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With the support of the Gates Foundation, New York City created 150 small schools of choice between 2002 and 2008. Five previous rigorous studies of this program and other small school initiatives have demonstrated significant benefits for students. Now we have a sixth study from the School Effectiveness and Inequality Initiative at MIT.
The authors, Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Weiwei Hu, and Parag Pathak, are economists at Duke and MIT. They take advantage of lotteries to gain admission to these non-selective small schools of choice to conduct a random assignment experiment. The full study can be read here, but it does not allow me to cut and paste text to summarize the results. According to the press release:
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The study follows cohorts of rising 9th graders for five application years from 2003-04 through 2007-08. For these students, small schools boost performance across all five major Regents exams: Math, English, Living Environment, Global History, and US History. Students randomly offered a seat at a small school accumulate 1.4 more credits per year, attend school for 4 more days each year, and are 9% more likely to receive a high school diploma.
As the cohorts have aged, it is now possible to measure the effects of small schools on college enrollment and choice, outcomes that have never been examined before. Compared to the college enrollment rate of 37% for those not offered, students at small schools are 7% more likely to attend college and 6% more likely to attend a four-year college. Most of these gains come at four-year public institutions. There is a marked 7% increase in the fraction of students who enroll in the CUNY system. Small schools cause students to clear CUNY remediation requirements in writing or reading. The early evidence suggests that students are more likely to persist in college, as measured by attempting at least two academic semesters. Students in the lottery study are too young to say anything definitive about college graduation.
A major innovation in the study is its use of information contained in NYC's Learning Environment Surveys to characterize the small school environment for those in the experiment. Small schools are rated higher than fallback schools by student survey respondents on the overwhelming majority of questions on engagement, safety and respect, academic expectations, and communication. Surveys indicate that students feel safer and have closer interactions with their peers and teachers, despite reporting a smaller variety of course offerings and activities. Teachers indicate greater feedback, increased safety, and improved collaboration.
This research was supported by the National Science Foundation. The research team includes Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Professor of Economics, Weiwei Hu, PhD Candidate at Duke University and Parag Pathak, Associate Professor of Economics at MIT and SEII Director. The study uses data provided by the New York City Department of Education. The findings are being released in the National Bureau of Economic Research working paper series this week.
The study uses an innovative research design based on admissions lotteries contained in the high school match. The lottery-based research design relies on apples-to-apples comparisons: among those who apply to a given set of small schools, applicants who were randomly offered are compared with otherwise similar students who were not offered a seat. The study covers more than 108 oversubscribed high school programs with 9th grade entry, which represent 70% of unselective small high schools opened between 2002-2008.
"These results indicate important possibilities for urban small schools reform," said Pathak. "The collaboration partnership between key stakeholders in New York City shows that within-district reform strategies can substantially improve student achievement."
Despite more proof that the small schools of choice reform strategy pursued by the Gates Foundation before 2006 has been a clear success, the Gates Foundation has nothing to say about these positive results. I can find nothing from their massive press machine touting the results — nothing on their web site, nothing on their twitter feed, no well-placed stories in the NY Times or LA Times. Those efforts are reserved for their new, unproven and misguided strategy of top-down reform through Common Core and measuring and incentivizing teacher performance.
Let's hope that the Gates Foundation and its followers are not impervious to evidence and reconsider their abandonment of the small schools of choice reform strategy.
-Jay P. Greene
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Jay, it's important to note that these studies dramatically understate the benefit of new schools because they compare current options. The big benefit was closing bad schools and replacing them with good schools.
Unfortunately, the way Gates went about his small school work made it unlikely to yield the same benefits that often occur when small schools develop out of shared vision and shared commitment.
Superintendents go chasing these big carrots even when their teachers aren't on board.
Small schools have lots of potential, and in some ways, the web makes powerful small schools easier to pull off (can compensate for some of the traditional weaknesses of small schools through on-line classes and resources).
Good point, Tom. And even these under-stated benefits of small schools of choice are quite impressive.
And Karl — if you are right that Gates implementation of the small schools concept was weak, then the benefits from a better implemented effort would be even larger.
? Bill Gates supported a voucher program for NYC kids?!!!
