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Over the next several weeks, FanRag Sports will be counting down the Top 25 MLB Players 25 years old or younger (as of Opening Day) for the 2017 season. These rankings reflect composite scores by our staff of writers.
Checking in at No. 2: Chicago Cubs third baseman and reigning NL MVP Kris Bryant (295 points)
Kris Bryant is pretty good, I guess.
Look, pretty much everything that could be said about the Chicago Cubs' 25-year-old third baseman/left fielder/men's style guru has been said already. What do you want from me? I'm not going to reinvent the wheel. I've written, extensively, on the topic of Bryant before and others have exhausted the discussion as well.
We get it! Enough already. Let's pump the brakes on Bryant, okay?
Here are the facts. The Cubs drafted University of San Diego slugger Kristopher Lee Bryant number two overall in the 2013 amateur draft, going against the grain in taking yet another hitting prospect instead of the best available pitcher, Jon Gray. The Cubs, at the time, were loaded with hitters. At the big league level, Anthony Rizzo, Starlin Castro, and such luminaries as Junior Lake, Logan Watkins, and Dave Sappelt were all in the early portions of their careers. In the minors, the Cubs had Javier Baez, Jorge Soler, Albert Almora Jr., Dan Vogelbach, Brett Jackson, and Jeimer Candelario.
At that moment in time, the only starting pitcher with a reasonably promising future under the age of 28 was Travis Wood. So, excuse Cubs fans for wondering why Theo Epstein and company went with another bat when pitching was so obviously necessary.
But the fans turned quickly after Bryant began showing his stuff in the minors. In 146 professional plate appearances ranging from Rookie-ball to High-A in 2013, Bryant hit .336/.390/.688 with 14 doubles, nine home runs, and two triples. In 2014, his first full season as a pro, Bryant clubbed 43 homers in 138 games between Double-A and Triple-A. And in 2015, Bryant hit three round-trippers in seven Triple-A games before coming up to Chicago, hitting 26 more bombs, and winning the NL Rookie of the Year.
But Bryant struggled in the playoffs, as if his first time ever starting a season in March and continuing to play beyond the first week of September was some sort of excuse. Bryant looked tired against the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets in October of 2015, and his numbers reflected it. In nine playoff games, Bryant went 6-for-34 with a double, a triple, and two home runs.
But then came the 2016 season, where he took the world by storm. Bryant simply wasn't happy with collecting the Rookie of the Year, Minor League Player of the Year, and College Player of the Year awards in the three previous years—superstars, always so greedy and wanting more. From day one, Bryant was clearly hunting for an MVP award.
Shortly after a June game in which Bryant went 5-for-5 with two doubles and three home runs—the very first time that has been accomplished in a major league game, and thus the creation of "The Full House"—CBS writer Tony Massarotti went to the internet to calm the fans down on the Cubs' blossoming star.
And then there is this: how has Bryant fared against the best pitchers in the National League? Against Clayton Kershaw, he's 1-for-5 with four strikeouts. Against Madison Bumgarner, he's 0-for-5 with two strikeouts. Against Max Scherzer, he's 0-for-8 with six strikeouts. Adam Wainwright owns him (0-for-7). So does Zack Greinke (1-for-5, two strikeouts). If we want to venture into the American League, Bryant is 0-for-6 with six strikeouts against Chris Sale.
Add it all up, and here's what you get: 2-for-36 with 20 strikeouts. Maybe it's just me, but I'd say that leaves a lot of room for growth.
Unfortunately, all of that is true. We can't plug our ears and shout "fake news!" with the hope that the numbers will become alternative facts. But Bryant, who was at that point just shy of 1,000 career plate appearances in the big leagues, was not done. Through the end of the season, he hit .303/.397/.548 with 18 home runs in 80 games, including homers off of Steven Matz and Jacob deGrom. Bryant even got one against Sale in the All-Star game.
And while Bryant didn't face Zack Greinke or Max Scherzer again in the regular season, he did get to see Wainwright (2-for-2), Sale (1-for-2), Bumgarner (3-for-5), and Kershaw (2-for-6). Add it all up, and here's what you get: 8-for-15, or a .533 batting average.
Even though his line of .292/.385/.554, 39 home runs, and 7.7 WAR were good enough to earn him that National League MVP award, everyone knew there was one place Bryant needed to still prove himself: the postseason. Against the San Francisco Giants in the NLDS, Bryant was 12-for-32 (.375) with four doubles and two home runs—including 3-for-5 with two doubles and a walk against Bumgarner and Johnny Cueto.
In the NLCS against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Bryant was 14-for-46 (.304) with six doubles, going 3-for-9 with three singles and an RBI against Kershaw and Rich Hill. And, of course, in the World Series, Bryant was 14-for-52 (.269) with a 4-for-5 effort in Game 5 and two home runs over the final three games.
