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“In the beginning was the Word…a light shines in the dark, a light that darkness could not over power…the Word was the true light that enlightens all men…” Today is the 2nd Sunday in the octave of Christmas. On this Sunday, we continue to savor the joy of the new born king, we continue to greet the Word made flesh that now dwells among us, and we continue to rejoice because, as the wisdom of God, he dispels our darkness and illumines our lives. Today, the church invites us to reflect on the import of Christ’s coming to us.
There is a very strong relationship between wisdom and light. In fact, they are synonymous to each other. On the contrary, light or wisdom and darkness are opposites. Light is always contra darkness and dispels it. The Book of Wisdom addresses God as the one who “made all things by your word; God’s eternal, creative, and illuminating power” (Wis 9:1). Proverbs equally writes: “The Lord by wisdom founded the earth” (Pr 3:19). “Light”, “Word” and “Wisdom” are seen as one and the same. This is what they achieve: “For while gentle silence enveloped all thing, your all-powerful Word leaped from heaven, into the midst of the land that was doomed…” (Wis 18, 14-16).
This is what the birth of Christ did for us this season. As the wisdom of God, Christ came to banish ignorance by revealing things that are hidden for ages. As Wisdom He enlightens the eyes of our mind so that we can appreciate God (Eph 18). As light, he not only clears the obscurities of our mind, but also lights up our way. Hence, the psalmist says: “Your Word is a lamp for my feet and a guide for my path…” (Ps 119, 105).
Today, wisdom is personified in our first reading. He is none other than Jesus Christ, the fullness of God’s wisdom. One important point to note from this reading is the fact that wisdom proceeds from God. Thus, Wisdom speaks: “From eternity, in the beginning, he created me…” In other words, he was part and parcel of the nature of God. The good news of this season is that after ages, he is now with us as human in order to help us work and walk in the light. Who are these privileged people? My dear, we are! Therefore the cause of our unending joy this season is that we are highly favored by God. However, it is important that we open ourselves so that He can make use of us adequately. If we do, we shall become wise and enlightened because iron sharpens iron, and fire begets fire.
In our second reading today, Paul continues to thank and bless God, “who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings of heaven in Christ.” This spiritual blessing is Jesus Christ himself, the Wisdom of God who is with us to dispel all ignorance and to illumine our dark spots. Also, Paul reminds us that we are those chosen and favored by God. This is not only for the purpose of being holy and spotless, but also, for adoption as fellow brethrens of Christ.
So, as we continue to rejoice this season, let us know that Christ’s birth sealed our own adoption and opened a door for all of us into God’s heart. Therefore as Paul prayed, “May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ… give you the spirit of wisdom and perception of what is revealed…” let us welcome Wisdom into our lives as our guide. This is because without Wisdom we cannot appreciate what wonders God has worked for us this season. Without the eyes of our mind being opened by the “Ancient of Days” himself, we will remain in perpetual ignorance and our minds always clogged with wickedness.
Today as was on Christmas day, our gospel kicks off with a description of God’s “Logos” or Word. John reminds us of the following that: “Through his Word the heavens were made.” John describes Jesus as God’s creative, life and light giving Word that has come to us in human form. Truly, Jesus is the Wisdom and Power of God which created and sustains the world. Therefore, in order to save us, He assumed our nature. Jesus became truly man while remaining truly God.
What he was (Divine), he remained, and what he was not (human nature), he has assumed for the sake of our salvation. Jesus Christ is truly the Son of God, he is truly the wisdom and light that dispels the darkness of our life and world. Without losing his divinity he became a man and our brother. He is the one with whom now we shear the same paternity as adopted children of God. His acceptance to be born like us gained us this exalted position and illumines our world.
Finally, for allowing the light of his face shine upon us this season through his Word, Light and Wisdom, let us, like David the Psalmist continue to say: “O Lord, you are my light and my salvation…(Ps 127, 1).
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to you all!
← Appreciation and Gratitude: Thanks To You All My Dear Brothers And Sisters For Being There For Me This Year!

