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This is a discussion on Tactical Carbine/M4 2 March 30, 2014 using DOS-WPS-BFOC Standard within the Defensive Carry & Tactical Training forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; In an attempt to bring you the latest and greatest in REAL WORLD Tactical Firearms Training! We will be using the same lesson plan used ...
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M4 / CARBINE 2 March 30, 2014 starting @ 8:00 a.m.
This course is designed to develop skills for the student who uses his/her carbine as a primary firearm in a tactical environment. The course will start where you left off in Carbine 1. You will soon advance to skills that will reduce your reaction time, allow you to shoot faster with higher degree of accuracy, and increase your confidence with your carbine and pistol.
Prerequisites: M4 Carbine 1 or equivalent
Cost: $200.00
• Safety
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• Gear placement
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• Shooting behind cover and from barricades and from and through vehicles
• Shooting on the move
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• Breaking Contact & Peeling
This is a Tactical course that stresses Safety, Handling skills and Marksmanship. This course or its equivalent must be mastered before a student can progress to CCJA Tactical / Carbine 3 training
Ammunition Requirements: 500 rounds Carbine 100 rounds of Handgun
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There are two layers of settings, the default, cluster wide, settings part of the schema and exposed/modifiable via the cli and individual settings exposed/modifiable via JMX and nodetool. Using nodetool, you are only modifying the in memory settings for a single node, changes to those settings are not persisted or reflected in other nodes. If you want a particular setting to be persisted across a restart (and applied to other nodes when they restart), you have to use the cli and the 'update column family X with min_compaction_threshold=Y and max_compaction_threshold=X' command. Dan From: Sheng Chen [mailto:email@example.com] Sent: April-06-11 1:42 To: firstname.lastname@example.com Subject: Compaction threshold does not save with nodetool Cassandra 0.7.4 # nodetool -h localhost getcompactionthreshold Keyspace1 Standard1 min=4 max=32 # nodetool -h localhost setcompactionthreshold Keyspace1 Standard1 0 0 # nodetool -h localhost getcompactionthreshold Keyspace1 Standard1 min=0 max=0 Now the thresholds have changed on the JMX pannel, but in the cassandra-cli `show keyspaces`, it is still 4/32. After I restart cassandra, threshold by nodetool shows 4/32 again. The setting is lost. I tried to use nodetool flush to save the change but it doesn't work. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.894 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3554 - Release Date: 04/06/11 02:34:00
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Kotaku writes an odd preview of Alpha Protocol based on Sega's recent demonstrations, offering praise for the wide-ranging consequences but saying it doesn't "look" like an RPG. Here's a bizarre rationalisation for why Mass Effect looks more RPG:
It Doesn't Look Like A Role-Playing Game: At least the Mass Effect games are science fiction, which makes it possible that someone might mistake one of them for being a role-playing game, even though they look like shooters. Obsidian's Alpha Protocol, built like Mass Effect in the Unreal Engine 3 but set in the modern world of a James Bond or Jason Bourne sort of spy, really does look like a third-person shooter. I watched a Sega producer play part of one of the game's early levels during a demo of the title in New York City last week and it sure looked like he was playing a third-person machine-gun raid of a Middle Eastern military complex. I needed the producer to tell me that the size of the gun's targeting reticule was affected by some of the player-character's gun-oriented stats. I needed him to remind me that he was activating various earned perks that would, for example, briefly display enemy positions on a mini-map before needing to shut off for a cool-down period. In other words, I needed him to remind me of the underlying stat-based, RPG-ness of this game. It's not obvious at a glance.
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Genre: Action-RPG
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Balance of payments
The German balance of payments is a detailed statistical statement that summarises the economic transactions conducted between residents and non-residents over a given period. In addition, it constitutes an important part of the consolidated balances of payments of the euro area and the European Union.
Publication details
The Deutsche Bundesbank produces the monthly balance of payments for the Federal Republic of Germany and publishes the results in a press release. A more detailed technical and regional breakdown is presented in the Statistical Supplement 3 "Balance of payments statistics" around 5-6 weeks after the end of the reporting month. The actual publication date for the monthly balance of payments is determined by the latest deadline for publication and is announced in the release schedule no later than Friday of the previous week.
When the balance of payments data of the reporting month are published, the corresponding data for the previous month are revised. Annual revisions for the previous reporting year and the three preceding years are made in the March Monthly Report. In the context of these retrospective monthly and annual revisions, particular consideration is given to late and correction reports, as well as to more recent information from secondary sources and preliminary estimates are either revised or replaced. Methodological adjustments, including those for earlier periods, are carried out at this point.
General information about publication dates and the revision policy as well as further Deutsche Bundesbank articles relating to balance of payments can be found in the right hand column under Publications.
The balance of payment statistics are published in the following formats:
- Time series database
- Press release
- Monthly Report
- Statistical Supplement 3 – Balance of payments statistics
- Special statistical publications
As part of the initiative pursued by international organisations to exchange data between institutions (Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange; SDMX), a global data structure definition (Data Structure Definition for Balance of Payments) has been introduced. Deutsche Bundesbank time series on the balance of payments and the international investment position will be published using the aforementioned harmonised time series keys SDMX.
Methodological notes
In the balance of payments, the economic transactions of a national economy are systematically aggregated with the rest of the world for a specific period of time. It is not therefore a balance sheet in the sense of a point-in-time statement of assets and liabilities, but rather a flow account. The balance of payments comprises not only transactions associated with cross-border payments but also operations that do not lead to a (direct) payment.
The balance of payments is broken down into the following sub-accounts
- Current account: goods, services, primary income and secondary income. These sub-accounts encompass figures in both original and seasonally adjusted and calendar-adjusted form.
- Capital account
- Financial account: direct investment, portfolio investment, financial derivatives and employee stock options, other investment, reserve assets.
- Errors and omissions: balance of statistically unclassifiable transactions
Commencing with the data published in the reporting month of May 2014, the German balance of payments statistics comply with the methodological provisions set out in the IMF's 6th Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) with respect to concepts, definitions and the presentation of results. More detailed information on the impact of the changeover from BPM5 to BPM6 resulting from the methodological changes can be obtained from the article entitled "Changes in the methodology and classifications of the balance of payments and the international investment position" in the Bundesbank's Monthly Report for June 2014.
The balance of payments statistics are an important statistical gauge of the external sector within the IMF's "Special Data Dissemination Standard Plus" (SDDS Plus). Metadata describing the methodological, conceptual and institutional framework of the German balance of payments can be viewed on the Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB) provided by the IMF.
The IMF uses its ROSC data (Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes) to document the extent to which countries meet specific internationally recognised statistical standards. The ROSC data set for Germany was created in 2005 and presents, among other things, the results of the balance of payments review.
Further methodological details can be gleaned from the "European Union Balance of Payments and International Investment Position statistical sources and methods - B.o.p. and i.i.p. book", which contains the methods used to compile the balance of payments and international investment position for each of the EU member states.
The Deutsche Bundesbank provides a standardized quality report for the balance of payments and international investment position statistics which is published within the statistical quality assurance framework concerning statistics underlying the Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure (MIP) indicators.
Additional information on methodological adjustments to the balance of payments statistics over time can be found in selected Bundesbank Monthly Report articles (see right hand column under Publications).