Gates has been a major private source OPPOSED to Quality
education reform via taxpayer grant or voucher programs
for almost 20 years. i.e. Gates spent tens of millions along with the billionaires Buffet, Eli Broad, NEA, AFT and other
Government School advocates to defeat voucher initiatives
in Washington State and California and other voucher
initiatives in other states; THEN provided massive funding to
ACLU, NAACP, etc… to fight voucher bills that passed like the one in Milwaukee.
Why? Another voucher advocate mentioned that Gates
had two big reasons for opposing quality education reform
via vouchers: #1. Microsoft makes beaucoup bucks selling
remedial programs to Government Schools and Colleges and
Universities AND #2. Mr. Gates despises the country that
gave him the opportunity to get massively rich. Capitalism
is Gates' Enemy #1!? (PS. Watch Bill Gates, Sr., being
interviewed by Brian Lamb on C-Span to see where Bill, Jr.,
gets his hatred of America.) Anyway…
Quality Government Education would cut into Microsoft's
bottom line.
Bill Bryan, Quality Education Advocate since 1965.
Quality Education Advocate via Taxpayer Funded Vouchers
since 1993.
Uh, maybe I misinterpreted the gist of this column. Could
the author be advocating small class size as a way to increase
quality? Most studies have show this to be a canard if the
students are of average or above average intelligence.
i.e. Jaime Escalante had Math classes with 50-80 students
in each with Escalante acting as Lead Teacher and Advanced
students acting as Teachers' aides. Long Story Short:
Escalante was fired—essentially—for having class sizes
too large. See the movie: 'Stand and Deliver'
Escalante—if he's still alive—started teaching Private
schools where class size was not dictated by Union Rules.
This carefully drawn research will help those districts who have invested in implementing small schools to refocus on the promise of these public school initiatives.
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Feng Shui consultant says "The chi (energy) that emanates from a cemetery is too Yin and would be harmful to neighboring homes"
As a Feng Shui consultant, I am often asked to look at potential homes and sites that my clients are considering buying or building. I use a checklist for exteriors and the surrounding areas. Some of the things to avoid are: One-way streets that flow away from the entrance, taking positive chi out of the house. A street (such as a T-intersection) or a driveway pointed directly at the front door. Lots with irregular shapes. This might be of particular interest…PROXIMITY TO A CEMETERY.
Why is Feng Shui opposed to cemeteries in residential neighborhoods? FENG SHUI (literally "wind water") is the science of interaction between human beings and their surroundings: It's also the art of living harmoniously with the environment. As with any science, Feng Shui's principles have been developed through trial and error. Few sciences enjoy the wealth of data that Feng Shui has collected over the 6,000 years since its inception. Just as acupuncture works on the flow of chi, or energy, in your body, FENG SHUI balances the flow of energy in your home, office and the land. The most important word in Feng Shui is 'balance'. You need to balance the Yin and Yang and balance the five elements. Cemeteries are just too Yin for the living beings to purchase homes or businesses near.
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According to Feng Shui principles, home sites with a close proximity to a cemetery are highly undesirable. To a lesser degree, but still considered as unfavorable, are former hospital and prison sites. A cemetery has strong "yin" or dark energies of death. This imbalance of yin/yang energies can cause instability by lowering the energies around it. Depending on which direction the cemetery is at in relation to home, how large it is, and the nature of the people who are buried in the cemetery, there are different levels of effects. Although residents may not feel oppressed at first, over time, they may find it hard to excel.
Even Wall Street has taken stock of its chi flow. The New York Stock Exchange is said to enjoy more of the benefits of good chi than the Amex because of its location. Unfortunately for the American Stock Exchange, it's got huge Feng Shui issues. It's downhill from the Trinity Church cemetery. A graveyard is as yin as they come – it doesn't get any more inactive.
More spiritualized schools of Feng Shui say that disembodied spirits can wander in graveyards and sometimes, haunt nearby houses. Even if no spirits are haunting the house, living close to a cemetery can have a debilitating effect on your mood and may cause depression. The very yin (depressing and low) energy of a cemetery continuously impacts the subconscious mind and has a cumulative affect. Funeral homes and mortuaries give off similar vibrations, which continuously feature the energy of death, grieving, and sorrow.
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Now before you think I'm getting morbid, the Chinese have a long tradition of respect for their ancestors. In fact Feng Shui was invented as a way to ensure that the final resting place of the immediate ancestors had all the qualities of good harmony and balance.
