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Striking coach Phil Nurse took one look at Georges St-Pierre in the locker-room before his UFC 154 main event and had a flashback to April 2008.
"Somebody asked me in the locker-room, 'How's Georges looking?' I said 'You know what? The last time I saw him like this is when he flattened Matt Serra at the same arena,"' Nurse told The Canadian Press.
"That was the (Serra) rematch and that's the last time I've seen him so nervous but itching to go as well, like 'I just want to get it done quick."'
At UFC 83, it took St-Pierre just under two rounds to reclaim his 170-pound championship belt from Serra.
On Saturday night before a loud and proud Bell Centre crowd of 17,249, it was longer and bloodier. But it proved to be convincing.
Returning from a layoff of 18 months and 18 days after reconstructive knee surgery, a relentless St-Pierre won a five-round decision over Carlos (Natural Born Killer) Condit to unify the welterweight title.
They each won a $70,000 bonus cheque for fight of the night. St-Pierre, as the UFC's top pay-per-view draw, no doubt got millions more.
The judges scored it almost a shutout for St-Pierre: 49-46, 50-45, 50-45. But it was still a bruising, take-no-prisoners fight with St-Pierre pushing the pace from the opening. And the champion was in real danger in the third round.
St-Pierre, who said he got his fire back after such a lengthy layoff, called the fight "a blast."
"I was getting hurt, it was painful but I had a lot of fun. I love my job," he added.
St-Pierre (23-2) said his knee felt fine but being away from the cage for so long, he forgot the full-bore fighting experience.
"The suffering, this feeling of not giving up," he said.
He got a crash course in remembering Saturday. St-Pierre walked into the news conference in a three-piece suit, holding an ice bag to his head.
He had a fat lip, cuts under both eyes and on the bridge of his nose, and a thick band of red abrasions and bumps on his shaved head that looked like someone had applied a giant vise to his forehead.
"Before I put the ice on, my head had the shape of an American football," St-Pierre said with a laugh. "That's why I put some ice on. I hope it gets better with time."
The right side of Condit's face looked like someone had taken a screwdriver to his temple — it was actually a St-Pierre elbow — and then run a grater down his cheek.
The 31-year-old St-Pierre had not fought since April 2011 and underwent knee surgery in December after an injury in training. Condit (28-6) won the interim title during his absence, defeating Nick Diaz in February.
While St. Pierre said he felt some ring rust, he essentially looked as good as new against a difficult opponent who seemed to be peaking at the right time.
"It's huge. Tonight was a big, big night as far as his legacy is concerned," UFC president Dana White said of St-Pierre.
The Montreal native has now won 10 straight and not lost in more than five years.
His legacy could be further defined in the next year. The GSP win likely means a super-fight showdown with middleweight (185-pound) champion Anderson Silva.
Saturday's win moved St-Pierre into a tie with Matt Hughes for most successful title defences (seven) behind only Silva (10).
The first two rounds went to GSP but Condit threatened in the third, using a head kick to put the champion in deep waters for perhaps the first time in his seven title defences.
"Credit to Carlos, he definitely gave me my toughest fight," said St-Pierre, who rated the contest up there with his gruelling 2008 win over Jon Fitch — another bruising five-round encounter but not one where he was in danger of losing.
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Old school accountants, and there appear to be many of them, are providing a disservice to the users in their organization. User need accuracy of the costs for their organizations plus what drives those costs. These types of accountants are downright irresponsible with their duties.
Usually I am fairly rational and do not let my personal emotions interfere with how I interact with others. However, as the readers of my blogs and articles may have detected, my more recent writings increasingly reflect my frustrations with old school accountants. I cannot disguise my irritation and annoyance with accountants who refuse to be progressive.
Several of the titles of my articles these past few years provide hints and clues as to the source of my frustrations. They include "Are Accountants Homo Accounticus?", "Some Accountants are the Blind Leading the Blind", "Movie Sequel – Pirate Accounts of the Carribean", "Cowboy Accountants – The Lawless Frontier", and "Do Accountants Lead or Mislead?"
Each time I post an article I've written like those I receive several personal e-mails that are supportive of my view. Some are even more vitriolic. Receiving these e-mails, and also the publicly posted website comments to my written pieces, further motivate me to continue broadcasting my message of frustration often shaming accountants. I call it MBE or "management by embarrassment."
At this point some of you may be asking yourself, OK. What the heck is bugging Gary that he is so frustrated about?" The simple answer is it is the slow adoption rate of applying activity-based costing (ABC) principles as a replacement for the flawed and misleading traditional "cost allocation" methods from standard cost accounting systems. They typically use non-causal cost allocation factors. Examples are the number or amount of direct labor input dollars, units produced, sales volume, headcount, or square feet/meters.
Benefits from applying ABC in comparison to traditional cost allocation methods that violate "costing's causality principle" are too numerous to list here. Key benefits are: (1) extremely more accurate profit and cost reporting of outputs, products, services, channels and customers; (2) transparency and visibility of the "drivers" for work activities and their magnitude; and (3) past period calibrated cost consumption rates that are essential to multiply against future forecasted demand volume and mix that determine resource capacity requirements – workforce headcounts and spending amounts. These rates are needed for what-if scenario analysis, make-versus-buy decisions, and driver-based rolling financial forecasts and budgets.
Causality is at the heart of ABC. For example, if the quantity of the activity driver increases 20% then its activity cost should also increase 20%. The work activities are what consume the resource capacity expenses. My opinion is that any CFO or financial controller who are using traditional cost allocation methods and are not using ABC where it is applicable (which is for most organizations) is being irresponsible in their duty to provide valid information to managers and employees. The information they are providing is faulty, distorted and deceiving.
Now read the first letter of the six prior paragraphs as if together they are a two word sentence. My message is blunt: USE ABC !


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I've been a complete slacker with this Olympic Hopeful business. Not too long ago, I promised to showcase a bunch of the Olympic Qualifiers for the upcoming Olympic Trial Marathon in Houston. Since establishing this outlandish undertaking, I've produced exactly two (Paul Peterson and Ryan Hall.) Two. That's some pitiful performance and proof positive that I'm no Olympic Hopeful.
I think it's because I'm anti-commital lately. I cannot commit to anything. The tax season starts on Monday, which brings forth ocean-sized buckets of commitment. Therefore, I've resolved to do what I want, when I want, and refuse to decide that whatever event today at 4:30 falls in that what-I-want-when-I-want category. I'LL DECIDE IF I WANNA DO THAT WHEN 4:30 ROLLS AROUND, KAY? Geez. Get off my back, will ya. Grin.
So what does this have to do with Desiree Davila? Nothing! Let's move on, shall we?
All-American ASU graduate Desiree Davila is best known for her spectacular performance in last year's Boston Marathon. While the press and general populace were eying sweethearts Kara Goucher and Blake Russell, Desiree Davila swept in and stole the USA show. Davila's plan was to hang with the elite pack for 20 miles, and, if it felt right, kick it into full gear for the final 6 (point two.) And kick it in she did. Davila finished second with a 2:22:38, just four seconds behind Kenya's Sharon Cherop. FOUR SECONDS. This is huge. An American hasn't won the Boston Marathon in years – please hold while I check exactly how many years. The last female American woman to win the Boston was 1985 when Colorado resident Lisa Rainsberger finished in 2:34:6.
