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Most of what Federation ships use for construction is Duranium for the hull.
I would surmise that these materials would have to be reproducible as a synthetic substance in abundance.
Dilithium crystals might be the only thing needed that cannot be synthesized... but we don't know for sure whether the Federation was able to create synthetic dilithium crystals by the 24th century.
We do know they also need Deuterium for 'fuel' (which really doesn't make any sense - but the stuff is basically 'everywhere' and it would be rather idiotic that a culture as advanced as the Federation wouldn't be able to synthesize it artificially).
The Feds can employ a number of highly sophisticated technology in the late 24th century even during war-times.
Actually in the DS9 episode Penumbra it was stated that the Galamites were supplying the Federation with Duranium. It would seem the war was so bad that the Federation had to rely on allies to provide them with raw materials.
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MANY must have scratched their heads in disbelief, pardon the pun, in the spectacle they witnessed - three million fellow believers crowding Jones bridge near Quiapo scrambling for that chance to climb up the carriage and wipe their pieces of cloth on the revered statue of the Black Nazarene. Over the years, it has become a unique event drawing even greater crowds and spawning local versions in other cities including ours.
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The annual Black Nazarene procession and you can include here the various religious festivals that will follow such as the Ati-atihan festival and the Sinulog soon after are showcases of how local culture has appropriated Spanish Catholicism. The reversal in the pigmentation of these religious icons from the caucasian make of their origins to that that approximates the shade of locals like us is telling proof of this adaptation.
But it is the substantive element that drives the spectacle, the meaning that people who participate in these activities project to the icons, that ultimately reveal how these festivals are not so much about a display of religious fervor but instead indicate the given state of what sociologist Emile Durkheim called the collective conscience or put simply the status or state of mind of Philippine society.
The Elements of the Procession
In this single event which covers the icon's journey from the Quiapo church to the streets of Manila and back, we see throngs of people along the way jostling against each other in what has come to be called "buwis-buhay"or life-threatening acts of sacrifice just to have the chance to pull the carriage or wipe their cloth on the revered icon. What drives this devotion and from what well of cultural belief to these present-day acts emanate from? What kind of societal condition makes possible these grand collective events?
At the heart of the Black Nazarene procession and other similar religious festivals is the concept of "Panata." People year in and out fulfill their obligations to the revered icons whether it be the Black Nazarene or the Sto. Nino for graces received or expected. It is a promise of fidelity or commitment that a devotee proclaims before the revered, a proclamation of belief to the power of the icon.
The manifestation of this promise comes in range of forms with varying degrees of sacrifice. But there is always that element of pain or "pagpapakasakit." This endurance of varying degrees of inconvenience or pain is intertwined with the panata. Whether it involves the recitation for hours of the Pasyon, or the walking throughout the circumferential road of Camiguin during Holy Week, there is a performance of sacrifice. Through these gestures, a unity with the icon's own journey of pain is achieved.
Both the element of "panata" and its accompanying "pagpapasakit" can be interpreted as expressions of the devotees of their union with the narrative of the icon. Performatively, what is communicated is that the devotee will undergo the same pain and sacrifices of the icon as some sort of wager or a collateral for the sought after indulgence or for wishes already granted.
In the case of the Black Nazarene procession, the extreme acts of sacrifice of millions placing their bodies at the mercy of the throng follow this logic. It is not madness but either a performative visceral appeal or a bodily expression of gratitude to a higher benevolent power.
There is another important element to the procession since not everyone is fortunate to have pulled the reigns of the carriage or to have clambered up the platform of the icon. Not everyone gets to wave their cloths or panyo in victory at the end of the exercise.
An indication that one's indulgence is heard or at the very least considered by the icon is that one gets to touch the icon with his or her cloth or grasp the rope which pulls the carriage. Those who do consider themselves the "pinagpala" or the chosen ones, indicators of those who have successfully undergone the journey with the icon. For that is what the Black Nazarene procession somehow subliminally represents – the journey of millions of Filipinos as they consider their fate in an increasingly cruel world or what we say in Filipino as "pakikipagsapalaran."
Embedded deep in these ritualistic practices is the fervent hope that their day-to-day sufferings are considered by the benevolent icon, and they perform these sacrifices symbolically in the chaos of the throng during the celebrations.
