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- Teach Our Children Well, by Todd Huffman -- In early January, US District Judge John Jones III is expected to deliver his decision in a lawsuit filed by eleven parents, with the help of the ACLU, against the school board of Dover, a sleepy Pennsylvania town outside the capital, Harrisburg. His decision could establish the basis for how American public school students are taught the origins of life for years to come....
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Diesel fuel used to cost less per gallon than non-diesel gasoline. The explanation at the time was that it was more easily and quickly refined from oil. Now I notice that diesel is always priced ten cents a gallon or more above regular fuel. Why is that?
Hullo?! Hybrids also reduce invisible emissions that add pollutants to the air, but advertisers so cleverly make drivers go back to sleep by marketing the MPG factor while ignoring the emissions that non-hybrid cars put out.
And shame on hybrid manufacturers for NOT marketing that fact, too.
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I just purchased the new 2011 VW Golf TDI. I can say that over-all I am very happy with it. I handles great, it has ample pick-up. And options that come with the TDI are that of a luxury car, but I only average about 38 mpg in summer and 35 mpg in the winter. I thought I could get a bit more mpg out of it. And why do I get less mpg in the winter?
My thoughts; buy diesel. My wife drives a 2010 VW Jetta TDI about 15 miles each way to work and she gets over 40mpg on average; she fills up every 3-4 weeks. Granted we live in Germany where diesel is more prevelant, but even in the states, it is not impossible to find a station/truck stop that sells it. The car has loads of torque in the lower bands and 6 gears; higher bands not as much but the turbo seems to take care of it nicely. Highly recommend.
I have a Lincoln Town Car that averages well over its advertised 24 MPG on the highway (I average 30-33) and it has a V-8 engine. I've done nothing to the vehicle except regular maintenance. I like my Lincoln because in an accident between it and most everything else on the road, I WIN. So this notion that only small, itty-bitty coffins on wheels can be fuel efficient is bull-funky.
re David Dahl of TX: It's not crap; some people have needs that you may not. I own a trailer, and currently tow it with an ML430, which gets about 17 hwy (when not towing), and 14-15 in town. Getting over 20 mpg with a vehicle that can tow over 7,000 lbs is really good. In addition, the cited towing limit is well above my 5,000 lb limit. I'm not going to run out and buy one since I've owned mine for only 9 1/2 years, but at some point in the future it will need to be replaced, and I'm pleased to see progress in the SUV category which are typically used as towing vehicles.
Mercedes-Benz ML350 Blue-Tec 25mpg Who got paid to put this crap in here??? Why are we looking at 30mpgs being GOOD??
Just bought my first Prius and getting 50+ per gallon hwy miles I hit 505miles before I even start looking for a gas station. Now that is a great driving experience!!!!!!
Yes coming from traditional autos it is a different driving experience. With all that said, non of these cars get in the 40's but the TDI. I pay $2.59per gal of gas diesel is over the price of premium $2.99 per gal. If you in it for the MPG the Prius is it. Oh by the way bought mine for under $11k 63k miles so lets not talk about paying more for better MPG's.
All of these cars are very good and are indicative of Detroit being on the right track. What's missing is any kind of fuel efficient truck. True, hybrid trucks of assort have been available from GM, but they are half-heated attempt. The new Ford Transit Connect is one if not the only "truck" that gets decent mileage while have great utility. A lot of folks have a real need for a pickup that is not used in heavy construction. Ford is about to abandon the compact truck segment after 2011 when the Ranger will cease production here... but not in 180 other countries! This will effectively leave the market to Toyota and Nissan since the Chevy Colorado is a well-known POS. We need a compact diesel powered pickup that will fit in the garage. The new Ford Ranger, developed in Australia, would likely fit the bill, but Fordthinks everyone should drive an F150 whether or not we need its size and hauling capacity. Hopefully, someone will see the light...
Wake up, John of GA, I drove a Chevy Volt electric last weekend. It is superb in every way, has extended range due to a small gasoline-powered generator which means you NEVER have to worry about running out of battery power (unless you're so stupid you can't keep the fuel tank filled). Most people will run on electric power alone, every day, and charge it during the night, at home, with a plug in from any 20 amp outlet. GM CAN deliver when pressed!