An American woman hasn't won the Boston in 26 years, and Desiree Davila was so close to winning, (I presume) that she could taste it. That was a spectacular race. If you watch one Marathon finish ever, last year's Boston would be the one to watch.
Desiree is a member of the Hansons-Brooks Project, which is a team of elites selected, coached, and groomed into Olympic readiness. You can follow her blog by going here.
This Desiree Davila is something special, I can feel it, and it's not because her name is an alliteration (all folks with alliterations for names hold a dedicatory spot in my heart.) Davila just might be the next Deana Kastor (who currently holds the American marathon record with a 2:20, who, incidentally, also holds a dedicatory spot in my heart... hell, all distance runners hold a dedicatory spot in my heart.)
Here's to running. And the Olympic Trials. And alliterations. And Desiree Davila.


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Compared to last week, cattle immediately bound for confined feeding sold 2.00-5.00 lower with the full decline on weights over 800 lbs. Stocker cattle and calf markets were fairly uneven, depending on local demand and moisture conditions. However, Southeastern areas have had ample moisture and still the losers outweighed the gainers in most instances as western orders have yet to fully materialize.
Nationwide auction receipts were moderately heavy this week and larger than both last week and last year, although year to date receipts are still running roughly 17 percent behind 2012 and the 5 year average. Pressure continues on any class of cattle that requires grain as feedcosts have eliminated the chance for most pens to breakeven, but the demand for grazing cattle is starting to spark in certain areas.
The recent rains and snows coupled with warmer temperatures this past week would normally have stocker buyers inebriated. However, some pre-condition lots are muddy and the fear of needing any amount of supplemental feed (whether it be a commodity mix or just hay) to carry cattle until turnout dates become available is holding buyers back. Plus, there is literally no support for a current cash cattle position from the CME cattle futures as the Ouija Board continues to free-fall in the face of solid fundamentals.
Investment funds are hanging ten on the impressive stock market wave, leaving no one to take a long out-front cattle commodity position. Agriculture lenders have tightened and no longer want to risk another unprotected gamble on the future, unless maybe it's to help set an all-time record cash rent market for prime corn ground. Southern regions have already began planting season and even though cattlemen may be heard grumbling every time another pasture is plowed-up or fence row is taken out, nobody will be cheering harder for a mammoth corn crop this year.
Feed shortages have plagued cattle production and tough decisions are being made, like the one by the Olsen Ranch to sell 1600 head of their one iron calves for the first time in three generations instead of grazing them until they are long yearlings and retaining ownership until finished. These top quality thin-fleshed black calves were sold last Saturday at the Ericson, NE Livestock Auction with five loads of 510 lb steers bringing 199.00 and another five loads of their bigger brothers averaging 605 lbs at 173.75. The best feeder demand this early spring is for the 6 weight stockers that need little or no warming-up for grass and will come off pasture as heavy feeders that can be topped off with new crop corn.
Fed cattle sold 1.00 lower at 127.00 and 2.00-3.00 lower dressed at 201.00 even though boxed beef cut-out levels perked this week and Select boxes actually broke an all-time record high at 196.00 on Wednesday. Wholesale beef movement has been too light for the inflated prices to be significant to the market and the beef business badly needs the northeastern seaboard to get a break in the late winter weather. This week's reported auction volume included 62 percent over 600 lbs and 44 percent heifers.


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DIDCOT TOWN 1 (Haysham 43) DORCHESTER TOWN 2 (Green 50, 90)
DANNY Green enjoyed a dream debut at Loop Meadow on Saturday by coming off the bench and rescuing the Magpies with two fantastic goals.
The versatile ex-Truro City full-back was deployed up front and did the damage in the second half after Didcot Town had taken a deserved lead into the break.
In fact, the Evo-Stik Division One South & West outfit were by far the better side in the first 45 minutes but just could not quite claim a replay as Green went on to grab the winner in the closing stages.
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Byron Hurt produced a documentary on the impact of hip hop on masculinity construction, violence, and misogyny. Hosted on PBS, this documentary discusses language, imagery, and power dynamics in hip hop music and culture. (55 min.)
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HOUSTON - If you're locked out of your home or car, a locksmith can be your lifeline. But make sure you find a reputable one.
Local 2 Consumer Expert Amy Davis advised, beware of companies that answer with generic phrases like "locksmith services," rather than a specific name. If a locksmith doesn't provide the business' name, find someone else.
Angie Hicks from Angie's List had another important tip. "Beware of locksmiths that show up in unmarked cars and not in a company uniform and if you ask for ID they fail to deliver it. If any of these scenarios happen you should choose another locksmith," Hicks advised.
Get an estimate over the phone and ask about extra charges. If the on-site price doesn't match the phone estimate, don't let them do the work.
"If you're calling for emergency service, quite often there will be additional costs if it's after hours, weekends can be more, holidays can be more, even the weather can have an effect on it. All these things may add to the cost that you'll be charged," said locksmith Barry Campbell.
Do your research now, before you have an emergency. Check a locksmith's state licensing status and save the phone number.
"All too often we hire a locksmith in an emergency situation. Oftentimes we'll skip out on research. Find a company you're going to use and tuck that number away in your wallet so you always have it handy," Hicks said.
Also, be cautious of any locksmith that insists on drilling or replacing the lock up front. Most experienced locksmiths have the skills and tools to unlock most any door without drilling.
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Hand Powered Portable Washing Machine
How cool is this? This would be great on a long camping trip or for small, small loads (since we should always use the washer with a full load, right?). But be sure to use environmentally friendly detergent! It is made of plastic though :( but what a saving of water, electricity and detergent.


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ROYAL Anglian soldiers have celebrated their golden jubilee during a special service.
The regiment, whose Viking battalion recruits from Essex, received new colours at the service in Duxford on Sunday prsented by the regiment's Colonel-in-Chief His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester.
More than 200 officers were on parade to hear the Duke state: "I am delighted to be present at this historic occasion.
"The Royal Anglian Regiment is very modern and forward thinking, but we hold our county roots very close to our heart and our history and geography contribute so much to who we are.
"The regiment is also a family and we have three fighting battalions at the core of a community built on the support of our families, veterans and home towns. We would not be able to sustain our excellent standards without that solid support."
Lieutenant General Phil Jones CBE, colonel of the Royal Anglian Regiment, said: "I feel enormously proud to be involved as the regiment receives its new colours.
"We are also celebrating our first 50 years as a modern infantry regiment."
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Woods named "Military Friendly School"
September 20th, 2012 | SMWC
When military personnel return home, or even while they are still serving overseas, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) is ready to help them earn a high-quality education.