What is curious about these ritualistic processes is that these are not undertaken by individuals out to accomplish a personal devotion, but perhaps as a throwback to our indigenous social formations, these activities are undertaken as members of a tribe. As the icon makes the rounds of Manila, for instance, the men-folk of the barangays at the route await him and initiate the individual members of the tribe to the ritual by paving the way for their successful participation in pulling the reigns or wiping their clothe on the icon. The victory of the participant becomes the pride of the tribe, the family, and the barangay.
The procession as neocolonial journey
If we are to consider these elements of the Black Nazarene procession some themes can be distilled given the meaning people project onto the activity. At its core, it is a ritualistic mass appeal for redemption amidst collective suffering.
What people relate to is the image of the suffering Christ and they relate their own suffering or "pakikipagsapalaran" with him praying that they can be considered for redemption or at least a reprieve. Health care for the sick relative, a stable job here or abroad for the struggling parent, and essentially a better fate in the context of a backward society are some examples of the appeals of the faithful hoping to be one of "pinagpala."
In the time of natural and social disasters like Yolanda, jobless growth, and decades of economic crisis presided over by local landlord elite, the growth in the participation of the Black Nazarene processions in Manila and elsewhere is not a surprise. But the procession as a social phenomemon also reveals some unchanging features of the social base from where it sprung.
During the period of Spanish colonization, various social movements were established throughout the islands headed by self-styled messiahs offering essentially the same things that the throng in the Black Nazarene processions was praying for. Using the narrative of the suffering Christ and appropriating the rituals of the colonial church, these millenarian groups gathered people toward their fold and eventually transformed into pockets of resistance against the excessive taxation and general abuse of the colonial order and our local elite. Among their demands were absolute freedom from colonial rule and land for the landless and the tiller. Some of these groups eventually morphed into the Katipunan and Philippine history was altered.
I posit the view that the Black Nazarene procession is a contemporary manifestation of the same aspirations and political potential in the era of neocolonialism. As the procession circled Malacañang on that day, I wouldn't be surprised if the seat of power at the nation's capital felt a degree of chill over the sight of millions of the desperate at their doorsteps.
Sometime soon, perhaps.
(Arnold P. Alamon is an Assistant Professor IV, Sociology Department, Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology.)
Published in the Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro newspaper on January 12, 2014.
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4. MIT Blackjack Team (1980 - ?)
Whether or not this counts as a heist is open to debate, but anytime money is taken from the house via covert means, it's close enough.
Now famous in books and films, the MIT Blackjack team ran one of the most successful card-counting operations in the history of Las Vegas. Using advanced counting methods, shills, and bit players ... the team took in millions of dollars in questionably-gotten winnings.
While supposedly retired, I don't think there is any way to be 100% sure that they, or large teams of MIT wannabes are still not operating in some capacity.
5. Bellagio, MGM Grand, and Others (1998-2000)
"In my world, you are either the hunter or the prey, and I am the hunter. Vegas was my prey. I tell my crew - Vegas makes it, Vigoa takes it." - Jose Vigoa
One of the most prolific casino robbers in recent history, Jose Vigoa pulled off 5 Vegas casino robberies in 16 months and later went on to author the book "Storming Las Vegas".
Vigoa was finally caught after robbing the Bellagio wearing only sunglasses and a baseball cap. After leading police on a 100mph car chase, which was broadcast on Vegas TV for several days, he was arrested.
Vigoa is currently serving 500 years in prison with no possibility for parole.
6. Mandalay Bay (2005)
At 4pm on March 11, 2005, two men approached a casino change booth inside Mandalay Bay and held up the cashier working inside the booth.
The men fled in a vehicle parked near an entrance, making off with an untold amount of money. Neither police nor Mandalay Bay spokesman Gordon Absher would specify which entrance they used or which booth was robbed -- leaving the entire event shrouded in mystery.
7. Treasure Island (2000)
In 2000, a lone gunman jumped over the main casino cage just after midnight hitting and robbing a cashier, police said. He shot at and missed two security guards as he fled with an undisclosed amount of money, said Alan Feldman, spokesman for MGM Mirage, which owned Treasure Island Hotel and Casino at the time.
Jurors found Reginald and Donell Johnson guilty of the crime in 2000. Donell Johnson previously pleaded guilty to a similar robbery in 1997 at Treasure Island.