So, add "World Series champion" to the list of accolades that Bryant has collected in his young career. The fact that he's only 25 makes you really examine exactly what you've been doing with your life, doesn't it? Bryant has proven himself to be in elite company among not only the best in the game, but the best to ever play. He's accumulated 13.6 WAR over his first two seasons in the big leagues, which slightly edges out Frank Robinson (13.4) for number one in Major League Baseball history. He's soft-spoken, carries a big stick, and has a smile and twinkling blue eyes that make him as marketable a star as the league has seen in decades.
Yeah, Kris Bryant is pretty good, I guess.
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CAPTAIN JAKE AND THE NEVER LAND PIRATES: THE GREAT NEVER SEA CONQUEST available on Disney DVD January 12th!
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Do you like Shakespeare? DO you like traveling? This might be a book for you!
There are 83 copies of the First Folio in a vault beneath Capitol Hill, the world's largest collection. Well over 150 Indian movies are based on Shakespeare's plays - more than in any other nation. If current trends continue, there will soon be more high-school students reading The Merchant of Venice in Mandarin Chinese than in early-modern English. Why did this happen - and how? Ranging ambitiously across four continents and 400 years, Worlds Elsewhere is an eye-opening account of how Shakespeare went global. Seizing inspiration from the playwright's own fascination with travel, foreignness and distant worlds, Dickson takes us on an extraordinary journey - from Hamlet performed by English actors tramping through Poland in the early 1600s to twenty-first-century Shanghai, where Shashibiya survived Mao's Cultural Revolution to become an honored Chinese author.
En route we visit Nazi Germany, where Shakespeare became an unlikely favorite, and delve into the history of Bollywood, where Shakespearian stories helped give birth to Indian cinema. In Johannesburg, we discover how Shakespeare was enlisted into the fight to end apartheid. In California, we encounter him as the most popular playwright of the American frontier.
Both a cultural history and a literary travelogue, the first of its kind, Worlds Elsewhereexplores how Shakespeare became the world's writer, and how his works have changed beyond all recognition during the journey.
Andrew Dickson was raised in Yorkshire, and studied at Cambridge. He is currently an honorary fellow at Birkbeck, University of London, a former visiting fellow at the University of Warwick, and has contributed to The New Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare. Formerly an arts editor at the Guardian in London, he continues to write regularly for the paper and has also written for The New Yorker online and The New Statesman. He makes regular appearances on BBC radio and TV as a presenter and reviewer.
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Following the huge response to 2016's Revolver tribute set, a group of up to thirty of Sheffield's finest and most acclaimed musicians will reassemble to pay homage to The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band. Expect a scene-stealing fusion of strings, brass, singers and more, plus plenty of opportunity for a sing-a-long.


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Seran Bond: Creative Director
Seran graduated from City University, London, with a BSc. (Hons) degree in Management and Systems in 1996, specialising in Marketing Communications and Strategy and European Business Culture. After graduating Seran joined Pearson Education as a Database Executive and her career rapidly expanded into the fields of web design and development and content management.
After working in the city for an IT and Telecoms consultancy as a Web Production Manager and then as an IT Project Manager for The Open University, Seran formed the company in 2002 and today IceStar Media Ltd. serves a diverse range of businesses from many different industry sectors.
Seran is very proud of the reputation IceStar Media has gained over the years and she has over 19 years of expertise in the design and delivery of database and web-based business systems, web content management, SEO, social media and project management. Seran is extremely passionate about delivering quality customer service and IT solutions to IceStar Media's clients and is equally driven when it comes to injecting her creativity and enthusiasm for success into every project, irrelevant of size or value.
Seran is also the proud mum of an amazing 5-year-old, has attained a professional certification from Capel Manor College in the Principles of Garden Design (Foundation Level), loves ancient history, is a big fan of Turkish and Mediterranean food, and no matter what the weather throws at her will get her trainers on and go for a long run or bike ride around the local lakes and thoroughly enjoys motivating people to get active and take care of their health.
I first met Seran at a Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce networking event back in 2007 when I was working for St John Ambulance. Back then, I hired Seran and IceStar Media to build an intranet site, which was a great success. I value Seran's opinion and have found her to be completely trustworthy, professional, knowledgeable, friendly and above all dedicated and committed to delivering against the brief set. Therefore, I can say confidently that I would have no hesitation in recommending her to anyone looking for assistance with web development.
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As a Technical Director of IceStar Media, Mark has designed, developed and project managed a diverse portfolio of business critical technology solutions for high profile clients from a wide range of public and private industry sectors. Mark has applied over 21 years of IT expertise to work with clients to develop and implement database systems, eCommerce and stock control applications and custom built technology solutions for clients with bespoke business requirements.
