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February/March 2013
Mentors at work
Rapper science: Learning in their own language
A new program will let talented minorities use their hip-hop skills to become "Science Geniuses"
By Christine Heinrichs
Senior Contributing Editor
When Christopher Emdin got to college, he found out that science does not have to be boring. Today, as a professor at Columbia University's Teachers College, he's taking that message to teachers and schools.
Using hip-hop to teach science can engage kids instead of turning them off, he explains. "They listen to hip-hop incessantly anyway. Let's bring it into the classroom and involve science in the process."
Science geek pays it forward
Emdin, a self-confessed science geek now thirty-four years old, attended Brooklyn Technical High School. He found it an excellent place to learn to memorize, but his eager questions, not always exactly on the subject, were often received as distracting and bad behavior. He retreated to hang out with the cool hip-hop kids with baggy jeans. "It's an amazing school, but it didn't foster my creativity and innovation," he says.
Although his experience there turned him off technology and engineering, it got him into Lehman College of the City University of New York (Bronx, NY). There he connected with Professor Liesl Jones. Emdin worked in her research laboratory on the etiology of schizophrenia through studies of the brain. The professor welcomed his curious questions. Emdin's enthusiasm fired up his academic work, leading him to complete his bachelors degree in 2000 with a triple major in physical anthropology, chemistry and biology.
Along the way, though, he realized that he was seeing less of his cool friends. By the time he got to graduate school, there were few faces of color among his colleagues. The students who experienced life the way he did had drifted away. The brilliant stars of high school hip-hop, with their energetic moves and creative use of metaphor and analogy, were gone.
"It fascinated me that the kids who were able to weave these raps based on what they observed in the environment around them, were not able to translate that into academic success," he says.
Emdin set out to build a bridge between their creative intelligence and the academic world of science. He taught middle school science and math, then returned to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY) for a masters degree in natural sciences in 2003. He taught physics and chemistry at Marie Curie High School in the Bronx, while earning his PhD in urban education from CCNY in 2007. With that credential in hand, he started teaching the teachers, first at his alma mater Lehman College. He's currently an assistant professor in the department of mathematics, science and technology at Teachers College, Columbia University (New York, NY).
Making the case for change
As a teacher, Emdin found ways to guide bright, creative hip-hop kids who were also science geeks into successful academic careers, so he knows it can be done. As a professor, he uses those results to convince teachers that there are ways to reach the kids who can't stay in their seats, the ones they now might dismiss as disruptive problems.
Emdin's book on the subject, Urban Science Education for the Hip-Hop Generation, published in 2010, examines the intersection of culture and education. Although teachers sometimes resist changing their long-held perspectives and methods, solid examples such as a student who recently graduated with a 3.7 GPA in biochemistry help make the case.
"I'm blessed to have plenty of those stories," he says. "Teachers are more apt to support these changes if they can see the outcomes."
He supports teachers by easing them into the process. Students who aren't getting high grades on tests aren't necessarily failing to understand the material; they just learn differently. There are always students who do well within the typical learning system. Emdin is focused on the many, including black and Hispanic kids, who don't.
"Every teacher, no matter how boring and awful they might be, wants the kids to get it," he says. "They just have a misconception of what it means to get it. I want to teach teachers to understand the potential of kids who are a little outside the norm."
Emdin saw, in himself and his friends, that the same qualities that have made them good rappers would also make them good scientists.
"Artists are like the most brilliant and innovative scientists," he says. "They need the same keen observation skills, they need to be a little anti-establishment, a little rebellious. These are inherently connected.
"I wondered, 'How is everybody not seeing this? We are losing these great minds who could be great scientists.'"
He's bringing his methods into ten New York City schools in 2013 as a pilot project. As an educational leader at Columbia University, he's done the research: pre-tests and post-tests, interviews with students and teachers. Bringing the method into more classrooms will smooth out rough edges, and identify what works best.
Formidable allies sweeten the deal
Emdin has partnered with rap artists Wu-Tang Clan and one of its founding members, GZA (pronounced Geeza), another science geek who got discouraged in high school. In GZA's case, he dropped out in the tenth grade but never lost his interest in science. For his latest album, he met with scientists from Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and others, including Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson. The resulting rap album, Dark Matter, scheduled for release later this year, will be science-inspired, focusing on the quantum world and the cosmos.