During Reginald Johnson's taped confession, he said he struck the cashier with his gun during the July 2000 robbery because his brother had recognized the cashier from the earlier heist.
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8. Palace Station (2009)
Low and behold, as this list was being created, an armored car outside of the Palace Station Hotel and Casino was robbed in broad daylight by a man with a semi-automatic shotgun who told the guard to "drop the bags". The perpetrators (one robber and one driver) may have distracted the guards by first setting fire to another car in the Palace Station parking garage.
Initial estimates were that the robbers made off with $1,000,000 but this figure was later revised to $36,000.
Since it seems unlikely that two armored car bags would contain "only" $36K, the lower figure may have been floated to thwart subsequent robbery attempts, but either way, the robbers made off with a large amount of cash and have yet to be apprehended.
9. Bertha's (1981)
Not a casino heist, but an important Las Vegas one nonetheless. This one also happens to have taken place in my own neighborhood.
On July 4th, 1981 the Hole in the Wall Gang broke into Bertha's Gifts at 896 East Sahara Ave. They were caught in the act and Frank Cullota, Lawrence Neumann, Wayne Matecki, Leo Guardino, and Ernie Davino were all arrested.
It was this failed heist that contributed to the later whacking of Tony "The Ant" Spilotro.
Many of the characters surrounding the Hole in the Wall Gang were portrayed in the movie "Casino".
10. O.J. Simpson (2007)
While not a heist of the casino itself, this was nevertheless one of the higher profile Vegas robberies of the decade.
On September 12, 2007, O.J. Simpson and a group of men entered a Palace Station hotel room to "retrieve" memorabilia that they claim had been stolen from them.
Words were exchanged, guns were drawn, and now Mr. Simpson is a resident of Nevada for at least the next 9 years.


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Source(Pub. L. 90–247, title IV, § 438, formerly § 422, as added Pub. L. 91–230, title IV, § 401(a)(10),Apr. 13, 1970, 84 Stat. 169; renumbered § 432 and amended Pub. L. 92–318, title III, § 301(a)(1), title VII, § 717(b),June 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 326, 369; Pub. L. 94–482, title IV, § 404(b),Oct. 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 2230; renumbered § 438,Pub. L. 103–382, title II, § 212(b)(1),Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3913.)
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Did you have any knee pain prior to your THR? I ask because knee pain is common with OA of the hip. The knee is a common site for referred pain from the hip.
My left hip is bone-on-bone & I often experience pain in my left knee. X-Rays show no OA or other problems in that knee.
This may not ease your pain but I hope it helps by providing a possible explanation of your knee pain. Discuss this with your doctor or PT.
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I am not Debbie & I'm also not a medical professional however, I will share with you my experience.
My arthritic hip has been bone-on-bone for a couple of years now & although it can be painful at times, I'm getting by. My surgeon wants me to wait until I can't walk a block. I am 57 years old & my surgery would be a bit more complex than the average THR as I have a benign tumor in my femor. The condition is known as "fibrous dysplasia." The surgery would require cementing the "hardware" to the femur which, of course, would be complicated to have to undo down the road.
Getting back to your question, I do believe that bone-on-bone can worsen by damaging the bone. Keeping your weight down & performing low impact exercises is one way of postponing surgery. I find warm water aerobics to be very therapeutic.
Please keep in mind that we find more negative surgery stories on these websites than positive ones. We are all different & respond differently to various procedures, medications, etc.
In all my research on the subject of joint replacements, including first-hand stories, I believe the outcome of these surgeries, for the most part, is successful & leads to a better quality of life.
If you are younger, I would advise postponing the surgery until it becomes intolerable. Again, this is my opinion.
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Because water exercises are not weight bearing, our bones don't benefit. However, one of the easiest exercises for most of us where the bones do benefit is simple walking. Even just a 10 minute walk a few times a day in the house would help your bones.
Have you talked to your doctor about possible bone building medications? There is a variety of choices & doctors are now having patients stay on them for about 5 years at a time with breaks in between in view of the concerns about femur breaks.
Best of luck to you. Please keep us posted.
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Each of us deals with conditions differently. We use these medical communities to share our stories.
Things to consider when contemplating surgery include level of pain, one's age, & of course, one's health.
Become as informed as possible & if it is feasible, get a second opinion.
Good luck,
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In reading your last statement, I feel confident that you will make the right decision about your treatment.