- Changes in the methodology and classifications of the balance of payments and the international investment position
Excerpt from June 2014 Monthly Report
- German balance of payments in 2011
Excerpt from March 2012 Monthly Report (The pronounced rise and fall in Germany's current account surplus vis-à-vis its euro-area partner countries between 1999 and 2011; Income from and valuation effects of direct investment; Current account, financial account and TARGET2)
- German balance of payments in 2007
Excerpt from March 2008 Monthly Report (Certificates and warrants in the balance of payments)
- German balance of payments in 2004
Excerpt from March 2005 Monthly Report (Recording cross-border cash transactions in the balance of payments; changeover to the accruals principle of accounting for interest income)
- German balance of payments in 2002
Excerpt from March 2003 Monthly Report (Recording foreign travel in the balance of payments statistics in 2001)
- German balance of payments in 1998
Excerpt from March 1999 Monthly Report (Further adjustments to the revised IMF guidelines)
- Changes in the methodology of the balance of payments – March 1995 Monthly Report (Changes in the scheme and layout of the balance of payments as a result of revised international requirements)
Data sources
The collection of the data required to compile the balance of payments does not follow a standardised procedure, but instead is organised pragmatically in Germany as a modular system. External sector reporting is the core component, which as a general rule requires all resident banks, enterprises, individuals, and public authorities participating in external transactions to report their transactions with non-residents to the Deutsche Bundesbank. The legal basis of these reporting requirements are given in section 11 (2) of the Foreign Trade and Payments Act (Außenwirtschaftsgesetz) together with section 67 ff of the Foreign Trade and Payments Regulation (Außenwirtschaftsverordnung).
Data from other sources are used as supplementary components, the most significant of which are:
- Foreign trade statistics of the Federal Statistical Office
- Household survey on travel expenses abroad
- External position of banks and non-banks and foreign direct investment stock statistics
- Bundesbank's internal accounting system
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Assault on shepherds in Susiya: Filmed by Muna a-Nawaj'ah, mother of three - The Nawaj'ah family, which lives in a tent encampment in the southern Hebron hills, have suffered repeatedly from settler attacks. On 8 June 2008, 'Imran a-Nawaj'ah went with two of his children to graze his flock. Two settlers came and threatened them. One of the children called other family members to the site, among them Muna, who brought B'Tselem's camera with her. She documented the settlers leaving the site, and then, a few minutes later, she filmed four masked settlers armed with clubs heading toward the family members. She managed to document the settlers assaulting one of them and then the camera fell from her hands and she ran to seek help while the attack continued. To view video click here.
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Coming to light: Filmed by 'Awatef al-Jadali, al-Bureij refugee camp, Gaza Strip - Schoolgirls on a "fun day" in Gaza City. Between the games and songs, the girls describe their experiences in Operation Cast Lead, the major military operation in Gaza in December 2008 and January 2009. To view video click here.
"A shared house": Filmed by Muna and Muhammad al-Kurd, 12-year-old twins from Sheikh Jarrach, East Jerusalem - - September 2010: With official approval, settlers seized control of the front part of the twins' house in East Jerusalem. They and their family live in the back of the house.To view video click here.
Life in a cage: Filmed by Fidaa Abu 'Ayesha, then a high-school student from the Tel Rumeida neighborhood, in Hebron - In 1986, a settlement was established inside the Tel Rumeida neighborhood, in the heart of Hebron. Over the years, the presence of settlers made life intolerable for Palestinians, and many left Tel Rumeida. The Abu 'Ayesha family remained and has suffered daily harassment by settlers. The video documents a settler from the neighborhood verbally assaulting the photographer. This footage generated extensive media coverage and attention by policymakers and the public both in Israel and around the world. To view video click here. Quelle


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Quote:Version: XBMC 9.04
Windows Version: Windows XP SP3 with all updates since 30 June.
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Many would agree that Dr. Christopher Powers was an accomplished man: a doctor with a law degree who taught and was quite the athlete.
An obstetrician and gynecologist, Dr. Powers' life came to a tragic end Thursday night.
For several weeks, Dr. Powers battled critical head injuries after a bicycling accident in the Sacramento Mountains near Ruidoso during the Memorial Day weekend.
Dr. Powers was a well-respected physician among the medical community in El Paso.
Most importantly, a beloved doctor to those he cared for.
"He was just a very caring doctor and it's going be hard to find a replacement for him. He was just amazing, an amazing man and person overall," said Sandra Garman, a patient of Dr. Powers.
Powers also delivered Garman's 7-month-old baby.
Juan Escobar, a cardiology doctor and member of the El Paso County Medical Society said not only did Powers have a passion for medicine, but also a great athlete.
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Escobar said many of Powers' current and former colleagues were aware of the tragic accident, but did not imagine to hear of his death.
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hi guys. i am heading to Switzerland at the beginning of next month - Schaffhausen to be specific. What kind of cool stuff is there to do? the last time i went, a group of us got a car and drove to Neuschwanstein (sorry for spelling) Castle in Germany. and on Sunday, we went to Zurich.


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The State Of Education In America Today: Are The Poor Being Served?
In 2010, only five African-Americans and 13 Hispanics graduated from the Madison Metropolitan School District college-ready. As of 2011, Madison had a metropolitan population of 236,901, with 7.3 percent of the population (17,294) being African-American and 6.8 percent being Latino (16,110), according to the 2010 Census.
In an article for the Daily Page, Pat Dillon discussed her experiences with the Madison, Wisc. school district.
Dillon's twin daughters attended Madison's Hamilton Middle School and West High School. One of her daughters was placed into the district's special education system, which is a catch-all for all that have needs external to the school's primary curricula. Dillon's daughter was tested into special education due to an auditory processing disorder. She was advised against this, because "if she tested into special education, accountability and academic expectations would diminish." Dillon recalled. "The first time I met with her special ed teacher, she was upfront with me: I should keep my expectation for achievement low. She had a full caseload and few resources." Her other daughter was an academic high-achiever, who received the school's full academic support.
Her high-achieving daughter went on to college. Her overlooked daughter ultimately completed CNA (Certified Nurse's Aide) training, and is beset with back-breaking, low-paying labor, as most minorities that graduate from the Madison school district are.
Madison is not alone. As reported in the Huffington Post, while Asian students graduated high school in 2011 nationally at a rate of 79 percent and White students at 76 percent, Black students completed high school at a rate of 60 percent and Latino students at 58 percent.
However, criticism of a school district really does depend on what demographics the student falls in. Parenting listed Madison, Wisc. as the seventh-best city for education in their national list of best cities in America for education.
This difference between the education those served by the system can expect versus those disenfranchised by the system is known as the achievement gap. Prior to the nationalization of school curricula, the dropout rates for minority students were astronomical. The college preparedness rates were worse. For the most part, focus was placed on the high-achieving, high-income portion of the student body, allowing the lower-income, lower-performing portion to be formulaically written off. Programs, such as President George W. Bush's No Child Left Behind and President Obama's Common Core State Standards Initiative have made the states directly responsible for raising the testing levels for students directly affected by the achievement gap at the cost of their federal funding.
This is a controversial measurement. In the case of Madison, Wisc., the argument if this school district is a failure or a success depends on the scope of your view. If you are looking at the school district as a whole, the district's test scores and its rate of improvement across all groups would make it among the best in the nation. However, if the focus was just on the underserved community (as the federal government does) success was measured against the success of the served community, then Madison is severely lacking.
Recently, the State of New Jersey's Department of Education released a statement in defense of its use of achievement gap measurements. The statement reads: "In December, the NJEA (New Jersey Educational Association) distributed a press release suggesting that my claim that New Jersey has a 'shameful' achievement gap was a 'straw man' and based on a 'deliberate misuse of data.' Instead, NJEA President Barbara Keshishian argued that while there is an achievement gap in New Jersey between white and African-American students, and also high-income and low-income students, we really shouldn't worry about it because it is not as bad as the gap in some other states … Before we look at the evidence, let's look at why this matters. The notion of an achievement gap may not be something that matters to the NJEA. But it matters to the nearly 40 percent of our students who can't read at grade level in 3rd grade – an indicator closely tied to future success in school. It matters to the thousands of students that drop out of high school or even before high school each year. "
The statement continues: "And it matters to a high school dropout that faces a radically different future than a college graduate. On average, a college graduate will earn $1 million more than a high school graduate over a lifetime. Between 1998 and 2008, the job market has drastically shifted in favor of those with a college degree. During that time period, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 10 million jobs were created for those with a college degree, while 600,000 jobs were lost that did not require a high school degree. Lastly, high school dropouts are 47 times more likely to be incarcerated in their lifetime than a college graduate.
