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== Examples ==
== Examples ==
The prototypical fascist regime was that of [[Benito Mussolini]], who ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943. Other regimes which included corporatist elements are those of [[Francisco Franco]] in Spain (1936-1975) and [[Antonio Salazar]] in Portugal (1932-1968). German [[Nazism]] referred to government mandated corporatist entities as industrial cartels and added an obsession with [[race]]. Austrian economist [[Friedrich Hayek]] observed in the final stages of [[World War II]], "the rise of fascism and [[Marxism]] was not a reaction against the socialist trends of the preceding period but a necessary outcome of those tendencies. Yet it is significant that many of the leaders of these movements, from Mussolini down (and including [[Laval]] and [[Quisling]]) began as socialists and ended as fascists or Nazis.<ref>Friedrich A. Hayek, [http://www.iea.org.uk/files/upld-publication43pdf?.pdf ''Road to Serfdom'',] Reader's Digest Condensed Version, April 1945, pg. 31 - 32.</ref>
The prototypical fascist regime was that of [[Benito Mussolini]], who ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943. Other regimes which included corporatist elements are those of [[Francisco Franco]] in Spain (1936-1975) and [[Antonio Salazar]] in Portugal (1932-1968). German [[Nazism]] referred to government mandated corporatist entities as industrial cartels and added an obsession with [[race]]. Austrian economist [[Friedrich Hayek]] observed in the final stages of [[World War II]], "the rise of fascism and [[Marxism]] was not a reaction against the socialist trends of the preceding period but a necessary outcome of those tendencies. Yet it is significant that many of the leaders of these movements, from Mussolini down (and including [[Laval]] and [[Quisling]]) began as socialists and ended as fascists or Nazis.<ref>Friedrich A. Hayek, [http://www.iea.org.uk/files/upld-publication43pdf?.pdf ''Road to Serfdom'',] Reader's Digest Condensed Version, April 1945, pg. 31 - 32.</ref>
==Inspiration for the New Deal==
==Inspiration for the New Deal==
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Fascism is a big government, totalitarian, economic, and political ideology that arose in early twentieth century Europe and came to dominate the social and political systems of Italy under Benito Mussolini and Germany under Adolf Hitler. Fascism was primarily statist in nature, relying on big government solutions and "crony capitalism", and openly hostile towards conventional religion. Fascism was influential in Portugal as well, and had followers in most European countries and in Argentina. The last regime that had some fascist elements, that of Francisco Franco in Spain, came to an end in 1975. Fascism was falsely considered "Far-Right" in politics, mostly due to Joseph Stalin denouncing Hitler and the National Socialists as "right-wing" after World War II, but it in reality was considered closer to the far-Left.[1]
The name "fascism" derives from an ancient Roman symbol, the fasces, a group of birch rods bundled together with an axe. It symbolizes strength in unity; the rods are weak by themselves but strong when bundled together. Historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. has stated,
|The Fascists were not conservative in any very meaningful sense. They did not wish to preserve the existing order, or even to turn back the clock to some more stable century. They purposefully planned to transform the existing order into a new and all-absorbing authoritarianism, based upon the energies and frustrations of modern industrialism. The Fascists, in a meaningful sense, were revolutionaries.[2]
Fascists believe that all actions should be done for the good of the state; they reject classical liberalism, which upholds the rights of the individual. Fascism ignores or rejects Christianity, though some fascist leaders such as Hitler have exploited organized religion for political gain. This definition extends to economic policy as well, with government and business made to work together for this end. This is called "corporatism."
Characteristics of fascism include a belief that the state is more important than the individual; a leaning towards authoritarian government and violence; preference for centralized economic planning; an emphasis on nationalism and national traditions; militarism; information control and censorship; media propagation of the Great Leader which demonizes and trivializes his critics; and a rejection of both free enterprise and Socialism in favor of corporatist economic policies.
Fascist regimes have pushed their agendas by concentrating on a "scapegoat"—typically a group that is deemed to be foreign in origin or beliefs or both. Examples include the vehement Nazi attack on the Jews and Gypsies and the campaigns waged by several fascist regimes against Freemasonry. The characteristics of fascism also include rampant cronyism and corruption, as well as rigged elections and a general disdain for human rights.[3]
The prototypical fascist regime was that of Benito Mussolini, who ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943. Other regimes which included corporatist elements are those of Francisco Franco in Spain (1936-1975) and Antonio Salazar in Portugal (1932-1968). German Nazism referred to government mandated corporatist entities as industrial cartels and added an obsession with race. Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek observed in the final stages of World War II, "the rise of fascism and Marxism was not a reaction against the socialist trends of the preceding period but a necessary outcome of those tendencies. Yet it is significant that many of the leaders of these movements, from Mussolini down (and including Vichy French prime minister Pierre Laval and Norwegian puppet ruler Vidkun Quisling) began as socialists and ended as fascists or Nazis.[4]
Inspiration for the New Deal
For a more detailed treatment, see New Deal.
Italian Premier Benito Mussolini was convinced that the New Deal was copying Fascist economic policies.[5] Nazi Minister of Economics Hjalmar Schacht declared that President Franklin Roosevelt had the same economic idea as Hitler and Mussolini;[6] the official Nazi Party organ, Völkischer Beobachter, applauded "Roosevelt's adoption of National Socialist strains of thought in his economic and social policies."[7] Hitler expressed admiration for FDR's approach, saying, "I have [8] sympathy with President Roosevelt because he marches straight toward his objective over Congress, over lobbies, over stubborn bureaucracies." FDR's Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes conceded that "what we were doing in this country were some of the things that were being done in Russia and even some of the things that were being [9] in Germany. But we were doing them in an orderly way."
The Italian Fascist Party program, first promulgated in 1919, demanded "Suppression of incorporated joint-stock companies, industrial or financial. Suppression of all speculation by banks and stock exchanges," and "Control and taxation of private wealth. Confiscation of unproductive income."[10] The Fascists called this economic system corporativismo (corporativism). As UCLA international relations and political science professor Herbert Steiner observed in 1938, "So substantial are the limitations under which private property and capital are exercised in Italy, that the conception of 'capitalism' is avowedly destroyed and replaced by corporativismo."[11]
National Recovery Administration
For a more detailed treatment, see National Recovery Administration.
The centerpiece of the New Deal was the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) of 1933, which was "similar to experiments being carried out by the fascist dictator Benito Mussolini in Italy and by the Nazis in Adolf Hitler's Germany," according to John A. Garraty,[12] of the Society of American Historians.[13] NIRA established the National Recovery Administration (NRA), "the New Deal's attempt to bring to America the substance of Mussolini's corporativism."[14] As one NRA study concluded, "The Fascist principles are very similar to those which have been evolving in America and so are of particular interest at this time."[15]
Just as Mussolini "organized each trade or industrial group or professional group into a state supervised trade association" that "operated under state supervision and could plan production, quality, prices, distribution, labor standards, etc.,"[16] the NRA "forced virtually all American industry, manufacturing, and retail business into cartels possessing the power to set prices and wages, and to [17] dictate the levels of production."
U.S. Ambassador to Italy Breckinridge Long wrote to Roosevelt's economic advisor Rexford Tugwell, "Your mind runs along these lines [corporativism]… It may have some bearing on the code work under N.R.A."[18] Tugwell, the "most prominent of the Brain Trusters and the man often considered the chief ideologist[19] of the 'first New Deal' (roughly, 1933–34)," said, "I find Italy doing many of the things which seem to me necessary…. Mussolini certainly has the same people opposed to him as FDR has. But he has the press controlled so that they cannot scream lies at him daily."[20]
As head of the NRA and thus "FDR's leading bureaucrat,"[21] the President appointed[22] General Hugh Johnson, who was granted "almost unlimited powers over industry." [23] According to economist Thayer Watkins (who teaches economic history[24] at California's San José State University), Johnson was "an admirer of Mussolini's National Corporatist system[25] in Italy and he drew upon the Italian experience in formulating the New Deal." Walker F. Todd, research fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research, agrees that Johnson "did admire greatly what Mussolini appeared to have done," and identifies the NRA as a "thoroughly corporativist" [26] idea.
Johnson was said to carry around with him a copy of Raffaello Viglione's pro-Mussolini book,[27] The Corporate State,[28] even presenting a copy to Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins.[29] In his 1934 retirement speech, he invoked what he called the "shining name" of Mussolini.[30] According to Jonah Goldberg, Johnson displayed a portrait of ''Il Duce'' in his NRA office and actually "distributed a memo at the Democratic Convention proposing that FDR become a Mussolini-like dictator."[31]
Agricultrual Adjustment Administration
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Roosevelt appointed Johnson's former business partner George Peek to head the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA). Both men had "worked with the War Industries Board, the agency that regulated American production during World War I, and they believed their experience of managing an economy almost totally sealed off from the world market would suit the country now."[32] They had long advocated a policy of expanding tariffs to keep foreign agricultural products out of the United States,[33] a policy that would have again rendered the U.S. economy "almost totally sealed off from the world market"[34]—a fair approximation of " autarky,"[35] an economic policy particularly but not exclusively "associated with Nazi economic organization." [36]
Admiration for Mussolini and Hitler
The New York Times reported that the mood in Washington in 1933 was "strangely reminiscent of Rome in the first weeks after the march of the Blackshirts, of Moscow at the beginning of the Five-Year Plan... America today literally asks for orders." The Roosevelt administration, reported the Times, "envisages a federation of industry, labor and government after the fashion of the corporative State as it exists in Italy."[37]
Roosevelt privately found Mussolini "admirable," writing to his personal friend John Lawrence, "I don't mind telling you in confidence, that I am keeping in fairly close touch with that admirable Italian gentleman." [38] FDR also wrote to U.S. Ambassador to Italy Breckinridge Long about Mussolini, "I am much interested and deeply impressed by what he has accomplished and by his evidenced honest purpose of restoring Italy and seeking to prevent general European trouble." [39]
Hitler likewise expressed "admiration" for Roosevelt's economic policies, and said he was in accord with" Roosevelt's "moral demand," which he identified as the "quintessence of German philosophy of the State," as he wrote in a letter[40] to U.S. Ambassador to Germany William Dodd.
Fascist means to liberal ends
George Soule, editor of the pro-Roosevelt New Republic magazine, wrote in his 1934 book The Coming American Revolution,[41] "We are trying out the economics of Fascism without having suffered all its social or political ravages." In the North American Review in 1934, the progressive writer Roger Shaw described the New Deal as "Fascist means to gain liberal ends."[42]
World War II Era
Fascism as an ideological theory was comprehensively discredited in the eyes of most Westerners because of the defeat of the Axis powers in World War II.
Modern Times
"Fascist" is today frequently used as a term of abuse both on the left and on the right against one's political opponents. While few people are willing to describe themselves as fascists or endorse the fascist regimes of the past, fascist parties and parties descended from fascist parties (such as the Alleanza Nazionale in Italy) continue to be a minor force in European politics. Fascism seems not to flourish in countries with an Anglo-centric heritage: America, Australia and Canada have never had significant fascist movements. The British Union of Fascists was never an important force in British politics, although it was significant enough for the government to consider its leader, Sir Oswald Mosley, dangerous enough to intern during the war.
In addition, since at least the 1960s, the term "Fascist" was used incorrectly to describe nations that go to war and have significant military buildup, the implication being that building up the military means that freedom is at risk. In some cases, this was also applied to countries that even had a military at all. This usage of the term was generally done by anti-war groups.
In large part because of the false notion that fascism belonged to the right-wing of politics instead of the left-wing, several leftists have falsely referred to President Donald Trump and his plans to make America great again as "fascist." On a similar note, the left-wing anarchist group Antifa (which was short for "anti-fascist"), despite its name, was closer in overall ideology and actions to fascism in reality.
See also
Further reading
- Eatwell, Roger. Fascism: A History. (1996). 432 pp.
- Laqueur, Walter. Fascism: Past, Present, Future. (1996). 245 pp.
- Payne, Stanley G. A History of Fascism, 1914-1945. U. of Wisconsin Press, 1995. 613 pp. the standard history, by a leading conservative historian
- ↑ http://www.regnery.com/books/the-big-lie/
- ↑ Not Right, Not Left, But a Vital Center, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., New York Times Magazine, April 4, 1948.
- ↑ Dr. Lawrence Britt "Fascism Anyone?," Free Inquiry, Spring 2003, page 20
- ↑ Friedrich A. Hayek, Road to Serfdom, Reader's Digest Condensed Version, April 1945, pg. 31 - 32.
- ↑ Stanley G. Payne, A History of Fascism, 1914-1945'' (University of Wisconsin Press, 1996) ISBN 0299148742, p. 230
- ↑ William E. Leuchtenburg, ''Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal'' (Harper & Row, 1963), p. 203
- ↑ Wolfgang Schivelbusch, ''Three New Deals: Reflections on Roosevelt's America, Mussolini's Italy, and Hitler's Germany, 1933-1939'' (Macmillan, 2006) ISBN 080507452X, p. 19
- ↑ [1],
- ↑ done under Hitler
- ↑ Count Carlo Sforza,''Contemporary Italy - Its Intellectual and Moral Origins (Read Books, 2007, ISBN 1406760307), pp. 295-296
- ↑ H. Arthur Steiner, ''Government in Fascist Italy'' (McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1938), p. 92
- ↑ past president
- ↑ John Arthur Garraty, ''The American Nation'', 4th ed., vol. 2 (Harper & Row, 1979) ISBN 0060422696, p. 656
- ↑ Leonard Peikoff, ''The Ominous Parallels'' (Stein and Day, 1982) ISBN 081282850X, p. 293
- ↑ Janet C. Wright, "Capital and Labor Under Fascism," National Archives, Record Group 9, Records of the National Recovery Administration,Special Research and Planning Reports and Memoranda, 1933-35, Entry 31, Box 3
- ↑ John T. Flynn, ''The Roosevelt Myth'' (The Devin-Adair Company, 1948) pp. 42-43
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ Long to Tugwell, May 16, 1934, Breckinridge Long Papers, Box 111, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress)
- ↑ FDR — The Man, the Leader, the Legacy, Part 11 by Ralph Raico, Future of Freedom Foundation, February 2001.
- ↑ Jonah Goldberg, ''Liberal Fascism: the Secret History of the American Left, from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning (Random House, Inc., 2008) ISBN 0385511841, p.156
- ↑ Hugh Samuel Johnson, Arlington National Cemetery Website.
- ↑ General Hugh Johnson, Vanity Fair.
- ↑ NEW LAW IS ANTICIPATED; President Telephones Associate of Baruch of His Selection. ANSWER AWAITS PASSAGE As Administrator, He Would Have Under Roosevelt Vast Powers Over Business. LEADER IN DRAFTING BILL Plans Made to Put Measure in Operation Within Week After It Is Enacted. JOHNSON CHOSEN INDUSTRY CHIEF, The Associated Press, May 19, 1933.
- ↑ Thayer Watkins, Ph.D, San Jose State University.
- ↑ The Economic System of Corporatism, Thayer Watkins, San José State University.
- ↑ The Federal Reserve Board and the Rise of the Corporate State, 1931-1934, Walter F. Todd, Economic Education Bulletin, Great Barrington, Massachusetts (ISSN 0424–2769) (USPS 167–360),
- ↑ http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/Fascism.html
- ↑ ''http://books.google.com/books?id=vIJQHAAACAAJ
- ↑ Frances Perkins, ''The Roosevelt I Knew'' (The Viking press, 1946) p. 206. Socialist (Kent Worcester, ''C.L.R. James: A Political Biography'' [SUNY Press, 1995] ISBN 079142751X, p. 175) George Rawich wrote that Perkins told him Johnson gave each member of the Cabinet a book by Fascist theoretician Giovanni Gentile, "and we all read it with great care." Schivelbusch suggests the book was actually Mussolini advisor Fausto Pitigliani's ''The Italian Corporativist State.'' (''Three New Deals'', p. 203, n. 28)
- ↑ Arthur Meier Schlesinger, ''The coming of the New Deal, 1933-1935'' (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2003) ISBN 0618340866, p. 153
- ↑ http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Mjc0ZmFlMDFiNDJkODdjYjE3NDY5OGVlY2JiZWRmNjM=
- ↑ Eric Rauchway, ''The Great Depression & the New Deal: A Very Short Introduction'' (Oxford University Press, 2008) ISBN 0195326342, p. 76
- ↑ William J. Barber , ''From New Era to New Deal: Herbert Hoover, the Economists, and American Economic Policy, 1921-1933'' (Cambridge University Press, 1989) ISBN 0521367379, p. 50
- ↑ Neil Vousden, ''The Economics of Trade Protection'' (Cambridge University Press, 1990) ISBN 052134669X, p. 91
- ↑ http://www.economist.com/research/economics/alphabetic.cfm?letter=A#autarky
- ↑ http://www.history-ontheweb.co.uk/concepts/autarky.htm
- ↑ http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60A1FFF3E5C16738DDDAE0894DD405B838FF1D3
- ↑ David F. Schmitz, The United States and fascist Italy, 1922-1940 (University of North Carolina Press, 1988 ISBN 080781766X, p. 139)
- ↑ F.D.R., His Personal Letters, Vol. 3 [Ed. Elliott Roosevelt] [Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1947], p. 352.
- ↑ http://www.cdojerusalem.org/icons-multimedia/ClientsArea/HoH/LIBARC/ARCHIVE/Chapters/Forging/Foreign/Message.html
- ↑ George Soule, The Coming American Revolution, p. 294.
- ↑ http://www.reason.com/news/show/122026.html