Due to the heightened awareness of Feng Shui worldwide it has become increasingly popular throughout mainstream America. With the principles of Feng Shui being practiced - and even demanded - by the non-Asian home buying public, it is wise for any community to avoid placing cemeteries anywhere near residences of the living.
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Two years ago, Washington State deployed the largest statewide rollout of the Microsoft IT Academy program, with training and certification available to over 300,000 students and over 19,000 teachers in over 700 public high schools, skill centers and tribal schools across Washington State.
Today, the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) announced a monumental milestone: more than 10,000 certifications achieved statewide in the 2012-13 academic year—more than double the number of certifications earned the previous year (4,049, to be exact).
We extend our congratulations to everyone involved in the state's program; from the students who are building a foundation for career success and the educators who inspire and motivate students every day; to the staff and faculty who support technology learning and the IT Academy program.
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U-19 team suffer narrow loss
Published 19/12/2012 | 18:52
Two teams from Presentation Bray competed in the Leinster/East Region Schools Basketball League finals recently.
The U-19 squad were up against Templeogue College in the U-19 League final and were looking to repeat as Leinster Champions.
The school's U-16 team were playing Coolmine CS in the U-16 League 3rd/4th place play-off, looking to become U16 Leinster bronze medallists and also improve their seeding for the upcoming U-16 All-Ireland League qualifiers in the New Year.
In the U-19 Leinster final Templeogue started the match much quicker than their Bray opponents, who took a while to get going.
Lorcan Murphy and Andy Bartley combined for 11 points in the first quarter and Marc Lennon chipped in with 4 points to leave the score at 19-15 in favour of Templeogue at the end of the opening quarter.
In the second quarter Pres Bray fought back to take a 3533 half-time lead. Lorcan Murphy and Reece O'Callaghan were key elements in the Presentation comeback, with Lorcan scoring 6 points and Reece scoring 10 points in the second quarter.
Templeogue opened the third quarter with two big 3 point scores to regain the lead. Presentation Bray struggled to put the ball in the basket with any consistency and as the missed chances began to mount up, Templeogue stretched their lead with some excellent outside shooting punishing poor Bray defending.
Andy Bartley and Luke Gorman scored all 10 points for Bray in the third quarter and Templeogue held a 58-45 lead going in to the final quarter.
In the fourth and final quarter Presentation Bray worked hard to try and get back into the match, however every time they scored to eat into the Templeogue lead they failed to get the stop they needed at the defensive end of the court.
Lorcan Murphy scored an excellent 19 points in the final quarter, but it was on defence that the Bray lads suffered the most as they were unable to stop Templeogue players from scoring on the fast break.
As the match reached the final few minutes, Marc Lennon fouled out after giving his all for the cause. The final whistle soon followed and Templeogue were crowned U-19 Leinster champions with a well deserved 82-71 victory over Presentation Bray.
The Bray U-19 team will now move onto the U-19 All-Ireland League qualifiers in early February as the U-19 Leinster/East Region League silver medallists.
Pres Scorers: Lorcan Murphy 31pts, Andy Bartley 16pts, Reece O'Callaghan 14pts, Marc Lennon 5pts, Luke Gorman 4pts, Ash O'Callaghan 1pt.
The Presentation Bray U-16 team were up next and were determined to win their match after watching their U-19 counterparts lose out to Templeogue in the U-19 Leinster Final.
The first quarter started well for the Bray side with Marcus Nolan and Shane Davidson both scoring with ease inside.
Josh Ekada was in good form for Presentation Bray on both ends of the floor and he scored a nice basket on the fast break as well as creating scores for Donal Ring and Dylan Brady with his decisive offensive play. Bray ended the first quarter leading by 8 points on a 15-7 score line.
Coolmine CS came roaring back in the second quarter and poor defence from Presentation Bray allowed them get to the basket too easily.
Robert Wilson was the most consistent threat for Bray offensively in the second quarter and he scored 9 points to keep Presentation in the match.
Further scores from the free throw line from Adam Mullery and Ryan Tuffy completed the scoring for Bray in the firstst half and the match was tied at 28.
The second half opened with a strong drive to the basket from Robert Wilson and two great finishes by Josh Ekada to put the Bray side back in the driving seat.
Dylan Terry came off the bench for Presentation Bray to score 7 points with some quick and fluid moves to the basket.
Donal Ring was a rock for Bray on the defensive end of the court and repeatedly covered for his team-mates and pulled down some big rebounds.
