver powder. Now they were talking about places out of Earth, who are these people?
My sudden realization of these facts got me kicking and struggling against Damian but he was strong enough to hold me firmly against his chest. "Let me go!" I yelled, punching him with all my strength but it's as if he ignored my very existence, continuing to converse in a deadly serious tone with Jayden.
"She's not ready, Jayden. This was all a sudden toll, it shouldn't have happened. It'll take her some time to really grasp her magic and control it."
"Well there's no better place for that than with the other witches and professors. She could train."
"It's far too early for her," Damian whispered, breaking his gaze to look down at me. My angry glare faltered when I saw something in his eyes I hadn't seen before: concern.
"It's already far too late for us. The Dark Seer's watching our every move. We have no other choice," Jayden said.
Damian sighed, letting go of me and setting my feet back on the ground where I was more comfortable. The unwiped tears were dry against my cheeks, a part of my head pounding with the forming of a deep bruise but that wasn't what bothered me. I was lost. I had no idea what they were talking about and I needed to know.
"What in the world is going on?" I demanded, poking Damian hard on his shoulder.
"No time to explain that at the moment Arianna. We have to get going."
He took hold of my hand, dragging me with a gentle force back into the direction of the city. "Get going where?"
My eyes flickered to Jayden who turned to meet my eyes, a wry smile forming on his lips. "To your sanctuary."