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Marketing An Online Bra and Corset Retailer
- January 26, 2017
- Client Progress and Insight, Social Media Marketing
After pulling the report this month for Sapphire Chic Fashions I assessed where the brand is at and the next tasks to complete
First I had to verify the identity for the Midora Smith Facebook account. Later I'm realizing that I need to make sure to use private proxies for all the facebook accounts when using MassPlanner! I set the account to join all women in business groups on facebook.
Sapphire Chic Fashions is planning a photoshoot event called KISS so I posted the flyer throughout the local texas facebook model and photographer groups to gain exposure to models. I invited all the friends of Midora to like the fanpage for Sapphire Chic and also invited Midora's friends to the Facebook KISS event.
Next, I moved on the the Instagram account and set it to follow #houstonmodel and #houstonphotographer and #houstonmua and #bbwmodel to gain more awareness and followers in the local area associated with those hashtags. I set the Instagram account to like all picutres in the local area having to do with models, photographers, and makeup artists. I did this to gain exposure faster for a particular niche. Since the Houston and Arlington area is pretty big and the event is coming up soon I doubled up following and liking to the same hashtags.
On Pinterest, I began repinning to the corset board from other corset boards. This will help bring traffic to our page since people take pride when their pins get repinned so they will come to see your board where you repinned to.
We have been discussing reworking the website. My main concern was that the site was hard to use and lacked a general sense of organization. After considering all her products we decided to simplify the site into three categories: Embellished Bras, Corsets, and lingerie and base the navigation and home page on the categories and with a new focus on the blog on the home page.
Here are the things I noted on the accounts that should be done next. First, continue to work towards revamping the website and do an SEO audit and keyword research. Create a display friendly twitter header and change all profile pics to the logo graphic. I'm also proposing a new logo redesign to try to match the elegance of the brand Victoria's Secret.
I realized that the brand could benefit from some cute flyers with the tagline and website as well as a general upgrade of the image appearance to adhere to an elegant yet still edgy look as far as the posts that are used. I decided to add cute and feminine motivation posts to the posting campaigns.
Next, we should clean up the Pinterest boards and make new boards and begin repinning to the rest of the boards and make sure all the accounts are business profiles so that we can look at stats for the accounts!
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We've chosen this wonderful vintage industrial work room for this week's Get their look post. It's full of interest yet uncluttered and very practical. There are designated areas for storage and working. Lots of natural wood and metal tones and a floor to ceiling blackboard to quickly jot down lists, notes, messages and thoughts. Superfluous decoration is kept to a minimum, but the bold counter-front lettering and geometric rug really lift the space.
Take a look below at some of the things that will help you recreate the look.
- Out There Interiors metal wire storage rack: £95, Notonthehighstreet
- Printers block letters: from £4.95, Notonthehighstreet
- Blackboard paint: £5.95 (500ml), Wilko
- Remington Travel Riter typewriter: £133.60, Etsy
- Jielde 2-arm Signal table lamp, white: 231,00€, Made in Design
- Vintage industrial lab stool: £40, Etsy
- Indoor/outdoor area rug: £162.00, Wayfair
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2017 BMW M2 Price And Review
2017 BMW M2 Price And Review – BMW association may celebrate it's 100-th wedding commemoration interior of 2017. At the outset, it had been taken care of the real assembling connected with plane powertrain. Inside of 1928, the fundamental activity from the BMW developed to turn into the vehicle assembly, make go in utilizing the model first Dixi. The supposition is and in addition foreseen which BMW about the exceptional day celebrations, will demonstrate the real extensive anticipated 2017 BMW M2. Michael shiny new event fit with the Sequence two may be approved as to assembling. The begin of the real generation methodology for vehicles implied for the genuine Western commercial center is really foreseen inside of The fall of 2014. Ough. Utes. commercial centers might by the by anticipate this specific sportsman till 03 2016. 2017 BMW M2 Price And Review.
2017 BMW M2 Redesign
2017 BMW M2 will look more wonderful with its new style around the bodywork, however there are no more changes radically offered in this car. It will be intended to contain up to four travelers inside. The maker will presumably incorporate the carbon fiber rooftop for this auto, its inside will be sportier than some time recently, BMW has expressed to satisfy the game guiding wheel even additionally agreeable cow leather seats. This will make tourists more fun in driving. Outside, 2017 BMW M2 will be changed to be lighter, littler far and away superior contrasted with the models of M3 and M4. On the other side, this auto is relied upon to have equivalence with M235i, it will have the same front and backside outline. On the front, it will be furnished with the new guard, while the rear will be taken after the better back diffuser. This auto should accompany lower weight for running speedier and have 19-inch composite wheels. Furthermore, the producer will likewise offer more extensive bumpers around 2017 BMW M2.