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There is a really good article by Sherry Posnick-Goodwin that is in the November edition of California Educator, I also found and linked to it on the California Teachers Association's web-site and will paste it below.
For those of you who aren't involved in the world of teachers and students, let me explain something: When people (like our President) make vague references to how they don't want any "teaching to the test" to be going on in schools, they clearly DO NOT know what they are talking about!
Test scores are everything in schools everywhere in this nation, California is NOT exempted from this. Art programs: cut or gone! Music: forget about it! Field trips: Are you serious?! What is going on is more than just the ancillaries which I just mentioned disappearing, it is what happens IN the classrooms which is troublesome. Students are tested, then tested again, then tested some more on top of that. The big thing for the past few years is to have students practice on tests that MIRROR the CST exams…test this skill, test this standard or objective, narrow your focus as a teacher. Main idea, well that is hit hard on CSTs…prep, prep, prep some more on Main Idea….other skills, which aren't weighted as heavily…well, brush past them, they aren't represented as heavily on the test.
What is going on in education is a NARROWING of the educational and academic lives of our students. I do fear that 10 or 20 years down the road when this grand experiment plays to its denouement, we will have an entire generation of students who have trouble thinking for themselves about how to go about solving problems.
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Volume 17 Issue 3Test prep is taking over student learning
Sherry Posnick-GoodwinSusan Huls teaches at Arroya Vista Elementary School in South Pasadena, an affluent community that attracts parents seeking high test scores. There are monthly tours, and prospective parents are on a waiting list to visit the school. Even with an Academic Performance Index (API) score of 932, a small drop of a percentage point or two sends teachers into a panic resulting in more test prep, she says.
"Maintaining the scores is our stress and pressure," says Huls, Teachers Association of South Pasadena. "So we teach, model and practice our test-taking strategies beginning on the first day of school. I spend about 800 minutes a month on test prep, and as we get closer to test time, I spend about half of the time on test prep."
She shows youngsters how to "cross out" what she calls the "least obvious" answers on multiple-choice test-prep handouts, and explains that it's possible to determine which answer is right by eliminating the others. Then students play "Around the World" with flash cards.
Test prep doesn't prepare students for the outside world, Huls worries.
"Businesses want people who can think creatively, not kids who know how to bubble in a test," she says. "Instead of one standardized test, it would be better if students were tested on multiple measures and could demonstrate problem-solving skills and show they knew how to apply what they have learned to real-life situations."
"Parents expect high scores. To them, it's almost like a return on their investment," she adds. "And for us, it's becoming the sole indicator of job performance. In what other profession would someone's job performance be measured by another person's single test score?"
Meanwhile 110 miles south, students nod in time with the beat as Escondido Elementary Education Association (EEEA) member Jesusa López plays a "let's get ready for the test" rap song for her third-graders. It's September, and preparation for the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) exam is under way at Conway Elementary School.
López smiles, but she is worried. "I could see my students were learning last year — I provided a well-rounded education. But they didn't hit the magic number on the one important test." López suffers many sleepless nights worrying about raising scores of her students who don't test well.
Many Escondido educators experience such stress, says EEEA President Romero Maratea. "Using data to inform instruction is good," he says. "But when data is being used to judge teachers, it results in stress and more test prep."
The district, on Program Improvement and facing NCLB sanctions, assesses students' test readiness three times a year, but most teachers are preparing students for standardized testing year-round.
Rankings of individual Escondido teachers are shared at staff meetings, and teachers feel demoralized if their scores are lower, even slightly, than others teaching the same grade level, says Maratea. Teachers with higher scores may feel happy, but there's pressure to stay on top.
This competitiveness concerns many because it can decrease collaboration, which negatively impacts student learning. Maratea sees this happening locally. "It's sad, but it happens. There's so much pressure."
Do good test scores mean good teaching?
Test prep includes drills, practice tests and going over strategies on taking standardized tests. CTA's policy is pretty clear, says Assessment and Testing Chair Cliff Kusaba. Test prep should not interfere with teaching time. "We have developed accountability standards. Test prep should not take 60 percent of classroom time, and it should be embedded as part of the curriculum, not as a separate activity."
Good luck with that Cliff! Go spend some time in a classroom, especially for a school in Program Improvement (PI)…
In fact, prepping should not happen until after the curriculum is taught, he adds. "We ask for multiple measures to get away from the focus of a single test to determine student learning. Teachers prepare students for all kinds of tests, mostly for the important test called life."
Kusaba says CTA is concerned with the craziness that comes with standardized testing.
"It used to be that we had an entire year to teach curriculum, but from a standardized test perspective, the last day of the school year revolves around the California Standards Tests," says Jeremy Adams, author of the teacher memoir "Full Classrooms, Empty Selves." "Our calendar and pacing revolve around this reality."
Test scores are now defining "good" teachers, although teachers with the best scores may not always be the best teachers, says Adams.
"Average teachers may get great scores, but good teachers make lifelong learners out of students. Teacher A could teach exclusively to the standards and drill-and-kill for months leading up to the test. Teacher B might take time for projects, supplemental material and classroom discussions. Teacher A might get better scores — but whose students are more likely to have developed an enduring love of history and thus an appreciation for learning 10 years into the future?"
Test-taking strategies outrank learning and teaching new concepts
Abigail Sims' eighth-graders at Lovonya DeJean Middle School will be tested on sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade history on California Standards Tests (CSTs) this spring. At the beginning of the year, Sims polled students on the history they remembered from sixth grade. It wasn't much; many sixth-grade teachers skipped teaching history, since it's not on the sixth-grade STAR test.
"Honestly, I spend about a week and a half every month on test prep," says Sims, United Teachers of Richmond. "When I teach a major concept, I ask the children how they think it will appear at the end of the year in test form. I can see their anxiety build."
Sims prefers students spend time on library research, project-based learning, field trips, artwork tied to instruction, and historical literature. Instead, she does a lot of "drill-and-kill" to make sure her students will be able to answer multiple-choice questions correctly.
"At the beginning of the school year, I come to school with a lot of cool ideas about how I want to creatively approach subject matter," she says. "I have beautiful images of what I'm going to do, but those images get trampled when there is so much focus on test scores."
Adams agrees. A Bakersfield High School economics and government teacher, he fears too much emphasis on test prep may diminish enthusiasm and creativity for teaching and learning. He believes testing should identify which parts of the curriculum are being successfully taught, so teachers can pinpoint which units need fine-tuning and which need a complete overhaul. "It's a deflating prospect to realize that so much of modern teaching has devolved into a process of teaching for test success instead of life success," he says.
The Kern High School Teachers Association member prepares students for the CSTs as well as the California High School Exit Exam for graduation and sometimes Advanced Placement tests.
Adams gives students tips for passing multiple-choice exams. "If you have a question that involves Stalin, Hitler, war or disease, the answer is likely negative. If you have a question about democracy, art or Lincoln, the answer is likely positive." "There is an unfortunate propensity to cover the information that is likely to appear on the CST exam, the standards, and redundantly cover it. The unfortunate consequence: There is a lack of in-depth historical analysis," he adds. "There is little time to read a speech by Lincoln, act out a scene from Sophocles, or partake in a class discussion about current events that are germane to the realm of history, all of which can easily get pushed aside in the pursuit of bubbling in the correct answer come April."
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Evicted! 10 Stars Who Faced Home Foreclosures In Recent Years
When it comes to paying off a mortgage, there's only one rule you need to follow: Don't play with the bank's money. That's as true for you as it is for your favorite celebrity. No matter who you are, what you do, or how much you make, the only thing that a bank cares about when it comes to a mortgage is getting paid. So if you're not prepared to make mortgage payments to a bank—or, worse, you don't make enough money to make mortgage payments to a bank—then you shouldn't apply for one in the first place.
Unfortunately, more than a few celebrities have not heeded that advice. They've attempted to live beyond their means by moving into a big house with a big mortgage. As a result of their financial shortcomings, they've faced foreclosures on their properties. Here, we take a look at 10 who faced home foreclosures in recent years.