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Citroen team principal Yves Matton praised Robert Kubica's rally-leading pace on the Rallye du Var this weekend.
The Polish driver crashed out of the event on the penultimate test after opening a five-minute advantage. He had commanded proceedings in a factory specification Citroen C4 WRC and was searching for a hat-trick of victories, having shown similar dominance to win his previous two rallies in Italy.
Despite Kubica's early exit from the Sainte-Maxine-based event, Matton was impressed with what he had seen from the one-time Formula 1 race winner.
"He is very professional. On the first point that I met with him, before he did his first rally with Citroen, he showed so much motivation," said Matton. "He wants to compete in the rally so much, he has so much passion for the sport. This is one of the reasons why we wanted to do something for him - to show him as an example to all young drivers that this comes from motivation, but he has so much motivation for the WRC.
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In the post-game statistics, under "skill selection history", several of Moon Queen's skills show up as Valkyrie's skills. I.e. Multi-strike shows up as Javelin of Light, Lunar Glow shows up as Courageous Leap, etc. I think it only happens with her passive abilities, however, as Moon Beam and Moon Finale seemed to be fine.
Also, if it matters, noone in the game was playing as Valkyrie.
Not a major issue in any sense, but a bug none the less.
EDIT: I'm not sure if this only happens on Darkwood Vale or not, as I haven't noticed it on any of the other maps.
Date/Time Reported: 7-12-2009 11:51:41 AM
Report: In the post game stat screen I hovered over my name and in the skill progression tree the first 7 levels were not Moon Queen abilities, but Glacius (Crystal Maiden remake) abilities. After those initial errors, however, it corrected itself.
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First of all, I admire all teachers and their dedication to educating children. However, there are numerous jobs out there that require continuing education hours (at your own expense), weekend work (off the clock), and overtime (without pay). I have such a job, and I'm not among the "uneducated". I have a masters degree and work in the corporate world. I get 2 wks paid vacation - no Spring Break, no 2 wks off at Christmas, and no 2 1/2 mth break in the summer. My salary does cover the calendar year, but then again, so do my working hours. I agree that education administration is top heavy. But teachers, please stop complaining. #1 You are employed. #2 Most jobs require overtime and dedication (you are not the only ones) #3 You just got your guaranteed "step increases" in pay. My company hasn't given raises in 3 years due to the ecomony. Count your blessings!
It is good to hear someone supportive of public education and teachers. This seems to be in short supply these days!
Could it be the teachers are not so much complaining as they are responding to the oft held belief that they are over paid and under worked?
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The Day in Photos | Monday, October 18th, 2010Now I love to see some Adam and Jamie — looks like Jamie has his dress beret on! — but this is so peculiarly contemporary. "We want to celebrate Science! Let's have some guests of honor!" "Should we invite some famous scientists?" "I've got a better idea: popular TV presenters who host sciency shows!" What a sad state of affairs.
President Barack Obama's speech to students attending the White House science fair is seen on a monitor in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 18, 2010, in Washington. Seated from right to left in front row are Mythbusters Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, Bill Nye the Science Guy, and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu. President Obama will appear on an episode of Mythbusters that will air on Dec. 8.
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Write-up: CEO Series 30 – Azran Osman Rani, CEO of Air Asia X
Writing Credits: Farhana Roslan
The below is the live-blog from the session with CEO of Air Asia X, Azran Osman Rani on the 21st of March 2011. Today, Azran decided to go for the casual look and do without the signature red Air Asia cap. The Master of Ceremony started off with a brief background of his alma matter; Azran graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master's Degree in Management Sciences.
He started by answering questions asked to him prior to his presentation. How does he manage risks? He doesn't. How did he come about the many different paths he went down in his career? Random.
Azran then went on to how traditional corporate planning takes up a company's valuable time citing the example of how the company has gone through 5 iterations in 2011 and that it's only March, which goes to show how we can't really plan about the future. He believes that living in this time, running a business, is not so much more about planning and budgets. Especially in the sort career he had in the aviation industry; H1N1, Volcanic Ash, the catastrophic winter in Europe as well as the latest earthquake and Tsunami tragedy hitting Japan.