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Then again, it has been specified that this will be a 3.0L twin-turbo motor with inline 6 component. This is the motor that will create the force of 400hp. Other new thing you have to know too about this motor is for the year of 2017, 6-velocity manual transmission framework will be a standard. Obviously, other transmission framework offering will be given too by the author. It is none other except for the 7-speed programmed transmission framework that is likewise finished with double grip innovation. This at last put the new ride in the same rivalry with a few adversaries. Give us a chance to say there are 2015 Porsche Cayman and 2015 Camaro ZL1.
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Tibetan refugees weave these in Nepal using natural and vegetable wools; contempoary and traitidional designs are finely woven.
Additionally we have 40-50 unique designs ranging from 2x4 to 9x12. Ask us for pictures of rugs that meet your color and size needs- better still and come see us. Also see other Tibetan rugs onur Oriental page.
An example of a 100 knot Tibetan design that can be made any size and in any two colors of your choosing.
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Linda Darling-Hammond: Thoughts on Teacher Preparation
Linda Darling-Hammond, an expert on education and teaching, describes effective teacher preparation practices.
- What are the most important aspects of a teacher education program?
- What is the value of combining theory and practice?
- What is the importance of classroom experience as a part of teacher education?
- Why are professional development schools important places for student teachers to study?
- What effect does the teacher have on how well students do in school?
- What is the role of policymakers to ensure that every child is taught by a qualified teacher?
- What do parents need to know about teacher preparation?
- What does the research say about the relationship of well-prepared teachers to the length of time teachers stay in the profession?
1. What are the most important aspects of a teacher education program?
A good teacher education program, first of all, is coherent. That is, it has an idea about what good teaching is and then it organizes all of its course work, all of the clinical experiences, around that vision. It's not just a random assortment of courses and experiences for people. The courses are very much connected to practice as well as to theory. They say, in fact, that there's nothing as practical as a good theory, and in fact there is nothing as theoretical as good practice. And good teacher education programs have students in the classroom working constantly with expert master teachers while they're also teaching students about how students learn, about how to assess their learning, about effective teaching strategies that will allow them to build a repertoire.
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2. What is the value of combining theory and practice?
Students find that the combination of practice and course work at the same time is very important. It's hard to learn theoretical ideas in isolation, try to remember them for two years until you get to student teaching, and then all of sudden be put in a situation where you're supposed to implement something you've never seen in practice. That doesn't work. That's the old model of teacher education.
Now what you see are models that really put the two together and have a strong relationship between the university and the school so that the kind of practice that's very student-centered, that really takes into account how students learn and how different students learn differently, is something that can be worked on while you're also learning about the many knowledge bases that have to come together to produce that.
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3. What is the importance of classroom experience as a part of teacher education?
I think there are several things about the clinical training of teachers that are important. One is that you need to be in the classroom of an expert teacher. It is not true that you can learn how to practice by being told not to do what you've seen people doing, so that's very important.
We need expert teachers mentoring beginning teachers. The beginning teacher needs to be taking on graduated responsibility. They need gradually to take on more and more independent practice -- to start by co-planning and co-teaching and observing and looking for how various kinds of problems are handled, having lots of opportunities to see and think about what they see. And then by some months later to be able to take on more independence and take on classrooms for themselves with the mentors still there, giving advice and counsel and helping to problem solve. In those settings, you want the problem solving to be about the learning of students, not just the implementation of teaching routines. It's one thing to say, "I did this." It's another thing to say, "Did the students learn?"
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4. Why are professional development schools important places for student teachers to study?
We're now at a place where we realize we can't just say, "I taught it and the students didn't learn it," as though that constitutes teaching. It's like saying, "The operation was a success, but the patient died." We are aware now that looking at what works for different students -- and there will be different things that work for different students -- is part of learning to teach, and critiquing one's practice and reflecting on what's working and what's not working.
This should be going on in the clinical setting with the mentor teacher. Ideally, you're in a setting where lots of beginning teachers are being trained together and where veteran teachers are engaged in a lot of professional development and peer coaching and continual learning themselves. And that's one of the goals of professional development schools -- that the whole environment is organized around teacher learning as much as it's organized around student learning.
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5. What effect does the teacher have on how well students do in school?
In the last ten years there's been a lot of research done about what makes a difference for student achievement, and it's now clear that the single most important determinant of what students learn is what their teachers know. Teacher qualifications, teacher's knowledge and skills, make more difference for student learning than any other single factor.