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“in the beginning was the word…a light shines in the dark, a light that darkness could not over power…the word was the true light that enlightens all men…” today is the 2nd sunday in the octave of christmas. on this sunday, we continue to savor the joy of the new born king, we continue to greet the word made flesh that now dwells among us, and we continue to rejoice because, as the wisdom of god, he dispels our darkness and illumines our lives. today, the church invites us to reflect on the import of christ’s coming to us.
there is a very strong relationship between wisdom and light. in fact, they are synonymous to each other. on the contrary, light or wisdom and darkness are opposites. light is always contra darkness and dispels it. the book of wisdom addresses god as the one who “made all things by your word; god’s eternal, creative, and illuminating power” (wis 9:1). proverbs equally writes: “the lord by wisdom founded the earth” (pr 3:19). “light”, “word” and “wisdom” are seen as one and the same. this is what they achieve: “for while gentle silence enveloped all thing, your all-powerful word leaped from heaven, into the midst of the land that was doomed…” (wis 18, 14-16).
this is what the birth of christ did for us this season. as the wisdom of god, christ came to banish ignorance by revealing things that are hidden for ages. as wisdom he enlightens the eyes of our mind so that we can appreciate god (eph 18). as light, he not only clears the obscurities of our mind, but also lights up our way. hence, the psalmist says: “your word is a lamp for my feet and a guide for my path…” (ps 119, 105).
today, wisdom is personified in our first reading. he is none other than jesus christ, the fullness of god’s wisdom. one important point to note from this reading is the fact that wisdom proceeds from god. thus, wisdom speaks: “from eternity, in the beginning, he created me…” in other words, he was part and parcel of the nature of god. the good news of this season is that after ages, he is now with us as human in order to help us work and walk in the light. who are these privileged people? my dear, we are! therefore the cause of our unending joy this season is that we are highly favored by god. however, it is important that we open ourselves so that he can make use of us adequately. if we do, we shall become wise and enlightened because iron sharpens iron, and fire begets fire.
in our second reading today, paul continues to thank and bless god, “who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings of heaven in christ.” this spiritual blessing is jesus christ himself, the wisdom of god who is with us to dispel all ignorance and to illumine our dark spots. also, paul reminds us that we are those chosen and favored by god. this is not only for the purpose of being holy and spotless, but also, for adoption as fellow brethrens of christ.
so, as we continue to rejoice this season, let us know that christ’s birth sealed our own adoption and opened a door for all of us into god’s heart. therefore as paul prayed, “may the god of our lord jesus christ… give you the spirit of wisdom and perception of what is revealed…” let us welcome wisdom into our lives as our guide. this is because without wisdom we cannot appreciate what wonders god has worked for us this season. without the eyes of our mind being opened by the “ancient of days” himself, we will remain in perpetual ignorance and our minds always clogged with wickedness.
today as was on christmas day, our gospel kicks off with a description of god’s “logos” or word. john reminds us of the following that: “through his word the heavens were made.” john describes jesus as god’s creative, life and light giving word that has come to us in human form. truly, jesus is the wisdom and power of god which created and sustains the world. therefore, in order to save us, he assumed our nature. jesus became truly man while remaining truly god.
what he was (divine), he remained, and what he was not (human nature), he has assumed for the sake of our salvation. jesus christ is truly the son of god, he is truly the wisdom and light that dispels the darkness of our life and world. without losing his divinity he became a man and our brother. he is the one with whom now we shear the same paternity as adopted children of god. his acceptance to be born like us gained us this exalted position and illumines our world.
finally, for allowing the light of his face shine upon us this season through his word, light and wisdom, let us, like david the psalmist continue to say: “o lord, you are my light and my salvation…(ps 127, 1).
merry christmas & happy new year to you all!
← appreciation and gratitude: thanks to you all my dear brothers and sisters for being there for me this year!