YCM CEO Series 30: Azran Osman-Rani, CEO of AirAsia X
For YCM CEO Series 30, we have the privilege of hosting Azran Osman-Rani, CEO of AirAsia X
In July 2007, Azran was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of AirAsia X, the world's first truly low-cost long-haul airline. He led the start-up team that developed the business plan, raised capital, secured relevant licenses and approvals, acquired aircraft and launched AirAsia X's first inaugural flight to the Gold Coast, Australia in November 2007.
Prior to his appointment, Azran was formerly the Senior Director of Business Development for Astro All Asia Networks plc, a leading Asian digital satellite television and radio broadcaster, where he led the start-up and operational launch of Astro's international investments and joint ventures across Southeast Asia, India and Greater China – having oversight management responsibility for a portfolio of over US$300 million invested in these businesses.
Azran was formerly an Associate Partner of McKinsey & Company, an international management consultancy, where he co-led its Southeast Asia Corporate Finance & Strategy practice.
He holds a Master's degree in Management Science and a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, both from Stanford University.
He is 39 years young, a competitive Ultimate Frisbee player, a keen surfer and snowboarder, and has completed several full marathons.
A prolific international speaker, he has been invited as one of the Young Leaders at the 2010 World Islamic Economic Forum and represented Malaysia as one of Asia Society's 2009 Asia 21 Delegates. He is also a member of the Young Presidents Organisation (YPO).
Date: Monday, 21st March 2011
Time: 8.00pm – 9.30pm
Dress Code: Just turn up in your working clothes
Venue: Intercontinental Hotel (formerly Nikko Hotel), Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur
Light food and beverages will be provided, FOC
[Bio data courtesy of PATA 60th Anniversary & Conference]
Write-up: YCM Special Session : Keeran Sivarajah, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Teach for Malaysia
YCM Special Session : Keeran Sivarajah, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Teach for Malaysia
Writing credits: Chen Chow Yeoh
This is the posting of live blogging of the Young Corporate Malaysians Special Session. Today, we have Teach for Malaysia with us.
Keeran Sivarajah, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Teach for Malaysia would be speaking tonight. He met Dzameer at PricewaterhouseCoopers and they worked together to start up TFM. He would be speaking today with Yong Su En.
The statistics shown was 1 out of 4 people do not have required level of numerical skills. 4 out of 5 working Malaysians only have education up to SPM. 3 out of 5 head of poor households only have education up to primary schools or less.
There are 9 Million people between age 7 and 17 and there are 400,000 who never go to school. For those from Orang Asli, only 6% finished high school. (Hope that I got the stats correct.)
Keeran shared on his experience visiting a school in Klang. It is March and one parent just brought the kid to school, and the kid missed two months of school, because he didn't have money to buy school uniform.
Keeran shared on another experience yesterday in Gemas, where a parent wanted to take the 16-year-old kid out of school, because he has lost faith in the schooling system. He felt that even though the kid goes to university, the kid might still be unemployed. So, the kid might as well started working now and helped to earn a living.
These kids breathe the same air as all of us. They eat the same food as us. A lot of these kids do not believe that they can achieve big things.
Keeran shared on his experience attending the 4th Young Corporate Malaysians CEO Series of Talk and the speaker was Seelan Singham, Managing Partner of McKinsey & Co for Malaysia. Seelan said that everyone should have a scary dream, and that scary dream of him makes him to dream big. Seelan stressed that being idealistic is good and once we lost that idealism, especially after we worked for 18 hours a day and busy to go on dating/marriage, as well as paying for mortgage, we might look back and see "what the hell has happened to my dream/idealism". Seelan shared that it is important to have a sense of purpose.
Keeran shared this dream of Seelan and he sees the dream of getting there for Teach for Malaysia. TFM was incubated by a company called Khazanah Nasional Berhad. They wanted to find 50 most eligible Malaysian youths, who want to make a difference in Malaysia. They want to build a movement of people, where people can make a difference to the community.
TFM is recruiting heavily in universities and young professionals. They are looking for people who want to make transformations in high needs schools. These people would be having the mandate to transform the outcomes of the kids, after going through the training.
TFM get their fellows to lead in classroom and community. These two years would be most exciting and rewarding tothese people's lives.
