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Colin Kapernick gets Sacked ALMOST EVERYDAY!!!! Joe Flaco is quicker in his feet and doesn't Get sacked like Kap as much. You can also tell by just looking at them that Joe is soooo more experienced and has better thecniqe. So I think that Joe Is DEFENETLY better. Kap the Sack is a 5th graded compared to Joe.
When it counts. Amd he rarely, rarelyis the cause of a ravens' loss. Cant say that is the case, in either case for Kaepernick. And dont talk to me about "potential". There is at least a homeless guy with more potential than me, but he does not do the daily things needed to succeed, as I do. Several qbs had more potential than a montanna or even of marino (rich gannon is best example), but most you cannot name becuase they didnt do the work to succeed.
Flacco is hands down the greatest QB as of right now. He is clutch making his yeam come from behind on numerous occasions. Kaepernick is the opposite. He is the tony romo of the NFC West. He will throw a pick on the final drive to lost the game. Flacco>Kaepernick
I haven't looked at the date this was created, but hopefully it hasn't been anytime this season. I've seen claims such as "Kaepernick would do so much better with the Ravens' great receivers and great offensive line." ...Those do not exist in Baltimore at the moment. Ray Rice has done absolutely nothing this year also, so everything that has happened on offense this year in Baltimore has been pure Flacco.
Kaepernick on the other hand, has been close to a bust this year. He's had maybe 2 or 3 great games, but other than that, he's been mediocre.
Joe has poise and does not get himself into bad situations early. He is calm and able to move around if possible. Also I love his deep ball throws and how he can lead his receivers and help work on their skills. He won Super Bowl XLVII, because of his clutch, poise, and leadership.
Kapernick is young and inexpierenced, he is also arrogant and makes "big time mistakes" during "big time games." He depends on his running ability, not for a secondary to his throwing ability, but as an easy way out. When defenses get better at defending the option, he, RG3, and Russel wilson will be truly tested
The age of the mobile QB is in affect, and they are getting respect as legit QBs. With Flacco's experience as of now has an edge on Kaepernick. Watching the super bowl Flacco had a better game and looked more poised. I belive Kaepernick has way more upside and will pan out to be a better QB when there careers are done.
Joe Flacco is obviously a better quarter back than Colin Kaepernick. Joe Flacco is a lot more experienced. Look at yesterday's Super Bowl. Joe Flacco had a better overall game then Colin Kaepernick. I'm not judging by that game, but still Joe Flacco is obviously better overall.
Joe Flacco is a very good quarterback, and will succeed in winning this year's Super Bowl. He has a bigger and better career than Kaepernick, and much more experience in big games. I think all of this will ultimately see him through to standing with the Lombardi trophy on Sunday. Kaepernick may be great some day, but right now he doesn't have anywhere near the experience Flacco does.
By virtue of having a longer career, Flacco right now is the better quarterback. Kaepernick has a skill set that Flacco doesn't and it may translate to him being a better quarterback going forward, but Flacco has good playoff success and his deep ball has gotten very good this past season. A lot of this argument will be determined Sunday.
Colin Kaepernick was offered a job as a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs for one thing. He is faster than Joe Flacco too. He made it to the Superbowl during his rookie year. He also had more rushing yards during the Superbowl than the running back. Altogether, he is just a better quarterback.
Joe Flacco throws jump balls and prays his great receivers fight and win the jump balls. Kap puts in on the pocket, laser like...the accuracy is incredible. And the mobility of KP7 is 10x Flacco. I don't even consider Flacco in the top 5, and I would certainly take Russell Wilson, KP7, Luck, RG3 over Flacco today. Any of those QBs can win with Raven's offensive line protection and receivers.
Joe Flacco does not have the speed of Colin Kaepernick. Colin has the better ability to throw the ball too. Colin also has a strategy when he runs, it is not like rg3 just running down a random sideline. He reads the linebackers, pump fakes, and then runs. If he sees the linebackers creeping up on him he will throw it away or throw a fast accurate throw.
Joe Flacco is definitely a good quarterback. With that being said, he simply is not as sensational or explosive as the 49ers quarterback. Flacco lacks the mobility and run speed of Colin Kaepernick. Flacco may have a better throwing arm in terms of velocity and distance, but Kaepernick is a true dual threat.
From what I have seen I definitely believe Colin Kaepernick is a better quarterback than Joe Flacco. He has a great arm, vision, speed, and a passion for the game you just do not see often in this league. When his team was down big in Atlanta he kept a cool head and never looked like losing the game. To think he has started less than 10 games with such a skill set proves just how great he is, and more importantly, how great he can be.
Flacco won the bowl mainly because the Ravens were a team of destiny. He should not even have won the MVP, as that award should have gone to Jacoby Jones. Flacco's offensive weapons were way better, and the rest of his team played way better than Kap's. If Kap's team had showed up, they would have blown out the Ravens. Kap also has way more potential than Flacco, with amazing speed, and one of the strongest arms in the league. Kap will go down as one of the all-time greats, while this will go down as a fluke win by Flacco, with his team carrying him to the bowl (even though he had 11tds to 0 ints in the playoffs). Not to mention, this is Flacco's 5th year with an elite team, and he could have easily won the ship last year and the year before. If Kap was on the Ravens they would have at least 2 rings with him by now.
Is Joe Flacco more clutch than Colin Kaepernick? Yes. Is Joe Flacco better than Colin Kaepernick? No. Colin Kaepernick is a far better quarterback than Joe Flacco. He has many more weapons in his game that Joe Flacco just doesn't bring to the table. For one, Kaepernick is much more mobile and is better at the throw on the run than Flacco. The only physical advantage that Flacco has over Kaepernick is his long pass accuracy. Flacco is also more clutch than Kaepernick at the moment but that clutch factor can come with experience, which Kaepernick will gain as the years go on.
While Flacco and the Baltimore Ravens made the playoffs every year he was a starter since his rookie, and was atypically clutch when it counted in the Super Bowl, Kaepernick guided his team to the big game after starting at QB halfway through the season. He was five yards and a botched pass to Crabtree away from the biggest comeback in Super Bowl history. Sure, Flacco got his ring and game MVP, but there is reason to doubt his ability to remain consistently good. Especially after losing Boldin to Kaepernick's receiving corps, it seems unlikely Flacco will have the same measure of success for some time. Kaepernick proved he can thread tight passes as well as he can fake out defenses and beat them with his legs. Though he's raw from inexperience, talent-wise, Kaepernick's track record so far leads me to believe he's better.