The connection with Wu-Tang Clan will boost credibility for Emdin's Science Genius Battles among those discouraged hip-hop kids. These bright, energetic rappers are highly competitive, and spend lots of energy insulting each other for sport. Emdin intends to channel that into the Science Genius Battles, a competition to do the best science raps. "They can one-up each other with scientific knowledge," he says.
Emdin and his Science Genius Ambassadors, who are graduate students and hip-hop artists, will spend one day a week in the ten schools, rapping with the students and getting them to rap back. There will be competitions for individual Science Genius and the best team in each school. The ten teams will then compete at a final event in June. GZA and other hip-hop artists will be among the judges.
The glitter of fame is part of the excitement. Emdin has attracted publicity from national media and will stage interim contests to build toward the June finals. The celebrity power of Wu-Tang Clan will help raise visibility.
"GZA also adds a layer of authenticity to the program and gives us street credibility with the kids," Emdin says. "He's one of the most authentic folks in hip-hop culture."
Another partner in the program is Rap Genius, a website where rappers post their lyrics and explain the meaning. Students in the Science Genius program will be able to post their raps there and get feedback from the stars.
Emdin looks forward to Science Geniuses in every school system, with national competitions. Other school systems have contacted him for information. Making science feel possible, and as cool as hip-hop, can improve science education generally, especially among kids of color.
"We want to capture the beautiful thing about hip-hop: it's all-inclusive and engaging," he says. "This is beyond research. This is my life."
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What's Your Biggest Video Game Win? (We Asked These Pro Players.)
Just as there's plenty of video-game-induced damage, there are also plenty of glorious wins. We know it's not the point, but then again, when it comes to video games, winning is kind of all the matters, right? Especially when professional gamers (as in, folks who work in the electronic entertainment industry) are involved. Last week's 'Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles was the perfect place to ask professional gamers about biggest wins. Take a peek at the above video for some exhilarating, and hilarious, victory tales.


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Priscila Montoya
#2 Singles/#1 Doubles
Montoya Rally Leads Hollins Past Eagles
Roanoke, VA - Hollins University Tennis vs Bridgewater College, March 28, 2013
After being on the road for the past 10 days, the Hollins tennis team was back in ODAC action on Thursday afternoon. Hollins played host to Bridgewater College on a cold and wind afternoon, in a match-up of two team tied for second place in the league standings.
Hollins won at #1 and #2 doubles to take a 2-1 lead heading into singles play. Needing just a split in the six singles matches, Hollins made it tough on themselves by losing at #4, #5, and #6 to give Bridgewater a 4-2 lead with just three matches remaining. After Hollins picked up wins at #1 and #3, the entire match hinged on a third set tie breaker at #2 singles. Priscila Montoya (Delicias, Mexico) found herself trailing 3-4 in the decisive set. The junior then turned it on, breaking her opponent twice, to win three straight games to give Hollins the 5-4 ODAC win.
Hollins will travel across town to face Roanoke College on Tuesday afternoon. The winner of the match will gain sole possession of second place in the ODAC standings.
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A year and a half ago, in the midst of a heated war of words over whether Georgia should rightfully have access to water from the Tennessee River, the century-old stone marker showing the state line corner between Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama disappeared.
Staff Photo by Angela Lewis/Chattanooga Times Free Press Hank McLelland, left, and Robert Cagle watch as Sam Lavender, right, mixes concrete around a marker at the intersection of the Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama state lines Tuesday on State Line Road.
On Tuesday, a tri-state survey team replaced the marker that keeps Georgia a stone's throw away from the river.
"We just felt like we needed some kind of official monument placed here to mark the corners of Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama because the rock that was here was a pretty noticeable rock that someone removed," said Jim Hunt, chief of survey operations for the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
The marker signifies what surveyors call "a true corner" between the states and helps surveyors establish boundaries, said Hunt, who initiated the new marker's setting.
The original marker, dubbed the Camak stone in honor of Georgia mathematician James Camak, disappeared in the late summer of 2007. No evidence has cleared up what happened.
The stone was first set in 1826, the year Camak made a second calculation to mark the 35th parallel — the guide established by the U.S. Congress in 1796 to mark the boundary of the new state of Tennessee.
But Camak erred.
The Global Positioning System of the day was stars and surveying tools were rudimentary: chains, compasses and pages upon pages of mathematical tables.
In the end, Camak set the boundary about a mile south of the real 35th parallel.
Had the line been designated correctly, it would fall about in the middle of the main channel of the Tennessee River near Nickajack Cave.