Clearly, this means if we want to improve student learning, what we have to do is invest in teachers' learning. We have to be sure that teachers understand not only their content area, which is very important, but also, how do students learn? How do different students learn differently? How do students acquire language? How do second language learners need to be taught? How do we organize curriculum in ways that are effective? Almost every study that's done that looks at these factors sees significant substantial effects on what students learn. Interestingly, well-qualified teachers make more difference for students who have struggled more. It's the most important for the students who have had the most difficulty in school in the past.
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6. What is the role of policymakers to ensure that every child is taught by a qualified teacher?
Policymakers have a huge role to play in this arena. First of all, it's because of policy that we set standards and salaries for teachers that we regulate the labor market. So policymakers need to assure that we have competitive wages for teachers, that districts can pay equitable wages so that poor districts can compete for well-qualified teachers, that there are high standards for teacher education, for the content and teaching knowledge that teachers will have, that there are scholarships and loans to get people into teaching and into good programs. This is true particularly in shortage fields like math, science, special education, bilingual education, and particularly to recruit teachers to high-need districts, urban districts, and poor rural districts.
The states that have really focused on getting and keeping high-quality teachers, setting high standards for teacher education, ensuring that teachers get lots of access to professional knowledge have the highest achievement. The single biggest difference among the high-scoring states in this country and those that do much less well is the extent to which they've invested in well-qualified teachers.
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7. What do parents need to know about teacher preparation?
What parents ought to be finding out when they are choosing a school system, a school, or a classroom is whether their child's teacher has solid training in the content areas they're teaching, as well as a credential for teaching, which means they have learned about how to teach and how to teach kids with different needs.
They ought to care about whether that teacher is active in their ongoing learning. I'd certainly ask teachers, "What kind of professional development are you engaged in? What are you working on?" They ought to be asking those questions of principals and superintendents. They ought to ask the question, "How many fully credentialed teachers are there in the school that my child will be attending? How many have master's degrees? How many are engaged in professional development? What does the district do to encourage that?"
I think that educated consumers are a really important part of improving the policy system. When you go into a doctor's office and you're getting treatment for some major illness, you want to know if they're board-certified in that field. You look on the wall -- at least I do -- to see what kind of diplomas are up there. And we ought to look for the same kind of professional indicators about teachers.
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8. What does the research say about the relationship of well-prepared teachers to the length of time teachers stay in the profession?
An interesting and little-known fact is that the better prepared teachers are, the longer they're likely to stay in teaching and the more likely they are actually to enter teaching. So, teachers who are coming through these new five-year teacher-education models that give a bachelor's degree in a content area, plus a master's in teaching and a full year of student teaching are very rigorous and very tightly coupled, often with the training in a professional development school. A very high rate of these folks go into teaching and stay. Usually, more than 90 percent enter the profession, and of those, about 90 percent are still there several years later.
Those who come through the shorter summertime "learn-to-teach" routes leave at much higher rates -- for example, 70 percent are gone within three years -- that it's actually less expensive to train a teacher more thoroughly on the front end than it is to continually replace teachers who come in and out with very little preparation. The reason is kind of obvious for anyone who's been in classrooms for any length of time: Teaching is really hard.
Think about how hard it is to manage a two-hour birthday party for thirty kids, and then imagine what you need to do to actually accomplish learning goals with those kids over a long period of time and you can begin to get a glimpse of how much skill is really needed for teaching. So many people who are under-prepared get discouraged. They want to do a good job. They care about the kids. They're often coming into teaching because they do a feel a sense of mission, and if they don't have the tools, then it's very easy to get discouraged and to feel they can't be competent and effective. Of course, the classroom then is not a very pleasant place if the kids are not learning and behaving, and that's one of the big things that drives people out of teaching.
We'd be much better off to invest in high-quality preparation and have very effective career teachers in a stable teaching force than trying to be penny-wise and pound-foolish and not invest on the front end where it's so essential to be sure that teachers have the tools they need.
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Dear Linda Darling Hammond,
I have been researching your position and i came across that you didn't have an official postion on school violence. I'm still in school and have 5 years intill I graduate. If a recommend situation would occr how will you recommend we handle it. I'm concernedabout this after Virgina Tech and their lock down. I hope you can answer my concerns. Best of Luck!
Sydney Abajian
Dr. Hammond,
I certainly agree with your statement regarding teacher retention and subsequently teacher satisfaction. Here in NYC, we have been bringing teachers into the system through the Teaching Fellows program. I do believe that the idea was a good one but it is impossible to train a teacher to go into a classroom in three months and expect that individual to be not only successful but to stay. Businesses spend a sizable amount of money to induct individuals into their business. I agree with something that you said in an interview with PBS that we are not in a "profession". Very true
Nick Caruso
Dear Linda Darling-Hammond,
Beside Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK), I think new teacher should gained the Emotional Pedagogical Content Knowledge (EPCK) especially for multi cultural countries like Malaysia. Students in Malaysian secondary schools, high schools and universities are vary in form of ethnic, culture and language (mostly Malay, Chinese, and Indian). One of the problem faced by teacher/lecturer is they can't control students from other culture and language such as Malay teachers can't control Chinese students. As an example, Chinese student just hesitate to answer teacher's question (using English or Malay language). After a while the students rustle joyfully with their friends in Chinese language, language that teacher/lecturer don't understand at all. I can see how the teachers/lecturer struggled to handle this situation and control their emotional implication. How will you recommend to handle to overcome this problem? Do you have any articles or research concerning with this situation?