Joe Flacco has a good arm, however, lacks accuracy, and is not a running QB. Kaepernick is a accurate QB, a fast QB that is good at scrambling, plus has a powerful arm compared to most. Joe Flacco is currently the most overrated QB in the league, and was on a hotstreak during the playoffs. He is not anything but a slightly above average QB with a strong arm.
Kaepernick is more versatile and mobile, and any asset Flacco may have the edge over him, it is negligible. Flacco is only going to benefit from the 'rainbow' long balls he has had success with for so long - the play which won the game over Denver (sent it into OT, actually) and the long touchdown against the 49ers were near-aberrations. Kaepernick is far superior, at least he will be (his lack of experience should reflect how good he almost surely will be), as a balanced quarterback.


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- CPI is compiled by Economic adviser to PM.
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- Only 2
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- Neither 1 and Nor 2
It is Vice Versa.
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- MPLAD is non lapsable grant give to every MP to use in this constituency funded by Centre govt. Of India
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- Neither 1 and Nor 2
Annual survey of Industries do not conduct survey for defence , oil storage, restaurants, hotels, cafe and computer services.
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- Index of Industrial production publishes the data with time lag of 6 weeks
- IIP is released every month.
- Only 1
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- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 and Nor 2
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Que 4. Consider the following statements
1) cso carries out gender statistics and human development stats.
2)nsso carries out household data collection and economic census.
Correct answer-
A)only1 b)only2
C)both d)none
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1) under mplad district collector is unit of implementation.
2) mplad scheme was started in 1994.
Correct option
A) only 1 b)only 2
C) both 1,2 d)neither 1,2
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Que 6. -Consider the following statements-
1)prasad(pilgrimage rejuvenation and spirituality augmentation drive) envisaged a mission directorate under ministry of tourism.
2)hriday(heritage city development and augmentation yojana) establishes a national project management unit under ministry of urban affairs.
3) hriday seek to revitalise 12cities viz. Amritsar,Ajmer,mathura,Varanasi,gaya,dwarka,puri,Amravati,badami,warangal,kanchipuram and velankanni.
Choose correct option-
A)1,2 b)only3
C)all d)1,3
Correct answer-all are correct.
Q 7. Find out the correct statements.
- India contributes 3.2% of global exports.
- Considering lower oil prices india's trade with venezuela is more in exports than imports.
A. 1 only B. 2 only C. Both D. None
Ans: A
Q 8. In the Index of Eight Core Industries, which one of the following is given the highest weight?
- a) Coal Production
- b) Electricity generation
- c) Fertilizer Production
- d) Steel Production
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More than 175,000 children are diagnosed with cancer each year. According to Wil Dee, Managing Partner of Haven Gastropub +Brewery, "only 4 percent of all federal cancer research (is) dedicated to pediatric cancer research."
As the month of September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, on Saturday, September 28th, HGB is teaming up with St. Baldrick's Foundation by holding a unity event—"more than 30 volunteers are expected to shave their heads in solidarity with kids with cancer." They're goal is to raise $10,000, of which $7,430 has already been donated.
"Shavees" sign up on St. Baldrick's website, then collect money (just like a walk-a-thon). Volunteers are also welcome.
HGB manager Matt Wooten will go under the clippers, as will Eric Avila and Tristan Bowen of Chivas USA. Stylists from Joseph Rene Salon are volunteering their time to buzz the shavees and the Cal Poly Pomona Cheerleading Team will perform. There will also be a silent auction featuring tickets from Alaska and Southwest Airlines, theme park passes, hotel nights at Embassy Suites and Double Tree Hotel, and a variety of gift cards.
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Send Mountain Community events to email@example.com or call 245-3794.
Now through May
- Lilac Festival Parade and Vendor applications accepted through May 10, see www.pmclilacfestival.com and parade form pg. 13 of this issue.
- Sign up for Frazier Park Renaissance Faire volunteers and entertainment through May 14, see www.frazmtnrenfaires.com or call (661) 444-8744
Thursday, April 15
- Mil Potrero Mutual Water Company accepting nominations for Board of Directors through May 21. Mail to P.O. Box "W" or bring to 16275 Askin Dr., Pine Mountain CA, 93222
- Applications due for Congressman McCarthy's summer internship program, see kevinmccarthy.house.gov or call (661) 327-3611 for more information.
- Bakersfield Small Business Development Center workshop: Do's and Don'ts of Employee Handbooks 8-9:30 a.m., UC Center, 2000 K Street, 3rd floor, Bkfld. Free, (877) 826-7232
- Community Garden Meeting 12 noon Arts for Earth Foundation, 3408 Mt. Pinos Way. Help the community garden grow, continues every Saturday and Sunday
- Frazier Park School PTSO meeting at 6 p.m. in the school library. Officer elections.
Friday, April 16
- John Archambault, author of Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, visits Frazier Park School at 8:45 a.m. K-1 assembly and 9:45 a.m. 2nd-3rd grade assembly. Book signing at Chatterpillar 2:30 p.m.
- Mt. Pinos FireSafe Council meeting 9:30 a.m. Chuchupate Ranger Station
- Allstar Cheerleading Squad gym grand opening 10 a.m.-7 p.m. 3234-A Mt. Pinos Way. Performances by cheer squads and class sign-ups all day
- English Language Advisory Council (ELAC) meeting/potluck 6 p.m. Frazier Park School cafeteria, 245-3312
Saturday, April 17
- AARP Trip to Catalina Island 245-1995 for details
- Playwriting/Directing workshops 9 a.m. $15 ea or $25 both 242-1015 to reserve space
- K'$ Discount Depot grand opening 10 a.m-3 p.m. Chamber ribbon cutting at 10 a.m. Raffle with basket prizes 3524-B Mt. Pinos Way, 245-1878 (see ad pg. 12)
- Stephanie Darling Artist of Month greets friends, fans in reception at Work of Heart Gallery 11-3 p.m. 3011 Mt. Pinos Way, Frazier Park
- Life in Lockwood Creek–Free guided hike by Naturalist for You 1 p.m. RSVP to (714) 649-9084 or email@example.com
- Roots and Shoots: Peace Dove construction 3 p.m., Arts for Earth, 3408 Mt. Pinos Way.