"Because each of those children has a face and a name, it is astonishing that the most well-funded and vocal education group in the state would say that we should be content with any achievement gap at all. The complacency inherent in not wanting to call a system 'shameful' in which a child's zip code largely determines whether he or she will have a fair chance to be successful in life is the exact reason that this problem exists."
The cost of not educating our kids
There will be a heavy cost to be exacted if America is not able to raise its educational standards.
Dan Kaufman is the senior vice president of Widmeyer Communications. An education expert with 20 years of K-12 and higher education experience, Mr. Kaufman has taught education policy at American University. In a discussion with Mint Press, Mr. Kaufman discussed the state of the American educational system: "For the first few decades after World War II, the U.S. education system was the envy of the world, whether you looked at achievement rates, high school graduation rates or college completion rates. And as the federal government began providing greater funding for and focus on educating low-income and minority students that had been largely ignored, we were making progress in closing the achievement gap. But since then, despite a series of state and federal education reform efforts, including the No Child Left Behind law, we've been largely running in place. When you compare how the U.S. has done over the last decade on international test and high school and college graduation rates compared to other developed nations in Europe and Asia — and even some developing nations such as China — we're usually around the middle of the pack."
Kaufman continued: "Poverty and social issues are inversely correlated with student achievement, but we also have plenty of examples of teachers and school succeeding with children who come from disadvantaged backgrounds. The problem is that overall educational opportunity is not equally distributed — the kids from the poorest families tend to have the most inexperienced teachers and attend schools with the fewest resources — and we know that it takes better teaching and more resources to provide a quality education to these kids because they are often way behind in their development by the time they start kindergarten. But this is not a foregone conclusion — many of the high-performing countries do a much better job than we do of closing the achievement gap by ensuring that the children from the highest-poverty backgrounds receive the additional help they need.
"Although there are many teachers, schools and school districts doing great work, right now we're losing ground on creating a highly-educated workforce relative to many other high-performing nations in both the developed and developing world. But if policymakers, educators, parents, academia, the business community and other key education stakeholders work together and focus on the reforms that are proven to make a difference, we can ensure that the United States rises to the top of the world again."
The sad truth is that the United States does not — currently — have enough trained and educated workers to fuel its industry. There are not enough science, technology, engineering and mathematics-skilled (STEM) individuals in this country to meet the public and private demands for new scientists, engineers, computer programmers and electronic infrastructure designers. As such, most of the major American companies have to rely heavily on outsourcing or on trained immigrant labor.
Empirical evidence suggests that this trend is not improving. In The Learning Curve — a 2012 report by Pearson — the United States finished 17th in the developed world in education, with Finland and South Korea topping this list. More damningly, the United States finished 25th out of 34 in math and science.
This is a national security threat.
This situation threatens the military. Currently, the military must spend a large sum of money to train recruits in the fundamental STEM skills needed to build, maintain and operate the military's increasingly digitalized arsenal. As such, trained soldiers are more apt to pursue higher paid private sector jobs; the military faces a manpower crisis.
This situation threatens the gross domestic product (GDP). This problem, as reported by the Huffington Post, can cost the nation $75 trillion over the next 80 years. Based on National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) 2007 data, of all 50 states, only Massachusetts had at least half of it students performing at or above the NAEP proficiency mark. Mississippi — the poorest state in the Union — came dead last in the ranking. Scores from the 2009 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) showed an interesting factoid, however: White, economically privileged American children were the single highest-scoring demographic on the PISA in the world. The achievement gap is so severe in the United States that it drew down the composite score for the nation.
The NAEP showed that there was a 26-point difference in scores between Black and White students in the fourth grade in mathematics, and a 31-point difference in the 8th grade. For reading, the difference with White students in the fourth grade was 27 points, and 26 points in the eighth grade. For Hispanic students, the gap with White students were 21 points for mathematics in the fourth grade, 31 points in the eighth grade, 25 points for reading in the fourth grade and 24 points for the eighth grade.
As 40 percent of the population is affected by this achievement gap, this same 40 percent is effectively locked into low-paying, low-achieving jobs. As reported in The Learning Curve: "Increasing the percentage of proficient students to the levels attained in Canada and Korea would increase the annual U.S. growth rate by 0.9 percentage points and 1.3 percentage points, respectively. Since long-term average annual growth rates hover between 2 and 3 percentage points, that increment would lift growth rates by between 30 and 50 percent."
During the 2012 presidential campaign, former Republican candidate Rick Perry (R-Texas) boasted about his state's low unemployment numbers, only to be reveal that most of Texas' residents work in low-paying, low-achieving jobs — typically in retail or fast food. This country's fortune and success is based on its resource wealth and its industrial might. Without an educated workforce to drive the nation's industrial engine, the nation cannot survive as a superpower.
Rick Perry's vision of full employment actually reflects the slow death of the nation.
The road forward
Most agree that the American model of education is antiquated and unique from any other aspect of everyday life. The idea of a teacher lecturing a class is singular in the sense that interpersonal communication typically doesn't work in that manner. In a typical exchange, a person listens to an argument, ask questions and interact toward a mutual understanding. Lecturing, as the primary function of American education, assumes that everyone is at the same level of understanding and attention.
Most educational researchers now feel that this is a broken assumption. Everyone goes into a school with an unique set of requirements and needs. Many argue that the "achievement gap" is really a reflection of the inequitable distribution of resources.
Bob Bowden is the executive director of Choice Media, an education reform news service. He is a spokesman for National School Choice Week, which advocates for parental rights to choose the school of their choice for their kids. In a conversation with Mint Press, Mr. Bowden discussed the realities of what he perceive is the "achievement gap."
Mr. Bowden believes the difference in achievement levels among people of different socioeconomic backgrounds has little to do with societal concerns. "A family can have money and lose all of it, and the kids will not get dumber," Mr. Bowden stated.
The difference lies in the fact that the family with money had access to resources to assist their children, while those that do not have the economic access are forced to do with less. Bowden argues that while wealthy parents can move their children to better districts or private schools, poorer children have to put up with incompetent teachers, overpaid administrators and a general misappropriation of resources.
Bowden argues for school vouchers, which is a de facto scholarship which takes the portion of public funding that was allocated for the student and allow the student's parents to decide which school should his/her student should enroll in and receive the money. This places schools in direct competition with each other, in theory, and would drive bad schools out of business. The surviving schools would have to improve services to attract new students, which would force a general improvement in educational standards.
In reality, this is a flawed idea. First, school choice would not force schools to compete with each other, but school districts to compete. If students transfer from one school in a school district to another, the public funding did not shift. What is actually happening is that one school now is responsible for another school's shortcomings, which draws down the new school. More importantly, the old school — which serves as an anchor to the community — now receives less funding from the district and actually become worse. If a student switches districts, the old district will lose the money allocated for that student, but because it still have to serve its community, is forced to do more with less.
More damningly, single-parent families and those in deep poverty cannot have their children bussed out of their area for school. Doing so would be an unnecessary burden on the parent, who must make arrangements to get to the school in order to participate in parent-teacher programming and other parental engagement activities. While allowing the parent the right to pick the school of his/her choice seems democratic and fair on the outside, doing so needlessly burdens the community and those who are most vulnerable.
A better solution is to improve the system as a whole.
Programs such as No Child left Behind Act of 2001 and the Common Core State standards Initiative have steered the conversation of curricula reform toward a national conscience for the first time. Prior to 1994, education was hyperlocal; schools were bankrolled primarily from local property taxes, the local school boards choose the curriculum (with input and oversight from the state), and the federal government stayed out of the way, with the exception of the occasional recommendation which may or may not be ignored.