Good luck,
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I can't answer for certain but I think not. I have read where use of an inversion table is unadvisable to THR patients.
I'm sure one of the members will soon respond with a more definitive answer. Until then, hold off on using one.
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I can fully relate as I am 57 years old & my exercise of choice for over 25 years was jogging. Over the years, I climbed a few of the high peaks in the Adirondacks & always loved hiking of any kind. Unfortunately like you, I've inherited some bad genes predisposing me for degenerative joints throughout the body. I am adjusting to this by replacing previous activities with gentler ones. My daily routine now consists of swimming & water walking, various stretching & yoga routines & land walking.
My intention is to manage my condition while hopefully slowing the inevitable progression of the osteoarthritis.
It was a tough transition but I did re-invent my exercise routine & love the new one almost as much as the old one.
Best of luck to you!
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This is another reason you should be eating yogurt! If you are taking antibiotics, they deplete the body of good bacteria as well as the bad. The acidopholous (sp?) in the yogurt replaces the good bacteria allowing for a better functioning intestinal tract.
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Firstly, congratulations on your quick recovery & lack of pain from this major surgery.
I am not a medical professional however, I do a lot of reading on the subject. It's not uncommon to suffer "side effects" from major surgery. Because you suffer from uc, I'm sure your digestive system is more vulnerable & such trauma as surgery makes you more prone to this side effect.
Assuming it's nothing more serious than that, have you tried the BRAT diet? Bananas, Rice, Applesauce & Toast are supposed to help with symptoms of diarrhea. I find non-fat plain yogurt helps as well.
Try that diet for a while & keep in touch with your GI doctor. Sometimes effects from surgery can be long lasting. I hope this is not the case with your problem.
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Good luck!
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New power station in Kashmir's Rajouri District brightens lives with uninterrupted electricity supply
A new power station set up in Rajouri District of Jammu and Kashmir has brightened people's lives with uninterrupted power supply.
Electricity supply is crucial to the industry here and for the overall development of the place.
India is desperate for power, and coal is expected to remain at the heart of its energy security for decades. Seventy million households - up to 40 percent of the country's 1.2 billion people - have no access to electricity.
Junior Engineer Javed Iqbal, said that the power station aims at providing uninterrupted power supply.
"Due to rain, dust storm or any other natural calamity, there used to be power interruption in the areas. But now under our centrally sponsored scheme, power station in Gambhir is commissioned and has been set up," said Iqbal.
The plant, which was set up in June this year, is benefiting the people immensely.
A resident, Ratan Lal, added that lack of electricity impacted the industry work earlier. Factories making essential commodities important for people's survival, such as flour mills, were also not functional here and residents would go to the mills located at far flung places.
"This is border area and there was no electricity supply here earlier. The new station here is providing electricity to Gambhir, Thandi Kasi, Panjgrain, among others. People here are benefiting ever since it has been set up," said Lal.
No line men from city ever visited the area to fix the electricity poles. People are now getting an opportunity to start their own work, which has generated employment opportunities for many. The new power station is boosting the number of small scale industries, such as flour mills, set up by people for self-employment.
India's power generation has grown - the peak deficit is down to 5.4 percent from 16.6 percent in 2008, government data shows - but getting the supply to end consumers is far trickier.
Regional politicians tell distributors to prioritise supply to favoured constituents, while popular pressure for cheap or free power has kept theft high and prices artificially low, straining utilities' finances and curbing new investment.
In 2012-13, India's power system was able to supply a peak of just 124,000 megawatts for a country of more than 1.2 billion people.
Generation is dominated by old and inefficient coal-fired units that belch soot, toxic pollutants and carbon dioxide. Coal accounts for 60 percent of India's installed generation capacity with some hydro (16 percent) and renewables (13 percent) as well as smaller amounts of natural gas and nuclear.
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Curatorial Document
Felissimo brochure for Theater (Tribute 21), 1994
Part of Rauschenberg Research Project Home
Theater (Tribute 21) recognizes Rachel Rosenthal (b. 1926), a leader in interdisciplinary experimental performance. Rosenthal studied dance with Merce Cunningham and became part of Rauschenberg's circle of close friends in New York in 1954. Rauschenberg's lithograph is paired with the following quote by Rosenthal: ". . . we are truly at the edge of chaos and must choose between life and death. Chaos theory teaches us that greater, more complex and elegant order may emerge from chaos. It is up to us to make that leap."