Sulaiman S
Dear Linda Darling-Hammond,
I am currently researching my capstone paper which is to be on high quality teacher preparation. I am to use peer reviewed articles. Could you please direct me to any articles you have written on the subject matter that fit this category? Thank you.
Mara Y.
Cazenovia College
Dear Linda,
Could you please direct me to any recent articles by you on recent trends and practices in quality teacher education and professional development practices that work? I am currently doing a research on Beginning teacher preparedness and professional learning experiences during the first two years of their teaching. And planning to make recommendations to my government on how we could improve our current practices in teacher education and professional development.
I would really appreciate a response from you on the above.


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I sold one of my cat toys on March 14. Here's the listing: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=5481213
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Today, I still haven't heard a peep from her, either by email or convo. Looking at the original listing, I'm wondering if I made it clear enough that the toys are being sold separately. What should I do if I haven't heard from her within her 10-day limit? Or does the 10-day limit even apply to things other than sales? Does anyone have any experience with this?


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Rita Ora, the multi-talented British singer-actress-designer-philanthropist whom America seems to believe is a superstar in her home country, has added to her already vast legacy by making a movie with none other than Princess Leia.
Ora, whose first and only album was released way back in 2012, has recently been focused on things like ad campaigns with Adidas, judging on The Voice and hosting the new season of America's Next Top Model, as well as turning up on red carpets and going home with goody bags.
The young entrepreneur also had a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo as Mia Grey in Fifty Shades of Grey, and apparently the acting bug has stuck, because Ora recently revealed she'll be playing a witch opposite #CarrieFisher in an upcoming fantasy movie.
#Wonderwell, which filmed this summer in Italy, is pretty under-the-radar so far, but thankfully Rita described it for us in illuminating detail:
"I play a bad witch and Carrie is the good witch. It's fantasy meets greed. I run a town, she runs a forest; I'm all about the power. I want lots of power – and everything that comes into this city in Italy – but I'm not getting it, because of these kids that have a lot of control."
It actually sounds kind of like Wicked, if Wicked was set in Italy and not a masterpiece. Set pictures suggest this might be set in the '20s, which coincidentally is also how many people who have heard of this underpublicized diamond so far. Sarcasm aside, I'm legitimately hyped af to see Ora and Fisher engaged in a magical war.
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Conor Friedersdorf has a piece over at The Atlantic about media coverage of white terrorists versus their dark-skinned counterparts:
It ought to be self-evident that non-Muslims perpetrate terrorist attacks, and that a vanishingly small percentage of Muslims are terrorists, but those two truths aren't widely appreciated in America. That doesn't mean they won't reassert themselves, for terrorist attacks have always been with us; the tactic has never been exclusive to a single ideology for very long; and the power the state marshals against one sort of terrorist is sure to be first to hand when another sort strikes.Mmhm. And it's not like the UK is immune from this sort of over-extrapolation. A relatively recent ESRC-funded report conflates the coverage of Irish terrorism during The Troubles with coverage of Islamic extremism in the War on Terror:
Irish and Muslim communities are simultaneously and ambiguously depicted in public discourse as victims, allies and suspects, and the boundaries between the three are seen as shifting and permeable. This permeability and ambiguity has arguably contributed to fostering a social and political climate that has permitted, and seemingly continues to permit, grave violations of civil liberties and human rights with tragic consequences to take place, such as those we have witnessed in the Irish context in the past and continue to witness in the Muslim context in the current period.What was that about those who aren't taught history being bound to something-something? It's easy, lazy and dangerous journalism to view acts of violence committed by people wearing different clothes as being endemic or representative of a cultural problem, yet those committed by ordinary, decent white folks as being the acts of lone madmen. Don't you think it's interesting to see which types of political violence warrant a change in the law? Now, look at the Government's description of its own Prevent Strategy of tackling terrorism before it happens:
Prevent will tackle non-violent extremism where it creates an environment conducive to terrorism and popularises ideas that are espoused by terrorist groupsHow is 'non-violent extremism' (whatever that means) such an issue that it requires incorporation into a counter-terrorism strategy? Isn't the whole point of counter-terrorism to counter violence, rather than non-violence? What about the marketplace of ideas, freedom of speech? This is worryingly Orwellian sort of language, implying that there are individuals or groups who need to be brought 'back into the fray' because of the danger they post to the ideological purity of a certain community or sub-community. It's very telling that even within the framework of multiculturalism, there's still room for the conception of subversive individuals who need government intervention to be dragged away from incorrect thoughts. Ironically it's exactly this sort of condescension and heavy-handedness that's more likely to alienate individuals and drag them towards extremist ideology than it is to make them enthusiastic about British culture. Don't just take my word for it. How would any of us feel if our Christianity, atheism, agnosticism or whatever was viewed as a potentially impure strain, warranting bone-headed Government programs to put us on the correct path? Reflect on that for a second, and you'll get some idea of the danger of conflating entire communities with extremism.