The Clinton administration's The Goals 2000: Educate America Act of 1994 set as a federal mandate that high school graduation rates increase to at least 90 percent, the United States' students will be first in mathematics and science achievement, all American adults will be literate and every school will be drug-, violence- and firearms-free.
While none of these goals were met, federal investment into education reversed downward growth in educational levels and showed signs of progress among minority students. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 removed the federal curriculum requirement. Instead, it required that all states developed a curriculum, establishment assessments to measure students' competency to the curriculum and punish schools that fail to meet the state's minimum requirements.
This push toward ensuring the minimum undercut programs for those with accelerated learning curves; federal funding for gifted education was cut by a third over five years. Michigan cut its gifted funding by 90 percent. Also, the expectations of 100 percent compliance for all students to minimum state requirements proved to be mathematically impossible, as — in any statistical group — there are those that are impossible to group for various reasons (NCLB's standards incompatibility with students with mental impairments, dropouts, etc.). This led to a "gaming of the system." As such, this program was commonly seen as a "race to the bottom.'
As part of his stimulus package, President Obama sought to rectify the problems with the NCLB legislation with the Common Core State Standards Initiative, which creates a "national curriculum" that states can adapt to ensure a consistent level of education for all students.
Previously, states were free to declare the priority that were important for their states. Southern states tend to de-emphasize math and science in favor for language skills. Northern states favored math and sciences at the cost of the arts. The argument is that a consistent standard and incentive to participate (federal "Race to the Top" grants for participating states) would improve the national educational level. The fact, however, that this is the third federally-mandated change to the educational system, that this policy removes the local school board from decision regarding curriculum and that the standards in the Common Core may be less than some states' existing standards were not lost on a group of states. Currently, Texas, Virginia, Alaska, Nebraska and Minnesota have rejected the Common Core.
The curricula, however, is only one part of the problem.
The question of the treatment of teachers have became a cankerous, political hot potato. While most agree that teachers should make a living wage and should be accountable for their in-classroom successes and failures, actually making this happen has been a continuous challenge. Adding to this is the gulf between teachers' and administrators' salaries. A reform of the tenure system is needed, but the nature of such reforms is beyond the scope of this current argument and would need its own analysis to properly understand.
From resources to political will, access to digital media and the Internet to teaching efficiencies, philosophical shifts to political realignments, the nature of change to our educational system is complicated and convoluted. In future articles, some of these approaches will be examined.
However, change is needed. In the Greater Twin Cities United Way's Faces of Poverty 2013, it is stated: "While there are no panaceas, education in general is one of the best anti-poverty strategies known. Education — particularly schooling beyond high school — is the primary and most consistent driver of sustained upward mobility. People with higher levels of academic achievement and more years of school earn more than those with less education: Individuals with some college but no degree earn 18 percent more in wages than high school graduates; individuals with a college degree earn 62 percent more; and those with a master's degree earn almost twice as much (College Board, 2007). Early intervention in the form of high-quality childcare and preschool can help children get off on the right foot. Continuing support throughout
the school years and helping to connect these youth to post-secondary education will have a positive, long-term effect on lifetime earnings."
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*Sung to the tune of Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road." Intended to be taken
"When are you gonna grow up?
It is in jail you will land
You'll have to stay after class
And I'll be talking to your old man"
"You know you can't hold me forever
The last school bus is now due
You can't rap my knuckles with your ruler now
Stand in my way and I'll just run through
So nah, nah, nah…
"So goodbye, St. Joseph's School
Where the 'Sisters of Mercy' were cruel
The Catholic school's finally closing
The lunchroom's stopped serving gruel
"I'm taking that bus, might never get off
Don't want to face my Dad's wrath
Oh, I've finally decided to free myself
And set out on my own path
So nah, nah, nah…"
"How can you earn a living?
You can't even spell your name
You'll be required to take some remedial courses
And stop playing silly head games"
"Maybe you'll get a new convent
I hear there's some room in Brazil
Students there might appreciate
A no-nonsense sister with a voice shrill
So nah, nah, nah…
"So goodbye, St. Joseph's School
Where the 'Sisters of Mercy' were crude
The altar boys have been set free
The priests are no longer lewd
"I'd like to stay, watch them raze it
The site with torture imposed
Where skeletons still hide in the closets
Nevermore to be exposed
So nah, nah, nah…"
*For John Heck's "Dear John" contest.
Those of us who attended St. Joseph's just learned the school is being closed.
Although a good education was provided, some students were beaten there repeatedly.
I feel a good education was provided, but they went overboard with discipline.
Copyright © Carolyn Devonshire | Year Posted 2010
A burst of white light
gamma rays, overbearing
a flash of brilliance
burns through to my soul
everything is like hell
the world starts to melt
in the blink of an eye
just the cold blackness
of night
I don't care if I am not again
what I once was, for at this moment
I am greater now
than ever before
I took the path between
teetering, tight roping walking
right up to my right
divined in my unholy state
I thought I told you
I am your king
still you sit there, hesitating
I know you hate me
what does that mean?
I hate just about everything
still I'm chosen
I did not wish before
now bow down to me
refuse me no more
for I shall always be your demon
until you accept me as your King.
I don't even know you
though you say we used to be
best of friends, you and me
the day you ditched me
I remember now
exactly how it played out
back when we were just tiny things
even back then I still was King
you thought me stupid
just a ruse
I would laugh inside, you see?
not one of you single, mean people
ever even knew me
in a world, mostly seen to me
that is why only I can be your true King
and bring forth a new source
of light everlasting.
As two worlds collide slowly aligned
one wrapped in shadows
one bathed in white
evils swirling in the clouds above
I'll always be the king you love
to hate or despise as in your blood
I thought I told you, I am the one
I am the way, the way out shall be shown
breathe in my spirit as it carries you away
breathe in my faith it shall carry your empty space
and deposit you gently on a cloud just enough
higher than you've ever dreamed of
for I am king now, and your in my hell
your in my imagination, I'll just never tell
you'll feel as though dreaming, you'll feel now
if you try and see
you were always found the most
shared in the light cast upon me
the last bright star in heaven.
Denounce my name, if you may
One year later, still not afraid
A black sheep, a darkened spade
That's just life, I'm not right
I'm in the wrong, follow along
Like a piper, I'll pitch a song
Mesmerized, the weak wills sing
I thought he told you, he's still our king.
Copyright © Bj Fard | Year Posted 2011
Copyright © Street Cries | Year Posted 2014
Sexy is the way
her lips move on his ear.
Never touching
always whispering
things I'll never hear.
Copyright © Gerry Mattia | Year Posted 2009
By Ezar
As snow flakes fall to cover the side walk my people get tired of the side talk
Work for me You won't be financially but at least you put a couple gifts under the tree
At least you can get your car fixed while I pull off in a new mercades
Oh ya make sure you fill out the paperwork for welfare
I will have my secretary sign it while I set by my pool in Bellaire
Have you ever been there you can smell the sweetness of success in the air
How is Jamal doing
I almost cried when I heard someone was at his school shooting
Thank goodness my son goes to the same school as the son of Patrick Ewing
You can stay in my guest house if you thinking about moving
Rent free that's the least I can do for someone who works for me
I was going to stop by but that part of town is too rough for me
I wanted you to meet my daughter she just got her masters degree
So she can take over the business after me
You know how important it is to leave a legacy
What collage is Jamal going to or is he still going to the army
I hear they pay for college tuition
I told my son its not worth it when your arms and legs missing
But I understand Jamal got to do what he got to do
Giving Jamals hand he got to move how he has to move
Well I have to go watch for the stocks on the news
See you on Monday I hope your situation improves Peace
Copyright © Street Cries | Year Posted 2017
Copyright © Ebbin Florence | Year Posted 2016
My Past
Written: by Tom Wright
I refuse to drown in the happenings,
Of perhaps, sordid days, long spent.