- Ruth Handy (of the Jizo Peace Center) plays Japanese koto before Bill Crowley performs Raguko comedy live at Work of Heart Gallery 7 p.m. 3020 Johnson Rd, $8, 245-3166
- Judge Jackson live at Sue's Tavern 9 p.m. 3440 Mt. Pinos Way, 245-1100, free
Sunday, April 18
- Civil War Tactical at Fort Tejon State Historical Park. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. $2-5 admission ($14 maximum for families). 248-6692 or www.forttejon.org
- Cow-Pie Bingo fundraiser for Frazier Mountain Youth Cheer 1-4 p.m. Stage Stop Mercantile, 1443 Frazier Mountain Park Road, $10. Tickets available at new Cheer gym location, Stage Stop and The Mountain Enterprise (3341 Los Padres Drive, across from Ace)
- Free Wildflower Wander at Wind Wolves Preserve hike by Naturalist for You 1 p.m. RSVP to (714) 649-9084 or firstname.lastname@example.com
- All Faiths Fellowship evening services 4 p.m. 16275 Askin Drive, Pine Mountain Village. New church in Pine Mountain, continues every Sunday
Monday, April 19
- Lebec County Water District public mtg. 7 p.m. Lebec Community Church 2350 Lebec Rd. Homeowners, Hotel owners and Fire Dept. talk about water supply priorities in case of fire.
- Lilac Festival Parade volunteer meeting 6 p.m. Screaming Squirrel Restaurant in Pine Mountain Village, 16200 Mil Potrero Hwy. New volunteers welcome!
Tuesday, April 20
- Frazier Park Estates Hearing at Kern County Board of Supervisors 2 p.m. Developers seek 557 homes in Lebec around high school; Kern planners propose 188 homes. Public's comment invited. Supervisors' Chambers, 1115 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield. Planning Department 862-8866.
Wednesday, April 21
- Arts for Earth Foundation Nature Club begins for children in 3rd–6th grades, 2:15 p.m. Every Wednesday through May 26, $20 for entire series, Pine Mtn Learning Ctr, 245-1523
Thursday, April 22 — Earth Day
- James Pickens Jr. Foundation Charity Roping Event 12 p.m. sign up 1 p.m. rope, $250/roper, Tejon Ranch Equestrian Center. Call Scott (661) 305-0399 or Neal (818) 519-9573 for more information, www.jpjfoundationroping.com
- Earth Day Parade and Crafts sponsored by Jizo Peace Center and Arts for Earth Foundation 3:30-5:30 p.m. Frazier Mountain Community Park. Peace doves will be flown.
- Mountain Communities Coalition Against Substance Abuse meeting 5-6 p.m. Frazier Park School Room #16. Note new time/date, continues every third Thursday.
- El Tejon School PTSO meeting to plan upcoming Open House in May 6:30 p.m. El Tejon School. All welcome, volunteers wanted and 2010-2011 board position still open
Friday, April 23
- Watercolor Workshop 2-4:30 p.m. The Art Studio, 3701 Mt. Pinos Way, $25, (661) 204-6569
- Compassion Films Night: Split Estate 7 p.m. Jizo Peace Center, 2012 Pioneer Way, Pine Mountain, 242-6956, www.jizopeacecenter.org.
- Blues and Jazz Club: Chris Wilson 7 p.m. Condor Lounge, $15/$17, 242-3788 (see pg. 7)
- Deadline for Congressman Kevin McCarthy's 'Artistic Discovery' high school art competition, see http://kevinmccarthy.house.gov/showarticle.asp?ID=316 for more information
Saturday, April 24
- Arts for Earth Day art and craft supply swap meet 8 a.m.-12 noon 3408 Mt. Pinos Way
- Frazier Mountain High School Freshman Class car wash 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The Mountain Enterprise parking lot (across from Ace Hardware) $5/$7
- Pine Mountain Club Spring Art Show 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Clubhouse, 242-3788
- Elizabeth Lewis of Pine Mountain will be signing copies of her book Spellbound at the LA Times Festival of Books 10 a.m.-6 p.m. UCLA Campus, $9 parking, free event
- Afternoon Tea to honor Center of the World Festival and other local volunteers 2-4 p.m. Cuddy Hall, 335 Lakewood Pl. RSVP with number attending 242-1583.
- 14th Annual Donkey Basketball fundraiser at Frazier Mountain High School 5 p.m. dinner, 6 p.m. game. $5 children/$7 adults. Tickets at The Mountain Enterprise
- The Trainer (filmed in Pine Mountain) premiers at the 11th Lake Arrowhead Film Festival at 5 p.m. www.lakearrowheadfilmfestival.com (see story pg. 3 of the April Pioneer)
- Matt Jazz live at Work of Heart Gallery 7 p.m. 3020 Johnson Rd, $8, 245-3166
Sunday, April 25
- Farewell benefit for Simba Roberts 4-8 p.m. PMC Clubhouse. Plenty of music and good friends, donations will be collected to help Simba move closer to medical facilities.
This is part of the April 16, 2010 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.
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By building Safari Reading List and Safari Reader into iOS 5 Safari -- much as they've built them into OS X Lion -- Apple provides a similar uncluttered reading and sync service to Marco Arment's well known Instapaper app. Arment isn't raging however. In fact, he's a little excited.
When iOS 5 and Lion ship, Apple will show a much larger percentage of iOS-device owners that saving web pages to read later is a useful workflow and can dramatically improve the way they read.
If Reading List gets widely adopted and millions of people start saving pages for later reading, a portion of those people will be interested in upgrading to a dedicated, deluxe app and service to serve their needs better. And they'll quickly find Instapaper in the App Store.
Apple took over the low end of a lot of app categories during Monday's WWDC 2011 iOS 5 unveiling. Notifications, Reminders, and Reading List will make it difficult to sell basic notification apps, to do apps, and read-it-later apps. Anyone with free version that offer limited functionality are likely done.
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(In the following excerpt, James suggests that Shakespeare employs Vergilian and Ovidian models in Titus Andronicus to perform a critique of Roman traditions and values.
The impulse to dismember and devour pervades this revenge drama: it motivates not only the revenge plots of Titus and Tamora, but also Shakespeare's curious handling of literary authorities, particularly Vergil and Ovid. In treating the classical texts of imperial Rome, Shakespeare replicates the tragedy's patterns of competition, mutilation, and digestion—the latter a term for imitations which absorb and transform their sources. His purpose, in part, is to 'overgo' Vergil and Ovid, as well as the classicizing and violent dramas of Kyd and Marlowe. But Shakespeare's aemulatio and digestio go further to perform a critique of imperial Rome on the eve of its...
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STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man was executed Wednesday for the murder of a guard during a botched 1987 prison van ambush intended to free an imprisoned friend.
William Van Poyck, 58, was pronounced dead at 7:24 p.m., 23 minutes after the injection process began at Florida State Prison.
"Set me free," were his final words.
Van Poyck's case garnered international attention because he published three books and maintained a blog while on death row. He even wrote recently about his pending execution.