The Pres Bray third quarter scoring blitz was too much for their overwhelmed opponents from Coolmine CS and it left the score at 55-34 in Bray's favour going into the final quarter.
Presentation Bray continued to punish the Coolmine CS defensive frailties and scores from Dylan Terry and Josh Ekada extended the lead. Ryan Tuffy and Marcus Nolan completed the Bray scoring and the final score of the match was 72-41 to Presentation Bray.
The Pres Bray U16 team will now move onto the U16 AllIreland League Qualifiers in late January as the U16 Leinster/East Region League bronze medallists.


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Resolution on trade and labour rights and the world trade organization
The IUF/BSN Joint Declaration on Trade Union Rights
The IUF/Accor agreement on Trade Union Rights
The 23rd IUF Congress meeting in Geneva, April 15-18, 1997:
Noting that for the first time the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade dealt with agriculture, which proved to be one of the most problematic areas;
Recognising that the agreement reached in the Uruguay Round will greatly encourage trade liberalisation and will consequently have serious implications for agricultural commodities. For example, in Latin America, most commodities for export already have no subsidy and therefore have to compete on unequal terms with subsidised Northern hemisphere agricultural products;
Noting that the four main decisions of the Uruguay Round for agriculture are:
- the conversion of all types of non-tariff barriers (e.g. quotas, levies, licensing) into tariffs;
- a reduction over 6 years of all tariffs by 36% of their 1968-88 level, with a minimum of 15% for each tariff item. Developing countries are to reduce tariffs by 24% over a 10 year period;
- a reduction of domestic support by 20% over 5 years for developed countries and 13.3 % in developing countries;
- a reduction of 21% in the volume of items benefiting from export subsidies and a lowering of 36% of export subsidies expenditure between 1995-2000.
Further noting that the WTO Committees concerned with agricultural issues are:
- the Committee on Agriculture;
- the Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures;
- the Council on Trade-related Intellectual property - which it is believed will support the attempts of TNCs to gain even greater control of the worlds seed resources by granting more patents to seeds;
- the Committee on Trade and Environment.
Acknowledging that researchers believe that consequences of the Uruguay Round in general terms will be:
- more international competition between the various producing countries which will create downward pressure on prices with consequent implications for agricultural employment and increased insecurity for rural workers generally;
- governments will loose their remaining influence on national food policies, which could have implications for national food security issues;
- many small farmers will be marginalised and/or driven from their land.
Further noting the decision of the WTO Ministerial Conference, Singapore, December 9-13, 1996 to reject suggestions to link international labour standards to trade issues despite the commitment of governments at the Singapore meeting to a final statement which included text on renewing the commitment of governments to "the observance of internationally recognised core labour standards", plus the statement that "The International Labour Office (ILO) is the competent body to set and deal with these standards, and we [ governments] affirm our support for its work in promoting them".
This 23rd IUF Congress resolves:
BSN and the IUF:
recalling the fundamental right of each employee to be represented and defended by the trade union organization of her/his choice;
affirming that the counterweight represented by the trade union organisations contributes to the respect of the needs and aspirations of the workforce by company executives
mutually recognizing the legitimacy of each party and their right to participate in the social as well as economic spheres, each mindful of their respective responsibilities as far as these conform with laws, collective agreements or other contractual agreement in effect;
are convinced that reinforcing democratic forms of co-operation in the enterprise is the responsibility of both parties, and that this implies the recognition of divergent approaches and differences in judgement as well as the search for negotiated solutions;
note that achieving this objective requires efforts to provide economic and social education and information to the entire workforce as well as their representatives to better understand the problems, the limitations faced by the company, and what it has at stake;
In this spirit, BSN and the IUF undertake to:
Monitor proper compliance throughout all BSN subsidiaries with ILO Conventions 87, 98 and 135, which concern respectively:
- the right of all employees to join the trade union organization of their choice;
- the right of all workers to be free from any act of discrimination leading to the restriction of trade union rights;
- the protection of all workers' representatives from all prejudicial measures, including firing, resulting from their status or activity as representatives of the workforce in accordance with the law, collective agreements, or other forms of contractual agreement in effect;
Encourage management and trade unions to negotiate agreements [concerning trade union rights], where possible for fixed durations, and to seek to publicize these agreements among the workforce to the widest possible extent;
Encourage management and employee representatives to negotiate and conclude agreements seeking to ensure that trade union and employee representatives benefit, with comparable ability, from the same opportunities of access to training, salary progression and promotion as other employees, and that the remainder of their professional development is taken care of when they decide to stand down from office.