Keeran shared on the exciting bit of him quiting his job. This program started with Teach for America 20 years ago, and by now, Teach for American has 18,000 alumni who are now in various sectors to solve this huge challenge of providing opportunities to attainan excellent educationfor all children.
Teach First is now the 5th most popular recruiter in UK, even ahead of KPMG. They are the top recruiter in Oxford and Cambridge. They also reject a lot of people from Oxford and Cambridge.
Malaysia is the number 3 in Asia, after India and China. Pakistan just joined the network recently. Malaysia is the first in South East Asia to join the network. There are another 20 countries that would join this network within the next 2 years.
54 years after independence, not every Malaysian kids have the access to quality education. Teach for Malaysia hopes to build the next layer of leaders, who could one day be a minister, Prime Minister or any other leaders, who would have a mission to solve this education issue.
Teach for Malaysia hopes to look for the best 50 in the country to join this year. The first deadline would be in two weeks' time. This group would be the founding cohort for Teach for Malaysia.
Su En just took over the rostrum. Su En studied Economics at LSE and her favourite class was developmental economics. She did a lot of case studies on how initiatives that can transform the world. While those are fascinating, those were just theory. She went into management consulting in UK for 3 years, and decided to come back to Malaysia to serve the mission of developing the nation.
She initially found that there wasn't a lot of initiatives from grassroot in Malaysia, especially compared to developed nations. She also spent time in China to help with migrant kids. She was then introduced to Dzameer and Keeran through a mutual program. She had known about Teach First back when she was in UK.
She came on board to join Teach for Malaysia in October 2010. She hoped to recruit the best and brightest among Malaysians to join this movement.
This is going to be the most challenging experience for TFM joiner. They would have to engage with 40 disenchanted teenagers and having to engage their attention. TFM required its fellow to go into the school and change the mindset of the students. The fellows would need to have huge confidence and solid teaching skills.
The Teach for Malaysia Leadership Academy would have an 8-week experiential, residential training in end-October 2011. These trainings are developed in collaboration with Teach for All, corporate partners and Minister of Education. They would practically be applying teaching, learning and leadership theories, based on the Teaching as Leadership framework. The trainers would be from Teach for All. This would adopt the methodof Teaching as Leadership, by Steven Farr from Teach for America. The TFM fellow would have the opportunityto practice teaching, live in a real classroom.
There would be ongoing support and training. There would be Leadership Development Officer, providing personal coaching, resources and guidance. There would be mentor, who would be senior teacher in the same school. There would be Business Coach, who would be senior manager from one of TFM's corporate partners. There would be workshoips by training partners to share innovative teaching methods and best practices. There would be seminars by corporate partners on a wide rangeof transferable skills. They would also be getting Post Graduate Diploma in Teaching after first year of teaching, as well as earning credits towards Master's degree.
The role of TFM Fellow is to make a difference in the classroom. They are expected tolead students towards academic achievements that defies traditional expectations, and they would be engaging, teaching and challenging students inside and outside the classroom. They would also work collaboratively with other teachers and school staff to build skills, share knowledge and obtain resources for the classroom. The fellow would lead by example and be inspirational role model to give the students the courage to dream big.
Scott Thomas, Teach for America Corp member shared on his proudest accomplishment was starting an after-school tutoring program. They had 8th graders tutoring 6th graders, who were struggling in Mathematics. It was a fantastic experience watching the older students play this mature role, not only being academic stars, but also developing patience and empathy.
Su En shared on the kids that she had mentored back in UK, where a lot of kids might not have the perspective beyond their backyard. They hoped to do something that is better than their parents, but they might not have the visibility to know of any potential beyond that.
TFM Fellow is expected to impact the wider community. The role would provide unique opportunity to design, implement and manage a sustainable, transformational project in the school or community in which you serve, with the help of your Business Coach and community leaders. They are expected to develop a deep understanding of the many barriers to achievement and complex problems associated with achieving equity in education.
Zeenia Anwar, Teach First Ambassador shared on "If you want to stretch yourself and become a person you never thought you could in your wildest dreams, do it, apply for it. You'll have the two best years of your life."