"He's finally free from those prison walls," Lisa Van Poyck, the inmate's sister, said as she stood among the protesters standing across the street from the building where her brother was executed.
The family of the slain guard, Fred Griffis, has said in interviews that they were frustrated that news stories focused on Van Poyck, the crime and his writings — and not Griffis.
"It's been a very traumatic experience," said Norman Traylor, the victim's cousin.
William Van Poyck and Frank Valdes ambushed a prison van outside a West Palm Beach doctor's office in a failed attempt to free James O'Brien — with whom they'd served time. Griffis was fatally shot after he threw the van's keys into the bushes to foil the escape. Van Poyck and Valdes were captured following a car chase.
Steve Turner, one of the corrections officers ambushed that day, spoke after the execution on Wednesday.
"Justice has prevailed," he said. "They can close the book."
In his appeals, Van Poyck argued that Valdes fired the fatal shots and that if the jury had known that, he wouldn't have been sentenced to death. The Florida Supreme Court last week rejected Van Poyck's latest appeal involving Valdes' widow, who says her husband told her he was the gunman.
The justices noted that Van Poyck planned the escape attempt and that he and Valdes carried loaded weapons.
In 1999, Valdes was stomped to death in prison. Seven guards were charged with his death, but none were convicted.
Following Valdes' death, Van Poyck was moved to Sussex State Prison in Virginia for his safety. That's where he wrote a 324-page autobiography, "A Checkered Past: A Memoir," saying his purpose was not to elicit sympathy but "to put a human face on me and convicts in general."
Van Poyck went on to write two novels. He won awards for his writing and kept a blog since 2005 by writing letters to his sister, who posted them online.
"He is deeply remorseful for the ending of Fred Griffis' life," Lisa Van Poyck told The Associated Press on Tuesday. "He is guilty of a crime of trying to break somebody out of a prison transport van — he had no intention of hurting anyone."
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My GSoC project will end in this weekend so this is the final report. This week, I spent most of my time making sure the project is in a good state for future developers.
So far, libbash can generate correct ebuild metadata for 8414 out of 27586 ebuilds. What is blocking us from moving on? We need to be able to parse all the eclasses. But there are still a few problems in the parser grammar. On the other hand, our runtime is not complete. In one word, more time is required. This is the ohloh page for libbash where you can learn some statistics of the code.
I wrote an ebuild for libbash and put it in my overlay. Now you can play with it by
layman -a qiaomuf emerge libbash
Although libbash is not powerful enough to generate all ebuild metadata, it can do something useful now. As I said before, you can always check what libbash can support from these test scripts. One thing you should notice is that we do not support running external command.
The library is quite easy to use. To give you a taste, here is a code snippet showing how to use it:
#include <algorithm> #include <iostream> #include <iterator> #include <libbash/libbash.h> int main(int argc, char** argv) { // store variable values and function names std::unordered_map<std::string, std::vector<std::string>> variables; std::vector<std::string> functions; // interpret the script specified by argv[1] libbash::interpret(argv[1], variables, functions); // do what ever you want with variables and functions std::copy(functions.begin(), functions.end(), std::ostream_iterator<std::string>(std::cout, " ")); std::cout << std::endl; }
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g++ -std=c++0x $(pkg-config --cflags --libs libbash) test.cpp
The program will interpret the script like bash and store the result in the variable map and function name list. All the variables are treated as arrays. For more information, you can check the API documentation.
(P.S.: The library is not stable so please don't use it in any serious place)
So what's next? I think it would be improving the parser grammar, figuring out problems from the output of instruo and implement more runtime. People are welcome to make contributions. I'll continue making contributions after GSoC.
Last but not least, I'd like to thank Google and Gentoo community for giving me such great experience. Thank Petteri for mentoring me. I enjoyed a wonderful summer with you and learned a lot including C++0x, boost libraries, ANTLR, autotools, Scrum and so on. Thank Donnie, Robin and other people who helped me.
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This is a quick review of the Cowon S9 for those thinking of buying, I won't go into so much detail though as I'm sure most of you are waiting on better reviews from abi and other sites. Aplogogies in advance for using ImageShack, but I couldn't find anywhere else to host them.
Accessories/Extras: Nothing special here, you get a small minidisc with Cowon's Jetaudio on it, the disc works with tray drives but will not work with any slot loading drives. You also get a pair of headphones which are nothing special, a couple of guides in various languages and the proprietary USB cable.
All that's missing really for me is the plug wall charger, as one was included with the D2 I was expecting the S9 to come with one.
Design: As all of you will already will be well aware of the looks of the S9 I'll simply talk about build quality. A lot of reviewers have said it is very light and feels rather hollow or plastic, which is true. If you were expecting something along the lines of the D2 you will be disappointed, however I must stress that it's not badly built, in fact it's probably still several levels above that of other manufacturers it's just not up to Cowon's usual 'tank'esque quality.
(The Cowon has 2 'theme' choices, I find myself prefering the former but it's nice to have the choice)
UI: Cowon has made leaps and bounds in this department, the UI is much simpler to navigate and doing so is very quick with menus popping up quickly and scrolling through files in a breeze. However if you were expecting something that you could pick up and learn in and out within 10 minutes you will be dissapointed, this is much better then what we usually see from Cowon but some menu's can still be quite difficult to fathom without the 'press and see what it does' approach.
I've found the accelerometer to be very good at picking up when the player is turned on it's side (although Enzoten has had the opposite experience, whether this is firmware/hardware based is unknown). The UI is very smooth in almost all areas, however coverflow is one notable exception, using it is so laggy with long pauses and it does make you think about asking why Cowon bothered with it in the first place. Hopefully this is just a firmware issue though that can be remedied, however even if it was smooth the portrait music screen is much more useful in every way.
Other UI features such as the zooming work quite well, although unless you are short sighted there should be no problems reading the text even at the lowest magnification as the screen is really that sharp.
Audio quality: I'm not great at discerning between small differences in sound, however you can be certain that the S9 matches (perhaps even exceeds in some areas) the D2. Through the same headphones both players sound just as good and there are largely the same customisation options in the S9 as in the D2
Video quality: Wow... this is where this player really excels. With a decent input source the player looks fantastic, using a good conversion tool (such as handbrake) it looks absolutely stunning. I've found the S9 can play a lot of different resolutions including those above the 480x272 quoted, however it does a bad job at fixing the aspect ratio and an even wrose one at scaling it down, so to get the most you really do need to convert your video, although again if you can't stand to convert (like I know many people do) you can still watch most sources.
Also worth a mention is that the player will remember your position in a movie, so if you watch half a movie, you can come back to it later in the exact same place which is a nice touch.