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Playing the Cash 25 lottery can be very exciting especially if from time to time you are a winner. Winning can be accomplished quit often if the correct system is used. There are many so called experts in the market offering winning number secrets and scratch off ticket recommendations that promise to help you win. Most are not legit. However, there are a few systems on the market that has produced some promising results.
When you consider that that there are many different lottery systems available and lots of past winners you remain anonymous or don't talk about their winning strategies how many more winners might there be who have used such systems?
Think about it: is it possible that a huge percentage of lottery winners are actually using mathematical or statistical formulas to help them win? If that is the case then anyone who is not using a system is merely feeding the prize fund and has an almost zero chance of winning.
Would You Like to Win The Cash 25 lottery?
Lottery predictions is quite popular these days. People used to be skeptical with the predictions as they thought that the winning numbers are a matter of luck and fortunes. Not many people believe that lottery can be won by using some kind of a sophisticated science based predictions. It was not until the late 90s when lottery players began using lottery predictions to help them to win lottery or at least get closer to the winning numbers. When Gonzalo Garcia-Pelayo, a Spanish man who managed to study and analyze many games in two different countries, Spain and the US and win a lot of money by using different strategies. After him people started to believe that lottery results can be predicted.Lottery players start thinking about how to win the lotteries using predictions. They use many kinds of predictions: from mechanical predictions on mechanical lotteries to technological predictions using computer software. A lot of people use algorithm to analyze and predict lottery results.Analysis of GroupsThere are many kinds of group analysis that lottery predictors use to get into the winning numbers. Lottery players can group the months having the best winning numbers of a certain period or they can group the numbers winning in certain period of time.Analysis of Hot-Cold TrendThis algorithm analysis is one of the most favourite so far as it can record the frequency ranks and use the variations to predict the tendencies of hot and cold numbers in the next drawings.Analysis of Repetition PatternA lot of lottery players share the same opinion that repetition is quite important to predict the winning numbers as most of jackpots will appear again in the future.The analysis mentioned above represents only a part of the strategies that lottery players can use. There are still many other algorithm analysis that can be done by predictors to help them win.
How to Win Lottery by Using Analysis Algorithms for Lottery Prediction
Have you been searching for Pick 3 lottery workout systems that actually work? Are you tired of guessing and relying on luck? Well here's one system that you should try. It only involves simple mathematics and a bit of concentration. This system is one of the oldest. Although it doesn't guarantee a hundred percent, it has a high percentage hit. It is called the 123 workout. Here is how it works:
o You begin by using the preceding numbers drawn from the Pick 3 lottery. Just to provide a concrete example, let us use the numbers 468. We will call it the stack number.
o Important Rule of the 123 workout: Do not carry over when adding or subtracting the numbers. Here is an example: 5 + 9 = 4 (instead of 14)
o Monitor all the numbers that come out in the following days. You will realize that one out of the 22 combinations will be the next hit. Let's face it; it is better than having to choose from a million other combinations. Your chance of winning the next lottery is now greater having to choose from a smaller set.
Others have tried other Pick 3 lottery workout systems. Some of them are just too complicated. They would require the work of your personal computer, plus it costs much and takes time to download them. This system only requires a pen and a piece of paper. Try this method and see if the numbers really come out. What have you got to lose?
Winning the Cash 25 lottery is very rewarding. Give this system a spin and watch your winnings grow.