On Tuesday, the men setting the new marker — complete with brass topper aligning the state's borders as they are known today — said their effort has nothing to do with Tennessee and Georgia's ongoing squabble to take water for thirsty Atlanta from the Tennessee River.
"Tennessee and Georgia should be doing this. Because it's so important, legally and everything else. But Alabama's doing it," said Bill Morton, author of "The Story of Georgia's Boundaries: A Meeting of History and Geography."
Bart Crattie, a surveyor from Lookout Mountain, Ga., started what became known as the border war when he wrote an article about the flawed survey in 2007 for a magazine of the surveyors historical society.
"Alabama's a good neutral party for this," Crattie said.
Morton, a physician and attorney who came to the stone's setting because of his interest in history and his book, suggested the group should have brought wine to christen the new marker.
"Moonshine would be more like it," joked Robert Cagle, a Tennessee surveyor and officer of the Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia Land Surveyors Historical Society.
It was home-made liquor, some historians say, that played a role in the stone's first flawed setting.
Pam Sohn has been reporting or editing Chattanooga news for 25 years. A Walden's Ridge native, she began her journalism career with a 10-year stint at the Anniston (Ala.) Star. She came to the Chattanooga Times Free Press in 1999 after working at the Chattanooga Times for 14 years. She has been a city editor, Sunday editor, wire editor, projects team leader and assistant lifestyle editor. As a reporter, she also has covered the police, ...
Had it been the other way around, Georgia would not give an each on the water issue. If Atlanta needs water, that is their problem, not Tennessee's.


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With all the frequent obsession over those puny, perfect Jolie-Pitt kids, it's easy to overlook the other tots tumbling around Hollywood in their crocs and thousand dollar strollers. And while we've been distracted by what's coming out of Angie's womb in France, Jennifer Garner has been walking around farmer's markets in Hollywood knocked up! The fresh-faced Mrs. Affleck is five months along, news that was inexplicably confirmed by her former Alias costar Victor Garber. Ben and Jen have already proven their skill at popping out adorable spawn, as demonstrated by their adorable daughter Violet, who looks refreshingly like any other kid you'd see on the playground guzzling organic carrot juice. We welcome another precious Affleck tot to ogle at in just 4 months. Also, we hope this means those divorce rumors were bogus. Right? [Us]
Oh great another (~_))^$#_$&!**!(@$# child. Hopefully teenage girls can see this and be inspired to pop out babies. Guess I'll just have to watch some http://www.digitalfuntown.com/homepage.php to calm myself down.
YAY! Take that Angie
She is hot! Her photos were found on a Interracial date site ///============= m i x e d l o v i n g . c o m ==========\\\\\\\last week. I am curious why she was there. Is she Interested in Interracial dating? Does she need some Interracial relationship?
I am a firm believer that Actors and Actresses need privacy and who cares that they are having a family? That is not bizarre and most people do have families, but your making it a huge to do here by announcing this. Good for every Hollywood mother who actually takes care of their kids and raises them. Unlike the Spear's family who find it okay to be 17 and pop out kids and buy JaimeLynn a house. Watching Brittany Spears throw her life and kids away all priceless, just shows you how Hollywood is and how much of it I refuse to watch anymore.
I could care less who has babies, or how many they are having, just as long as they are being taken care of properly. Horray! Yippe ohhhhhhhhhh ahhhhhhhhhh. I mean for real there are more pressing issues going on around us.
yay!im so happy for jennifer and ben.they belong together and they are ggreat parents.luckilly,theyre not popping children out one by one like angelena jolie,shes ridiculous.congrats jen and ben!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Education Program Coordinator
Khatsini Simani
Wheels: Sport Sirrus, Specialized road bike
Commute: 8 miles from First Hill
Things I enjoy: biking, reading, dancing, writing, taking pictures, taking things apart, improvised cooking, knitting, giving high fives, meeting new people
Growing up in Rainier Valley, my bike was a free pass to explore the world outside of my neighborhood. My favorite memories are summer nights biking along Lake Washington Boulevard on my father's hand-me-down until the street lights came on. Biking gives me joy and makes me feel a whole lot freer (and faster). It's how I connect with the environment, stay active and curious. I love encouraging others to try cycling and share in the joy that costs so little and gives back more than one can imagine! I am honored and ecstatic to work with Cascade's Education Department to introduce safe cycling practices to tomorrow's leaders. Helping youth to learn the benefits of cycling is the best way I know to give forward.