Other Features:
FM Radio - nice to have, but it doesn't scan particularly well and it sets up stations just several Mhz from their source which leads to a lot of manual changing if you want to get the most out of this feature.
Bluetooth - Can't really comment as I don't have a bluetooth headset to pair it too, although the option for switching it on is easy to find and quick to do.
Microphone - Works pretty well and picks a lot of stuff up (some unwanted) but the quality is pretty good, and if there were apps to turn this into a bluetooth headset it would work, as the microphone picks up sound from in front of the player too so you wouldn't have to speak into the back of the player, which would be awkward.
Flash games - I've tried a few flash games for the Cowon D2 and found they do work, however some of the buttons aren't finger friendly and some cause intermittent crashing. List of games I've tried:
Blackjack - Works without crashing, not finger friendly.
Fishtales - Works and finger friendly but causes crashes at random intervals
Flashpad v3 - Works, relatively finger friendly and the saving option still works
qubik - Works, relatively finger friendly but still has some of the stuttering issues that the D2 version had
Gridlock - Works, kind of finger friendly (though quite difficult to move blocks first time), no crashing issues I'm aware of
Laser - Doesn't work, gets stuck at loading (left for 5 minutes, so may work but probably not useful to have a game taking 5 minutes+ to load)
Samarosti - Seems to work at first but gets stuck after intro sequence and screen goes black. However it isn't a crash as it's still possible to quit so not sure what's going on with this.
Worm beta - Works very well, no noticable lag, and the black borders of the screen (as the game is not widescreen) also count as clicks so your finger doesn't get in the way of seeing where you need to go.
I may try some others later.
I haven't really had the player long enough to judge things like battery life in real life situations but just judging by the battery meter Cowon's predictions of 55/11 seem just a bit over the top, but might be attainable depending on usage/BBE settings/Screen brightness/etc.
BBC iPlayer - BBC recently released the option to download programs for portable devices, dragging and dropping the files in MSC mode doesn't work outright. But confirmed to work in MTP, but must be synced with Windows Media Player to work.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Peter Zubenko went to work at the Red Rose Pizzeria in Springfield on Thursday, just like he has for the past 20 years. But instead of serving pizza, he worked outside, piling debris on a dolly and trying to avoid broken glass.
"It's the first time in my life I've seen this kind of mess," Zubenko said.
The Red Rose is on Main Street in Springfield's South End, right in the path of one of the tornadoes that tore through Western Massachusetts on Wednesday. On Friday, the National Weather Service confirmed it was a level EF3 storm with winds as high as 160 miles per hour.
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- In a large skillet, brown ground beef and onion together. Drain any grease well. Add peas and carrots, garlic, parsley, and pepper. Stir in soup and bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, about 5-10 minutes. Spoon mixture into a greased 2-quart casserole. Spread mashed potatoes over top, sealing to edges. Bake, uncovered, 30 minutes or until lightly browned (put a piece of foil under the casserole to catch any drips).
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Time's running out for the Vancouver Canucks
As each season passes, Daniel and Henrik Sedin clearly understand their time to win it all is running out. They hear the clock ticking. They feel the pressure mounting.
As the second- and third-oldest players on the Vancouver Canucks, the superstar pair aren't naive to the fact that their proverbial window of opportunity is closing. After all, at 32-years-old, and with their contracts expiring at the end of next season, the twins are in the latter half of two illustrious careers — although ones that have yet to be adorned with the National Hockey League's ultimate prize, the Stanley Cup.
Surrounded by a Canucks team capable of making another long playoff run this year, there's no tip-toeing past the importance of each and every post-season appearance from now until they hang up their skates. Because it's anyone's guess as to what the group will look like this time around next season, or even a couple years down the line.
"We had good teams for a number of years now and you never know how it's going to go next year," Daniel said. "It's one thing everyone was talking about when we first came into the league but you didn't realize that back then. Time is going to fly by … and there's not so many chances left. You just have to enjoy it and try to win."
Two years ago, when the Canucks made their run to the Cup final losing to Boston in seven games, fans around the league witnessed the most talented squad this franchise had ever assembled. But as they get set for their fifth-straight playoff appearance Tuesday, Vancouver can at least boast a lineup with many of those same players who were one win away from hockey supremacy.
"In Vancouver, people still look at us as having a shot at it," said Canucks captain Henrik. "The core group that's been here, we are better prepared. We have a great team, we're confident in our group. But having said that, there are seven other teams feeling the same way.
"Our first couple years, you went into the playoffs and everything was fun, it was a great experience and you learned from it. But you never thought about it being your last time around and your last chance. Now you do."
With a squad as talented, if not just more experienced, than the 2010-11 unit, the mindset of "this is our year" is clearly entrenched within the Canucks.
"If you don't believe that you can win it all, I don't think you have a chance to win it all," said goalie Roberto Luongo, the eldest on the Canucks at 34. "You have to have confidence in your team that if we all play together and stay healthy and get a bit of luck, then it could be our year. That doesn't change from year to year."
It certainly hasn't since Vancouver missed the playoffs in 2008. From that point on, they have earned their place as one of the league's elite teams.
They have won back-to-back Presidents' Trophies, picked up the most points overall in the last five years, and boast a pair of Art Ross Trophy winners in the Sedins, and a Selke Trophy winner in Ryan Kesler. But through it all, the Holy Grail has eluded their grasp.
While the Canucks enter another post-season with a very favourable shot at the Cup — even after last year's surprising first-round exit to eventual champions, the Los Angeles Kings — that nagging question still remains: How long will the window stay open?
The core group is only two years removed from the final — ending in heartbreak on the ice and rioting in the Vancouver streets.
The key offensive players are in tact with the Sedins still dominant, Kesler heating up after missing a big chunk of the season to injuries, and Alex Burrows remaining a goal-scoring threat.
With a healthy lineup up front now — along with the acquisition of Derek Roy — many of the team's earlier problems are becoming resolved.
Their top four defencemen are all signed through at least the 2015-16 season, while the younger-yet-injured Chris Tanev has earned a regular spot. There's also goalie Cory Schneider, who signed a three-year deal last summer and is just getting started when it comes to making his mark on the league.
So far this season, the Massachusetts native has proven he belongs. If he falters, the league's best backup in Luongo is there.
"We know what to expect, we've been there," Burrows said. "We know it takes a lot of work. But we need some bounces going our way and we need 20 guys to step up and do the things that make us successful."
If not, another good opportunity is wasted. It doesn't help that the Sedins are getting older, and who knows what they'll decide to do after next season — go back to Sweden or stay in the NHL.