Within the continuity of the BSN/IUF framework agreements (equality of men and women, economic and social information, vocational training), BSN and the IUF confirm that the process of informing and educating trade union and worker representatives should develop within each BSN subsidiary with the goal of ensuring effective implementation.
A first review of the implementation of this declaration will be undertaken in a concerted way during the plenary meeting in 1995.
Geneva, May 25, 1994
For the IUF For BSN
Dan Gallin Philippe Lenain
General Secretary Deputy General Director
Agreement between the IUF and the Accor Group on Trade Union Rights
The Accor Group and the IUF:
noting that, in the global economy, all social and economic progress is contingent upon the maintaining of a society based on democratic values and respect for human rights;
further noting that the hotel industry needs peace and social consensus in order to grow;
being committed, therefore, to work in this direction, above all by the example they set;
recalling the basic right of each employee to be represented and defended by a union of his or her choice;
recognizing the reciprocal legitimacy of the other party and its right to intervene in both social and economic affairs, while both retain their own responsibilities, to the extent that they comply with applicable laws, contracts or collective agreements;
are therefore convinced that reinforcing democracy in the Group is the duty of both parties and that this implies both the recognition of differences over ways and means as well as the search for solutions through collective bargaining;
further note that this goal requires, for its achievement, an effort at educating and informing the employees concerned and their representatives so that they can better understand the problems, constraints and challenges faced by the company.
In this spirit, the Accor Group and the IUF shall undertake to
verify the faithful application by all Accor establishments of ILO Conventions 87, 98 and 135, pertaining respectively to
the right of employees to affiliate to the union of their choice,
the protection of employees against all acts of discrimination that tend to violate freedom of association,
the protection of employee representatives against any measures that could harm them, including discharge, motivated by their status or activities as employee representatives, insofar as they act in compliance with applicable laws, contracts or collective agreements.
The Accor Group therefore undertakes not to oppose efforts to unionize its employees.
The Accor Group considers respect for union rights to be part of the good reputation of its brand names.
encourage the management of subsidiaries and entities to allow union representatives to carry out their mandates and to have access to the same opportunities for training, pay increases and advancement as all other equally qualified employees.
Both parties agree that any differences arising from the interpretation or implementation of this agreement will be examined jointly, for the purpose of making recommendations to the parties concerned. The French version of this agreement shall be the point of reference.
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Even though it stirred up a minor controversy no one really cared about when it was was more or less banned in the U.K., Tom Six's probably unnecessary "The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)" is gearing up to premiere tonight at Fantasic Fest and soon enough we'll hear if the follow-up was a worthwhile endeavor.
But in case you can't be in Austin, Texas tonight, Slashfilm has provided another look at the film in the form of the first poster and yeah, Tom Six is going all out. As the director promised, this next excursion will see the experiment in the first film doubled to include 12 ass-to-mouth victims and it seems that's just the starting point, as more bodies are lined up along the sides. Frankly, it's not so shocking anymore and it made us think of a certain emoticon from "Me And You And Everyone You Know" (except multiplied). Whether or not Six has found an actual interesting direction to take his narrative in this second outing remains to be seen.
Anyway, "The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)" will hit theaters on October 7th via IFC Midnight. Check out the full poster below.


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Despite my love for bright vibrant lips, this is really only the second coral-ish lipstick I own.
I was in Kit Cosmetics in Chadstone one day and this makeup artist had on the most brilliant coral lipstick. I've also a horrible habit of stopping strangers in public and complimenting them on their lipstick (and then finding out exactly what shade of lipstick it was) .
The makeup artist kindly sat me down on a chair and explained it to me. Then, she offered to apply it for me to try.
Despite looking rather glossy, this lipstick is far from it. It applies rather matte and unfortunately, it's one of those lipsticks that is extremely drying. I typically brush my toothbrush over my lips every morning and if I were to use this lipstick, I slather on a thick layer of Carmex lipbalm prior. Even then, I find my lips flaking towards mid-morning😦
It really is a shame because the colour is a beautiful one. It's a muted corally-red which leans a little on the warm side. It's not the most flattering colour on my skin but I can just about get away with it. Girls with warmer skin tones will look gorgeous with this colour.