Victory Media, the premier media entity for military personnel transitioning into civilian life, has named SMWC to the coveted Military Friendly Schools ® list for the fourth consecutive year. The 2013 Military Friendly Schools ® list honors the top 15 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools that are embracing America's military service members, veterans and spouses, ensuring their success in higher education. The 1,739 institutions on this year's list exhibit leading practices in the recruitment and retention of students with military experience.
"Inclusion on the 2013 list of Military Friendly Schools ® shows Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College's commitment to providing a supportive environment for military students," said Sean Collins, director for G.I. Jobs Magazine and vice president of Victory Media. "As interest in education grows we're thrilled to provide the military community with transparent, world-class resources to assist in their search for schools," he added.
The list of Military Friendly Schools ® was compiled through extensive research and a data-driven survey of more than 12,000 VA-approved schools nationwide. Each year institutions taking the survey are held to a higher standard than the previous year via improved methodology, criteria and weightings developed with the assistance of an Academic Advisory Board (AAB) consisting of educators from across the country.
"We continue to be innovative in seeking new ways to offer educational opportunities to military personnel and their families worldwide as well as to our veterans," said Dottie King, Ph.D., president of SMWC. "In addition to our flexible online learning format, The Woods also offers a variety of scholarships and programs to make it easier for women and men to meet their educational goals."
Military spouse and Woods Online graduate Sara "Suzie" Zach Baldwin '10 needed the flexibility of the distance program. "Knowing I could do this [Woods Online] while also working, coaching, volunteering and accomplishing other daily activities encouraged me to do anything I set out to achieve. The Woods has an incredible program, and, it was well worth it when I finally got to turn my tassel."
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There are many online training options for learning software, and now there is an exciting new way through the Adobe KnowHow website.
You can choose from an ever growing number of training modules – many of which are for free. But what makes Adobe KnowHow unique is the ability to markup / add notes on the video as you are watching.
You can later jump to cue points created by your annotations to review both your notes and the associated video content. Check out this new site and let us know what you think!


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First-Ever Citizens Park Ranger Academy Slated for Dinosaur Valley State Park
GLEN ROSE – Fans of Dinosaur Valley State Park and persons interested in discovering what it's like to be a state park ranger are invited to sign up for the Citizens Park Ranger Academy that begins on Saturday, Aug. 17.
The eight-week course, which runs through Oct. 5, will consist of two- to three-hour classes each Saturday, starting at approximately 7 a.m. Academy participants must be at least 15 years of age and reside or own a business in Somervell (home to Dinosaur Valley State Park), Bosque, Erath, Hood or Johnson county. Residents of other counties are encouraged to apply and will be considered. There is no cost to attend the academy and class size is limited to 35.
Dinosaur Valley State Park police officer Robert Enckhausen says he sees the citizens academy as a way to help area residents and local business community members better understand their local state park and to garner greater park support. The classes will be taught by park staff.
"I consider this academy a gateway to building long-lasting partnerships," Enckhausen says. "Academy graduates should gain an in-depth appreciation of Dinosaur Valley, the state park's purpose and mission, and a greater understanding of the Texas State Park system."
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Score Lucy Hale + Shay Mitchell's Haute Holiday Looks for Less
The girls from 'Pretty Little Liars' turned up the heat in their festive party gear. Now, you can get their looks for less!
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With its swarm of stylish young stars, ABC Family's "25 Days of Christmas" was an event to remember. Pretty Little Liars' Lucy Hale and Shay Mitchell were dressed to impress in sleek, holiday-ready outfits. But you don't need a Hollywood bank account or a personal stylist to snag these looks! Create your lookalike ensembles with these wallet-friendly finds.
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What I Like (and Hate) About Sarah Palin
There's so much not to like about Sarah Palin … why do I find myself admiring her?
-April Daniels Hussar
Like many people outside of Alaska, the first I heard of Sarah Palin was back in August 2008, when John McCain announced her as his running mate. My first reaction: Smooth move, John. We wanted a woman in the Oval Office, now you might be giving us one. My second reaction: How sexist and condescending can you get. We can't have Hillary, so any old female will do? And my third: Dear Lord, please don't let this woman end up in the White House.
So here's my confession: I was – and still am – an ardent Obama supporter. Politically speaking I'd say Sarah Palin and I are just about polar opposites. (You say, "Drill baby;" I say, "No blood for oil.") I shudder to imagine her holding a national political office. But, the thing is, well … see, it's like this … I kind of like her too.
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Yep. As much as I hate to admit it, I can't help but find certain things about Sarah Palin admirable … and, dare I say? … almost role model-ish.
I roll my eyes at half the stuff she says; I wanted to strangle her when she kept winking during her debate with Joe Biden. Just the other day, I laughed out loud when she told Oprah it was not lucky but, rather, "providential" she kept all those journals as a kid (Yes, Sarah, God wanted you to write a bestseller)… but at the same time I admire her spirit, and her guts.
I don't agree with her pro-life stance (you say "Pro-life," I say "Anti-choice"), but I honestly commend Sarah Palin for living by her beliefs. She, as they say, doesn't just talk the talk, she walks the walk – in an area of life that is one of the hardest and most personal. And as a woman, and a mother, I take my hat off to her for that. It was brave and estimable of her to admit to wavering over her decision to carry her Down syndrome baby to term. And, while I'm thankful she actually got to MAKE a choice (oh the irony), I think the decision she made was full of courage. It couldn't have been an easy one.


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Research into a 94-year-old medal has shed light on a Wharfedale motorcyclist's remarkable brush with death during the First World War.
The silver medal in question was sent to Ilkley & District Motor Club by Alastair Reid - the grandson of Ilkley man William Reid, who had achieved second place in the President's Trophy trial of 1920.
Investigations by club historian Janet Kitching revealed that Mr Reid's achievement had been all the more impressive as he had been riding with one elbow "shot out" - the result of being downed, as a Royal Flying Corps pilot, by a German ace.
Janet tracked down a vivid account of that mid-air encounter over France between German pilot Max Immelmann's Fokker Eindecker and Reid's BE2c online, and says it reads like a true "Boy's Own" adventure.
Immelmann's report for August 1, 1915, said: "Like a hawk I dived and fired my machine gun. For a moment I believed I would fly right into him.
"I had fired about 60 shots when my gun jammed. That was awkward for to clear the jam I needed both hands - I had to fly completely without hands."
Mrs Kitching, in the account she has written for the Otley-based club about the medal and its owner, quotes from the Wikipedia entry on Immelmann: "Lt William Reid fought back valiantly, flying with his left hand and firing a pistol with his right.
"Nonetheless, the 450 bullets fired at him took their effect. Reid suffered four wounds in his left arm and his airplane's engine quit, causing a crash landing.
"The unarmed Immelmann landed nearby, took Reid prisoner and rendered first aid."
Mr Reid's adventures didn't stop after being shot down, though his war was effectively over.
Mrs Kitching said: "His grandson, Bill Reid, tells me he was interned both in POW camps and Switzerland, having been deemed by the Germans to be unfit to be of any use in further active service.
"He married his Swiss-Italian nurse whilst in Switzerland and on his return to England he taught the Queen's father to fly, at RAF Cranwell.