Burrows, too, is 32, while Kesler, 28, isn't as indestructible as his playing style indicates. Blueline injuries never seems to cease on this team and the new division re-alignment isn't going to make things easier.
Most importantly, the salary cap will go down drastically next season, making it harder to keep younger talents such as Jannik Hansen and soon-to-be restricted free agent Tanev in the fold. Mason Raymond and Maxim Lapierre — both pending UFAs — and the oft-injured David Booth also seems destined to depart.
Then, there's their up-and-coming players, which isn't much to write home about.
Ranked 26th on Hockey's Future team list heading into the campaign, the Canucks' top prospects feature forwards Jordan Schroeder, Nicklas Jensen, Brendan Gaunce and goalie Eddie Lack, along with recently called-up blueliner Frank Corrado. The potential is there but by comparison, it's far from the stronger contingents around the league.
"You can't judge it," Luongo said of the team's ability to remain competitive. "There's always turnover player-wise and this is an organization that wants to win. So whether some players are getting older they are always to going to bring in newer ones and making sure they give this team and this city a chance to win the Cup. There is no normal timeline."
When a window is typically opened, a nice draft fills the room. But in the NHL, when it shuts, teams are forced to rely on a whole different draft.
The Pittsburgh Penguins and Chicago Blackhawks are good examples of organizations using the NHL Entry Draft in recent years to form powerhouse squads. The Canucks, too, have benefited from former first-round picks after faltering in the standings for quite some time.
But when it comes down to it, the template is the Detroit Red Wings — a team that has won four titles over the past two decades. They've also stayed among the league's elite year-after-year by drafting and developing players well. In fact, the Wings have not missed the playoffs since 1990, although this season — without longtime defenceman Niklas Lidstrom — they were left fighting for a berth into the final week.
"You create your own windows," Red Wings captain Henrik Zetterberg said. "They've been saying we've been too old, too old, too old for the last six years and we still had a good team.
"It's the same for Vancouver, some guys move on and then you get new guys. You just have to find the right mix for your team."
At the moment, the Canucks certainly have the perfect mix to finally take home the franchise's first title. They just might not be able to say that for long.
"I wouldn't be worried about that," Daniel Sedin said. "At the same time, I do think we have a great team right now and you don't want to go back 10 years from now and say, what if? You want to make it happen right now."
A look at the five longest current contracts on the Canucks:
Roberto Luongo
- Signed until 2022
- Barring a crazy turn of events, the Canucks can't afford to keep this goalie next season. For now, though, his 12-year deal remains longest on the squad, and mainly a reason he's still around.
Alex Edler
- Signed until 2019
- As one of the team's top blueliners, his six-year contract doesn't kick in until next season. So far this year, though, the Swede has had trouble finding consistency — especially in his own end.
Jason Garrison
- Signed until 2018
- The Vancouver native joined his hometown team as a free agent last July. After a slow start, he's finally found the scoring touch he was brought in for.
Alex Burrows
- Signed until 2017
- Since his breakout campaign about six years ago, the Montreal native hasn't shown any signs of slowing down on the Canucks.
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- Signed until 2017
- The former journeyman agreed to an extension this season, giving Vancouver a versatile forward for the foreseeable future.


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ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — Adrian Kollock ran for three touchdowns and threw for another on Thursday night and South Carolina State routed Morgan State 38-3.
Kollock propelled the Bulldogs (8-3, 7-1 Mid-Eastern Atlantic Conference) to a 21-0 first-quarter lead with runs of 3 and 2 yards and a 37-yard scoring pass to Dennis Rowe. Combined, he and starting QB Richard Cue threw for 260 yards and the Bulldogs generated 442 yards of total offense.
Tough defensive plays held the Bears (4-7, 4-4) to 85 yards rushing and 49 yards passing, including five sacks.
Trailing 24-0 at halftime, the Bears' lone score came in the third quarter on a 40-yard field goal by Chris Moller.
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Effects of shock-induced incongruent melting within Earth's crust: The case of biotite melting
Biotite is an abundant hydrous silicate in the Earth's crust and plays a critical role in the formation of felsic magmas via incongruent melting. Although biotite incongruent melting reactions have been described for various contact and regional metamorphic environments, the effects of impact-induced melting of biotite remain poorly understood. Our observations from the 40-km-wide Araguainha impact structure indicate that biotite can undergo incongruent melting during impact processes, producing aluminous melts that can accumulate as pockets or fracture networks in crystalline target rocks. We observed that as much as 9% of the crystalline target at Araguainha is a crystallization product after biotite breakdown. Given the relatively low shock pressures recorded in the Araguainha central uplift (20-25GPa), our results imply that impacts in the size of Araguainha or larger are capable of generating substantial volumes of incongruent aluminous melts in crystalline crust underlying large (>40km diameter) impact structures. © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.


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Educate me: why would you not want your baby to have the colostrum if no medical reason?(239 Posts)
Just found out that a couple of my social circle are not attempting breastfeeding second time around, but will be going for bottles from day one. No medical problems/issues, just said it would be easier to have bottles and a toddler than breastfeed.
I didn't want to pry, and I respect their choice of course, but I'm really curious why you would not even express the colostrum to give your child - I thought it was soooo important for the immune system.
I admit I'm a bit biased as I still bfeed DD 22 months, and do use it as a parenting tool to a certain extent. We massively struggled at first as DD had a missed tongue tie that wasn't picked up til 5 months, so I know what it's like to have pain and struggle, and I remember from when our toddlers were little that these mums had to give up fairly quickly first time around and know how difficult it was. But why not express a bit of colostrum?
So please let me know so I can understand better?
I'd imagine its pretty hard to express colostrum. it's up to them really.
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I know it's up to them, I just want to understand better why you wouldn't want to give your baby a good immunilogical head start, even if it is a bit hard for a week.
x-post with WouldBeHarrietVane.
Hmm yes I suppose I did A LOT of reading around how beneficial breastfeeding is, which is why I persevered despite our initial problems.
I suppose if mums haven't read up on it, or don't think it's that important, then that would explain it...
I don't get it either....But then I don't get weaning early either.... some people just choose to go against guidance I guess.
Yes I know my baby best but I don't know about immunity and digestive health enough to declare that he/she does/doesn't need colostrum or will be fine on solids at 16 weeks.... So I'll listen to the current guidance.
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IME expressing colostrum is incredibly difficult - it comes out in such small quantities, most of it dribbles down the boob or gets lost down the side of whatever it's expressed into. and probably quite a bit of it would get stuck in the bottle teat anyway as it's thicker and more viscous than milk.
it would actually be a lot easier to get the colostrum into a newborn by BFing (assuming they have a reasonable latch) than by expressing.
does mean you have to BF for the first few days though.