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Tonight's Thunderball results are: 4, 15, 16, 27, 32. The Thunderball was: 3.
Tonight's Lotto results are: 18, 36, 48, 57, 58, 59. The Bonus was: 50.

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tonight's thunderball results are: 4, 15, 16, 27, 32. the thunderball was: 3.
tonight's lotto results are: 18, 36, 48, 57, 58, 59. the bonus was: 50.


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It couldn’t be easier to convert your favorite YouTube video to an MPEG file on Youtubedownloadersite.com. . The YouTube Downloader basic application is free, no need to sign up, and it makes it convenient to convert YouTube to MPEG files in minutes. All you need to do is copy and paste the video URL into the YouTube Downloader converter and let us do all the work. The application will download the video, convert it to MPEG format, and then give you back a new file. Save the file to your computer where you can upload it to your website, put it in an email, or save to a portable device.
Youtubedownloadersite.com has an application (YouTube Downloader) you can install onto your computer that makes it easier than ever to download YouTube to mpeg files. A simple click to run the application, the downloader then works within your web browser. You are able to save videos right to your computer as MPEGs without having to leave the website! The youtubedownloadersite.com downloader is free to use and completely safe to put onto your computer.
The Moving Pictures Experts Group (MPEG) created the standardized format for video and audio compression. First there was MPEG-1, which is compressed at the quality of VHS movies and is good for encoding a movie onto a compact disc. MPEG-2 was created in order to match the higher quality of movies today on Blu-ray disc and through digital television. The term MPEG refers usually to either of these two formats, while mp3 and mp4 refer to MPEG-3 and MPEG-4, respectively.
Open the MPEG Converter application that you just downloaded and saved to your computer.
Now you can watch your videos in MPEG on different devices!
Looking to convert YouTube videos to another format? Our YouTube converter works for almost any format: YouTube to MP3, YouTube to MP4, YouTube to AVI, YouTube to 3GP, YouTube to WMV.

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it couldn’t be easier to convert your favorite youtube video to an mpeg file on youtubedownloadersite.com. . the youtube downloader basic application is free, no need to sign up, and it makes it convenient to convert youtube to mpeg files in minutes. all you need to do is copy and paste the video url into the youtube downloader converter and let us do all the work. the application will download the video, convert it to mpeg format, and then give you back a new file. save the file to your computer where you can upload it to your website, put it in an email, or save to a portable device.
youtubedownloadersite.com has an application (youtube downloader) you can install onto your computer that makes it easier than ever to download youtube to mpeg files. a simple click to run the application, the downloader then works within your web browser. you are able to save videos right to your computer as mpegs without having to leave the website! the youtubedownloadersite.com downloader is free to use and completely safe to put onto your computer.
the moving pictures experts group (mpeg) created the standardized format for video and audio compression. first there was mpeg-1, which is compressed at the quality of vhs movies and is good for encoding a movie onto a compact disc. mpeg-2 was created in order to match the higher quality of movies today on blu-ray disc and through digital television. the term mpeg refers usually to either of these two formats, while mp3 and mp4 refer to mpeg-3 and mpeg-4, respectively.
open the mpeg converter application that you just downloaded and saved to your computer.
now you can watch your videos in mpeg on different devices!
looking to convert youtube videos to another format? our youtube converter works for almost any format: youtube to mp3, youtube to mp4, youtube to avi, youtube to 3gp, youtube to wmv.