So, if you really MUST have this colour, I would say prep your lips beforehand and don't wear it for long hours. I would usually swap over to a tinted lipbalm by lunch time to give my lips a break from this Sahara Desert-like lipstick.
Here's what I think of yesterday's gorgeous tinted lipbalm!


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Dancing To The Altar
The countdown is on. Shellee is down to the final details.
The countdown is on! Thirty days out came and went four days ago. I've had three lovely showers and so many offers to help with this project and that. This is truly a time in a girl's life when she is reminded of all she has to be grateful for: family, dear friends, and of course, the whole reason for all this hoopla ― the love of her life.
I'm working on some last minute details today. Something that's not exactly my forte, but I think is so important: the song list for the dance. For all you readers who will be at the wedding, I remind you to bring your dancing shoes! The checklist for the photographer is complete. The hour-by-hour wedding weekend timeline is next. If I get to it, I will have a seating chart for the reserved pews at the (cozy) church. My wedding planning philosophy, which I've developed through years of observing brides at weddings I've catered, is to micromanage every last detail up until one week prior, at which point I intend to see what happens and hope for the best.
I'm amazed and touched that so far we have almost a 95 percent acceptance rate. Still have to track down a few responses and then it's on to one of the most challenging tasks: the table and room layout. (Tip: I asked for the RSVPs back very shortly after sending the invitations and that worked well; people didn't have time to set them aside and forget.)
We will have floor-length ivory cloths, burlap runners, the infamous chocolate chargers, insulator candle holders (they stand up upside-down by placing a washer beneath them!) and bluish-green ball jars with ivory hydrangea, roses, and calla lilies. I picked up some fabulous fabric for the cake table and skirt and am going to use curtains for the backdrop. Finally, I have about 40 more of the letter S to stencil on cardstock circles. These will be attached to the backs of the chair covers. At a shower, I was contemplating how to go about cutting all these circles (I was envisioning myself tracing upside-down plates and then cutting with an exacto knife!), when I was informed by the more tech-savvy ladies that I needed a Cricut. (I thought it was a cricket, until they actually presented me with one.) It is amazing, and it inspired me to make my own guestbook.


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oh man....imagine if they made a real track machine?! sure it would be pretty damned expensive but it would be worth the looks of wtf when owning a bike that has the FREAKING CADILLAC LOGO on the side of it. i wonder if you have to be over 65 to ride one.


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Saturday, 28 June 2014
Moules Mariniere at Brussels Beer Cafe.
Flash your Watsons VIP Card at any of these outlets in Sunway Pyramid for more rewards.
Beyond Veggie
Lot LG2.52, Lower Ground 2
Tel: 03-5624 1352
Beyond Veggie, the modern meatless dining concept, is the answer for diners seeking a healthier diet.
The menu offers diners a wide variety of options, from Asian a la carte favourites like Assam Laksa to authentic dishes like Red Yeast Fried Rice, to baked pizzas like Margharita and Napoli Bianco, as well as fusion creations like Creamy Pesto and Sesame Spaghetti.
For those who favour traditional vegetarian items, Beyond Veggie has more than 30 varieties of dishes using freshly-made beancurd, mushrooms, seaweed, vegetables and beans.
Watsons VIP Card holders enjoy 10% off their total bill.
Lot LG2.119 (OB South), Lower Ground 2
Tel: 03-5622 1831
This is the place for Japanese buffet lovers to indulge in a spread of sushi, sashimi, maki, teppanyaki, tempura, shabu, udon, ramen, soba, yakimono (grilled items) and hot dishes. Shogun's buffet also offers Korean, Chinese, Thai, Western and local dishes. The restaurant is celebrating its 15th anniversary with the "Saisaki Fest" that introduces delicacies such as swordfish sashimi, salmon roe, slipper lobsters, unagi, vegetarian sushi and cheese baked oysters to the menu.
Watsons VIP Card holders enjoy a "buy five, get one free" promotion for the adult lunch buffet.
Texas Chicken
Lot OB3.LG2.1, Lower Ground 2
Tel: 03-5622 1206
Founded in San Antonio, Texas, the United States, Texas Chicken is one of the largest quick-service chicken concept restaurants in the world. Texas Chicken serves up authentic American Southern-style fare. The menu includes chicken in original and spicy flavours, crispy tender strips, spicy winglets, and nuggets, as well as side dishes such as honey-butter biscuits, mashed potatoes, and coleslaw.