TFM would also provide professional development opportunities. In Malaysia, TFM aimed to help on internship and employment opportunities with top-tier organizations in Malaysia. BCG, McKinsey & Co, PwC have helped tremendously in this early stage of TFM. There would be professional development workshops run by corporate leaders. There would be exclusive networking events with senior figures in private and public sector firms. There would be Business Coach as well.
TFM has gotten approval from the following programmes to do deferral, including Harvard Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Management, Harvard Law School etc.
There are five stages of admission process. It would start with online application, and then phone interview, and then a 30-minute long online assessment, with a full-day assessment including a group case study, a mock classroom activity and a one-to-one interview and then would be final offers.
The first round of deadline would be 21st March, and the second round of deadline would be 27th June. TFM practices rolling admission. So, do start apply now at Teach For Malaysia . Please help to spread the words to others too.
The starting pay for teachers would be between RM2,300-RM2,700, which is similar to the starting pay that Keeran had when he was with PwC.
TFM Fellow would also engage the community and keep abreast with the parents. There are a lot of opportunities for TFM Fellow to reach out to the parents and community, but it would be up to the creativity of TFM Fellow and the TFM would be supporting the Fellow.
Keeran related on a case from Teach for America, where a parent wanted to take the kid out of school, as the kid doesn't seem to learn anything. The Teach for America Fellow asked the parent to give him/her a month to transform the kid. The Fellow put in efforts to educate the kids and keep the parents updated from time to time, and after a month, the kid can read a full page.
After the stint in Teach for Malaysia, the Fellow is flexible to do whichever route that they would want to explore. This TFM program aims to develop leaders and it would be up to the Fellow to chart their pathway. During the two years, there would be a lot of developmental support to help shape the leader. What is needed from this Fellow is that after the two years, they would be asked to support this TFM mission whereever they are. They would be alumni network too, that would support their mission.
One of the Teach for America Fellows said that if he is still not convinced that his children can get quality education in any school in America, then his job is not over. There is still a lot of work to be done.
TFM Fellow would be assuming full-time teaching positions in secondary schools, where they would be teaching English or Mathematics/Science-related subjects. What is important is not to change the curriculum, but the TFM Fellow would go in and set high academic and non-academic goals, to mould and guide the students. TFM is looking into Educational Impact Evaluation and they are looking at partnering universities or Teach for All on this area. TFM is working hard on this, to be able to quantify more objectively on the performance of the TFM Fellows.
One of the attendees highlighted that there might be possibility of putting the students at risk, if the Fellow is not able to perform up to expectation. Keeran and Su En reiterated that the Fellows would be getting continuous training beyond the 8 weeks, and there would be full-time staff who would meet with the Fellows continuously to guide them. There would be mentor within the school too, to guide the TFM Fellow.
For the first year, the 50 TFM Fellows would be placed in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Negeri Sembilan, so that more monitoring can be done. TFM would be investing a lot in training and building a leadership movement. TFM would be investing to develop the leaders.
TFM selection process would be very rigorous to select new joiners who have strong competencies in leadership, as well as their capacity to handle situations.
TFM Fellows would be fully responsible for their class and they would be expected to teach the normal school syllabus. For TFM, they are also interviewing the schools and the school heads, so that they would get the support needed.
Ministry of Education and Management Consulting firm ranked all the schools in the country, and they are looking into those 70 schools within KL, Selangor and Negeri Sembilan which fell into the grading of Band 6 and 7. TFM would be visiting most of these 70 schools and eventually select 17 schools, where they would be putting 3-4 TFM Fellows in each school. It is very important that those schools selected would have supportive leaders there.
TFM applicants would also be subjected to Subject Audit Test during the application process, so that those TFM Fellows selected would have working knowledge in the subject and they would be getting help from more senior teachers on subject matter issues.
There is a suggestion from the audience where those who are not selected for TFM, could be put into a mailing list, and they could be put to good use by helping others in the community, for example teaching at orphanage etc.
Another audience shared on the practical training of being in real classroom would shape the teachers, no matter how much training is provided. He also shared on teaching students how to fish, instead of giving them the fish. He suggested on potential opportunities to partner with other organizations, to help the students and Fellows.