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About a week ago, our oldest son (a new 2nd Lieutenant) was preparing one of his wool berets for use. This preparation involves shaving a massive amount of fuzz from the outside of the beret. Then you dampen it and weigh it down. Then after this, he put it on his head for further shaping. I went upstairs, he was sitting at a desk with his beret on his head. I couldn’t help but notice a tag peeking out from under the back. It said “Made in Vietnam”.
As a further aside, the large telephone books that he used to weigh down the beret stayed on the kitchen counter for close to a week before I put them up. As Glenn likes to say “the country’s in the very best of hands”.
This entry was posted on July 4, 2010 at 12:46 pm	and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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about a week ago, our oldest son (a new 2nd lieutenant) was preparing one of his wool berets for use. this preparation involves shaving a massive amount of fuzz from the outside of the beret. then you dampen it and weigh it down. then after this, he put it on his head for further shaping. i went upstairs, he was sitting at a desk with his beret on his head. i couldn’t help but notice a tag peeking out from under the back. it said “made in vietnam”.
as a further aside, the large telephone books that he used to weigh down the beret stayed on the kitchen counter for close to a week before i put them up. as glenn likes to say “the country’s in the very best of hands”.
this entry was posted on july 4, 2010 at 12:46 pm	and is filed under uncategorized. you can follow any responses to this entry through the rss 2.0 feed. you can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.


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Comfort and elegance make this dress with polka dots in delicate tones such a versatile piece!
Loved the colour and cut but the pleat at the front was just too big.
Lovely dress. It fitted perfectly!
It’s an okay dress. Pretty fabric, very comfortable. Nice and light. Good length sitting just on knee (I’m 170cm). I didn’t like the metal clasp bit around the waist, not needed. It’s worth trying this dress but for me it didn’t set the world on fire but was ok. I’m 45 and find it hard to find dresses that are modern but don’t make me feel ‘mumsy ‘ and this one made me feel a bit of the later! My issue, not the dresses!

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comfort and elegance make this dress with polka dots in delicate tones such a versatile piece!
loved the colour and cut but the pleat at the front was just too big.
lovely dress. it fitted perfectly!
it’s an okay dress. pretty fabric, very comfortable. nice and light. good length sitting just on knee (i’m 170cm). i didn’t like the metal clasp bit around the waist, not needed. it’s worth trying this dress but for me it didn’t set the world on fire but was ok. i’m 45 and find it hard to find dresses that are modern but don’t make me feel ‘mumsy ‘ and this one made me feel a bit of the later! my issue, not the dresses!


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As a big travel weekend approaches, many drivers are planning when they should hit the road to best avoid seeing a sea of red brake lights. Here's what you should know.
WASHINGTON — If you are planning to hit the road for the Memorial Day weekend, be forewarned: Friday is no longer the busiest day for your road trip.
“Thursday is the new Friday, and Thursday is every bit as bad as Friday on holiday weekends,” said Bob Immler in the WTOP Traffic Center.
Transportation planner Ben Hampton, with the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, analyzed five years of travel speed information collected from GPS software to help drivers avoid a sea of red.
Hampton adds that the following year, there was less traffic on Thursday.
“Every year, people try to time-shift to avoid what they encountered the last year,” said Dave Dildine in the WTOP Traffic Center.
If you’re leaving on Thursday, you should leave before noon. Otherwise, leave on Saturday or after midnight, Dildine said.
Weather will likely not be a factor, which should help drivers headed toward the beaches on U.S. 50.
“It’s probably not going to rain. That means eastbounders get three total lanes to work with. There will be delays and it’ll be congested, but it wont be as bad as if it were a soggy start to the Memorial Day weekend,” Dildine said.

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as a big travel weekend approaches, many drivers are planning when they should hit the road to best avoid seeing a sea of red brake lights. here's what you should know.
washington — if you are planning to hit the road for the memorial day weekend, be forewarned: friday is no longer the busiest day for your road trip.
“thursday is the new friday, and thursday is every bit as bad as friday on holiday weekends,” said bob immler in the wtop traffic center.
transportation planner ben hampton, with the metropolitan washington council of governments, analyzed five years of travel speed information collected from gps software to help drivers avoid a sea of red.
hampton adds that the following year, there was less traffic on thursday.
“every year, people try to time-shift to avoid what they encountered the last year,” said dave dildine in the wtop traffic center.
if you’re leaving on thursday, you should leave before noon. otherwise, leave on saturday or after midnight, dildine said.
weather will likely not be a factor, which should help drivers headed toward the beaches on u.s. 50.
“it’s probably not going to rain. that means eastbounders get three total lanes to work with. there will be delays and it’ll be congested, but it wont be as bad as if it were a soggy start to the memorial day weekend,” dildine said.