Career path
I transitioned to the Program Coordinator position from being a Bicycle Ambassador with Cascade. As an ambassador, one goal of mine was to become a more confident on-the-road commuter. I am happy to say that my confidence level while riding has since sky-rocketed. Now I commute via bike and bus nearly every day, and I can't help but encourage others to do the same. I recommend the Urban Cycling Techniques class if you are nervous about riding on the road and want to safely conquer your fears.
I grew up in Seattle and found my roots early on in the creative arts communities and in youth programs like FEEST Seattle and ArtsCorps, which work to provide platforms for youth voices and youth artwork. After attending college in Oakland for a year, I returned home to work with youth as an AmeriCorps in High Point, West Seattle. During this time I returned to frequent cycling. My interest in transportation led me to work at Alta Planning + Design where I taught pedestrian safety in Seattle Public schools as a part of a Safe Routes to School grant, and encouraged employers and community members to bus, bike and walk instead of driving alone. I'd love to see more people of all ages and backgrounds benefiting from cycling and am happy to continue this important work here at Cascade.


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Friday, 04 November 2011 00:00What caused me to write this column had more to do with former Vice President Dick Cheney's new book than anything else. He certainly had "hooks" in his book to get media attention. Former Secretaries of State, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice, blasted Cheney over comments in his book. Getting media attention is what writing a book is all about.
When I first wrote my book about the Panama Canal, Global Passage, one major book publishing company took a hard look at my book and came back to me with a comment that the book needs a strong "hook." It did not matter that I had laid out the history of the Canal, my direct involvement as a board member and chairman, and a full explanation of the current Canal expansion effort in Panama. Something was needed to get the book more media attention.
The unnamed major book publisher said that I should add details about "China taking over the Canal." Now, while I did cover the direct involvement of China at the Canal, the charge that China is taking control of the Canal is absolutely not true.
Let me explain.
At each end of the Panama Canal, there are port facilities – remember that is a plural. China, the second largest user of the Canal, after the United States, operates a port facility at each end of the Canal – just as do business interests from the United States.
Operating a port facility at each end of the Canal does not in any way lay claim to a country taking over the Panama Canal.
After the go – a – round with the publisher over the China issue, I decided to self-publish the book. As I do my Power Point presentations about the Canal all over New York and Florida, there is always an interest in my book. As a result, I have had nice book sales over the last few years. Interestingly, when I do give the Panama Canal Power Point, there is always a question about China's role at the Panama Canal. Recognizing that issue, I now have a picture of my wife freely walking through one of the port facilities controlled by China.
Even as I write these columns each week, I try to have a "hook" in the title to create interest on your part in reading on. I hope that the "hooks" I try to use each week actually work?
At the same time, it is too bad that we need to use "hooks" to get attention. It is probably, in part, the reality of today's 24-7 news media. And believe me that is not about to go away in our time.


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November 28, 2014
May 7, 2009
Many children with special learning needs in Albemarle County go to Ivy Creek School. Teachers working with those children regularly lean on each other for guidance. One retired teacher is proving an invaluable asset to teachers as a mentor.
When it comes to teaching, Gwen Bowles has been there and done that. Five years into retirement, she's still mentoring at the school where she spent 30 years teaching children with behavioral disabilities.
Teaching children with emotional and behavioral disabilities can bring its own set of challenges and rewards.
"I learned so much under her," says Niki Anderson, the Ivy Creek Program Specialist. "She's like the queen of teachers here."
Gwen Bowles is a former teacher at Ivy Creek School in Albemarle County. Her work didn't stop with retirement.
"They are very gracious about letting me come back in, and I pop back in frequently and bring cookies, get hugs, and check on some of the kids that i had," said Gwen Bowles.
When Bowles isn't roaming the hallways, dishing out guidance to teachers, she's out of the country doing missionary work with children in need and using the skills she learned there.
"Everyone says you need patience, but you really need a sense of humor. You need to think about what's really important, and what you can let go," says Bowles.
This "hero" isn't ready to hang up her lesson plans, or stop roaming her old hallway.
"We used to have a sign in our classroom that said this place is a place of love, learning, and laughter, and that kind of summed up what our classroom was all about," says Bowles.
For years to come, she'll share her experiences with the teachers, and her love with the kids.
If you know a local hero, CBS19 wants to here from you. Send Hailey Frances your hero nominee at email@example.com. You could see them featured on this segment.
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Listen for the Hot 7 at 7 this week on 92.5 XTU for your shot to win tickets to see Gary Allan at the House of Blues on March 28th!
Tickets officially go on sale this week on January 17th.