One of the big responsibilities for TFM Fellows would be to ensure that all students in the class are taken care of. There would be collaborations with various parties on this.
Finally, don't forget to apply for Teach for Malaysia. Please help to spread the words too. Lets make a difference, by providing every kid in Malaysia with the opportunity to attain an excellent education.


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It's day three in St. Paul and, if I have any luck, I'll get tear gassed for the third day in a row. It's been quite a week here. The protests are going full steam. We keep hearing about clashes with police, and I continue running around town chasing sirens, tyring to catch some photos and maybe get a little roughed up. In Denver, many | Read More »


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Last Friday night on the Eric Rudolph Channel, er, CNN, anchor Aaron Brown finally devoted a few minutes to covering the FCC vote that was just about to hand over still more of our publicly owned airwaves to that nice Mr. Murdoch. His guests, right-wing pundit Brent Bozell and haggard Richard Dreyfuss (why must the left always be represented by an entertainer?), both railed against this giveaway for being an undemocratic disgrace. Although Bozell was the more lucid, Dreyfuss made the most telling point: He declared it "terrible and interesting" that CNN hadn't bothered to present this discussion until the Friday night before the decisive meeting on Monday morning.
Although the fault didn't lie only with Brown (who accepted such criticism with his trademark stricken smile), Dreyfuss was right. For the last several weeks, when we might have hoped that serious journalists would pound away at an FCC ruling that further consolidates corporate power, our corporate media have been transfixed by a juicier, less politically charged story — the apparent implosion of The New York Times. In recent days, the Gray Lady has come to seem as slobbery and lost as Drunk Girl.
This fixation comes as no real surprise; The New York Times occupies a privileged place in our ruling elite's psyche. It is the establishment organ, the paper that must be reckoned with by anyone interested in wielding power (or even in distributing an indie movie). For those on the right, The Times is a perpetual bugbear and indispensable target — its pre-eminence lets them feel beleaguered even when they are running things. To them, The Times' recent tailspin is sheer jouissance, the giddy B-side of Fox News' orgasmic ascent. They'll be breathing hard about it for months.
Not so the establishment liberals, who have long treated the paper as a beacon of enlightenment. Indeed, it wasn't so long ago that KCRW used to read Times stories aloud on the air (God, that was embarrassing), like dispatches to a primitive local culture. If you believe Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter, The Times is the liberals' catnip, so you can imagine the head-clutching agony that greeted the sobering discovery that its reporters could be every bit as reliable as, oh, Geraldo Rivera.
By now everyone knows about Jayson Blair, the 27-year-old reporter caught plagiarizing and making up scenes in more than 30 stories, a classic piece of sociopathy that anti–affirmative action ideologues instantly tried to turn into a dire parable about promoting minorities too quickly. (In fact, the real reason for Blair's overhasty rise was American newspapers' desperate search for hip, young reporters who can win over "the kids," though anyone who wants to go into print is, almost by definition, too square.) Then The Times suspended its Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter, Rick ("The Sound and the Fury") Bragg, when it came out that his empurpled prose was based not on firsthand research but on the work of an unpaid stringer who received no credit (he's Mister Nice Guy). At first, Bragg insisted that this is standard industry practice, but once his colleagues vehemently attacked him for saying this, he resigned in a huff.
Of course, it's easy to see why so many print journalists have become obsessed with the saga of Blair and Bragg. Most have a schizoid relationship to The Times, resenting its snooty smugness about being the world's best newspaper, yet secretly worshiping it for precisely the same reason — in spite of themselves, they think it's the gold standard. (Why else would the Los Angeles Times copy such a dull paper so slavishly?) When The New York Times falters, journalists don't merely splash around in schadenfreude, they feel betrayed, unmoored, defensive; they fret that this will contribute to a cultural leveling in which the Drudge Report, Fox News and The Times will all be perceived by the public as having the same claims to the truth.
Anxious to defend their profession's honor, media columnists have spent weeks moralizing about Blair and Bragg's dishonesty without ever grappling with the underlying reality that Michael Wolff first pointed out in New York magazine. The print world increasingly cares less about accurate reporting and more about vivid prose. Reporters' careers rise or fall on what Wolff calls their "tradecraft," the ability to sweeten reality with style-conscious writing, even if that sometimes means pushing a bit beyond the literal facts to a kind of more artistic "truth." (Think of all those stage-directed White House conversations in Bob Woodward's books.) In their different ways, the run-amok Blair and vainglorious Bragg just pushed too far.