"He was also a nationally known Lepidopterist – a moth and butterfly enthusiast – and his collection is held at the National History Museum, London.
"His RFC memorabilia, including diaries and letters home, were lodged at RAF Hendon in the early 1980s. All this from the return of a silver medal to the club! How many other stories are out there from that time?"
She said: "Alastair Reed, who lives in Sheffield, said he and his two brothers were happy that the medal has come back 'home'.
"We very much appreciate and thank the family for the return of the medal, nearly 100 years after it was won, and it has already been seen and appreciated by several members."
The medal - with Mr Reid's surname mistakenly engraved as Reed - has joined the only other one the club has from 1920 in its collection, a bronze.
The club is now based at Otley Rugby Club, after starting life in Ilkley, and has more than 400 members.


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The success of the New York Times metered paywall – it has gathered 224,000 digital-only web subscribers in its first four months (as well as 57,000 Nook and Kindle subscribers) – raises one obvious question: who will be next?
I was sure enough that the NYT's experiment, in which readers who access more than 20 articles a month have to pay a subscription although articles accessed through social media links remain free, would work that I made a bet on it with Felix Salmon, a vociferous sceptic.
Felix backed down gracefully this week, acknowledging that I am extremely likely to win. My bet was that the NYT would have at least 300,000 digital subscribers after two years, so my bet should go into the money fairly soon (and Felix will owe me $100 for every 100,000 NYT digital subscribers above that figure). Read more


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MARLBOROUGH are through to the Southern Counties Senior Vase Final after a thumping victory over Hungerford on Saturday.
The Common-based side progressed to the next stage of the National Senior Vase competition with victory and will play either Buckinghamshire side sides Phoenix or Oxfordshire's Chipping Norton in the final.
Marlborough earned their place in the regional rounds after defeating Melksham in the Dorset & Wilts 1st XV Vase final earlier this month.
And they progressed again, overcoming awful conditions and a mud bath of a pitch at their local rivals.
With the referee making it clear from the start he would be strict around the tackle area, both sides found difficult to come to terms with his interpretations at the start.
Marlborough gave away a penalty from the first play, which Hungerford converted to take a 3-0 lead.
After that though, it was one-way traffic.
Hungerford were constantly penalised in the next 20 minutes, with Marlborough captain Nathan Morgan slotting all five to give the visitors a 15-3 lead. Marlborough were reduced to 14 men shortly after, when Lotu Ngungutau was sin-binned for a high tackle.
The visitors played a tactical territorial game for the next 10 minutes to ride out the extra man disadvantage. At the end of the half, Marlborough won a penalty near the Hungerford try line, and opted for the scrum.
Having dominated that area all game. Marlborough put the drive on, and the returning Dave Lemon crashed over for the try, Morgan adding the extras for a 22-3 half-time lead. With pressure from the off in the second period, flanker Jonny Mantle charged down an attempted clearance and beat the defence to fall on the ball and score.
Shortly afterwards, Russ Westcott spotted a gap in the defence and dinked a small chip into the space.
Substitute Taniela Delaitamana ran on to the ball to score under the posts. Hungerford being reduced to 14 men for a late tackle on fly-half Moree Nailago, Marlborough's Will Thomas following for a similar offence a few minutes later.
And Marlborough added two further tries, the first from a pushover and the second as prop Billy Trevaskis marked his final game for the club before leaving to live in Thailand, by stealing the ball in a maul and driving over the line.


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Among major automakers selling cars, trucks and luxury vehicles in the U.S., American Honda -- including both the Honda and Acura automobile brands -- achieved the highest fleet-average fuel economy of 26.6 miles per gallon1 for MY2012, representing a 9.7 percent, or 2.5 mpg, increase over MY2011 results.
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Moreover, while achieving top-level fuel economy performance, American Honda also is leading in the area of automobile safety with seven models that achieve a TOP SAFETY PICK+ from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety – the 2013 Accord Sedan and Accord Coupe, the 2013 Civic Sedan and Civic Coupe, the 2014 Odyssey minivan, and the 2013 Acura TL performance-luxury sedan, the most of any automaker.
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Thread: (Advice on) Upgrading my PC
Had a nice discussion on VAT earlier today, probably should just live in Japan for this thing. :P
Fair enough on the i5 3350P, makes more sense then. Very well, thanks for the advice. Although I take it that the power source thing is pretty much going for chance (which is fair enough, I guess).
Now, what you said about the OS earlier on made me a bit wary and I decided to ask a friend what he knew, though his prime experience is with Mac's. By what he said, it would seem that reinstalling a Windows is very likely on any MOBO upgrade even if it is not an OEM version? And, that, as I see it, might prove problematic since even though I don't have a Windows install (I believe you can get them from the MS site, no?) then the copy that I have has a bit of a history -- namely, I got this computer second hand, and from what I can see it was originally Vista (or that could just be the case, but unlikely) and was only later upgraded to a Windows 7 Professional.
Based on what I've heard, it seems unlikely I'd be able to use the same instance of it (as without changing the install) after changing the MOBO, and likewise there seems little chance for me to actually reinstall the same copy. Do you have any idea if this is a solvable issue (with what I have being the W7Pro notice that it is activated as well as the product ID)? Thus far there seems to be little actual consensus based on what I've read as to the actual effects of any certain re-alignment of hardware, so I would like to hear what the options are that I have there. Another friend suggested I do a Windows backup and just use that to restore the system in case it doesn't work well, but I have certain reservations about that approach (namely, I don't see why it would work).
Well now, that's a good question. It probably depends on whether the original Windows was an OEM license or not. OEM Windows is tied to a single computer, which Microsoft defines as a motherboard. New motherboard, new computer, new Windows purchase. Full retail versions, on the other hand, can be moved to as many new computers as you like (but only one at a time of course).
As for install discs, you can download an .ISO 100% legally and either burn it to a CD-ROM/DVD or put it on a USB flash drive. The only thing you need is the product code so you can actually activate Windows after installing. Otherwise you'd have to reinstall every week or something of the sort.
Here's a tutorial.
Ah, well, I now noticed that the product ID includes the fatal combination of letters, "OEM", in it, so I have to assume that is what my computer's OS is. From what I can see and read, that means a change of motherboard would make my computer useless. :P
The best I can find online right now is around a £90 for Windows 7 Home OEM, or £120 for 7 Professional OEM // 7 Home Retail. At that price range, it would either mean I need to factor it in when thinking of the overall price limit or just scrap the entire process. Lowering the limit would make the rest of the purchases that much worse (and, well, honestly I am unsure if I would like to get an OEM version if the same thing could easily happen in the future). [There also seems to be an offer for 7 Ultimate OEM at £140.] Altogether, the situation seems to look bleak.
I don't think there's any real way of going past this problem either, and substituting Windows for something else is not a real option when staying on the gaming track I think.