The Hot 7 at 7 features the hottest 7 songs of the day on XTU and Jennifer plays'em back-to-back Monday through Thursday nights — Listen in to score the tickets!


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Zheng, W and Li, J and Zheng, Y. F. (2008) An amperometric biosensor based on hemoglobin immobilized in poly(epsilon-caprolactone) film and its application. BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS, 23 (10). pp. 1562-1566.
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In this study, poly(epsilon-caprolactone) (PCL) was synthesized using the E-caprolactone (CL) monomer ring-opening polymerization. We demonstrated that the hemoglobin (Hb) entrapped in PCL film could retain its original conformation by FT-IR spectra. A pair of well-defined redox peaks with a formal potential (E-0') of about -0.38 V (vs. SCE) in a pH 7.0 phosphate buffer solution was obtained at the Hb-PCL film modified GC electrode. The dependence of E-0' on the pH of the buffer solution indicated that the conversion of heme, Fe(III)/Fe(II) was a reaction of one electron coupled to one proton. The apparent heterogeneous electron transfer rate constants (k(s)) of Hb confined to PCL was evaluated as (18.7 +/- 0.8) s(-1) according to Laviron's equation. The surface concentration (Gamma*) of the electroactive Hb in the PCL film was estimated to be (7.27 +/- 0.5 7) x 10(-11) mol cm(-2). The Hb-PCL film modified electrode was shown to be an excellent amperometric sensor for the detection of hydrogen peroxide. The linear range is from 2 to 30 mu M with a detection limit of 6.07 x 10(-6) M. The sensor was effectively testified by the determination of the hydrogen peroxide in eyedrops as real samples. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Crews are building a levee on either side of the tracks from the river to about a mile east of town.
That's based on flooding projections Burlington Northern received from the Army Corps of Engineers last Friday.
Forty to fifty trains daily use this route through Mills County, Iowa.
It is a major east-west route for Burlington Northern Railroad and a major national link for commerce.
John Lincoln owns property along this line near the Missouri River.
He's been in contact with the railroad.
"They're going to put a levee on both sides of the railroad tracks, clear through Pacific Junction," he said.
The railroad is building the three and a half mile levee to protect this vital link.
Lincoln and other landowners abutting the tracks have been asked to help save the line.
"They notified me to get permission to get some ground get some dirt to build it with and then they'll put it back afterwards," he said. "It'll be like a tunnel for the train to go through. They want it five foot higher than the top of the rail and it takes a lot of dirt to do that."
The work is already under way.
Truck after truck hauls in loads of dirt dumping their loads parallel to the tracks.
Crews are racing against the clock and increasing nearby water levels.
"There's a lot of fear out here right now on what to do and where to go and everybody's heading for high ground," Lincoln said.
Homes in the area are already surrounded by water.
An access road has succumbed to flood waters.
Nathan and Mary Lidgett live here.
They've dealt with high waters three of the past four years.
"I thought we'd have a better chance this year but obviously we don't," Nathan Lidgett said.
Many of their neighbors are already moving out.
"We're not moving yet, but we've got a place to go a place to put our furniture so we've got plans," Mary Lidgett said.
The Lidgetts are worried they may be boxed in by flood waters and the new levees the railroad is building.
"If they do the other road up about that one then we have to go up (Interstate) 29. Mary said. "If they cut that off we're done."
The Lidgetts don't plan to stick around to find out.
A spokesman for Burlington Northern said all roads crossing tracks along the three and a half mile stretch will remain open as long as possible.
If the water does get that high, all of the homes in the nearby vicinity will already be under water and everyone should have been long gone, so keeping the roads open at that point will be a non-issue.
Burlington Northern hopes to be done with the levee work by June 12th.


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reduceSyllabification: re·duce
Pronunciation: /rəˈd(y)o͞os /
Definition of reduce in English:
verb[with object]
1Make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size: the need for businesses to reduce costs the workforce has been reduced to some 6,100 (as adjective reduced) a reduced risk of coronary disease
More example sentences
- A new one-piece case also reduces size and cost.
- This drastically reduces the cost and size of a tunable solution to the system vendor.
- It is not surprising that Europeans are prepared to pay a considerable amount to reduce the risk of such a change.
informal chop
informal slash, knock down
1.1 [no object] Become smaller or less in size, amount, or degree: the number of priority homeless cases has reduced slightly
More example sentences
- At the same time the number of senior managers has slightly reduced.
- The report says that the amount of summertime rain will increase by 20% in the west while slightly reducing in the east.