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While three in four teens don�t get enough exercise, some Springfield-area students are finding ways to stay active. Teens say goals help them get � and stay � motivated.
Runner Rachel Lange, a Pleasant Plains High School junior, said she tries to work out every day.
�What motivates me to exercise is track. I was one place away from going to state in track last year, so my goal this year is to go to state,� Rachel said.
She competes in cross-country and in both the 3,200-meter and 1,600-meter races in track. In addition, she occasionally runs the 800-meter distance.
When the temperatures drop and it gets tough to run outdoors, Rachel turns to a stationary bike. She tries to fit in 45 minutes of riding when it�s too cold to run. She also does seven minutes of abdominal work, push-ups and squats.
�I try to make sure that I don�t go more than three days without exercising,� Rachel said.
Sacred Heart-Griffin High School junior Will Smith said he exercises frequently in part because it�s a fun activity to look forward to after school. He works out five days a week, four hours a day, through karate, boxing and mixed martial arts. He said he�s also dedicated because exercise helps with his karate training.
Will includes both cardio, often running, and weight training.
Meghan Jacobs said she plans to play soccer at Southeast High School this spring. But the sophomore also gets running, walking and stretching in through physical education class. She said exercising is helping her get in shape for soccer � her primary motivation.
Rochester High School�s Hannah Blanshan, a sophomore, said she tries to fit in at least an hour of working out, sometimes pushing that to an hour and a half, at the gym or at home every day.
�I exercise because I like the feeling of being healthy and doing good for my body. I may not always feel like excising everyday but then I remember the payoff I get from a little exercise,� Hannah said.
Tri-City High School senior Joe Allen said he exercises five or six times a week � for 2 1/2 hours per session. He lifts weights at Gold�s Gym in Springfield.
Amber Campbell, The State Journal-Register�s Voice intern, said she tries to fit in walks and runs throughout the year. The Tri-City senior does her exercise outside, though she�s found it harder to fit activity in since she started working.
For Amber, exercise is an activity. �It�s something to do,� she said.
In addition, it keeps her in shape.
�It makes me feel good about my body,� Amber said.
Rochester High sophomore Regan Ernst walks home from school for about 30 minutes every day, in addition to dance and strength training.
Voice writer Emma Hardy said the amount of exercise she gets depends on the season.
An SH-G junior, Emma said she hardly exercises in the winter but fits in a lot of outdoor activities during the summer. She swims, walks and camps.
For some area teens, physical education class is their sole time for being active.
Still, Glenwood High School senior Jeff Rodgers said he�s trying to fit in more exercise outside of school.
Voice writers Amber Campbell, Paige Plummer, Emma Hardy, Megan Crain and LeighAnn Wolle contributed to this report. Alissa Groeninger can be reached at 788-1542. Follow her at twitter.com/a_groeninger.
Correction: Three out of four teens aren�t getting the recommended amount of exercise, according to the 2012 National Youth Fitness Survey. A previous version of this article misreported the survey result.


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Big Data – The Next Frontier in the Enterprise
You can view the Proceedings from this event here.
The rise of IT-driven business intelligence, the Internet and the mobile revolution have seen data become the competitive weapon of choice for industry and government in today's "smart" world. To get ahead or even to survive, companies need to embrace data analytics and become data-driven rather than simply using databases to run reports after the fact. A McKinsey report in 2011 predicted a 60% margin increase for retail companies able to harvest the power of Big Data.
Big Data envisages the live streaming of petabytes or zettabytes of information, gleaned from such sources as web logs, social networks, RFID, sensor networks and transaction details, with the intention of gaining a better understanding of customer drivers to achieve competitive advantage.
Although data and the potential for data-mining have grown at an exponential rate since the 1980's, only today are we beginning to see cost-effective means to tame such data. Off the shelf hardware, open source frameworks like Hadoop, and the processing capacity of the Cloud, mean that Big Data processing is no longer purely the domain of the likes of Google and Facebook.
Cloud Computing, in particular, is transforming the possibilities for collecting, storing, and processing big data. Cloud services can be the source of massive amounts of information. Cloud storage is a readily expandable means of holding that data. Use of the Cloud infrastructure to run analysis programs means that the required processing power is always available, as and when it is needed.
Knowing which elements of a huge, heterogeneous collection of data are related to each other is a crucial aspect of the analysis. Semantic technology has a role to play in enabling these relationships to be discovered and exploited. This is one of the most exciting of the many technical challenges presented by big data.
But what does this demand for live streaming data analytics mean for the Enterprise Architect? Big Data means that the EA will have to take a fresh look at the architecture for data acquisition, organization and interpretation. As an enterprise resource, big data can also be a liability if it is interpreted differently by different parts of the enterprise, and, if it results in the results in the proliferation of a new generation of "information silos." New data handling techniques are emerging almost daily to deal with the volume, velocity and variety of the data, but these need to be evaluated, understood and either thrown out or integrated with existing systems. The challenge to the enterprise is significant, but these are exactly the sorts of challenges enterprise architecture is intended to address.
This event will seek to address the Enterprise Architecture challenges in the context of the growth of Big Data.
- How does an enterprise adopt the means to contend with Big Data within its information architecture?
- How does Big Data enable your business architecture?
- What are the issues concerned with real-time analysis of the data resources on the Cloud?
- What are the information security challenges in the world of outsourced and massively streamed data analytics?
- What is the Architectural View of Security for the Cloud? How can you take a risk-based approach to Cloud security?