It would, however, look like it is possible to connect the GPU that we were thinking of, HD 7850, which requires a PCIe 3.0 slot to a PCIe 2.0 slot for a small loss in performance. So, maybe if there's no way of going past the OS issues it would make sense to go to 4 GB RAM (something like this though that is 800 MHz?) and the HD 7850 for no upgrades on the MOBO-CPU? Any idea how that would improve the performance of the system? Also would the fact that the 7850 is dual slot be a problem with this MOBO that I currently have (the previous one is single slot, I think)? [Interestingly enough it also mentions being AMD3 ready which confused me thoroughly when I found the meaning on Wikipedia, because I have no idea if it means that I could connect a AM3 unit with some trouble or could not at all.]
I had a very similiar experience:
Ran Vista retail mainly on a core 2 duo + intel X38 combo for a few years.
Upgraded Vista to Windows 7 OEM
Changed motherboard and cpu to Core i7 3930k + Intel X79 combo
I cloned my operating system partition before upgrading the motherboard. After the upgrade, I was asked to activate windows, and I did. The activation went ahead without a hitch.
In case it does not get activated, a friend who works at the local Microsoft office explained to me that you can call Microsoft and request a phone activation as long as you give a reason for the hardware change that is accepted (e.x I upgraded my cpu) and you don't call an unusual number of times (more than 10 times in a single week for example.).
I didn't test it out as I said the activation worked for me.
The HD 7850 supports PCIe 3.0, but it doesn't require it at all. The only major difference between PCIe 3.0 and 2.0 is twice as much bandwidth, and the 7850 doesn't even need all the bandwidth a 16-lane PCIe 2.0 slot makes available.
Still, the CPU itself would hold it back to some extent. It would end up waiting for information on what to draw next, because the CPU would be taking longer with the calculations of AI behaviour and physics etc. than the graphics card would actually drawing the frame.
Installing a dual-slot graphics card on your motherboard will block the regular PCI slot next to the PCIe slot, but that's not a problem as long as you don't need some PCI device installed there (and your case has an I/O slot by that PCI slot).
@Sakkura: Thanks; seems like a half-way upgrade in many ways then (as it really would be).
Now, based on this it would seem that upgrading everything would work without much trouble. Do you think it makes a difference whether the original Vista was OEM or Retail? And by cloning it, do you mean just a copy of all you had there or something more sophisticated?
Okay, that's a positive thought. As a final question (for now :P), would you say that a 7850 HD that's 2GB is worth a £7 price increase over the 1 GB version? How much does that actually change?
[Also, just to be sure, you're speaking of the Windows Backup feature inherent in 7, yes? Not the system image / system repair disk thing?]
By now the budget is well and truly gone. What would be a good second-hand higher graphics card though (and what are good second-hand hardware sellers) for a similar price (£120-140)?
Useless eBay ended up, well, not that well. :P As in price heading higher and higher...
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Unfortunately your current set up is beyond salvaging.
The cpu is so outdated that a new gpu wouldn't be enough to make all modern games playable, which means you need a new cpu, which means you need a new mobo, which means you need new ram.
See if you can reuse your case/psu/hdd/dvd reader/windows copy.
The basic bang for buck upgrade rule: (assuming each part you use is of a baseline quality/performance of course)
GPU >>>>>>> CPU >>>>> RAM (assuming you have 2GB or more) > HDD
It's a shitty time to buy a rig imo, at least compared to 2008-2011.
HDD's are double overpriced, there is nothing in the 150-200 euro midrange gpu range that is faster than anything in the 200 euro gpu range a year and a half ago, gpus overall have seen a massive pricehike due to lack of competition, your best bet for cpu land is still something equivalent in both price and performance to what you could have found a year and a half ago.
Basically, you'll spend the same if not more(hdds) you would have in early 2011 and you won't get any more performance than you would have back then if you go mid range :\
Pretty grim times in hardware land especially for those interested in a price/performance midrange build. There is no value to be had right now.
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200€ price range year and a half ago... that's an HD 6870. Today, it's a 7850 or maybe a GTX 660. There is a difference at least on that component.
HDDs still aren't nearly as cheap as they should be due to the floods, but it's gotten better, especially at 1 TB and up. CPUs are very meh, no significant changes since Sandy Bridge launched (spring 2011).
There's an interesting article about the HDD prices here. One pic below.
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Here is why HDD prices are high :
Seagate bought the samsung HDD division
WD bought the Hitachi HDD division
The HDD market is basically a duopoly right now (the very reason for the aqcuisitions)
Seagate saw a huge jump in quarterly profits in Q4 2011, if the flood were hurting them so badly and causing a real shortage their profits would have dropped, not jumped up.
Hours after the news of the flooding, retailers everywhere jumped on the opportunity to triple prices of their current stock (everyone who checked prices that day will know this)
Seagate and WD chose to lower production and increase prices to retailers as a reaction (huge increase in quarterly profits as evidence despite losing part of their stock and factory up time to the floods).
Since there is no competition in the market (WD and seagate control it) there was noone to piss in their price fixing cornflakes by undercutting, hence why prices continue to remain sky high.
The only competition left now is in the retail business, and to get rid of their stock they have slowly been undercutting eachother, but since neither WD or seagate are lowering their distribution prices this can only go so far.
In a way it is still poetic justice (at the cost of the consumer) , greed driven retailers who jumped at the opportunity for huge profits on their stock at the time of the flood are now seeing decreased turnaround and profits compared to before the floods , as they still have to compete with one another and WD/seagate continue to limit production and keep distribution prices high.
WD/seagate are happy to produce less and sell at a double premium, the floodings were just a chance opportunity for them to raise prices faster due to the change in perception of value (aka the pseudo shortage, I've never once seen any retailer here go out of HDD stock, but all that matters is what people will accept).
Until we see some renewed competition through another buyout or new HDD player (unlikely), hdd prices will remain inflated, WD/seagate stockholders will remain happy, and capitalism will continue to show that it only works as long as the industry allows for competition.
SSD are at a dead end density wise (and therefor capacity wise) so they will never become a real competitor for storage. HDD's will remain in demand as storage drives even when every OEM pc comes with an SSD boot drive.
Maybe in a few years if and when IBM manages to bring memristor drives to the market, competition to the storage market will return (or rather HDD's will become an obsolete medium like the floppy disk) and consumers can get some value in return for the profits of the industry again.
Even if the floods had never happened, the Samsung and hitachi aqcuisition would have ensured a rise in HDD prices and a stall in competition.
There is a reason why there still isn't a real successor to the spinpoint f3 after 2 years.
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The floods spiked the prices. That they've been somewhat slow to recover can be partially blamed on a lack of competition, yes, but also on the very thin margins there's been on HDDs in the last few years.
Also, there is still a fifth/third player out there in Toshiba, so it's not a perfect duopoly. Yet.
Besides, a 2 TB HDD costs the same as a 128 GB SSD. They're still decent value, even if it sucks to see a price hike.
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Small profit margins (hello competition and free market, meet Sakkura) justify doubling the price? May I perhaps interest you in buying a bridge?
SSD's are extremely poor value/storage capacity compared to HDDS, again this does not justify doubling the prices.