- By the 14th treatment, the hand swelling had slightly reduced.
1.2Boil (a sauce or other liquid) in cooking so that it becomes thicker and more concentrated.
Example sentences
- She reduced the cooking liquid in a saucepan and added more white wine and spices before serving.
- Next, take out the lobsters, keep them warm and reduce the cooking liquid.
- Remove onions and set aside; reduce cooking liquid to a light syrup consistency.
1.3 [no object] chiefly North American (Of a person) lose weight, typically by dieting: by May she had reduced to 125 pounds
More example sentences
- Respondents were asked to name reasons why patients had not reduced, if they had not done so.
1.4 archaic Conquer (a place), in particular besiege and capture (a town or fortress).
Example sentences
- Fortresses were redesigned to take advantage of the defensive potential of modern firearms and techniques for besieging and reducing fortresses were refined.
- Further, he set aside the likelihood that siege guns and time would reduce the fortress.
- A couple of weeks was spent reducing the last major fortress to the south of Antioch, then Raymond led the army southward on 13 January 1099.
1.5 Photography Make (a negative or print) less dense.
Example sentences
- I have noted that the print is reduced considerably during this washing process, but usually regains its full tonal range in the fix.
1.6 Phonetics Articulate (a speech sound) in a way requiring less muscular effort. In vowels, this gives rise to a more central articulatory position.
2 (reduce someone/something to) Bring someone or something to (a lower or weaker state, condition, or role): she has been reduced to near poverty the church was reduced to rubble
More example sentences
- A large part of the Paradise Hotel was reduced to rubble and the rest was reduced to a smouldering shell.
- They'd be reduced to blubbering babies, begging for their lives.
- Their houses, shops and factories were reduced to ashes.
bring to, bring to the point of, drive to
2.1 (be reduced to doing something) (Of a person) be forced by difficult circumstances into doing something desperate: ordinary soldiers are reduced to begging
More example sentences
- She and her sister stayed in Moscow where they were reduced to burning books for warmth.
- Yet the group failed to produce any biological agent, and were reduced to poking bags with umbrellas to disseminate the sarin gas they were able to make.
- After Owen's long-range gem, Patrik Berger struck from similar distance and Boro were reduced to chasing shadows from then on.
2.2Make someone helpless with (an expression of emotion, especially with hurt, shock, or amusement): Olga was reduced to stunned silence
More example sentences
- Hardened Royal Marines were reduced to tears yesterday as the funeral of Yorkshire war hero Christopher Maddison was held with full military honours.
- It had a shattering effect on those present and men and women, who normally take the dangers of racing in their stride, were reduced to tears.
- At special test screenings, seven out of ten viewers were reduced to tears by the poignant, but simple messages portrayed in the film.
3 (reduce something to) Change a substance to (a different or more basic form): it is difficult to understand how lava could have been reduced to dust
More example sentences
- Next, days-old worker bees beat their wings to ventilate the open honeycombs, in order to reduce the substance to a purer sugar.
- Alkaline hydrolysis or tissue digestion works by breaking apart the chemical bonds that hold proteins together, reducing them to their basic components.
3.1Present a problem or subject in (a simplified form): he reduces unimaginable statistics to manageable proportions
More example sentences
- Most science involves taking a large subject and reducing it to ever smaller, more precise questions.
- He believes that he's forced to simplify and reduce facts to single statements.
- His designs reduced a natural subject to its essentials.
3.2Convert a fraction to (the form with the lowest terms).
Example sentences
- There is no need to reduce the proper fractions to their lowest forms - Euclid's algorithm will still give the correct CF.
- But Zu would know how to reduce fractions to their lowest terms by dividing top and bottom by the greatest common divisor.
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4.1Undergo or cause to undergo a reaction in which electrons are gained by one atom from another. The opposite of oxidize.
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- Reactions in which atoms of the same element are both oxidized and reduced are disproportionation reactions.
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5Restore (a dislocated part) to its proper position by manipulation or surgery.
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"OMG," i mentally squealed," Naruto was on me." Hannah helped me drag him off of me because every time he tried to stand up he would almost stab me with the kuni that he had in his hand.
Instead of helping me up Gale and Cassidy stood on the sidelines giggling at my predicament. I gave them one of my famous glares that would make anyone scared of me. I guess they are used to it cause they started to laugh a lot harder.
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An emergency addendum to hire a temporary substitute principal at Glen Cove High School was included on the agenda at last week's board of education meeting.