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With new clues very elusive, my attention has been divided among the various branches of my tree, hoping for some big discovery that could really grab my attention and get me excited to discover new information. When I focus on one area too long with no new information, it gets very discouraging. That's when I "give up" and move to another part of my tree until the same thing happens there.
Then, a couple of weeks ago, I received an email from someone whose family is from the Ulm/Stadelhofen area (where my Panther family is from). He saw one name that matched one on his tree and said that the marriage information he had for this person didn't match mine. It ends up we were talking about two different people with the same name, from the same area and the same timeframe. His family did touch mine in other areas though and they were from the area whose church records I have a copy of. I got some names and dates from him and decided to see what I could find. For a couple of branches, the records died out early. Apparently the family moved there from another location whose records I don't have. For at least one of the branches however, we appear to have hit the motherlode of information. It also happens to be on his direct male ancestor line so we're researching his father's father's father's father etc etc etc.
While this isn't a line that is directly related to me, it is still exciting to find new information for someone. To be reading the old Latin church books and finding pertinent information regarding someone's direct ancestors is very satisfying. If I could make a living doing this, I think I could enjoy it. However, seeing how time consuming it is, I don't see how professional genealogists can make a living. To charge an hourly rate that could support me and my wife full-time seems like it would be astronomically expensive to the person receiving the resulting information.
Because of this, I do it for fun and leisure. The way I describe it is that everyone has a hobby. Some people enjoy crossword puzzles in their spare time. I enjoy family history research. The biggest difference is that I'm actually accomplishing something that means something to someone. In the meantime, I expect that eventually I'll have most of the families in these villages all mapped out so anyone whose family is from the area would have an easy time of finding all their family just with one quick query. Yes, that will take a long time but it's something to look forward to.
Families in Lee County, Iowa
I knew the families in Lee County, Iowa, formed a tight-knit community with members of the various families marrying members of the other families at many different points. This meant that seeing a Menke, Groene, Fedler or one of a few other surnames meant you knew they were related, at worst, within a marriage or two to my line. I found some new information on Find-A-Grave, (which, I know, is a clue and not a source but in my experience, tends to be pretty accurate), that shows that they are more closely related than we thought.
It ends up that Maria Adelheide Menke, who was the daughter of the sister of my great-great-grandfather, Johan Diederich Menke, married Kasper Herm Groene, who was born in the same small town in Germany that she was, Schwagstorf. They then moved to West Point, Iowa. They are the parents of most if not all the Groenes in the area. In addition, their daughter married a Fedler and they are the parents of most if not all of the Fedlers in the area. So, these Fedlers and Groenes my mother knew when she was a child, even though she didn't know it, were related to her. I also saw a couple of Menkes marrying Fedlers and Groenes from these lines so it appears there are some "kissing cousins" in the mix, although they are pretty distantly related.
Note about this post: For those who are observant, you see that Maria Adelheide is the daughter of the SISTER of my g-g-grandfather, so why does she have the last name of Menke? The Menkes were one of the richer families and estate owners. When Gerd Herm Tobe, of Schwagstorf, married Maria Adelheide's mother, Margaretha Maria Adelheid Menke, he took her last name so the Menke name was passed down to their children.
Another Headstone
I was just at the St. James Cemetery in St. Paul, Lee County, Iowa a couple of weeks ago and got a photo of my great-great-grandmother's headstone. I was quite happy. This morning I'm disappointed in myself that I didn't do more research before going. I have discovered that there is only one ancestor that died in the United States whose headstone I don't have a photo of. That is Johann Heinrich Kempker, AKA John H. Kempker, born 1797, died 1872 in St. Paul, Lee County, Iowa. This is my great-great-great-grandfather, he's buried in St. Paul, he's the last ancestor's headstone I don't have that I could expect to get a photo of easily, I was there a couple of weeks ago and didn't get a photo.
Cemetery Visit
While in the area for my uncle's funeral, I was able to stop in at St. James Cemetery, St. Paul, Lee County, Iowa. I found my great-great-grandmother's grave!
It is understandable that it flew under the radar of non-genealogists in the family, if they were even interested in finding it! She was born as Maria Elizabeth Geers, later her married name was Maria Elizabeth Menke. After Johan Diederich Menke died, she married a Schutte. I was looking for Maria Schutte or Maria Elizabeth Schutte. She was buried as "Elizabeth Schutte". Regardless, I found her grave and got some good photos of it to add to my database. I also wandered through the cemetery for an hour taking photos of graves that had familiar names and took some photos to fulfill photo requests for fellow Find-A-Grave users. I ended up taking about 80 photos there. I'm still working on going through them, cropping them, putting them in my database and submitting to findagrave.com.
In the meantime, Rest In Peace, Uncle Urban. I'm sure you were greeted at the Pearly Gates with "Well done, my son."
Death of Urban Panther
I am sad to report the death of my Uncle Urban Panther. He was born May 6, 1917 in St. Paul, Lee County, Iowa to Benedict Panther and Elizabeth Menke Panther and died December 7, 2012 in West Point, Lee County, Iowa at the age of 95. "Slug", as he was known, married Bertha Pulskamp on Jun 21, 1949 in Hillsboro, Traill County, North Dakota. He was the father of 11 children, 10 of whom lived to adulthood. He worked the family farm on highway 218 in Lee County Iowa that his father farmed before him. He passed it along to his son John Anthony Panther, who preceded him in death in 2006.
I remember going to southeast Iowa to visit my aunts, uncles and cousins, typically at least once per year growing up back in the 1970s. Many years, Mom and Dad would drop me off at the farm where I'd stay with Urban's family for most of the entire vacation.
Urban was a great man. Hard working and honest. My mom told me about his nickname, Slug. She always thought that they called him that because he was tough and he could really slug a baseball. She said she was heartbroken when she learned that he got the nickname because he didn't move very fast. Slow as a slug. It's funny, at the Panther reunion 4 years ago, I remember talking to my cousin, Urban's son, Greg. I said, "Your dad's still getting around pretty good for 91 years old. Not very fast but he's getting around." Greg replied something along the lines of, "He's never been very fast."
Mom is heading to my house this morning and we'll hit the road to pay our respects to her brother Urban and his family.
Update on Bixenman Books
After emailing the long list of people expected to be interested in the republishing of the Bixenman Family History Book, Volume 1, I received an email from a distant cousin. She said, "I wish I had known you were looking for Sister Catherine's books. She gave me her copies of the Bixenmann family books and I have two copies of Book 2 and would love to send it to you as you are the first one to express interest."
So, my republishing wasn't "necessary" in order for me to obtain a copy. That's okay though. I'm happy to have it available to others who are interested given the short supply that is out there. I've decided to do the same thing with volume 2. I'm actually considering putting the two volumes together into one. I believe it would be within the page limits of the on-demand self-publishing site. If so, I think I'll make them available individually, in case someone needs just one volume. In addition, I'll see if I can put them into a single volume. I think this could be the next major project, to start from scratch to publish the entire Bixenman Family Tree book, including George Bixenman's branch, since I've since received that also.
However I proceed, I'll definitely work with Paula to be sure the best possible book is published.
Update on Cemetery Search
I finished making my way through the Find-A-Grave site for the St. James Cemetery in St. Paul, Lee County, Iowa. It ends up I don't have 75%+ of the people buried there in my database. I "only" have about 43%. I'm confident that several more of them are actually connected given their surnames but I can't confirm a connection. Regardless, this expedition allowed me to add dozens of headstone photos to people in my extended family tree.
Genealogy Speaker - [52 Weeks]
I know this isn't what Scott is looking for as a Genealogy Speaker blog post but I still think it's close enough to the subject and something I think makes a good post. I don't have a favorite genealogy speaker. I've heard a few people speak about genealogy through online videos and streaming audio. I don't think I've come across anyone I don't like, so I'm taking this post in my own direction.
What genealogy speaker most inspired me? Me!
No, I'm not getting a big head. No, I'm not saying I'm that great a genealogist or speaker. I think I'm moderately "okay" in each.
The reason I say this is because of the reaction, feedback and education I receive from others. I spent a few years making at least weekly visits to my local Family History Library at the LDS Church. I had hit the motherlode of family history information and I was spending large amounts of time scanning microfilm, making new discoveries and discussing my finds and techniques with the staff and other regulars. Before long, I was asked for advice from the staff to help others. It didn't take a lot of my time or effort and besides, I enjoy talking about my hobby. Finally, after nearly three years, I self-published the family history book on my mother's father's father's ancestors. It was a huge accomplishment that I was proud of and happy to have completed.
Nearly a year after publishing, I received a call from the local family history center. I hadn't visited in a while because I had nothing to research. My name had come up in conversation and they asked me to speak at their next monthly staff meeting. I was happy to take on the challenge although I hadn't done this before.
I put together a PowerPoint presentation, starting with what we knew about my great-grandfather's family before the breakthrough occurred, explained how we found the nugget of information that led us to his ancestors in his hometown, a village with a current population of about 2000 people in southwestern Germany. I then went on to explain how I researched, documented and published the family tree information.
What I presented and what I learned from that presentation is that presenting your information to others will help you in future presentations and, more importantly, help you in your research. We had an old photograph that was passed down through the family. On the margin was scribbled "Panthers in Germany". Panther is the family name. No one knew who was in the photograph or where it was taken. Because I had exchanged emails with others who had attempted research on this branch of the family, a second cousin, who takes trips to this area of Germany every few years just because he enjoys the area, heard about my research. He called me and said he going to the area in a couple of weeks and wanted information so he would know what to look at and see if he could do any more research. I got him a copy of the photograph and gave him names of the family from the area. While there, he met the city manager, who is a distant cousin and found the actual house in the "Panthers in Germany" photograph and found out how the house and the house next door had passed down in the family until recent times. I used a lot of this information in the book.
Then nearly a year after publishing, I recieved an email from another distant cousin. She has had letters written in 1913 in old German script in her possession from her grandmother's papers. She didn't know who they were from, to, or what they said. She asked if I could translate them. She sent them to me because I was researching the family. If I had not shared my research, I would never have known these letters existed. I could make out a few words but wasn't making much progress so I asked my wife's aunt, who grew up in Germany to see if she could figure them out. It ends up the letters were from my great-grandfather's half-brother, still in the village. The heading of the letter even had the name of the village! Had we known about these letters sooner, we might have found the village sooner. The letter went on to discuss the family photo that was enclosed. The letter explained exactly who was in the "Panthers in Germany" postcard. It also gave us a snapshot of what was happening in the village in 1913.
Then, during the presentation, the photo of the boat my great-grandfather came to America on came on the screen. I had put this photo in at the last minute because I thought it would be a good example of how to track down ship information. A lady in the audience spoke up, "When did your great-grandfather come to America?" I explained that it was in 1872. She said, "That's not the boat." Not only was it not the boat, it wasn't even from the same era as my great-grandfather's voyage. To say I was embarrassed is an understatement. However, this allowed me to establish a discussion with this lady who happened to be a ship expert. Over the following few months, we met up and found a more accurate sketch of my great-grandfather's ship, along with an advertisement for the passenger ship line from the era of my great-grandfather's voyage. It made for a great update to put out a second edition of the book.
The moral of the story is share! Exchange emails with distant cousins. Speak to other genealogists. Make a presentation at a family reunion, your local family history center or local genealogy society. Show people what you've discovered and how you found it. You just never know what they might provide you in return.