The amount of rationalising in your post, jesus christ...
HDD's are currently extremely poor value (not so much as SSDs, but the two aren't mutually exclusive), full stop.
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Officers say the teen was inside the home with four other children when her 11-year-old friend found a gun and accidentally fired it.
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They made it! Thanks to everyone who sponsored Toms effort, he made it past his goal of $500 and raised $620 for Autism Awareness. How good is that!? He had a very enjoyable day, trotting his way along the five kilometre course in his own way at his own pace. The crowd at the start spooked him a little, and he never let go of his Dads hand the whole time, both enjoying the time together a lot.
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54th Grammy Awards Show Review – Los Angeles, CA – 2/12/2012
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Written by Josh Jackson
I have always said what an incredibly hard job it is to produce a show like the Grammys that tries to cover all the bases of what is out there in popular music today While the 54th Grammys was a very "classic" leaning show, there were lots of styles and variations included that gave it a well-rounded feel, almost to a fault – but more on that later. Really, it all comes down to this. When you open a show with "The Boss," Bruce Springsteen, and end it with Paul McCartney, does anything else in the middle matter much?


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THE M40 has reopened after a crash this afternoon involving two lorries, with an air ambulance landing at the scene.
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[Hook: Glensky]
I rise as day breaks
Clouds hide the sun's rays
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Smash walls to get through
I fight the good fight
Even on the bad days
It's darkest before light
I'm gonna push through
[Verse 1: Curren$y]
Turbo charged bars
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Ain't nothing band-aids won't cover
Touring with 7D coverage
Live bands, two buses, my own cash
No budget, no major label fundings, Jets baby
We went from crawling to walking to running
You can't say nothing, you under gag order
Hopping out of Audi's hurting y'all with kicks, I'm the Transporter
Think about it, never mind, you ain't gotta
I'm already on some whole other, word to yo mufuckin self
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Audible applaudables homie take a wiff
[Verse 2: Talib Kweli]
When you a man, action is what's expected, nothing is spoken on
Producer never got time for no excuses, gotta go beyond
My flow is tom-foolery
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I beautifully exude the vibe that's free of ambiguity
Ya goonery for the sake of goonery is cartoons to me
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The moon talk to the sea and speak the body language fluently
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[Verse 3: Kendrick Lamar]
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Try your hardest to harvest bundles of weed on ya
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Impede on your pockets then pee on ya
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But this environment got us violent, ready to crash in-
To society, take this driver seat, hope you fastened
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Too many daps you might receive from the things you achieve, relax
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I'm on some other shit, like fuck the government
I'm higher rankings, where's the mothership?
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Quite disgusting when reality tames you, where the fuck you been?
Left him face down like he was planking
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You can bench curl your tribulations, that sensation's insulting
Got a wifey or a mistress, nigga which one you indulging?
Regardless of who you pick know life's a bitch when you ain't focused nigga
I'm focused
The first single off Talib Kweli's forthcoming album Prisoner of Conscious. The track features guest verses by two up and coming emcees: Kendrick Lamar and Curren$y.
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ROWLEY Regis boxer Jason Welborn is ready to get himself back in British title contention and is predicting a convincing victory over Stanislav Nenkov on Friday evening.
The 28-year-old takes on tough Bulgarian Nenkov on EJKO Promotions' 'MayDay' show at Walsall Town Hall.
Welborn goes into the contest as favourite having lifted the British Masters Light Middleweight Title and Midlands Area equivalent in his last two fights thanks to victories over Birmingham duo Max Maxwell and Terry Carruthers respectively.
He now has his eyes on Liam Smith's British title and believes a convincing performance on Friday will put him back in the frame.
"I want a shot at the British title at light middle," he said. "I fought Frankie Gavin for the British at welterweight but now I know that light middle is a better weight for me.
"I feel stronger and more powerful. I've picked up a couple of titles since stepping up last year and now I'm ready for another shot at the British title.
"I saw Liam Smith at Liverpool on Saturday. He was doing some TV work and I was supporting Martin Gethin in his fight against Derry Mathews. I know I can beat him. He's fighting Nav Mansouri in July and I'd like the winner.
"I'm not taking Nenkov for granted though. I've watched a couple of his fights and he's game. He comes to fight. The preparation for this fight has been the same as my last few fights. I've worked as hard for this one as I did for Maxwell and Carruthers.
"I need to put on a good performance Friday and show that he shouldn't be in the ring with me. I don't mean that disrespectfully, I just mean I've got to show people that I'm levels above him and that I'm a force at light middleweight."
Nenkov, 19, has recorded two victories in his homeland this year but lost when he fought on these shores in March. The Razgrad resident was stopped by Kris Agyei-Dua in an International Masters Light Middleweight contest.
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My Favorite Superstars in WWE Right Now
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As Booker T's got his top 5, well, so do I. I have been thinking about who goes where for a while now, and I finally came to a final verdict. Here it is:
5. Cody Rhodes
I have always been a fan of Cody ever since he had that mask on. I liked his new "Grotesque" appearance. I never really liked the "Dashing" gimmick, so once this happened, I saw a new side of him that I Liked. He continued with the attitude after the mask came off, so I am still a very big fan of Cody Rhodes.
4. Dolph Ziggler
I am a fan of Ziggler because I see a lot of potential in him. I like that he got Swagger out of hid hair, now if he just gets rid of Vickie, He could easily be the pushed to the top. He has great in ring ability, a good attitude, great charisma, and just his overall status is what I like in a superstar.
3. The Miz
I am and will always be a huge Mizfit. I think Miz is the most must-see wwe superstar, and was easily the best WWE Champion there ever was. WWE needs to realize this and bring him back to the top, because he has great in-ring ability, and I absolutely LOVE his "awesome" gimmick. He will always be one of my all time favorites.
2. CM Punk
It's a no-brainer in saying that CM Punk is the Best in the World. He is a great guy inside and outside of the ring. His theme song, T-shirts, finishers, athleticism, charisma, mic skills, just everything that he has makes him the Best in the WWE today.
1. Zack Ryder
The Internet Champion, Long Island Iced Z, Zack Ryder! I am from Long Island so I gotta root for this guy. He is not only funny, but also great in the ring. I watch Z! True Long Island Story every week. I've been watching since day one. He has all the qualifications to be at the top, but WWE has to put him back on Raw! I went to Raw at the Nassau Coliseum just to see Zack Ryder.I even met Zack's Dad and the Big-O in the parking lot! Yeah! I'm serious Bro!


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Cyclists in Leeds are being given the chance to sample part of the route of the Tour de France with a sneak preview Sky Ride on Father's Day.
The free mass participation bike ride will allow riders to take to the same stretch of traffic-free road which the world's finest cyclists will follow when the Tour de France Grand Départ begins from the exact same start point on The Headrow just three weeks later.
Confident cyclists will be able to tackle the 6.5 kilometre route around the city centre, while a shorter route will be available for young children, families, riders with adapted bikes and anyone new to cycling.