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Q.What is the New Syllabus and Pattern for IAS Main Exam 2013?
Ans.The IAS Main 2013 will start from 1st December 2013. The exam will be conducted on the new pattern as declared in the advertisement. The Main exam will consist of Essay, Modern Indian Language, English, General Studies-I, General Studies-II, General Studies-III, General Studies-IV, Optional Subject Paper –I, Optional Subject
Paper –II
• Except the paper on Modern Indian language and English all the papers will be of 250 marks.
• The total of General Studies will be 1000 marks (250x4)
• The Modern Indian Language Paper and the English Paper will be of 600 marks (300x2).
• Essay -250 marks
• The Optional Subject will be of 500 marks (250 x2).
The total marks of the written papers will be 2350 Marks.The language papers are only of qualifying nature and the merit will be calculated from 1750 marks for the call in Interview.
The importance of General Studies has increased manifolds in the new pattern. The following are details of General Studies Papers.
• General Studies-I 250 Marks (Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society)
• General Studies -II: 250 Marks (Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations)
• General Studies -III 250 Marks (Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management)
• General Studies -IV 250 Marks (Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude)
Qualifying Papers on Indian Language and English
The aim of the paper is to test the candidates' ability to read and understand serious discursive prose, and to express his ideas clearly and correctly, in English and Indian Language concerned.
The pattern of questions would be broadly as follows:-
(i) Comprehension of given passages
(ii) Précis Writing
(iii) Usage and Vocabulary
(iv) Short Essay.
The General Studies Paper I (Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society) will consist of the following:
• Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.
• Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant events, personalities, issues
• The Freedom Struggle - its various stages and important contributors /contributions from different parts of the country.
• Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the country.
• History of the world will include events from 18th century such as industrial revolution, world wars, redrawal of national boundaries, colonization, decolonization, political philosophies like communism, capitalism, socialism etc.- their forms and effect on the society.
• Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India.
• Role of women and women's organization, population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues, urbanization, their problems and their remedies.
• Effects of globalization on Indian society
• Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.
• Salient features of world's physical geography.
• Distribution of key natural resources across the world (including South Asia and the Indian sub-continent); factors responsible for the location of primary, secondary, and tertiary sector industries in various parts of the world (including India)
• Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone etc., geographical features and their location- changes in critical geographical features (including water-bodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes.
General Studies -II: 250 Marks (Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations)
• Indian Constitution- historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure.
• Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States, issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure, devolution of powers and finances up to local levels and challenges therein.
• Separation of powers between various organs dispute redressal mechanisms and institutions.
• Comparison of the Indian constitutional scheme with that of other countries
• Parliament and State Legislatures - structure, functioning, conduct of business, powers & privileges and issues arising out of these
• Structure, organization and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary Ministries and Departments of the Government; pressure groups and formal/informal associations and their role in the Polity.
• Salient features of the Representation of People's Act.
• Appointment to various Constitutional posts, powers, functions and responsibilities of various Constitutional Bodies.
• Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies
• Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.
• Development processes and the development industry the role of NGOs, SHGs, various groups and associations, donors, charities, institutional and other stakeholders
• Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections.
• Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.
• Issues relating to poverty and hunger.
• Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance- applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential; citizens charters, transparency & accountability and institutional and other measures.
• Role of civil services in a democracy.
• India and its neighborhood-relations.
• Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India's interests
• Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India's interests, Indian Diaspora.
• Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate.
General Studies -III 250 Marks (Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management)
• Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.
• Inclusive growth and issues arising from it.
• Government Budgeting.
• Major crops cropping patterns in various parts of the country, different types of irrigation and irrigation systems storage, transport and marketing of agricultural produce and issues and related constraints; e-technology in the aid of farmers
• Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices; Public Distribution System objectives, functioning, limitations, revamping; issues of buffer stocks and food security; Technology missions; economics of animal-rearing.
• Food processing and related industries in India- scope and significance, location, upstream and downstream requirements, supply chain management.