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Directed by David Gordon Green ("Prince Avalanche", "Pineapple Express") the film brings Academy Award® winner Nicolas Cage back to his indie roots in the title role as the hard-living, hot-tempered, ex-con Joe Ransom, as he meets a hard-luck kid,(Tye Sheridan) ("Mud", "Tree of Life") who awakens in him a fierce and tender-hearted protector. Joe and Gary forge an unlikely bond. When Gary finds himself facing a a great threat, he turns to Joe and sets off a chain of events that play out with the brutal inevitability of tragedy and the beauty of a last stab at salvation. [Synopsis courtesy of SXSW]
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Playing the Wild Money lottery can be very exciting especially if from time to time you are a winner. Winning can be accomplished quit often if the correct system is used. There are many so called experts in the market offering winning number secrets and scratch off ticket recommendations that promise to help you win. Most are not legit. However, there are a few systems on the market that has produced some promising results.
When you consider that that there are many different lottery systems available and lots of past winners you remain anonymous or don't talk about their winning strategies how many more winners might there be who have used such systems?
Think about it: is it possible that a huge percentage of lottery winners are actually using mathematical or statistical formulas to help them win? If that is the case then anyone who is not using a system is merely feeding the prize fund and has an almost zero chance of winning.
Would You Like to Win The Wild Money lottery?
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Five Secrets To Winning The Lottery: How To Pick Megamillions Numbers
People who play Megamillions have one question in common and that would be which the best numbers to play Megamillions are? The thing is, there isn't a standard or a formula that one can follow in order to come to a conclusion regarding the best numbers to play Megamillions. There are, however, things that you can keep in mind when you are in the process of picking numbers. You can consider them strategies or systems or you can think of them, simply, as tips. They may not give you a concrete answer towards the best numbers to play Megamillions, but they can help take you a step closer.1. When choosing numbers, do not try and form patterns. Remember to be as random as you can. Think about it, if you decide to go with a pattern such as choosing all the numbers that go a certain way, whether upwards or downwards the sheets then you are already putting yourself at a disadvantage.8. When you ask people who have won jackpots for themselves, it is likely that they'd tell you that the numbers they chose were chosen mostly because of gut feel. A kind of intuition. You may not think much of it but this intuition could potentially win you millions. So go with what you feel and not what you believe to be the best numbers to play Megamillions. Remember, trust your gut and go with your intuition.
Winning the Wild Money lottery is very rewarding. Give this system a spin and watch your winnings grow.


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Rated 5 out of 5 by babstampa from love them! I bought these from the store and love them! My only complaint is that one of the stones fell off before I even made it home with them but for a cheap bracelet set I think they are a reasonable value and so cute!
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THE SQL Server Blog Spot on the Web
This post is a bit off topic for SQL Server proper, but I thought someone out 'oogling teh inter-tubes might find it useful. Our group recently had to perform a large SAN migration both to new equipment and to a new geographic location. We started with a replication method provided by the SAN vendor. I won't mention who, but from where I sit I can't prevent you from guessing :-). We had to move a lot of files; the great majority made the move intact but, perhaps because we are picky, we needed every single, individual file to be copied successfully. The files are just files, not SQL Server data, but they are important. It came to light that a few got ... what's the technical term ... "whacked" in transit.
File Copy Validation
After the initial copy, we needed a method to validate the files. Since the files are in two physical locations, directly comparing them is impractical, as it would take all the same bandwidth that it took to transmit the files in the first place. So, we cooked up a PowerShell script based on some examples that find duplicate files using a simple MD5 hash, and used the script to output hash values and full paths for each system into two sets of CSV files, each in one of the two locations.
(If you haven't tried PowerShell yet, I have to say I am finding that in the grand scheme of things, the order of good stuff goes "Sliced Bread," then "PowerShell," a very close second.)
From the resulting CSV files, a quick SSIS load into SQL Server tables and it was possible to have SQL do the heavy lifting, finding any files where the full path is the same but the computed hashes don't match. From there, thirty seconds of additional effort made XCOPY commands to re-write the corrupt files from the source system to the destination. We were seaching for relatively few files out of millions, so this was a huge time saver.
This is just a quick and dirty administrative script, so I'm afraid it's not polished code, lacking niceties like error handling or parameters. YMMV, &c.:
# This script will read all files in a directory and subdirectories
# and compute a hash value for the content of each file, storing the
# hash in a text file report. Use to binary-compare sets of files in
# two locations.
# Created 8/27/2009 by Merrill Aldrich using logic from this
# duplicate file scanning method:
# http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2006/04/25/583225.aspx
# Set directory to scan and output file to store hash values
$searchFolder = "E:\SomeDirectory"
$outFile = "C:\File_Name_Of_your_choice.csv"
$cryptoServiceProvider = [System.Security.Cryptography.MD5CryptoServiceProvider]
$hashAlgorithm = new-object $cryptoServiceProvider
# Header for CSV format output file:
"File,CreateDate,ModDate,Hash" | Out-File $outFile
# Scan each target file, recursively walk subfolders
[int]$i = 0 # counter, just for user feedback
Get-Childitem -recurse $searchFolder `
| Where-Object { $_.PSIsContainer -eq $false } `
| foreach {
# Show progress every 'x' files
$i += 1
if ( $i%100 -eq 0 ) { $i.toString() + " Files Processed" | out-host }
# compute a hash value for file content
$stream = $null
$hashByteArray = $null
$stream = $_.OpenRead();
$hashByteArray = $hashAlgorithm.ComputeHash($stream);
# close the file stream in case of error
trap {
$_.Exception.Message | out-host
if ($stream -ne $null) { $stream.Close(); }
$currentHash = [string]$hashByteArray
# append file name, dates, hash to the output text file
"""" + $_.fullname + """," `
+ $_.creationtime.ToString( "s" ) + "," `
+ $_.lastwritetime.ToString( "s" ) + "," `
+ $currentHash `
| Out-File -append $outFile
$i.toString() + " Files Processed"
"Scan Complete."
This process has worked well for us. The only speed bump: the standard format for writing date stamps in sortable format, $_.creationtime.ToString( "s" ), makes strings like 2004-05-03T14:07:32, which are perfectly good ISO dates as fas as I know, but SSIS's standard import-wizard-generated packages seem to choke on the "T." To work around that I had to add a little Derived Column / Replace expression into the import packages to remove the "T" character from the date stamps. It's so like SSIS, which I generally like very much, to go 95% of the way but make you work for that last 5%...
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I make my money as a SQL admin, but can't help but shake my head at the hoops that people have to jump through because MS doesn't provide good tools out of the box. Case in point: had this been in any sort of *nix environment, you could have leaned on rsync and/or md5sum instead of rolling your own. People that have "grown up" in a Windows environment don't know how bad they have it. Not to take away from your accomplishment..it's good and got the job done. It's just unfortunate that you had to do it at all.
Ben - I agree in principle (to me it often feels like Windows 7 is Windows plus 20% more Mac OS and 20% more *nix, and I'll be thankful for all 40% when I can really upgrade :-). BUT, to be fair, I think PowerShell took many good lessons from *nix and brought them to Windows, which is all good. Plus I didn't have to roll much but the logic to walk the files and write out results, as the actual MD5 code is the .NET framework, ready to use.
For the date portion, you can use ( Get-Date ).ToString('yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss'). There isn't much in the way of built in documentation for Datetime datatypes and formatting, but it would eliminate a step in your package.
You might also want to look at the PowerShell Community Extensions, which has a Get-Hash Cmdlet. Here's an example using it, ToString, and Export-CSV that does a lot of what your script does. If you are using PowerShell V2, then you have even more options, i.e. ConvertTo-Csv.
dir -recurse | ? { -not $_.PSIsContainer } |
select fullname,
@{n='Hash';e= { (Get-Hash -Algorithm MD5 -Path $_.FullName).HashString }},
@{n='LastWriteTime';e={ $_.LastWriteTime.ToString('yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss')}},
@{n='CreationTime';e={ $_.CreationTime.ToString('yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss')}} |
% { $i++; if ($i%10 -eq 0) { Write-Progress 'Export MD5' "$i exported" -CurrentOperation $_.FullName }; $_ } |
Export-Csv -NoTypeInformation -Path c:\ExportedHash.csv
Nice - I like how the @{} expressions line the columns up for a cleaner CSV export. Thanks.
I suggest to use The SharePoint Migration Tool called gs richcopy 360...it's simplify your migration process. This new tool provides a wizard-like experience to guide you through the process of migrating either your SharePoint on-premises document libraries or your on-premises file shares and move them to either SharePoint or OneDrive in Office 365...