Being from Texas, they also have Tex-Mex dishes like the Spicy Tex Supreme, Mexicana Burgers, and Tender, Tex and Mexicana Wraps.
Watsons VIP Card holders pay RM2 for a Chocolate Volcano cake with any combo set.
Hui Lau Shan
Lot LG1.118, Lower Ground 1
Tel: 03-5624-1145
From a single herbal drinks store, Hui Lau Shan has since grown to become the biggest dessert chain in Hong Kong, with over two hundred stores in key locations across Hong Kong, China, Macau and Malaysia. The Mango Feast is one of Hui Lau Shan's top 10 bestsellers, and is made of 100% fresh mango that is imported. It features a combination of signature mini mango chewy ball, mini mango coconut ribbon and mango crisp.
Watsons VIP Card holders get 10% off total bill on a la carte items (excluding the Pavilion, Sutera Mall, City Square and KLIA2 stores).
Bubba Gump Shrimp Co
Lot OB.K2 (OB North), Ground Floor
Tel: 03-5638 4559/ 5635 3559
The Bubba Gump Shrimp Co is an American seafood restaurant chain inspired by the 1994 film Forest Gump. The company is named after the movie's two main characters, Bubba Blue and Forest Gump, who had the desire to go into the shrimp industry. While known for its shrimp dishes, Bubba Gump's menu also offers a great options such as fresh fish, salads and ribs.
Watsons VIP Card holders get a free Chocolate Dream cake with a minimum spend of RM60.
Brussels Beer Café
Lot OB2.G.U1 (OB East), Ground Floor
Tel: 03-5636 3800
Brussels Beer Café offers a selection of distinct Belgian beers, from international brands to craft brands, accompanied by hearty Belgian dishes.
On the menu are Belgian favourites such as frites (fries), moules mariniere (mussels in white wine marinade), croquettes, Belgian meatballs, Belgian foot-long sausage and crispy roasted knuckles. The café offers over 40 types of bottled and draught beers, including bestsellers such as Hoegaarden, Stella Artois and Leffe.
Watsons VIP Card holders get a free waffle worth RM12.80 with a minimum spend of RM50 in a single receipt, and free Brussels' Sausage platter (worth RM28.80) with a minimum spend of RM180 in a single receipt.
Lot F1.AV.11, First Floor
Tel: 016-866 0797
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Where are some of the oddest/coolest places you seen others repping ISU gear?
I remember walking down downtown St. Thomas and seeing a dude in a ISU hat/shirt and yelled GO STATE! Looked back and gave me a number one. Saw the same dude like 3 times while we were down there. Small world. Or is it that the ISU world is a big world?
I think I remember a post about this same topic about 3 months ago.
Turtle Mountain Brewery in Rio Rancho, NM. Only time I have met a Clone fan down here, and I have been here 10 years now. Chatted with the guy a bit. It turns out, when I first arrived at the Turtle, there were two Hok fans talking crap to me. Even down here the Hok fans outnumber Clone fans big time. But just like in Iowa, they run their mouth and make themselves look stoopid no matter where they are at!
Hoof hearted
Originally Posted by ZombieCyclone
I think I remember a post about this same topic about 3 months ago.
I was on another message board and this other guy had an Iowa state av so I said "Cool Av", and he liked my post.
Real answer though, I've ran into ISU fans in Mexico and Australia before. (For aussie study abroaders, they were on their honeymoon at the reef, not felling students).
Disney World in Orlando
"Watch out for the Cyclones. We comin," Korie Lucious.
Anyone else purposely do this? I wear Cyclone gear all the time when I travel. Great for airports or theme parks.
Dhahran Saudi Arabia
I was wearing an ISU jacket. 2 days ago I had someone say go Cyclones right as I was getting ready to jump on a boat to go ocean fishing in California.
Outside Albuquerque...
I went into Wilson's sports bar on Atwood in Madison a few years ago. They had an ISU football jersey signed by a bunch of the team, framed and hanging up. I asked about it. Apparently it was from the 2000 team. There were some ISU football students in Madison for some engineering course/conference whatever and were looking to watch the ISU basketball game. They had trouble finding a place with the game on, they showed up at Wilson's where the manager put the game on for them. As a "Thank you", the players send the jersey to the bar.