For things filed "past" i cannot change,
So they lurk causing me to lament.
My past I liken to a "read only" file,
Where is stored both my days and deed.
Knowing the bothersome can't be removed,
I attempt to cover it with beneficial seed.
But no matter my depth of interment,
Or that from thoughts I've tried to ban.
Satan somehow manages to dig them up,
And stands ready with his watering can.
A Thought
If my past wasn't the teacher
From which I learned the most.
Then in life, I would consider myself failing.
Copyright © Tom Wright | Year Posted 2008
Learning Math is so much fun
We sing, dance and play to count
We compute at topmost speed
We are all Math Wizard Kids
Let's have fun, let's all start
Numbers make us bright and smart
In group games, let's cooperate
And Math skills will make us great!
We've got basic operations,
Addition and subtraction
And one more is division
Means, share our love and joys~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Math operations that we have
All areas are dabble jive
Statistics and geometry
Algebra and there so many
Let's have fun, let's all start
Numbers make us bright and smart
In group games, let's cooperate
And Math skills will make us great!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Learning Math is so much fun
We sing, dance and play to count
We compute at topmost speed
We are all Math Wizard Kids
Let's have fun, let's all start
Numbers make us bright and smart
In group games, let's cooperate
In Mathematics we'll be the best!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Enjoy four Math operations,
Addition and subtraction
Also multiplication
In our lives, we use them all
Let's have fun, let's all start
Numbers make us bright and smart
In teamwork, we all cooperate
In Mathematics, we all be great!
©2016Leonora Galinta
All Rights Reserved
Dec. 28, 2015 11.20am
Copyright © Galeo DS | Year Posted 2015
I am that tall,good and kind man
I have the longest legs on earth
I am the fastest man on earth
I am deaf and dumb
My eyes lead me like a sheep and its lamb
I am very curious but,
very time conscious
I am jobless
I am homeless
I always thirst for water
I always need a good Samaritan
Despite my state,
I am the world's priority
People suffer a fate
But need me to be free
I am he everyone awaits to make a mirth
I go to anyone who is willing
All I need is caring
Everybody needs me
But I come without acknowledging me
I come I come
I stand at your door
Open and welcome me with a kiss
When you delay,I make a hiss
The next scene, I turn my back to the door
There you will miss
Don't try opening
For I am time conscious
Don't try calling
For I am deaf and dumb
Don't try following
For I have the longest legs on earth
Don't try chasing
For I am the fastest man on earth
I come to make you mirth
But you can choose to be in dearth
I came I came
I stood at your door
You welcomed me wonderfully
But you made me sit on the floor
You left me and forgot to close the door
I moved out slowly
Upon your return,
You didn't see me
You forgot I am time conscious
I saw someone ready
So went there because I was curious
You tried calling
But forgot I am deaf and dumb
You tried following
But forgot I have the longest legs on earth
You tried chasing
But forgot I am the fastest man on earth
I came to make you mirth
But you chose to be in dearth
I stood at your door
You welcomed me wonderfully
You made me sit comfortably
But refused to give me water when I was thirsty
You left me and forgot to close the door
Upon your return,
You didn't see me
You tried calling
But forgot I am deaf and dumb
You tried following
But forgot I have the longest legs on earth
You tried chasing me
But forgot I am the fastest man on earth
I came to make you mirth
But you chose to be in dearth
I stood at his door
He welcomed me with a kiss
He closed the door,
gave me a place to sit comfortably,
gave me water to lessen my sore,
Prepared me a mutton
He made me eat like a glutton
He laid his spreadsheet on a bed
He gestured to me to lay my head
I slept until he received what he needed
He decided to keep me forever
Alas,I embark on a journey
Joy like a river flowed in his heart
He smiled while escorting me
Yes I am
I am the very person you needed
But I came and you took me for granted
I am the one you are awaiting
When I come, show me the caring
I am opportunity.
Copyright © CHRISDAD KOJO ARTHUR | Year Posted 2015
Rapping has no Ethnicity be ye
Greek, Jew, Afro, White, Hispanic,
Chinese, Japanese, Other.
Yo man, go rap out the Soul.
Tell your story, cuss the enemy
In ways they can't understand.
These are the times when you
Get on the Move to Groove into
Real-time electronic technology!
Don't just go boom, boom, boom;
What the Hell is that?
Teach the Young dignity, respect
for others too.
Yacoo, Yacoo, a da da da, uh huh,
My child can't learn nothing from
That, so teach, preach, inform!
I like the beat, rhythm, mix turns
And twists;
But for heaven's sake let me learn
From your choice of words, how to
Live in this World of ours!
Copyright © Rainbow Promise | Year Posted 2015
"The Ostrich" is a children's song, sung to the tune of "The Battle Hymn of the
Oh, did you know the ostrich is the world's largest bird?
It lives in Africa in a small group that's called a herd.
An ostrich cannot fly; instead it gallops on two legs.
A female ostrich lays enormous eggs!
Bonus activity: Print out an ostrich coloring sheet for each child (you can find one at
raisingourkids.com) and have him or her color it. Explain to children that ostriches
are 7-9 feet tall and tower over the average human being!
Copyright © Cherie Durbin | Year Posted 2011
Beauty of nature
Why condense it down to God?
Isn't life enough?
Copyright © Dan Keir | Year Posted 2013
Omniscient guy
Yet he lets bad things happen
How can he exist?
If you want to grow up big and strong,
Listen here, you won't go wrong.
If you want to grow, grow, grow,
Choose all the colors from the rainbow.
We never get enough of green--
Here's the kinds of foods I mean:
Grapes, avocados, lettuce, cabbage, green beans, spinach,
lentils, kiwis, honeydew melons,peas, bell peppers...
If you want to grow, grow, grow,
Choose yellow from the rainbow.
bananas, lemons, golden apples, summer squash, butter, yellow peppers, ...
If you want to grow, grow, grow,
Choose orange from the rainbow.
Cheeses, carrots, mangoes, cantaloups, apricots, peaches, pumpkins, oranges...
If you want to grow, grow, grow,
Choose red from the rainbow.
Strawberries, cherries, tomatoes, meats, raspberries,
grapes, watermelons, apples, plums,
red peppers, radishes, beets, ...
If you want to grow, grow, grow,
Choose purple and blue from the rainbow.
Grapes, cabbage, plums, eggplant, blueberries, ...
If you want to grow, grow, grow,
Choose brown from the rainbow.
Meat, potatoes, pears, coconuts, nuts, whole-grain breads ...
If you want to grow, grow, grow,
Choose white from the rainbow.
Eggs, cheese, parsnips, fish, onions, milk, yogurt,
The greater the variety,
The healthier you'll always be.
Meat, eggs and dairies
grains, fruits, and veggies.
To wash them down there's nothing better
Than big glasses of water.
Copyright © Mark J. Halliday | Year Posted 2014
A poem wrote by me, based on Person who is a deserving icon but still struggling hard with his career life and addressed as disturbed creature.
DISTURBED CREATURE--> Am I ?? BY Mrs.Madhavi Suyog Pagare
Am I so insane, Am I so mad,
Dramatic mood of mine is so die hard.
Destroyed my peace, Shattering my dreams,
People call me as disturbed creature.
As like mounting the pain, attenuating the drain!!
Digesting my feelings lying inside me,
Strangely nobody cared, call me sick.
Teasing me lavishly and my heart is pricked,
Hurted me like hell when addressed me as stupid.
As like showering rain, missing on the lane!!
Time lapse in journey of life,
Can hamper anybody on its path.
When I see innate reflex of mine,
I always use to brightly shine.
Though possessing every job attributes of mine,
I never thought the authorities will ditch and hamper my career line.