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Hello all.
I've created a few documents that give a step by step direction on connecting the XO-1 to the NTSchools network. Apparently there have been significant troubles with this. I don't think I can attach a file here so if you want the How To drop me an email on AnthonyCondon AT gmail DOT com
The main issue appears to be that people haven't been putting in the proxy, which is the same as the windows boxes.


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MONDAY, Oct. 22, 2012 (HealthDay News) -- Regular exercise may offer seniors more protection against brain shrinkage than social or mentally stimulating activities, a new study suggests.
Previous research has linked aging-related brain shrinkage to memory and thinking problems.
In this study, Scottish researchers examined the medical records of 638 people who were born in 1936 and underwent MRI brain scans when they were 73. The participants provided details about their physical activity levels and other lifestyle habits.
Over three years, people with higher levels of exercise had less brain shrinkage than those who did little or no exercise, according to the study in the Oct. 23 issue of the journal Neurology.
"People in their 70s who participated in more physical exercise, including walking several times a week, had less brain shrinkage and other signs of aging in the brain than those who were less physically active," study author Alan Gow, at the University of Edinburgh, said in a journal news release.
"On the other hand, our study showed no real benefit to participating in mentally and socially stimulating activities on brain size, as seen on MRI scans, over the three-year time frame," he added.
The findings "show that regularly exercising in old age is potentially important to protecting the brain as we age," Gow concluded.
While the study found an association between exercise and lower levels of brain shrinkage, it did not prove a cause-and-effect relationship.
More information
The Society for Neuroscience has more about healthy brain aging.


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Progress made on the 'Gansett
Merry Christmas, Jamestown. A short update on the Cafe for our patrons. Although it may not seem so, we are hard at work on our rebuild of the Narragansett Cafe.
On a renovation of this degree, we are required to meet all current codes in effect, so this is slowing us down somewhat.
These codes address structure, utilities, and safety systems, and have required an extensive professional engineering study as to the overall integrity of the building, as well as identifying the necessary upgrades.
As soon as we reconcile these situations, we will begin reconstruction. It's a tough time of year to deal with these kinds of things, what with the holidays and all, but we're just about done with the preliminary stuff and should be seeing some rebuilding progress shortly.
The plus side is that we will have a much safer and better built structure when we're done. I hope to be open sometime around mid-February. Looking forward to seeing you all. Enjoy the holidays, and all the best in the new year.
Danny Alexander and
the Narragansett Cafe
Thanks to the firefighters
I wanted to extend a sincere debt of gratitude to the Jamestown Fire Department. In particular, two young volunteers, Dave and Dave.
At 3 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 10, I realized I had a flat tire. Fortunately, I was right in front of the well-lit fire department.
As I debated calling AAA or braving the cold, our two volunteer firemen became good Samaritans. They brought out an industrial jack, got the car up for me and gave me a hand changing the tire.
In no time at all, I was on my way. If these two gentlemen are in any way indicative of the current and future state of the Jamestown volunteer fire department we appear to be in competent hands. Thanks very much.
Joseph M. Broomhead
Lights on the avenue
A few weeks ago I was saddened to read in the Press that the electric company would no longer allow the town to string Christmas lights from the poles across Narragansett Avenue. This was a tradition I remember each year from my childhood.
This change brought a new and beautiful look to Narragansett Avenue. The white lights in the trees along the avenue make the town look so festive. I hope this will be the start of a new Jamestown tradition.
I encourage those enjoying the lights as they drive west on Narragansett Avenue to continue past the post office a short distance. There they will see one of the most beautifully decorated trees in Jamestown.
Nick DiGiando and the Atlantic Landscaping crew have almost as many lights on their tree as stars in the sky. I hope that everyone enjoys lights on Narragansett Avenue as much as I do. Merry Christmas.
Kathy Brownell,
Jamestown Good humor
Praise to your columnist, Sam Bari. His pieces are original, wonderfully written, and hilarious! Keep them coming!
Daggett Plainfield,
Vt. Party thanks
I would like to thank the VFW for the wonderful party given to the seniors on Dec. 14 at the Pemberton Apartments Community Room. Thank-you to Sirje Carl for the use of the room and also thank-you to Charlotte Richardson for playing the piano and adding the fun. It was a great party and everyone had a good time.
Beverly R. Snyder,
PTO thanks
On behalf of the Parent Teacher Organization, we would like to thank all the families and businesses that participated in Jamestown's first "Starry Night" on Dec. 2. Over 2,000 luminaries were lit throughout the island by businesses and residents celebrating the holiday season. Special thanks go to the Village Hearth Bakery, Slice of Heaven, the Purple Door, and Cathryn Jamieson Salon for selling the luminaries. Thanks also to all the volunteers who helped assemble, sell, distribute, light, and clean up the luminaries. Funds raised from luminary sales help support programs and special events at the Melrose and Lawn Avenue schools. This looks like the beginning of a special tradition on our island!
Liz Byrne and Sue Gaynor
of the PTO


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Manchester airport remains in dark over solar-panel glare solutionBy MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
August 06. 2013 8:15PM
MANCHESTER — Engineers have recommended that solar panels on top of a Manchester airport parking garage be repositioned toward the east — rather than the sun-drenched south — to prevent glare that has bothered air-traffic controllers, an airport official said.
The recommendation comes as the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport continues to drape tarps over some of the 2,200 solar panels on top of an airport parking garage. The drapes went up last August when controllers started complaining about early morning glare.
Since then, the airport, Federal Aviation Administration, controllers and others have been working with consultants to fix the problem, said J. Brian O'Neill, deputy airport director.
The $3.5 million solar panel installation, the largest in New Hampshire, was paid for with a federal grant and is designed to power the parking garage and sky bridge that lead to the airport terminal. In the summer, the airport sells excess electricity to Public Service of New Hampshire.
Before the project was built, airport officials hired a consultant — Harris, Miller, Miller & Hanson of Burlington, Mass. — to apply for the FAA grant and study glare issues. The firm earned $41,570.
Ever since the glare emerged, the firm has been working with the airport, O'Neill said.
"They've been very thorough with their due diligence," O'Neill said. "There hasn't been any 'No, no, no. We're not responsible, this is your problem, not our problem.' They've been very cooperative to work with."
An email sent to the firm Tuesday was not returned.
The next step is for the firm and its insurance company to present the ideas on how to solve the glare issue, O'Neill said. The firm could either agree with repositioning the panels or suggest another solution.
Another team of consultants, which involves engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Volpe Center and Sandia National Laboratories, has recommended repositioning the panels to the east.
O'Neill acknowledged that the repositioning will reduce the energy output of the panels; sun from the east is not as strong as sun from the south.
But the plan calls for adding another 180 panels, so the energy output — 560,000 to 575,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity a year — will remain the same, he said.
The airport still expects to reach its target of $100,000 in energy savings a year, he said.
O'Neill said the consultants and working group are moving into the second phase of discussions, which involve who has to pay to correct the problem. The price tag would also include $34,800 for work done by the MIT/Volpe group.
"We're going to get back together and discuss responsibility and discuss the path for correcting the problem," he said.
Public Safety Energy Environment Politics Manchester Top Section Stories