Pretty cool of the team members to do that and cool the bar hung it on the wall it being Badger country. It isn't hanging there now, but I think they just took it down within the last 3 years.
Originally Posted by Farnsworth
Anyone else purposely do this? I wear Cyclone gear all the time when I travel. Great for airports or theme parks.
Yep. Anytime I'm flying or even driving out of state you can bet I have an ISU shirt & hat on!
I did a J-term in China and saw a guy walking down the street in Shanghai wearing an Iowa State jacket. Pretty random, and I wish I would have had a chance to talk to him.
Originally Posted by no2cyclones
I did a J-term in China and saw a guy walking down the street in Shanghai wearing an Iowa State jacket. Pretty random, and I wish I would have had a chance to talk to him.
I can confirm this story as legit.
Also, the man most likely would not have been able to speak English if you did have the chance to talk to him!
Merry Christmas!
I wrapped it up and sent it
With a note saying "I Love You" I meant it
Now I know what a fool I've been
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Panama City Florida at a dive bar while doing karaoke with some friends on vacation.
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University of Minnesota to hire 16 new faculty to form collaborative clusters that will address global health and environmental challenges
August 30, 2012
As the global population moves toward 9 billion, the need to find sustainable ways to support the human race grows more urgent. To stimulate innovation and meet these challenges, the University of Minnesota's College of Biological Sciences is launching a new initiative to develop team approaches to research in key areas of biology that draw on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) disciplines.
The college will hire 16 new faculty to form six collaborative research clusters spanning themes across the biological sciences. Cluster themes include cellular biophysics, functional proteomics, fungal evolution, genome variation, microbial systems and synthetic biology, and theoretical biology.
Funding for six of the new faculty positions comes from funds provided by U of M President Eric Kaler's 2012-13 university budget, which invested in excellence by putting forward $7 million for new faculty positions across 11 schools, colleges and campuses. Funding for the other 10 will come from faculty retirements. CBS is creating contiguous research labs in existing buildings for each cluster to promote collaboration.
"The convergence of the sciences, mathematics and engineering, and development of interdisciplinary team approaches are key to addressing complex problems in the world including global health, food safety, energy, and clean water and air," said Robert Elde, dean of the College of Biological Sciences. "This is particularly true for using computation and mathematics to analyze the huge amount of data produced by genomics – the study of an organism's complete genetic instructions."
"World-class research institutions, like the University of Minnesota, are in a unique position to tackle complex global issues, and the STEM fields play an integral and comprehensive role in these efforts," said Kaler. "I applaud the College of Biological Sciences for this imaginative approach to learning and engagement. These research clusters will better position our university to discover solutions to the significant challenges facing the state, the nation and the world."
According to a 2011 report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the best way to address population and related challenges is through innovation stimulated by the convergence of biology with mathematics, the physical sciences and engineering.
Called the "Third Revolution," this convergence follows from the 1960s molecular biology revolution (ushered in by Crick's and Watson's discovery of DNA's structure), and the turn-of-the-century genomics revolution, which was driven by sequencing technology and computer analysis.
According to MIT Professor and Nobel Laureate Phillip Sharp, "Convergence is a broad rethinking of how all scientific research can be conducted, so that we capitalize on a range of knowledge bases, from microbiology to computer science to engineering design."
Added Elde, "The outcome will have far-reaching and positive consequences for biological sciences at the University of Minnesota and in the state. It will position the college to compete successfully for funding. It will help us train the next generation of scientists. And it will help support biotechnology industry in Minnesota."


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Toll Brothers insists the luxury home market has a pulse.
The builder has 21 contracts for its 78-unit Frenchman's Harbor waterfront development in North Palm Beach.
Horsham, Pa.-based Toll, which owns the Parkland Golf & Country Club and has other South Florida communities in its portfolio, says Frenchman's Harbor is the only residential project in the county being built on the Intracoastal Waterway.
The homes and condos range in price from the high $600,000s to more than $2 million, though some of the units have higher price tags.
Sales began late last year, though Toll held a formal launch last month. Click here for more information.
The luxury market has been slow to recover from the housing bust, but that segment appears to be heating up now, said Jim McDade, division president for Toll.
"It's always hard to separate the anecdotal from the quantifiable, but there's definitely a sense that things have improved," he said.
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