Falsely acting bloody swine, making my image as fade as wine.
As like affecting harmonious divine, my soul was, as is transparently pristine!!
Destroying me and testing my patience, Never wanna give up.
Transformed deviations, wanna rightly screw up.
I wanna raise up, I wanna shake up.
I wanna wake up, Tranquilize my mind.
Unzip the professional life compressed by the culprits.
Wanna explore myself, driving the motivated heights of journey.
Lastly waiting for the optimistic opportunity.
Cuffing the suspect ,I wanna rejoice by my pattern of life!!
with Suyog Pagare
Copyright © Madhavi Sarjare pagare | Year Posted 2013
The body: sacred
We're all made in God's image
Hence... circumcision?
pillar of trumpets
are no match in a garden
for the hummingbird
Copyright © Katherine Stella | Year Posted 2010
I am the custodian of brighter future
and the vanguard of a viable venture.
I take seekers on an alluring adventure.
Nature has given me the grace to nurture...
I am a terrific teacher.
I am the silent star that sleeps not at night,
the sun that make beautiful days bright...
I give sweet glow to the moon at twilight...
Lightening up the world is my greatest delight.
I am a terrific teacher.
I am always expected to do the miraculous:
students expect me to be gentle and generous...
rash parents sometimes tell me the ridiculous
yet my pay check makes nobody feel jealous.
I am a terrific teacher.
I inspire greatness and ignite creativity...
my words and thoughts instill integrity.
I see distinct ability in every disability
and spark the fire of academic alacrity.
I am a terrific teacher.
I preen with passion on priceless pages
to mend the minds where rot rages.
With love and life as my core languages...
I spur the spirit of compassionate sages.
I am a terrific teacher.
Beyond the grades scored in examinations...
beyond the goals of United Nations;
I provide real answers to unasked questions
and give hope to unborn generations.
I am a terrific teacher.
Copyright © Adeleke Adeite | Year Posted 2016
At one point in my life i was an artist
I used to paint and draw
Covering a piece of paper
In beautiful colors
And my art told a story
The sort of story you couldn't talk about
I used to go to school every day
Showing up late
Wasn't something I'd do
But i dropped out
Leaving my education behind
I played the bass guitar
In a band called
The Nocturnal
My fingers ran against that bass
Pure magic
The sound of the gods
Setting out to destroy the world
Pure Punk straight from Seattle
At one point i was clean
Sober and pure like a new born baby
Falling further into
What you now call
Screwing up my veins
with every shot of herion
Killing my brain cells
With every joint i smoked
Clogging up my nose
With every pill you could have known
I used to write lyrics
About my life
My childhood
I used to write journals
The ones you read in the book
that was published of me
I got up on that stage every night
As i was
Nothing fake
Nothing glamourous
Only a few scars
One shot of heroin
Come as you are
The words only speak for
Copyright © Orlin Collier | Year Posted 2012
Pop may be catchy
But not lyrically deep
Case in point: Chris Brown.
(N.B. Poem written after hearing "Don't Wake Me Up")
Betrayed by my own body
My sex inside
not who you see outside
Not gay, not straight
just different, many say weird
Belonging nowhere
Insiable hunger
Desperate need
Unquenchable desire
Unspeakable pain
Aching for every day privileges
enjoyed by most people
My soul crying
for what feels lost
Lifelong grieving
for what I don't have
My label is transgender.
Copyright © Deborah Zambo | Year Posted 2008
Coming from where I'm from
By Nate Spears
Published 2013 in "Death OF A Rose" By Nate Spears
Coming from where I'm from
Every day is a battle to survive
War is in session
Right before our eyes
Each day we battle lessons
Just to be in the running for blessings
Coming from where I'm from
We move rapidly on missions
The dead is alive with every walk of the lifeless
Limited income withholds wealth
The living is near death
Spirits are stripped of guilt
Coming from where I'm from
Deprived wealth
Creates bad health
In occurrence to this
Good feelings are killed
The worst gets exposed
As times get worse
Financial situations become a disaster
No man on earth can rehearse
The world is broken
Hunger brings harm
Coming from where I'm from
Dictatorship is not fond
The environment brings the need to shoot
These activities loosens the roots
We're grounded by values as thin as a pin
We lose ourselves at falling rates like bowling pens
No free passes
Prisons filled in masses
Separated by classes
Coming from where I'm from.
Copyright © Nate Spears | Year Posted 2013
Now that you're becoming Undone
It's time to have some fun
In Deadman Wonderland
Khoon Tu Kao
Khoon Tu Kao
Khoon Tu Kao
The setting Red Sun of Kali
Shows it's time for your life to Pay
We are the Kind to be feared
-your friends
We look like anyone you see
Thuggee--Death's Devotees
Face our treachery
Bhowanee we must please
She needs more--we have found our mark, our mark
Won't you be the one to save humanity?
Can't you see this is Deadman Wonderland
Khoon Tu Kao
Khoon Tu Kao
Khoon Tu Kao
Sacrifice! For The Black-Skinned Queen
Sacrifice! For Our Mother Kali
Sacrifice! It's Not Enough
Sacrifice! No Mercy!
This is Deadman Wonderland
Deadman Wonderland
This is Deadman Wonderland
Deadman Wonderland
Copyright © Wyatt Loethen | Year Posted 2012
Copyright © D. C. | Year Posted 2015
This is dedicated to
the uneducated who,
segregate from the greats
the hate gave integration to,
though the paved the way for you,
you just simulate the flu,
infected with cold hearts
like inflammation made it through,
So take a second to converse,
listen to me, then speak,
just make sure you think first,
about the thirst, of the dream,
had by Dr. King, which would
hurt beyond the seams, if he
witnessed everything,
The Scenes!
How we're treating one another,
Educated versus thugs, like
we are not brothers, What's the
point to jump from slavery to
having white lovers, if less racism
means the blacks hate each other?
My Brothers! I have no intent on
hating you, I just hope you make it
through. So this is Dedicated To
Copyright © Audonus Taylor | Year Posted 2010
This is the day which the lord hath made;
We will rejoice and be glad in it.
But we rather be sad in it
We rather hate in it
Kill, Steal and Destroy
Boast about our joy
Money, Cars and Cloths
Tell us you got all the hoes
Why do are women want to be hoes
Why we dancing on poles
Men don't you know women are a key ingredient to our souls
Women don't you know, your worth more than pure gold
Platinum, Crystals, and Diamonds
This is the day which the lord hath made;
We will rejoice and be glade in it.
That is the only way we are going to save our planet
We have to make our way, because we are here to stay
Hold on to what is right, believing in your rights
Love is the only weapon you need to fight
Because This is the Day where everything change
This is the Day where we are only calling on one name
This is the Day where we all get to see them fancy things
This is the Day where there are no more nightmares and only dreams
This is the Day where you will see greener pastures and blue streams
This is the Day where we all are announced kings and queens
This is the Day Heaven begins to sing
Copyright © Malcolm Brooks | Year Posted 2013
One fine day, I planned a visit to zoo
Alone landed amidst the fauna left so few
Treaded merrily on greenery, singing my heart out
Whilst a lion's scary roar made me shout
'Ah! Another visitor', said the lion annoyingly
'Why should we entertain you?' said he fumingly
'What's the point in wasting your energy and mine?
Making us do the funny acts, do they seem so divine?'
Hearing those words I dared
Reduced the distance, still scared
Said I, 'Stop fuming King of Jungle, watch out for your age,
Hadn't I come to visit you, wouldn't you be bored in your cage?'
'The answer dwells in your question, silly girl
You humans have no heart of pearls,
The so-called king of jungle imprisoned in cage
Heartthrob of millions I was, at my early age'
'To meet my family, hope it doesn't get too late
I need to eagerly meet 'em all, my cubs, my mate
I still feel them, they are waiting for me
Oh girl! Be kind enough to set me free.'