Effective May 7, Roseann Cirnigliaro has taken over for Dr. Joseph Hinton, who will be out, due to illness, for the remainder of the school year. The board voted 7-0 to accept the recommendation to hire her for the position through June.
"We felt it is in the best interest of the students and staff to have a principal in place," said Board President Joel Sunshine.
Cirnigliaro has held administrative positions in the East Northport and Port Jefferson school districts.
"It does not thrill me that you could not find someone in district that the children already know," said Janet Blatt during the public comment portion of the meeting.
The administration made it clear that a more formal hiring process will take place, if needed, for the next school year.
The board discussed the district's Professional Development Plan (PDP) and the Pupil Promotion and Retention Guidelines.
Karen Ferguson, president of the teacher's union, said she had some specific suggestions she would like to share with the administration regarding the PDP.
"This is a work in progress," said Superintendent Dr. Joseph Laria. "We certainly welcome suggestions."
Most of the discussion centered around the Pupil Promotion and Retention Guidelines.
"Many parents and staff have been concerned about the concept of 'social promotion'," said Dr. Laria. "So we started a bold discussion to get our arms around the issue and address certain principles."
The policy, which has not yet been adopted, gives guidelines on how to promote students to the next grade level and outlines the procedures for retention.
"We wanted to make sure things were uniform across the district," said Dr. Michael Israel, assistant superintendent for curriculum. He said these guidelines give them steps to follow, "plus consistent direction on how to reach out to parents, ensure early intervention and make sure there is no social promotion or kids falling through the cracks."
The guidelines state that retention should be limited to kindergarten, first grade and second grade, whenever possible, and that other interventions should be used to address lack of progress at upper grade levels before considering retention. It gives teachers direction on how to intervene with students who are being considered for retention.
Trustee Gail Nedbor-Gross asked for clarification on the language of the guidelines, saying, "Could we add in ways to alert the parents as soon as possible?"
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The battle over the Common Core State Standards has waged for months as the nation debates what education is best for its elementary, middle and high school students.
Now the debate is making its way to colleges and universities.
"Higher education has a clear and compelling stake in this debate," said John Morgan, chancellor of the Tennessee Board of Regents.
The Board of Regents oversees six state universities, 13 community colleges and 27 technical college campuses. Morgan and other higher education leaders went on the offense Tuesday as Common Core faces continued criticism. On a conference call with reporters, they announced the formation of the Collaborative for Student Success, a group designed to seal the leaks in the K-12 education pipeline.
Nationally, half of students entering two-year colleges need remedial courses. Not even one in 10 of those go on to graduate from the community colleges in three years or less.
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And with the implementation of Gov. Bill Haslam's Tennessee Promise looming here, Morgan said, the need will be especially pressing. Under Haslam's plan, any graduating high school senior in the state who meets minimal GPA requirements will be offered two free years of community college. That program starts with high school seniors graduating in 2015.
Common Core represents the biggest and most widespread change in America's public schools since the monumental No Child Left Behind law was ushered in more than a decade ago. Tennessee adopted the standards in 2010 and has been implementing them over the past three years. So far, 45 states and the District of Columbia have voluntarily committed to Common Core, though some states have shown signs of wavering in recent months. Governors in both Oklahoma and South Carolina have signed anti-Common Core laws, joining Indiana in officially dumping the standards.
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Stay at Xin City, and you could be anywhere in the world. There is nothing that gives you the feeling of being in Thailand, until you step out of the building into the heart of Chaweng's party district of Soi Green Mango. This aside, the rooms are clean, very reasonably priced, and have decent facilities, including air-con, WiFi in all rooms, TV, fridge and minibar, hot water shower and safe. The hotel consists of several blocks, interlinked by walkways, with rooms on the third and fourth floors above a shopping plaza. A rooftop swimming pool offers panoramic views over Chaweng and the courtyard in front of the main entrance sometimes hosts music and fashion events, with a huge stage and lighting being erected. Given the facilities, this represents very good off the beach value.
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Throwback Thursday: 1990 Title GamePosted by on November 29, 2012 – 2:16 PM
With 10 regular season games left to play at their historic stadium, the San Francisco 49ers are asking their Faithful fans to vote all month long on their favorite memories at Candlestick Park.
One of the moments to choose from involves this week's opponent, the St. Louis Rams, who faced the 49ers in the 1990 NFC Championship game when they were known as the Los Angeles Rams.