Then again, facts are trickier and more dangerous than one might think. Just consider the case of another New York Times star, Judith Miller, best known for the post-anthrax best-seller Germs. Her coverage of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) has been quite properly thumped by both CounterPunch Bolshie Alexander Cockburn and Slate's Jack Shafer (a libertarian, I believe), whose "Press Box" column has become essential reading.
Before the Iraq war, Miller helped sway public opinion with big front-page exclusives about Saddam's stockpiles of biochemical weapons. Fair enough, except it turns out that her major, unnamed source was Ahmad Chalabi, the selfsame Iraqi exile who was also the leading source for the Defense Department's statements about WMDs — statements that a recent Times editorial suggested may have jiggered the facts to justify pre-emptive war. Indeed, just last Friday, Times columnist Nicholas Kristof attacked the Pentagon for precisely such manipulation without mentioning that in his own paper Miller had presented the same information as truth.


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Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas is the term used to described the period of violence during the settling of the Kansas territory. In 1854 the Kansas-Nebraksa Act overturned the Missouri Compromise's use of latitude as the boundary between slave and free territory and instead, using the principle of popular sovereignty, decreed that the residents would determine whether the area became a free state or a slave state. Proslavery and free-state settlers flooded into Kansas to try to influence the decision. Violence soon erupted as both factions fought for control. Abolitionist John Brown led anti-slavery fighters in Kansas before his famed raid on Harpers Ferry.
Said to have been coined by Horace Greeley's New York Tribune, the label "Bleeding Kansas" was first fixed on that strife-ridden territory by antislavery publicists. The opening of the Kansas and Nebraska territories in 1854 under the principle of popular sovereignty provoked a protracted political crisis in both Kansas and the nation at large. Rival governments had been established in Kansas by late 1855, one backed by proslavery Missourians, the other by antislavery groups. Although the Pierce and Buchanan administrations recognized the former, Republicans as well as a number of northern Democrats deemed it a fraud imposed by Missouri "border ruffians." Civil conflict in Kansas accompanied the political polarization. The volatility to be expected of a frontier area was compounded by the activities of parties interested in the slavery issue--both the Missourians and the northerners who reputedly shipped free-state settlers and armaments to the region.
Hostilities between armed bands seemed imminent in late 1855 as well over a thousand Missourians crossed the border and menaced Lawrence, a free-state stronghold. On May 21, 1856, ruffians actually looted that town. In response, John Brown orchestrated the murder several days later of five proslavery settlers along Pottawatomie Creek. Four months of partisan violence and depredation ensued. Small armies ranged over eastern Kansas, clashing at Black Jack, Franklin, Fort Saunders, Hickory Point, Slough Creek, and Osawatomie, where Brown and forty others were routed in late August.
John W. Geary, appointed territorial governor in September, managed to cool the "border war" with the aid of federal troops. But Kansas had hardly ceased bleeding--as became apparent in 1858 with the Marais des Cygnes massacre of five free-state men and pronounced disorder in several counties. Although Kansans in that year once and for all rejected the proslavery Lecompton constitution, such violence continued on a smaller scale into 1861.