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Using Windows Update to Check Patch Solution?
It's been communicated to me that if certain updates are not installed with Windows Update they will not clear from Windows Update, even when the update has successfully been installed using Patch Solution. Does anybody else use Windows Update to verify compliance? Has anybody else observed this type of behavior?
An example I've been working with is MSWU-603 - KB2647753 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2647753
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Can't be true otherwise an image with the updates in it would report as vulnerable in WSUS and it doesn't, I've used WSUS to make sure I'm up to date in a new image with MS patches.
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Patch Support & Development Teams found software update MSWU-603-KB2647753-x64-v2 is deployed via Patch Management and returns 'IsInstalled=TRUE' without any issues; however, the Windows Update Tool shows the update is still vulnerable.
Research found the Windows Update Tool is installing version 4.000 (v4) of this update, yet Patch Management is installing version 2.000 (v2).
Further research found that v4 is not available via download to the public, for the update downloaded from Microsoft Update Center is v2.
Please review this update with Microsoft to inquire of a download location for v4 and provide it to the Patch Support Team for review to be added in a future release of the product.


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"A while ago, Lear from Hong Kong, a Head-Fi sponsor, launched BD4.2 in both universal and custom shell. Tatco, the CEO of Lear, decided to organize an Australian tour for LUF-BD4.2 and a few listeners didn't leave positive feedbacks as well as people who tried demos in some audio shops. Honestly, I had some questions and doubts before getting it. BD4.2 comes in two versions. LCM (Lear..." --MikePortnoy
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Lear LCM-5
" Introduction LEAR (an acronym of "Listen & Learn Everything. Acoustic & Audio Revolution) is a Hong-Kong based audio-products manufacturer founded in 2008 (which has recently also opened an HQ in Japan). The company makes portable headphone amplifiers, some different types of cables and adapters and also custom-fit in-ear-monitors ("CIEMs"), but in the past, they've also made..." --ItsMeHere
Lear LCM-2B
" Lear LCM-2B (all pictures can be clicked to open full sized version) Custom IEMs these days come in all shapes and sizes. With literally dozens of manufacturers out there, one can choose from any number of configurations – acrylic or silicone, full shell or canal-sized, armature or dynamic driver (or combination of the two), single..." --project86
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Cost of Obesity Approaching $300 Billion a Year
The total economic cost of overweight and obesity in the United States is $270 billion per year while the cost in Canada is about $30 billion a year, a new study shows. According to the Society of Actuaries (SOA), the $300 billion total cost in the United States and Canada is the result of: increased need for medical care ($127 billion); loss of worker productivity due to higher rates of death ($49 billion); loss of productivity due to disability of active workers ($43 billion); and loss of productivity due to total disability ($72 billion). The findings are based on a review of papers published primarily between January 1980 and June 2009.
When the SOA researchers separated the economic cost of overweight and obesity to the United States in 2009, they found that it was $72 billion for overweight and $198 billion for obesity. People are considered overweight if their body-mass index (BMI) is between 25 and 29.9 and obese if their BMI is higher than 30.
"Overweight and obesity have been shown to increase the rate of several common adverse medical conditions, resulting in this extraordinary economic cost to society," said study author Don Behan.


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ALCOA, Tenn. (AP) - A police chase through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has ended in a Blount County field, where a man was arrested.
According to WATE-TV in Knoxville, the incident on Sunday began when a ranger noticed saw a man break into a vehicle parked at the Chimney Tops trailhead. When the ranger tried to stop the pickup truck, the driver took off.
Because of narrow mountain roads, the ranger broke off pursuit, but radioed the incident and Blount County deputies picked up the chase as the driver exited the park. The pickup was chased through Maryville and Alcoa, where the driver struck a sheriff's department car. Eventually, the driver crashed in a field and was arrested.
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The longstanding delays and backlogs with personnel security clearances were effectively addressed by the Obama administration. Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) said in a June 2012 hearing on the status of security clearance reform, "initial investigations take an average of 44 days to complete, compared to a staggering 189 days in 2005."
This was the honey produced by thousands of busy bees.
|Why security clearances were rated effective
| Reason #1: OPM details efforts on security clearance reform
Reason #2: GAO removes DoD's security clearance program from the high risk list
Reason #3: Initial investigations take an average of 44 days to complete, compared to 189 days in 2005
(More primary source material available on The Obama Impact plan to make more efficient their role in streamlining the clearance process.