San Francisco won that game 30-3 in front of 64,769 fans at Candlestick. Two-time Super Bowl-winning coach George Seifert's first conference championship victory saw future Hall of Famers Joe Montana, Jerry Rice and Ronnie Lott all contribute in a lopsided win over the Rams.
Los Angeles scored the game's first points and then proceeded to watch the home team score 30 unanswered points.
In the process, San Francisco intercepted Rams quarterback Jim Everett three times on the day. Lott, Tim McKyer and the team's current VP of Football Affairs, Keena Turner, all recorded interceptions in the win.
Offensively, Montana continued his dominance against the Rams. He completed 26 of 30 passes for 262 yards and two touchdowns.
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By matthew bacos on Nov 29, 2012 | Reply
My favorite Candlestick moment was ironically the Beatles' final concert on
Monday, August 29, 1966.
By Tania on Nov 29, 2012 | Reply
1994 Championship game…being born & raised in Dallas,Tx and being a DIE HARD NIner fan for over 30 years,seeing the Cowgirls get beat so soundly and then the Niners went on to win their 5th SB Ring on my Birthday against San Diego…LOVE IT!!
By J.Maz on Nov 30, 2012 | Reply
I've been to "The Stick" three times and my favorite moment when i was there was back in 2011 when we played the Giants in November. We won, but at the end it was 4th and goal, giants were going for it to tie it up, Eli throws the ball and its batted down by Justin Smith. Loved it b/c i can't stand the Giants.
Favorite moment when i wasn't at the stick, 2011 NFC Divisional game against the Saints, #11 to #85 for the TD. Need i say more?!
By mark wilson on Nov 30, 2012 | Reply
I became a 49er fan in 1986 when they had 2 super bowls under there belt as a franchise.. The early games of my niner fan days are special. The 1989 January victory over the vikings in the NFC Divisional playoff game where Roger Craig breaks off a big run for a TD was my favorite because I went into the game pessimistic after losing to the Vikes the previous year when we were heavy favorites. This installed my faith in NINER football and I have been a faithful fan since then.
By Tom in NJ on Nov 30, 2012 | Reply
LONG TIME NINERS FAN! I think it would be cool if the players wore 94 uniforms for rest of the year! or during playoffs! Not for nothing other then inspiration for achievement and to honor the 94 players, coaches, staff owner etc. !
By nick lambusta on Nov 30, 2012 | Reply
i live in new jersey went to the stick once in 96 nimers lost to cowboys that sucked still love my 9ers hope to get there again and the new stadium also
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OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) - When it comes to running the Baltimore Ravens defense, Dean Pees has no regard for history, tradition or statistics.
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Pees couldn't care less about the fact that Baltimore has long relied on defense to win. It doesn't matter to him that from 1996 until this season, the Ravens never allowed the opposition to average more than 4.0 yards per carry, or that Baltimore's run of nine straight seasons in the top 10 for total defense ended under his watch in 2012.
For Pees, all of that is meaningless. Because, in spite of all the injuries he had to deal with this season, the Ravens are headed to the Super Bowl.
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The 63-year-old Pees was promoted to defensive coordinator by head coach John Harbaugh in January after Pagano took the head coaching job in Indianapolis. Pees served as linebackers coach for two years with Baltimore after working as defensive coordinator with New England from 2006-09.
The offseason loss of free agents Jarret Johnson and Cory Redding, along with injuries to several key players hampered his effort at the outset of this season. Linebacker Terrell Suggs missed the first six games with a torn right Achilles tendon and linebacker Ray Lewis (torn triceps) and cornerback Lardarius Webb (torn ACL) were lost in a win over Dallas on Oct. 14. Only two players started all 16 games in the regular season, safety Ed Redd and cornerback Cary Williams, making Pees delve deep into the depth chart to keep the defense afloat.
At first, Pees tried to stay the course. Then he realized that it was time to alter the game plan.
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The younger players on the defense grew in their roles, and when the Ravens finally got healthy heading into the postseason, Pees showed what he could accomplish with virtually everyone at his disposal. Baltimore held Indianapolis to three field goals in the playoff opener, muffled Peyton Manning in Denver and limited New England to a single touchdown in the AFC title game.
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I didn't read all pages, but taking away Nunu's stealth while ulting will homogenize him a lot, it's part of his identity. I think it's a terrible idea, even more when your only argument is that 'new players don't know that'. Well new players also duel assassins and die to neutral monsters, it's part of learning the game. I hate it when you guys want everything so dumbed down and in that process we end up with a new generic champion.
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