The Reader's Companion to American History. Eric Foner and John A. Garraty, Editors. Copyright © 1991 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Allco receivers propose plan to get sale of aircraft moving
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THE receivers of Allco Finance have put forward a novel plan to creditors of the failed asset management group aimed at circumventing its complex ownership structure which has held up the sale of its key aviation leasing business.Having been frustrated by the use of individual special purpose companies (SPCs) whose permission was previously required to sell the 68 aircraft involved, receivers Ferrier Hodgson have suggested that the proposed buyer acquire the SPCs as well as the planes.The Chinese aviation group HNA signed a deal in May to acquire the leases of the aircraft for an undisclosed sum, but it has yet to complete the transaction because the SPCs actually own the planes.The sale has been further complicated by the involvement of former Allco executives David Veal and John Kinghorn, who argue they have legal title over the aircraft through a small company, Allco Australian Holdings Ltd, which has sway over the decision-making process of the SPCs.Despite its name, AAHL is not a subsidiary of Allco Finance Group nor is it in administration. Both Mr Veal and Mr Kinghorn sought to take control of the aircraft by alerting potential bidders to their claim and the role of the SPCs in the auction - a move that has been challenged by Ferrier's.Nonetheless, the SPCs have so far refused to agree to sanction the handover of the management rights and therefore the sale itself.McGrathNicol, who were appointed administrators of Allco last November, have said the SPCs' blocking tactics could cause more delays or defeat the entire disposal process.Creditors were asked at a meeting last month to delay the winding up of two other small Allco companies that have the management rights over the aircraft while the receivers worked up a plan to spin them off and become, in effect, the full owners.The receivers have now proposed that HNA Group not only acquires the management rights but also the shares in the two aircraft companies and the preference shares of the special purpose vehicles. The handover would be undertaken through a deed of company arrangement that requires the approval of Allco's creditors at a meeting to be held in Sydney on Friday.The plan also includes the creation of a creditors' trust which would guarantee their rights to the proceeds from the sale along the same lines as if the companies had been wound up and put into liquidation. "The receivers have indicated that, in their view, by structuring the sale in this manner the aviation assets will be able to be sold without the involvement of the special purpose companies, thereby mitigating the risks that the sale will be adversely affected if (they) do not co-operate," McGrathNicol told creditors in a letter sent out at the weekend.


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The town did have some industry in the past. The Westland aircraft company, which was based in Yeovil, had its helicopter manufacturing and maintenance plant in Weston-super-Mare. The company is famous for its Wessex, Sea King, Puma and Lynx military, coastguard and rescue helicopter. One of the most famous helicopter pilots in the world (no, not Noel Edmonds), Prince William, pilots Sea Kings. The factory closed down in 2002, and Weston-super-Mare is now home to The Helicopter Museum.
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Special educational needs 'over-identified'
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) caused controversy in September when it published a report claiming that schools were over-identifying special educational needs. It said that over one fifth of all school children in England are now classified as having a special educational need (SEN) - this includes
a large majority who are assessed and supported by their school and a minority who receive external assessment and more specialist support.
Ofsted's claims will be of interest to educational psychologists who are involved in the assessment and support of children with special educational needs, especially in more severe cases. Ofsted said that schools were guilty of using the SEN term too widely, when really they should place more effort on raising overall teaching standards. They also claimed that too much attention was given to the identification and statementing process (which unlocks extra specialist resources for children in need), whilst assessment of the quality of support and outcomes was neglected.
Dr Harriet Martin, Chair the Society's Division of Educational and Child Psychology told us the news headlines prompted by Ofsted's report reinforced the 'generally unhelpful' view that a child with special educational needs always has an inherent problem. Martin explained that the difficulties some children have in learning in school are in fact best understood from an interactionist perspective.
'The child's own strengths and difficulties, the quality of the teaching and the level and appropriateness of support all contribute to the success or otherwise of the child in school,' she said. 'The Ofsted review rightly identified that professionals need to continue to develop their knowledge and understanding across the board - e.g. improving the quality of assessment, ensuring additional support is effective and focusing on outcomes for children and young people. This includes developing the quality of teaching. It is likely to be more productive to focus on how this development of knowledge and understanding can be achieved rather than blame schools for mis-diagnosis.'
Martin added that 'the headlines also distracted people's attention from much of the review's content, most of which is sensible, although not necessarily surprising to psychologists and other professionals who work in the field of special educational needs.'
Martin emphasised that educational psychologists have a key role to play 'supporting school staff to develop their assessment, monitoring and evaluation techniques and their understanding of evidence-based strategies and provision, including high-quality teaching for all'.
'Focusing on the diagnostic element of assessment is a retrograde step and will not help us improve outcomes for children and young people very much,' Martin told us. 'Although improving teaching standards for all is clearly important, it is only part of the continuing development in our education system which will improve the chances of success for those who struggle to learn and achieve their potential.'
--Christian Jarrett
The Ofsted report The Special Educational Needs and Disability Review.
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