• Land reforms in India.
• Effects of liberalization on the economy, changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth.
• Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.
• Investment models.
• Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life
• Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization of technology and developing new technology.
• Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics, nano-technology, bio-technology and issues relating to intellectual property rights.
• Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment
• Disaster and disaster management.
• Linkages between development and spread of extremism.
• Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges to internal security.
• Challenges to internal security through communication networks, role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges, basics of cyber security; money-laundering and its prevention
• Security challenges and their management in border areas; linkages of organized crime with terrorism
• Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate
General Studies -IV 250 Marks (Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude)
This paper will include questions to test the candidates' attitude and approach to issues relating to integrity, probity in public life and his problem solving approach to various issues and conflicts faced by him in dealing with society. Questions may utilise the case study approach to determine these aspects. The following broad areas will be covered.
• Ethics and Human Interface: Essence, determinants and consequences of Ethics in human actions; dimensions of ethics; ethics in private and public relationships. Human Values - lessons from the lives and teachings of great leaders, reformers and administrators; role of family, society and educational institutions in inculcating values.
• Attitude: content, structure, function; its influence and relation with thought and behaviour; moral and political attitudes; social influence and persuasion.
• Aptitude and foundational values for Civil Service , integrity, impartiality and non-partisanship, objectivity, dedication to public service, empathy, tolerance and compassion towards the weaker-sections.
• Emotional intelligence-concepts, and their utilities and application in administration and governance.
• Contributions of moral thinkers and philosophers from India and world.
• Public/Civil service values and Ethics in Public administration: Status and problems; ethical concerns and dilemmas in government and private institutions; laws, rules, regulations and conscience as sources of ethical guidance; accountability and ethical governance; strengthening of ethical and moral values in governance; ethical issues in international relations and funding; corporate governance.
• Probity in Governance: Concept of public service; Philosophical basis of governance and probity; Information sharing and transparency in government, Right to Information, Codes of Ethics, Codes of Conduct, Citizen's Charters, Work culture, Quality of service delivery, Utilization of public funds, challenges of corruption.
• Case Studies on above issues.
• Optional Subject - Paper I -250 Marks
• Optional Subject - Paper II -250 Marks
Analysis of the New Pattern:
The candidates have to balance between the newly added General Studies Papers and the traditional General Studies Papers I and Paper II. The General Studies Paper II is oriented towards the Polity of India with the addition of the some important Laws and Acts such as The Representation of People Act 1951. It also added the comparison of Indian Constitution with other Constitutions. So the candidates should read the books which give the highlights of the other Constitutions. The General Studies Paper III is oriented towards the economic Issues and the newly added Disaster Management. For this paper one should read the Ignou Study Material on the Disaster Management. For the Economic Issues the candidate can buy the Jagranjosh E-book on Basic Economics and Indian Economy. The candidates have to rely on the traditional books on History and Geography for the General Studies Paper I. For the Indian Heritage and Culture the candidates should read IGNOU Booklets on the Indian Heritage and Culture. The candidate can test their History and Polity knowledge through the Jagranjosh online test on Indian History and Polity. In the General Studies paper III Social Justice is mentioned in the syllabus.
For this topic one should know the Current Social Events, the Social Legislations and the Social Schemes of the Government of India. The candidate should also read the Social Issues E-book of Jagranjosh.com to get the latest happening on the social front in India. For the General Studies Paper III the candidate should rely on the NCERT and the IGNOU study Material on the biodiversity. The candidate should read the E-book on Environmental Studies released by JagranJosh.com for the current happening in the arena of biodiversity and the Environment. The candidate should also study the annual reports of the Agriculture Ministry so that the candidate can keep a record of cropping pattern of India as it is given in the syllabus.
For other relevant information on IAS/PCS keep visiting Jagranjosh.com/civil services
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its a great information i want to know about administration subject in detail
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its such a very useful information .
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i want to know the exact paper pattern that has been soon ammended .if u know plz let me know
swati, 1 Year Ago
for optional subjects, are we suppose to take 2 different subjects?
vikrant kumar , 1 Year Ago
sir, what is the syllabus of civil services mains optional subject, if i select public admin. please guide me
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arts students can`tattempt csat paper
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How many optional subjects are to be chosen for ias main ?plz.suggest.
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oh! what a heavy loaded syllabus but it is very informative thanks!!!!!!7
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i want complete information about IAS exam and syllabus
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i m pursuing my engineering in computer science. in mains syllabus the computer is provided as an optional subject. can i choose optional subject from computer engineering as both the branches have some subjects in common ?
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sir, i am little bit confused about the selection of ias subjects.....some one says that we have to select 2 subjects for the ias exam here by i am requesting u to give solution to my problem
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