I don't understand why people wouldn't try either, but then I haven't had the experience of a toddler and a newborn, so not in a position to judge
judging anyway though
Is there a problem with bfing for a few days and then switching to bottle though?
Personal experience: Had horrible, horrible experience with consultant led care, then horrendous induction followed by emergency c-section. After all that, I couldn't bear the thought of the closeness of breastfeeding, and 2nd, I needed to know she could feed and was well for discharging, so we could leave hospital as soon as she was safe to do so (we left after 36hrs, she was fine; I was able to walk to the car).
But at the end of the day, it's not your business, your friends' decision is just that.
Thank you for sharing that iliketea. That does sound like a horrendous experience but glad your daughter arrived safely.
I did bottles from day one , also only ever used disposable nappies - its a personal choice. I never went to NCT classes after the first week - could stand all that breast is best and think of the landfill !
I breastfed dd for 5 days, because I needed to start medication that isn't safe for breastfeeding. It meant that I had hard, full and painful breasts for two weeks as her sucking the colostrum and first milk had told my body to make milk.
Some people have horrible experiences of bf and the very thought of doing it again, even for a few days is too much.
Ah ok so starting to breastfeed can make ot worse when stopping - I didn't know that. thank you
The idea of breast feeding makes me feel physically sick. If I see a breast feeding woman and don't leave immediately, I will actually throw up.
I'm sure DD appreciated me not vomiting on her and giving her a bottle instead.
But thank you for calling me ignorant and thinking that my daughters immune system is not important. Really.
With DD1 I intended to breastfeed. Didnt buy bottles or a steriliser.
My care was horrendous. No one offered to help me. When a MW finally did try to show me she got frustrated and shouted at me. DD1 was starving and they wouldnt let me give her a bottle until hours later even though they didnt have time to keep trying bf with me.
A HCP gave DD1 her first bottle because I was so exhausted by the time they gsve in I couldnt hold her.
With DD2 I was completely put off but thought I would leave it up to the birth to decide. I was induced. A MW turned the drip too high and I went from 5cm to pushing in 20 mins. DD2 was born with ventouse, my pain relief ran out, I was in blinding pain and nearly passed out.
After the birth I was cold, shaking from the remi and my whole bottom half felt like it was falling off, because I had sat in the same position for 5 hours (constant monitoring) I couldnt even bring myself to hold DD2. There was no way I was going to add more stress to that.
So all of you on here saying you dont understand it, just stop, step back and realise that while its great you are able to bf, it doesnt make you a better mother or a better woman than those who cant. You cant possibly know what leads others to their decisions.
It's tough to express colostrum. I did it for my baby in neonatal. It's hard to get out, hard to capture. You can't use the big machines as quantities are too low so it's hand expressing drop by drop into a syringe. Takes a long time. I was very determined so did it but it's not an easy option.
LalyRawr I haven't called you ignorant or not thinking of your daughter's immune system. For starters I think your particular situation is what I would class as a medical reason - in that breastfeeding makes you sick, but also the thread is more about MY ignorance - I'm asking for people to educate me
Wannabe - that's the whole point of this thread - I AM stepping back and asking as I DON'T know - so I'm asking to have it explained. I am not intending to come across as superior in any way - just a bit ignorant of the reasons why people make this particular decision, as I want to support my friends better.
Wannabe - as an aside I recognise that horrible cold shaking feeling from induction I was still have sudden uncontrolable shakes a week later!
I also had continuous monitoring and ventouse, then forceps, then was rushed to theatre when that also failed. Was allowed one last attempt with forceps again and poor shocked DD eventually came, along with a haemorrhage. Not nice, and I'm determined to attempt a home birth this time. The midwives, although lovely, seemed just overworked and therefore incompetent from sheer caseload!
Simple reason. Didn't want to bf. At all. The thought of it was just ickie and I'm a bit sceptical of the supposed benefits anyway. My breasts, my choice.
Have no issues with other women who want to bf and they should get all the support and help needed to do this. It doesn't make me feel sick to see babies bf or anything.
But for me, no thanks.
I bf DD1 for 7 weeks and I hated every single one of those 7 weeks.
There was no way I was going to bf my other 4 children.
I didn't with my second, as I just didn't want to. I hated breast feeding and didn't last long with DD1 before switching to formula.
It was such a great relief to be able to make the decision to FF from birth with DD2, and to tell people emphatically that that's what I was doing. I was a much happier and more confident mother second time around.
Had two elcs if that's relevant.
I never noticed I ever produced colostrom. My dd was in NICU so I was desperate to express it but nothing.
I did not notice it with ds either, but then I just put him on my boob and let him get on with it.
I found giving birth much easier and less painful than breastfeeding. With DS he fed every hour and I remember sitting in bed feeding him and crying with the pain and sheer tiredness. After six weeks of it I switched to FF and from then on actually enjoyed him.
With DD I tried to BF again but after five days she ended up in hospital with dehydration because she hadn't actually been feeding properly.
I'm not planning any more DCs but if I was I'd be very doubtful about BFing unless there was much more support in place to help me with it. Having said that my gut instinct would probably still tell me to try as I know it so much better for them. And I still feel a touch of regret when I see other people successfully BFing their babies.
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Apotex Inc. v. Allergan, Inc., 2016 FCA 155
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The Federal Court of Appeal has overturned the earlier finding that Allergan and Apotex had settled their patent infringement litigation (2015 FC 367).
Allergan had sued Apotex for patent infringement. The parties discussed settlement for almost two years, through emails, draft Minutes of Settlement and reporting letters to the Federal Court. In reviewing the evidence, the Federal Court had determined that although the parties did not have a signed agreement, they had reached agreement on all essential terms.
The Court of Appeal began its analysis by laying out the following requirements for a Court to find whether a settlement agreement has been reached in a common law jurisdiction:
- objectively viewed, the parties had a mutual intention to create legal relations;
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Thus, the original decision was overturned.
The Court of Appeal made a few comments of note at the end of the appeal. First, it was noted that the patent at issue had expired during the appeal, and Allergan moved to dismiss the appeal as moot. The Court of Appeal held it was not moot because Apotex would have been subject to obligations under the settlement agreement, which if breached, could be the foundation for a future damages claim. There was also a lack of authority on the legal points in the appeal and some uncertainty in the state of the law, which meant it was in the public interest to continue the appeal.
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IN April 1983, a federal commission warned in a famous report, "A Nation at Risk," that American education was a "rising tide of mediocrity." The alarm it sounded about declining competitiveness touched off a tidal wave of reforms: state standards,
But while there have been pockets of improvement, particularly among children in elementary school, America's overall performance in K-12 education remains stubbornly mediocre.