I couldn't have done that with all my might
Turned my way, delighted by a peacock's sight
The multihued beauty was sheltered in a metallic cage
Awe! Gloomy this beauty looked, in distress and rage
'What is wrong? Do you want to fly?'
It turned around and looked straight at the sky
'Show me those vibrant feathers, the fan-like crest
Guests would adore seeing you dance at your best'
'I dance just for my love, my love for rain,
Cool breeze no more likes crossing my lane
Why do I open my feathers without my mate's presence?
Just to amuse you, I shall do; confined in this fence'
Dumbstruck, I decided to turn my way
Walked ahead in quest of animals happy and gay
There it was! A crazy monkey, flirting and making its choice
Mimicking others and playing around, hear its evil noise
Bouncing, bouncing and dancing, dancing
It ruled as if dungeon's dominant king
Wow! You look so happy; what's the reason?
'Girl! No more fun for you, 'coz free I'll be from this prison'.
Two giant men came forward and opened the door
Good Lord! It'll be free, unkind humans is just animal's lore!
Monkey screeched, 'Meet me soon in the nearby forest
Where I meet my pals, play, eat, have fun and rest'
Happy to see the monkey's joy, I walked ahead
Across the bushes, saw a van, a huge van in red
Giant men carried animals and dumped in the van
Shocked I was to see the sight and reckoned their plan
Why was my monkey friend inside, for what purpose?
It was clear as I read the van's name, 'The Great Royal Circus!'
Copyright © Neha Godambe | Year Posted 2012
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Copyright © Courtney Courtney | Year Posted 2012
Be fast like a cheetah
Don't wait for any hater
Be vigilant like a snake
Always alert and awake
Strong like lion
Defeat every obstacle on your way to Mt.Zion
Wild like a tiger
Scare any bad omen which tries to linger
Wise like an ant
Know when you need and want
Humble like a sheep
Your shepherd will give you a place to sleep
Calm like a cat
Don't confuse mouse with a rat
Don't be lazy like the snail
Lest you are likely to fail
Don't be slow like a tortoise
lest you become susceptible to your enemies
Be neat like a duck
That will call for good luck
Don't be dirty like a pig
lest apart from meat,you become useless yet,big
Be time conscious like the hen
She knows how and when
Don't be stubborn like a goat
lest you always bring troubles to your throat
Copyright © CHRISDAD KOJO ARTHUR | Year Posted 2014
Life as an Addict
Life as an addict, life as an addict
Life as an addict is like running into
A reinforce cinderblock wall
Losses after losses
Ending in a jail cell or luxurious casket
Day after day the addiction keeps at it
Opening doors to the soul
Stepping inside leading you down
A wicked and dark passage
Leaving you naked
Clinching your wounds
Shattering dreams
Low self – esteem
Thoughts in captivity
Life of misery
Life as an addict limited imagination
Waste of God's creation
But forgiven
Evil, dark passage
Reinforce walls, jail cell
Lost soul, luxurious casket
Life as an addict, life as an addict
Life as an addict.
Copyright © JAY JOHNSON | Year Posted 2008


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SL Hot List: Sunday Suppers, Dig South & Goat Cheese
Every Monday we bring you the SL Hot List, a round up of the five latest and greatest things to hit the South. Consider it your weekly update on our region's most buzzworthy food, culture, and style news.
1. Savor Nashville. Chefs from across the South and the country will descend upon Nashville for this two-day food-filled event. On Friday 12 chefs such as Karl Worley (Biscuit Love) and Brandon Frohne (Mason's) will sharpen their knives to compete in a cookoff using three surprise local ingredients. On Saturday, chefs like Edward Lee (610 Magnolia) and Jeremy Ashby (Azur Restaurant) serve a seven-course dinner with wine pairings and live music.
2. Belle Chevre store opening. Everyone's favorite goat cheese is having a grand opening of their first cheese shop and tasting room (above) on Saturday. Located in downtown Elkmont, Alabama, the shop will sell the award-winning cheeses plus gourmet goodies like honey and jam. Nibble on some cheese, enjoy the live music, and get your copy of Tasia's Table signed by cheese queen and BC owner Tasia Malakasis.
3. Atlanta's New South Family Supper. Chefs Anne Quatrano & Clifford Harrison of Bacchanalia have gathered together an all-star line-up of chefs for dinner on Sunday. The supper will celebrate the progress of women and their move up the culinary food ladder. Nearly two dozen chefs such as Asha Gomez (Cardamom Hill) and Ashley Christensen (Poole's Diner) will cook at the event at Ponce City Market that benefits the Southern Foodways Alliance.
4. Columbia's film festival. Get ready for 10 days of film and food at the 7th annual Indie Grits Festival hosted by art house theater, The Nickelodeon. The opening party on April 12 features food trucks and a must-watch screening of We Cause Scenes, a documentary about flash mob pranksters Improv Everywhere that just played at SXSW. Don't miss Slow Food at Indie Grits (April 14), a food event with bites from some of the town's best eateries, and Cinemovements (April 15), an evening of silent films paired with a performance by the South Carolina Philharmonic.
5. Dig South in Charleston. In a move that pairs its Southern hospitality with its growing tech sector, the Holy City plays host to a new festival that examines the digital economy on April 12-14. Speakers include media and technology leaders from Facebook, CNN Digital, and Coca-Cola will cover topics from e-commerce and social media strategies to multiplatform entertainment. Tech execs and bloggers alike can also take advantage of live music, networking, and of course, the superb culinary scene.
5 1/2. Memphis' Friends of James Beard Benefit Dinner. No stranger to guest chefs in their kitchen, chefs Michael Hudman and Andrew Ticer of Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen will welcome five other chefs to their Italian-Southern restaurant on Sunday. Jeff McInnis of Miami's Yardbird, Jason Stanhope of FIG in Charleston, and other chefs from around the country will cook a seven-course meal inspired by their respective regions.


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TGB Breakdown Ep 14: Neill Blomkamp's District 9 (Guest: Brian Roan)
by Tim Buel
August 20, 2013
On this episode of The Golden Briefcase Breakdown, hosts Tim & Jeremy are joined by The Film Stage Show host Brian Roan (from Episode #166) for a spoiler-filled discussion on Neill Blomkamp's feature debut District 9, the 2009 South African sci-fi action movie which introduced us to Sharlto Copley. The purpose of Breakdown episodes is to to ponder, discuss and challenge the films that we feel often need more than just a simple review. We breakdown the film to discuss plots and theories in order to better understand the director's vision and hopefully challenge our listeners at home to re-evaluate the way they watch cinema.
Extra episodes of TGB Breakdown will be arriving about every month, and will appear here in addition to all of our regular weekly Golden Briefcase episodes. Beware - every episode of TGB Breakdown will contain SPOILERS for the film in discussion (this one for Neill Blomkamp's District 9). You've been WARNED!
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Senior Holly Bruntjens (Gladstone) of the nationally-ranked 2009 Ferris State University softball team was recently selected as the recipient of the school's 23rd annual Helen Bennett Award, which is presented to the Bulldogs' outstanding senior female student-athlete.
Bruntjens has been a key component in Ferris State softball's success this season as the Bulldogs presently sport an impressive 33-8 overall record and a final regular-season 21st-place national ranking in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division II Top 25 Poll.
The award, which is named in honor of late university faculty member Helen Bennett, is sponsored annually by the Ferris Professional Women�s (FPW) organization to a female senior student-athlete combining performance both in the classroom and athletics. Bennett was the wife of longtime FSU golf and track coach Norm Bennett (1956-71), who began the award in her memory and was later inducted into the Bulldog Athletics Hall of Fame in 2001. He directed the building of FSU's Katke Golf Course and Ewigleben Ice Arena along with being instrumental in forming the nation's first Professional Golf Management program at Ferris State.