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Ozil plays down Madrid exit rumor
Real Madrid playmaker Mesut Ozil has rubbished speculation linking him with a move away from the Spanish champions.
Ozil has been heavily criticised by the country's press in recent weeks, with even manager Jose Mourinho suggesting the German "lacks quality".
Manchester United are reported be keeping tabs on the 23-year-old, but Ozil does not want to leave the Bernabeu.
He told German newspaper Bild: "When you play for Real Madrid you can not think of anything else.
"I know nothing and I have no reason to leave."
Ozil lost his starting place for Real's 4-1 Champions League win in Ajax last week but returned against Barcelona in the first Clasico of the Primera Division season.
He earned much praise for his performance, which was capped with an exquisite through-ball to tee up Cristiano Ronaldo for his second goal in the 2-2 draw at the Nou Camp on Sunday.
But despite largely struggling for form this season the former Werder Bremen midfielder insists he is not motivated by his critics.
"I don't have to prove anything to anyone," he said.
"I do not play football to prove something to someone, but because I enjoy football."


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I thought I'd give a tutorial on how to make the dryer vent pumpkins
I featured in my front porch decor post.
I got the idea from Courtney at A Diamond in the Stuff.
She's made so many variations on the original - you should go check it out.
I used 6" and 4" plastic dryer vent to make two different sizes of pumpkin. I cut the vent with scissors and wire cutters, curved it around on itself, and hot glued the open ends together.
I then spraypainted them "Cinnamon" by Krylon.
I used a cinnamon stick for the stem.
Some moss and a leaf added some visual interest.
This is a really easy project - the hardest part is waiting for the paint to dry.
I printed out "Boo" signs and glued them to two of them to take to work.
So many people commented on them.
And I like that, unlike real pumpkins, they can be used year after year.
I'm linking to these great parties this week!


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The main draw at this weekend's Wonder Festival was all the plastic on display. The twice a year event showcases recently released and upcoming figurines and statues, as well as rare, customised ones.
Websites Gigazine and Akiba Hobby checked out the figure festivities, as did sister site Kotaku Japan. Have a look at the gallery above, and start making your wish list.
ドラゴンと呼ばれた男「ブルース・リー」, 「歌で銀河が救えるわけないでしょ」シェリル・ノーム , 「ジョジョの奇妙な冒険」
【 ワンフェス2013冬 】グッドスマイルカンパニーブースを完全攻略。200枚オーバーのギャラリーでどうぞ! [Kotaku Japan]
Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning from 4am to 8am.


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Wild eye 5th straight win in meeting with Avs
(SportsNetwork.com) - The Minnesota Wild look to stretch their winning streak to a season-high five games in a row on Saturday night as they play host to the Colorado Avalanche.
It has been a solid turnaround for the Wild over the past week as they had lost six in a row before matching their longest winning streak of the campaign first accomplished from Nov. 9-17. And it has come with goaltender Josh Harding (illness) and forwards Mikko Koivu (ankle surgery) and Zach Parise (lower body) out with injury.
Justin Fontaine was the latest player to step up as he notched his first career hat trick in Thursday's 4-1 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes. He scored twice in the third period after Kyle Brodziak broke a 1-1 tie with his fourth goal of the campaign 3:21 into the final frame.
With 11 goals, Fontaine is now third on the Wild behind Jason Pominville (18) and Parise (15).
"He's paid his dues and he's just done nothing but show up to the rink everyday and doesn't take anything for granted," Minnesota head coach Mike Yeo said of Fontaine.
Niklas Backstrom made 39 saves and both Nino Niederreiter and Matt Cooke contributed two assists.
The Wild are set to visit the Nashville Predators on Sunday and may split the starts between Backstrom and Darcy Kuemper. Backstrom has been excellent in his career versus the Avalanche, going 24-5-3 with a 2.22 goals against average and four shutouts in 32 games, while Kuemper has never faced them.
Colorado is hitting the road following a successful 4-1-2 homestand, though it did drop a 2-1 overtime decision to the New York Islanders last night to conclude the stay.
Nathan MacKinnon scored in the second period for the Avs and Semyon Varlamov made 22 saves, yielding the game-tying goal 4:28 into the third period and the winner 1:46 into overtime.
"I thought we played a good solid game tonight and deserved two points, not one," said MacKinnon, who with 15 goals is tied with injured San Jose forward Tomas Hertl for the most among rookies this season.
Avalanche forward Ryan O'Reilly missed a second straight game with a bruised shoulder, while defenseman Nate Guenin sat out for third consecutive time with an ankle injury.
Varlamov could be right back in net for Colorado tonight and is 5-4-1 with a 1.95 GAA in 10 games (9 starts) versus the Wild. He is 1-0-1 in two meetings this season, giving up three goals on 64 shots.
The Avs are 2-0-1 versus the Wild this season, but have lost four of their last six in Minnesota.


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Movie Picture for The Dark Knight Rises
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Photo Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures
The third and final installment in Christopher Nolan's Batman film series, The Dark Knight Rises is the sequel to 2008's The Dark Knight. Christian Bale reprises his role as Bruce Wayne (Batman) while Gary Oldman, Sir Michael Caine & Morgan Freeman all return to play their respective characters as a terrorist leader called Bane arrives in Gotham City, pushing its hero to breaking point and beyond. Anne Hathaway plays Catwoman.


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Denver Museum of Nature & Science Hosts an Ice Age Spring Break March 21 through March 31 with Extended Hours Available
DENVER—March 14, 2013—The Denver Museum of Nature & Science invites families and visitors of all ages to enjoy Spring Break: Ice Age from Thursday, March 21, to Sunday, March 31. The event celebrates the Museum's new temporary exhibition Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age—featuring life-size models of Ice Age animals, fossils, interactive displays, and more—and the new IMAX film, Titans of the Ice Age 3D. In addition to visiting the exhibition and IMAX, extra Ice Age programming will be available throughout the Museum free with admission.
Spring Break: Ice Age
Thursday, March 21–Sunday, March 31
FREE with admission
Exhibition Information
Return to the Ice Age. In Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age, you will encounter some of Earth's most awe-inspiring mammals, roam among saber-toothed cats and giant bears, and wonder over some of the oldest human artifacts in existence. Life-size models of Ice Age behemoths, fossil tusks and skulls, touchable teeth, spear points, cave paintings, interactive displays, and video installations bring this fascinating time in Earth history back to life. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit www.dmns.org/mammoths. Timed tickets are required and advanced reservations are recommended.
Extended Exhibition Hours
Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age will be open later Saturday, March 23 through Saturday, March 30 with the last timed ticket being sold for 6 p.m. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit www.dmns.org/mammoths.
IMAX Information
Titans of the Ice Age 3D transports you back 10,000 years before modern civilization to the beautiful and otherworldly landscapes of North America, Europe, and Asia. Peer through the 3D canvas as dazzling computer-generated imagery brings this mysterious era and its giant animals to life. See saber-toothed cats, dire wolves, and woolly mammoths as they share the land with early humans who both feared and relied upon these majestic beasts. Experience this dynamic chapter in the age-old story of human ingenuity, a "trial by ice" that compelled our ancestors to seek understanding and meaning in nature. For showtimes and ticket information, click here.
Media Contact
Charlotte Hurley, [email protected], 303-370-6407
About the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is the Rocky Mountain Region's leading resource for informal science education. A variety of engaging exhibits, discussions, and activities help Museum visitors celebrate and understand the natural wonders of Colorado, Earth, and the universe. The Museum is located at 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO, 80205. To learn more about the Museum, check www.dmns.org, or call 303-370-6000.


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