The event, on Sunday June 15, is one of 14 to be held nationally and is part of a continuing partnership between Leeds City Council, British Cycling, Sky and West Yorkshire Metro which aims to encourage more people to get cycling.
Leeds City Council executive member for leisure and skills Councillor Lucinda Yeadon said: "Sky Ride was a fantastic day last year with thousands of people riding the streets of Leeds city centre in beautiful sunshine having a great time.
"This year promises to be even better, with the day falling on Father's Day so it would be great to see even more families coming along and taking part. The event also offers the once-in-a-lifetime chance to say you rode a part of the route of the Tour de France three weeks before the best riders in the world come to the city for the incredible Grand Départ, so sign up now for what will be another wonderfully exciting day."
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IT was all change on top of the Stourbridge and District Snooker League this week with West Midlands Police returning to pole position after third-placed Norton Social toppled previous leaders Hotshots SC by a 4-1 margin.
In a high quality encounter at Norton, Steve Mason, Rob Pitt, Adam Ness and Ashley Aston breezed Norton into a 4-0 lead before Milan Krstanovic pulled a frame back for Hotshots.
The Police had to grind out a 4-1 win at Moor Pool & Snooker, where Gavin Sloan secured a12th win in 13.
Callum Downing completed an 80 break for Brandhall Labour as they recorded a 4-1 success over Pockets SC, and Bal Sembi also impressed with a score of 54.
Amblecote Institute's Ashley Sidaway was also in excellent form with a 73 break, while Rob Clark made 48, helping their side to a 4-1 victory over Kingswinford RBL.
Netherton Sports and Social were the other top flight winners this week, Steve Howell, Paul Bowen and Andy Barnett making sure they beat Moor Pool and Snooker's B team 3-2.
Stourbridge Institute B remain top of Division One following a well contested 3-2 win over Kingswinford Cons A, Jon Bate, Mark Hatton and Dean Banks doing the damage.
The highlight of Moor Pool & Snooker C's win over Amblecote RBL was Theo Brennan's 52 break – the highest at this level so far this term.


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Nothing illustrates the sensitivity of the European Union's relationship with Israel better than the statement which EU foreign ministers issued on Monday complaining about the use of forged European passports in last month's killing of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, the Hamas commander, in Dubai. The statement contained several sentences that were masterpieces of waffle, such as the following: "The EU … believes that its passports remain among the most secure in the world, fully meeting all international standards."
The statement was, however, remarkable chiefly for its reluctance to spell out that the EU holds Israel responsible for the flagrant misuse of identity documents belonging to European citizens. It could hardly be otherwise, of course. There is insufficient evidence at this stage to state with certainty that Israel's agents used the false passports and killed Mabhouh. Instead, it was left to a couple of EU foreign ministers to conduct some finger-wagging in one-on-one meetings with Avigdor Lieberman, their combative Israeli counterpart, who just happened to be in Brussels on Monday. Read more


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Skip to comments.Preferential treatment [ Ed Sec Arne Duncan has a record of allowing *some* school choice]
Posted on 02/15/2011 8:14:37 AM PST by rhema
When it comes to school choice, President Barack Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan are for it and against it. They've been proponents of charter schools but have opposed allowing parents to use tax-funded vouchers to enroll their children in private schools. In 2009 Duncan and Obama allowed a voucher program for 1,700 low-income students in Washington, D.C.the first federal program of its kindto expire, although a U.S. Department of Education analysis last year found it had improved graduation rates by 12 percentage points.
Now House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, is pushing a bipartisan effort to resurrect the program. On Jan. 26, Boehner introduced a bill with Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., to open the D.C. voucher program to new students. As debate over school-choice measures moves forward, Duncan's views are likely to receive fresh scrutiny.
The education secretary has suggested that vouchers would ultimately be unfair: "Vouchers usually serve 1 to 2 percent of the children in the community," he said in 2009. "I don't want to save 1 or 2 percent of children and let 98 to 99 percent drown."
But a newly released report by James Sullivan, the inspector general of Chicago Public Schools (CPS), indicates that during Duncan's tenure as CEO of Chicago's schoolsfrom 2001 to 2008he allowed school choice of another kind. As chief of the district, Duncan stopped short of using his power to abolish the practice of state and local officials lobbying to get favorite students into elite schools through Chicago's political network. Duncan claims he tried to reform clout-based admissions, but in practice he channeled it.
After years of allegations, Sullivan's report is the first clear admission from the school district that the entry process into the city's top high schools was swarming with "political clout, favoritism, preferential treatment and violations of selection and enrollment practices and policies."
Chicago's nine elite high schools, known locally as selective enrollment schools, are the pride of the city's otherwise troubled public-school system. They offer an advanced education to Chicago's top-scoring students, with an average 86 percent graduation rate in a district where half of students normally drop out. Competition to enter the schools is so fierce that in the 2009-2010 school year, about 16,000 students applied for admission, with only one-fifth as many seats available.
With admission so tough, some parents looked for back channels into the schools, calling selective enrollment principals to explain the merits of their childor asking an alderman or CPS official to put in a good word, regardless of whether a student had passed the regular admissions exam. Alan Mather, principal of Lindblom Math and Science Academy, one of the selective enrollment schools, last year told me Chicago aldermen used to call him seeking admission for particular students. Mather said he believed they were contacting him out of a sense of obligation to constituents, and said typically nothing would result from the inquiries: "It just afforded them the opportunity to go back and say, 'I made the call.'" Sometimes Mather forwarded requests he received to Duncan's office.
A spokesperson for Secretary Duncan, Peter Cunningham, who was also a communications director for Duncan in Chicago, told me the pattern of officials pressuring principals to admit students was a situation Duncan inherited: "And so what we tried to do was control it so that the principals didn't feel this pressure from people. Because they were getting the calls directly. So we said, 'Well, let's bring this downtown.'" Duncan's office began maintaining a list of calls that came in on behalf of students from a spectrum of sources, including the offices of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley, former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun (now a Chicago mayoral candidate), and at least two dozen aldermen.
Cunningham said Duncan recognized the calls were a problem and reformed the admissions process by 2008. Asked if Duncan would have done anything differently in retrospect, Cunningham said he probably would have made the reforms sooner.
Duncan pushed through a new CPS admissions policy in February 2008, seven years after becoming its head, giving the selective enrollment principals the right of "principal discretion," in which they could handpick 5 percent of their students (as some were already doing), but only within certain guidelines: Principals were allowed to enroll students who failed the entrance exam if they had demonstrated other special abilities or had overcome hardship.
Sullivan's report indicates admissions abuses still occurred under Duncan's new policy in 2008 and afterward, with instances of preferential treatment "too numerous to mention." Last year the Chicago Tribune revealed that Duncan's office not only tracked calls, it forwarded the requests to principalsand Duncan was sometimes listed as a sponsor for students. The inspector general's report concludes the admission of at least six students in 2008 "can be directly attributed to influence exerted by the CEO's office."
The report recommends abolishing principal discretion altogether, but that's unlikely to happen. Principal discretion remains popular among Chicago parents and principals because it creates a way for siblings or disadvantaged kids to get into a top school.