Bruntjens becomes the fourth softball student-athlete to receive the honor, joining Nikki Moeggenborg (1996-97), Anne Bentley (1999-00), and Katie Kraai (2007-08) as previous Helen Bennett Award recipients associated with the Bulldog softball program.
A pitcher-outfielder, Bruntjens presently has compiled a 13-7 mark with a 1.72 earned run average in 114 innings of work this season. The 2009 All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) First-Team honoree has registered a team-high 92 strikeouts as an 18-game starter in 22 appearances. She also has issued 24 walks while limiting the opposition to a .215 batting average. At the plate, Bruntjens is batting a career single-season .323 average with a season-high 32 base hits in 99 at bats. She has amassed seven doubles, two home runs, 21 RBIs, nine runs scored, and totaled a .455 slugging percentage this season to date. Bruntjens has also chalked up six multiple-hit game performances and a squad-best tying five multi-hit contests this spring.
In three seasons (2007-09) at FSU, Bruntjens currently ranks fourth among the Bulldogs' all-time leaders in career victories (42), third in strikeouts (302), tied for fourth in shutouts (14), sixth in innings pitched (402.1), and tied for ninth in complete games (40).
A season ago, Bruntjens was tabbed as the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Regional Tournament's Most Outstanding Player and was also an all-tournament team member as a result of leading Ferris State to the Great Lakes Regional title and a national fifth-place tying finish at the 2008 NCAA-II Softball Championship Tournament in Houston, Texas. Bruntjens also attained second-team All-GLIAC recognition in 2008 and landed a spot on the GLIAC's All-Academic Team for the second year in a row. She was chosen as a NFCA Scholar-Athlete for the second straight season (2007 and 2008) as well.
FPW is a university organization which encourages and promotes women by providing opportunities to consider and act on common interests and issues. Active membership is open to persons employed at Ferris State University, their spouses and retirees.
Helen Bennett Award Recipients:
1986-87 -- Kris Johnson (Volleyball), Sandy Davison (Women's Basketball)
1987-88 -- Karen Kramer (Basketball)
1988-89 -- Janna Biggs (Volleyball)
1989-90 -- Dawn Lowe (Volleyball)
1990-91 -- Kelly Stosik (Volleyball)
1991-92 -- Karen Volkers (Volleyball)
1992-93 -- Monica Ferguson (Track & Field/Cross Country)
1993-94 -- Elizabeth Berry (Tennis)
1994-95 -- Melissa Thomas (Track & Field)
1995-96 -- Melissa Petty (Volleyball)
1996-97 -- Nikki Moeggenborg (Softball)
1997-98 -- Kristen Campbell (Women's Tennis)
1998-99 -- Sherri Harris (Volleyball)
1999-00 -- Anne Bentley (Softball/Tennis)
2000-01 -- Pam Preston (Track & Field/Cross Country)
2001-02 -- Morgan Buckner (Volleyball/Track & Field)
2002-03 -- Suzanne Batten (Tennis)
2003-04 -- Molly Potvin (Basketball)
2004-05 -- Crystal Flutur (Track & Field/Cross Country)
2005-06 -- Jenny Irwin (Track & Field/Cross Country)
2006-07 -- Erin Miller (Basketball)
2007-08 -- Katie Kraai (Softball)
2008-09 -- Holly Bruntjens (Softball)


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Use: To reduce noise reflection. To dissipate noise energy.
Physical Properties: Porous, fibrous and sometimes covered with protective membranes. Noise enters the absorber and is partly dissipated (absorbed) within the material. Some is transmitted. Some is reflected. Absorber performance is expressed as a decimal value. A perfect absorber is rated at 1.00. The higher the decimal value the more effective the absorber will be.
Effectiveness is expressed as NRC (Noise Reduction Coefficient)
NRC: Percentage of acoustical energy absorbed calculated as an average of laboratory test data at several frequencies.
Physical Properties: Non-porous, high density and usually non-fibrous. Barriers are generally flexible or damped. The noise is blocked, reflected and re-routed in another direction. Barrier materials are tested and rated for their Sound Transmission Loss capability. The number is stated in dB and the higher number signifies the better barrier.
Effectiveness is expressed as STC (Sound Transmission Class).
Physical Properties: Consists usually of a layer of porous material and a layer of dense material. The composite material will have a performance capability as an absorber and as a barrier. Septum barriers are sandwiched between two absorber layers.
Effectiveness is a combination of STC and NRC ratings.
Physical Properties: Viscoelastic. Damping coatings take many forms. There are mastics for spraying, troweling, etc. and there are tapes and sheets with pressure sensitive adhesive. Damping treatments are sometimes combined with absorbers.
Use: To cancel unwanted noise energy through destructive interference by electronically generating a 180° out of phase anti-noise which is equal and opposite in phase and amplitude.
Physical Properties: Equipment includes an input microphone, controller/amplifier, speakers and an error microphone. Works best with noise propagated in a confined/closed loop space such as a pipe or duct. Works best where the noise source is repetitive and not random. Works best in low frequencies up to about 500 Hz.
Effectiveness is expressed as Dynamic Insertion Loss (DIL) for active/electronic mufflers and silencers.
DIL: The noise reduction of sound power level attained by inserting a silencer or muffler in a pipe or duct transmission system under air flow conditions.
Technological Advances: Electronic or active noise and vibration technologies are emerging from research and development to production applications. Recent advances include cancellation headsets, mufflers for automotive and industrial and a variety of consumer appliances.
Use: To reduce flow/fluid-borne noise transmission traveling through pipes and ducts connected to air/fluid control devices, equipment and systems. Mufflers or silencers use absorptive and reactive designs to allow air passage while attenuating the noise. Fluid-borne flow systems may be air, gases or steam.
Physical Properties: Internal geometry of the flow control device dictates the overall noise reduction that can be achieved and the resultant pressure loss of the system. Absorptive designs can vary the insulation thickness and density in the wall cavity as well as the distance between internal baffles (passage width). Reactive designs can vary the flow control device internal chamber length and volume as well as the number of interconnected chambers and the size and length of choke tubes connecting the chambers.
Effectiveness is expressed as Dynamic Insertion Loss (DIL) for mufflers and silencers.


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Nov. 2012: Fort Bliss Adopt-A-Soldier program taking Christmas applicants after low Thanksgiving turnout by soldiers
EL PASO, Texas - Fort Bliss Maj. Gen. Dana Pittard is hoping to increase soldier participation in the Adopt-A-Soldier program for Christmas after a low turnout for Thanksgiving.
"While we had literally hundreds of El Paso families signed up to treat a Soldier to a home-cooked Thanksgiving meal through our Adopt-A-Soldier program, we had a low turnout from our Soldiers," Pittard wrote in his Fort Bliss Monitor column recently. "We are hoping to reverse this trend for Christmas, but we need your help. Leaders, if you have single Soldiers staying in the Fort Bliss area this Christmas, encourage them to enroll in the Adopt-A-Soldier program and meet a local family. Soldiers, if you are uncomfortable meeting someone new, sign up with a battle buddy."
Pittard wrote that it is a great program but that word needs to be spread about the program for it to be a success.
"Soldiers may be reluctant to get involved in this program and they may be uncomfortable meeting new people, but once they conquer this initial apprehension, they will really have a great time," Pittard wrote. "Soldiers can enroll for Christmas beginning Monday (Dec. 3) at www.bliss.army.mil/adoptaSoldier."
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I love the white walls and the stained-glass windowpanes!
All this just fuels my castle obsession. My ancestors owned a castle called Owlpen near Bath, England, for four centuries. The family lost the house in 1815 when Thomas Daunt VII nearly burned the place down while practicing witchcraft. (Sorcery seemed to be a family hobby through out the centuries.) The family also owned Kilcascan castle in Cork County, Ireland. If I ever win the lottery, I really want to buy it!
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