Those and many other efforts by OPM, the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence resulted in the Government Accountability Office removing the Defense Department's security clearance program from the high-risk list.
GAO cited robust congressional oversight and the "committed leadership" of the Suitability and Security Clearance Performance Accountability Council, or PAC, as a key driver of the reforms.
Evan Lesser, the founder and managing director of ClearanceJobs.com joins Federal News Radio to discuss the administration's progress in addressing the security clearance backlog.
The interview is part of Federal News Radio's special report, The Obama Impact: Evaluating the Last Four Years. Throughout the series, Federal News Radio examines 23 different ideas and initiatives instituted by the Obama Administration and ranks them as effective, ineffective and more progress needed.
Federal News Radio believes security clearance reform has been one of the effective initiatives of the Obama administration.
More from the special report, The Obama Impact: Evaluating the Last Four Years
Part 1: Evaluating the Obama administration's management initiatives
Part 2: Evaluating Obama's technology reforms
Part 3: Evaluating Obama's workforce initiatives
Part 4: Evaluating Obama's acquisition efforts
Part 5A: What would a second-term for President Obama mean for feds?
Part 5B: What would a Romney presidency mean for federal workers?
About Francis Rose
Francis Rose is the host of In Depth, which airs weekdays from 8-10 a.m. on 1500 AM in the Washington, D.C. metro area and online everywhere. Francis has covered all three branches of the federal government as a broadcast journalist since 1998. He joined Federal News Radio in 2006, and launched In Depth in 2008 as a daily show focused on connecting federal executives to the information they need to do their jobs better.
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Social Context
Crystal Byndloss '91 didn't take a sociology class until she was a Sarah Lawrence senior. "Then I realized I had been secretly studying sociology all along," she says. "In all of my classes, I wrote conference papers about things like race, poverty, inequality and education." With her passion named, she began applying to graduate schools; a year after that first course in sociology, she was at Harvard, working on her Ph.D. in the subject.
In graduate school, Byndloss narrowed her focus to public education, determined to collect hard data on a topic often defined by hearsay and hyperbole. "Fifty years after Brown v. Board of Education, our schools are more segregated than ever. I wanted to understand why," she says. Her doctoral thesis examined historical education reform movements led by parents of color. She was particularly intrigued by the Ocean Hill-Brownsville controversy in 1960's Brooklyn, when poor African- American and Puerto Rican parents fought for community control of their school district, demanding that the white bureaucracy address the needs of their students and rehabilitate their schools—schools that were not only failing, but segregated. At the climax of the historic conflict that ensued, the teachers went on strike for several weeks, shutting down the entire school system.
Byndloss thinks that we can learn a lot about our current educational dilemmas from the community control movement. "Many of the issues they faced then are the same ones we're facing now—like parent involvement in schools, teacher accountability and multicultural education," she notes.
Byndloss went on to study the current manifestations of these problems as a researcher at Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, where she worked for several years. In one research project, schools in the Mississippi delta were trying to engage parents in the classroom as part of a reform effort, but the teachers had a hard time connecting with them. Byndloss found that the parents' reluctance to visit the schools was caused not by lack of interest, but lack of money: Many of them couldn't afford to take time off of work during the day, nor to hire a babysitter for their other children at night.
This is the kind of information that Byndloss wants to put to use in her new position as an administrator at Temple University in Philadelphia. She is now both assistant dean of the College of Education and the assistant director of the Center for Research on Human Development and Education (CRHDE), where she is in charge of strategic planning. "In my last job, I did the research. Now, I can decide what research needs to be done," she says.
After years of studying how social forces affect parents, students and teachers, Byndloss has the chance to make practical changes in the system. Temple University collaborates with the local school district to operate six public schools in the neighborhoods surrounding the main campus, and Byndloss's departments are highly engaged in this work. The College of Education places student-teachers in the schools, trains teachers in literacy education and helps design individualized curricula for students with special needs, while CRHDE assists with technology and research. "It's very exciting to collaborate with the local community," Byndloss says. As an active participant in the university and in the public schools, she's proving the main point of her years of research: "Educational institutions don't exist in a vacuum—it's important to consider the larger context."
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