It seems Duncan gave principals permission to handpick students because he believed some disadvantaged students could excel if given a shot at a better school. And that's what voucher proponents say the D.C. voucher program can offer. The argument that vouchers are unfair because they only benefit a few students, the proponents will argue, seems disingenuous in light of what Duncan allowed in Chicago.
A bigger problem: giving politically connected kids an advantage. Sen. Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Springfield, Ill., and Senate Majority Whip, crafted the legislative language in 2009 to kill the D.C. voucher program. That did not stop him from successfully lobbying to get a staffer's relative into a selective enrollment high school in Chicago.
School districts in some other cities, such as New York and Washington, have established a network of high-school choice like Chicago's selective enrollment programusing a mix of charter, public, and elite public schools that only admit top-scoring students. Some critics say this multi-tiered approachwith regular schools and selective schools competing for studentscould foster the same problems as in Chicago, with parents or politicians trying to game the admissions system. That doesn't mean that selective enrollment programs are all bad, but that they need consistently proper oversight: The admissions policy CPS adopted after Duncan left Chicago, for instance, added rules to eliminate political influence.
Charter schools, many of which do not require admissions testing, have played a big role in local school reform across the nation in the last decade, and Duncan's pro-charter policies (he quadrupled the number of them in Chicago) have earned him praise from school-choice advocates and ire from teachers unions. Unlike Chicago's selective enrollment schools, which are managed by the school district, charters are privately run but with district funding and oversight, and often without union pressures.
As a school-choice option, charters remain a point of contact between the Obama administration, Republicans, and the broader public. In a survey last year, the Indianapolis-based Foundation for Educational Choice found that voters in six states were three times more likely to support charters than oppose them. Most favored vouchers as well. with reporting by Emily Belz in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has spent the past year trying to drum up support for a rewrite of No Child Left Behind, George W. Bush's education policy. The administration's "blueprint" for reforming the policy aims to improve teacher accountability, measure student growth more accurately, and among other things, expand charters. In his State of the Union last month, President Obama called on Congress to "replace No Child Left Behind with a law that's more flexible and focused on what's best for our kids." But it's unclear to what extent legislators will cooperate: Neither political party has complete internal agreement on education reform and school choice options, and even the nation's two major teachers unions are divided on Duncan's policies. The GOP's "A Pledge to America" last year made no pledges about education.
Many Republicans agree No Child Left Behind is flawed, but some, like Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., the new chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, prefer to deal with its problems incrementally, in separate bills instead of a sweeping overhaul. Kline and some other conservatives say they want less federal involvement in education policy, not more, leaving more decision-making power in the hands of local officials.
Democrats face an uphill battle already to persuade GOP lawmakers to spend more money on new education policy. The administration already has on the table $4.35 billion for its Race to the Top program and $650 million for Investing in Innovation programs, which offer federal grants to states and districts that meet reform goals. Obama and Duncan want Congress to provide funding to the programs through 2011but they may have to concede on issues like vouchers to get it. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, was one of the chief architects of the 2001 No Child Left Behind and isn't likely to see Congress abandon it easily. Boehner has Democratic support on the D.C. city council, and demonstrated the level of priority he assigned to the voucher plan when he invited several District students in the program to be his State of the Union guests. They sat on the front row of his box.
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Vouchers are important. The schools getting vouchers should not be able to reject students with special needs. Public schools must take all students. You accept vouchers, you must have the facilities to educate all the kids
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DETROIT - Call it "Glee" without the high school.
The Community Chorus of Detroit is a diverse group of citizens who sing for free, united by something more precious than money – and anyone who wants to join, can.
Diane Linn is a sixth-generation Detroiter who created the chorus as part of a lifetime love of singing. With members from city and suburbs, some coming from an hour away, the Community Chorus really is its own community.
"Music creates harmony among us, not just in musical notes but among us as people. Warm ups are very interesting because we are bending and stretching and reaching and back rubs and leaning down on the floor and making very strange sounds," Linn said.
The group performs at holidays and is about to do a history of Detroit concert.
They rehearse every Sunday.
Promoting harmony by making it, Diane Linn and the Community Chorus are making beautiful music in the Heart of Detroit.
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In London, Tom meets the dead man's alluring daughter, and learns that her father was not as innocent as he seemed. He unravels details of a hidden brotherhood, united in a mission that has spanned the world and caused hundreds of unexplained deaths. Pursued by those ready to kill to uncover the truth, Tom has to unlock a secret that has lain buried for more than 60 years...
©2008 Jonathan Freedland; (P)2009 Isis Publishing Ltd
"The biggest challenger to Dan Brown's crown." (Mirror)
"Final reckoning..."
I hadn't read Bourne prior to this book but I took a chance and have enjoyed it. The story of a police-style investigation entwines itself around the Holocaust era history of it targets.
The WW2 threads of the book are a more fascinating, more authentic, read than the contemporary detective work. It's what kept me listening.
Minus a star for having the predictably gorgeous semi-heroine (who evidently abandons her child patients for the ensuing drama) and for having what has become the de rigeur rape scene (which easily hits a level more consistent with a sadistic older man than a 14 year old virgin/brute). The Tom/Rebecca relationship borders on silliness but the historical aspects come along and save the story every time.
The narration by Adam Sims was excellent in every way.
"Much more than a mere detective story"
I haven't experienced one of this author's books before. I'd thought it would probably be a detective story, however it turned out to be a much more complex and satisfying listen blending a pacy search for the truth behind a man killed by mistake while visiting the UN in New York and a story of atrocities suffered by the Jews in Lithuania during the Second World War. The latter makes for some harrowing descriptions and made me think about the justifications for revenge. Altogether a powerful book. The narrator is good.
"great listen"
I am very surprised at the low rating on this book - I would rank it as on of my best listens and I go through a lot of audio-books.
"Thoroughly enjoyable"
I loved this audiobook. If you like a bit of suspense and a go at trying to guess who the bad guy is, then this might just be for you.
"Seriously good"
This should be heard by everyone over the age 25. Apart from being a brilliant audiobook it gives a greater understanding of recent history
Brian in Spain
"A good listen"
I enjoyed this book. The storyline was a little bit predictable in places. The narrator was excellent. His range of voices is amazing, making each character distinct without straying into parody.
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Main Entry: pop·corn
Pronunciation: 'päp-"korn
Function: noun
: an Indian corn (Zea mays praecox) whose kernels on exposure to heat burst open to form a white starchy mass; also : the kernels especially after popping
Popcorn, a favorite snack of movie goers (at least in the U.S.) and popular since Amerinds introduced the food to Pilgrims, can actually kill you.
True story. It was very early morning on New Year's Day, 1997, when my friend, who I will call George (not his real name) woke up with severe abdominal pain and a raging fever. His wife rushed him to the local hospital. The Emergency Room personnel reacted quickly and contacted their chief surgeon who arrived barely in time to save George's life.
Can you guess what happened?
William, whose consumption of popped corn decreased sharply after learning of George's ordeal.