In 2009, the Program for International Student Assessment, which compares student performance across advanced industrialized countries, ranked American 15-year-olds 14th in reading, 17th in science and 25th in math — trailing their counterparts in
As the education scholar Charles M. Payne of the
The debate over school reform has become a false polarization between figures like
The labels don't matter. Charter-school networks like the Knowledge Is Power Program and Achievement First have shown impressive results, but so have reforms in traditional school districts in Montgomery County, Md.,
Sorry, "Waiting for Superman": charter schools are not a panacea and have not performed, on average, better than regular public schools. Successful schools — whether charter or traditional — have features in common: a clear mission, talented teachers, time for teachers to work together, longer school days or after-school programs, feedback cycles that lead to continuing improvements. It's not either-or.
Another false debate: alternative-certification programs like
HERE'S what the old debates have overlooked: How schools are organized, and what happens in classrooms, hasn't changed much in the century since the Progressive Era. On the whole, we still have the same teachers, in the same roles, with the same level of knowledge, in the same schools, with the same materials, and much the same level of parental support.
Call it the industrial-factory model: power resides at the top, with state and district officials setting goals, providing money and holding teachers accountable for realizing predetermined ends. While rational on its face, in practice this system does not work well because teaching is a complex activity that is hard to direct and improve from afar. The factory model is appropriate to simple work that is easy to standardize; it is ill suited to disciplines like teaching that require considerable skill and discretion.
Teaching requires a professional model, like we have in medicine, law, engineering, accounting, architecture and many other fields. In these professions, consistency of quality is created less by holding individual practitioners accountable and more by building a body of knowledge, carefully training people in that knowledge, requiring them to show expertise before they become licensed, and then using their professions' standards to guide their work.
By these criteria, American education is a failed profession. There is no widely agreed-upon knowledge base, training is brief or nonexistent, the criteria for passing licensing exams are much lower than in other fields, and there is little continuous professional guidance. It is not surprising, then, that researchers find wide variation in teaching skills across classrooms; in the absence of a system devoted to developing consistent expertise, we have teachers essentially winging it as they go along, with predictably uneven results.
It need not be this way. In the nations that lead the international rankings —
Teachers in leading nations' schools also teach much less than ours do. High school teachers provide 1,080 hours per year of instruction in America, compared with fewer than 600 in South Korea and Japan, where the balance of teachers' time is spent collaboratively on developing and refining lesson plans. These countries also have much stronger welfare states; by providing more support for students' social, psychological and physical needs, they make it easier for teachers to focus on their academic needs. These elements create a virtuous cycle: strong academic performance leads to schools with greater autonomy and more public financing, which in turn makes education an attractive profession for talented people.
In America, both major teachers' unions and the organization representing state education officials have, in the past year, called for raising the bar for entering teachers; one of the unions, the
Tenure would require demonstrated knowledge and skill, as at a university or a law firm. A rigorous board exam for teachers could significantly elevate the quality of candidates, raise and make more consistent teacher skill level, improve student outcomes, and strengthen the public's regard for teachers and teaching.
We let doctors operate, pilots fly, and engineers build because their fields have developed effective ways of certifying that they can do these things. Teaching, on the whole, lacks this specialized knowledge base; teachers teach based mostly on what they have picked up from experience and from their colleagues.
Anthony S. Bryk, president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, has estimated that other fields spend 5 percent to 15 percent of their budgets on research and development, while in education, it is around 0.25 percent. Education-school researchers publish for fellow academics; teachers develop practical knowledge but do not evaluate or share it; commercial curriculum designers make what districts and states will buy, with little regard for quality. We most likely will need the creation of new institutions — an educational equivalent of the
We also need to develop a career arc for teaching and a differentiated salary structure to match it. Like medical residents in teaching hospitals, rookie teachers should be carefully overseen by experts as they move from apprenticeship to proficiency, and then mastery. Early- to mid-career teachers need time to collaborate and explore new directions — having mastered the basics, this is the stage when they can refine their skills. The system should reward master teachers with salaries commensurate with leading professionals in other fields.
In the past few years, 45 states and the District of Columbia have adopted Common Core standards that ask much more of students; raising standards for teachers is a critical parallel step. We have an almost endless list of things that we would like the next generation of schools to do: teach critical thinking, foster collaboration, incorporate technology, become more student-centered and engaging. The more skilled our teachers, the greater our chances of achieving these goals.
Undergraduate education programs and graduate schools of education have long been faulted for being too disconnected from the realities of practice. The past 25 years have seen the creation of an array of different providers to train teachers — programs like Teach for America, urban-teacher residencies and, most recently, schools like High Tech High in
Again, research suggests that the labels don't matter — there are good and bad programs of all types, including university-based ones. The best programs draw people who majored as undergraduates in the subjects they wanted to teach; focus on extensive clinical practice rather than on classroom theory; are selective in choosing their applicants rather than treating students as a revenue stream; and use data about how their students fare as teachers to assess and revise their practice.
THE changes needed to professionalize American education won't be easy. They will require money, political will and the audacity to imagine that teaching could be a profession on a par with fields like law and medicine. But failure to change will be more costly — we could look up in another 30 years and find ourselves, once again, no better off than we are today. Several of today's top performers, like South Korea, Finland and Singapore, moved to the top of the charts in one generation. Real change in America is possible, but only if we stop tinkering at the margins.Continue reading the main story


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Thomas had a birthday party with a pirate theme. The kids divided into two groups (5 girls vs. 5 boys) and each designed their own pirate flag.
Here are some pics of the groups holding their flag, and of Thomas pirate ship birthday cake that Irene and I made out of chocolate cake and frosting.
Kelvin dressed up as a pirate ghost and the kids had to "swordfight" him to find out where the hidden treasure (chocalate coins) were hidden.
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Pleasant Valley Christian Church Cemetery
Providence Cemetery
Red Hill Cemetery
Resurrection Cemetery (270) 926-8097
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Old Roberts Farm Cemetery
Rome Cemetery
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South Hampton Baptist Cemetery
St. Alphonsus Cemetery - West Louisville, KY
St. John's Cemetery
St. Joseph Cemetery
St. Lawrence Cemetery
St. Mary of the Woods Cemetery
St. Peter's Cemetery - Stanley, KY
St. William Cemetery
Shearer Cemetery
Sorgho Cemetery
Thruston Cemetery
Travis Cemetery
Utica Baptist Cemetery - Utica, KY
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Whitesville Cemetery
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