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text: • During the removal of a ruptured arteriovenous malformation, a young man underwent partial sectioning of the splenium of the corpus callosum. Postoperative testing showed no deficit of interhemispheric visual or auditory transfer. To understand the extent of the splenial section, we cut ten normal brains in the sagittal plane and analyzed the shape of the splenium. It may be markedly curved or bulbous. Our findings lead us to conclude that a small band of ventral splenial fibers may be adequate to allow a patient to perform normally on tachistoscopic testing. Unless there is postmortem proof of complete splenial section, it may not be justified to invoke nonsplenial mechanisms to explain preservation of interhemispheric visual transfer in human surgical cases.

lowercased: • during the removal of a ruptured arteriovenous malformation, a young man underwent partial sectioning of the splenium of the corpus callosum. postoperative testing showed no deficit of interhemispheric visual or auditory transfer. to understand the extent of the splenial section, we cut ten normal brains in the sagittal plane and analyzed the shape of the splenium. it may be markedly curved or bulbous. our findings lead us to conclude that a small band of ventral splenial fibers may be adequate to allow a patient to perform normally on tachistoscopic testing. unless there is postmortem proof of complete splenial section, it may not be justified to invoke nonsplenial mechanisms to explain preservation of interhemispheric visual transfer in human surgical cases.


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The average attention span of a human being is 8 seconds, meaning organizations today have 8 seconds to create positive engagement, or run the risk of losing a potential customer. Sounds like a no-brainer, right? The fact of the matter is that many organizations – from digital advertising to news sites to food delivery apps – don’t have a grasp on what it means to deliver a truly “glanceable” digital experience to their customers.
App performance is critical. A recent study from HP found that after using an app that ran slowly on a regular basis, 48 percent of consumers uninstalled or removed it; 33 percent stopped using it; and 32 percent looked for alternative apps. Amazon found that every 100 milliseconds of latency cost them 1% in sales; while Walmart found that every second of reduced load time raised their customer conversion rates by 2%. Still think good design alone will sell consumers on your business? Well, almost 100% of consumers said app performance is important to them and a deciding factor of the services they use. Now, make sure your app is up to speed.
Customer experience is the new pinnacle of success. Slow load times, crashing, or inaccessibility all negatively impact the experience of customers using your application. Help Scout found that 86% of consumers quit doing business with a company because of a bad customer experience, and 90% of consumers would pay more to ensure a better customer experience. 78% of consumers discontinued an intended transaction as a result of a poor customer experience, and 59% of U.S. consumers would try a new brand for a better customer experience (CX). CX has become the key differentiator for consumers, in fact, Gartner predicts 89% of brands will compete primarily on customer experience by 2016.
The mobile takeover is here. It’s no secret that mobile has become the screen of choice for many consumers. They are using their mobile phones for everything in their day to day lives, looking up health information, job listings, real estate opportunities, mobile banking and the like. The mobile ad spend is expected to reach $100 billion worldwide in 2016. It’s been reported that organizations gain an extra 240 hours of work per year from employees due to mobile working. Mobile is an opportunity that organizations can’t afford to miss, but creating a mobile application is often no easy feat.
This is where APM solutions come in. By ensuring that applications, both Web and mobile, are truly delivering on the functionality that has been promised to the consumer, organizations can ensure they reach their full potential. Delivering a fast, easy experience to consumers is the key to success, and making that experience “glanceable” for today’s consumer attention span is only a challenge if you’re not prepared.
Celeste has worked with venture backed, pre-IPO, public and private equity funded businesses in high growth markets. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from University of the Pacific in Business Administration.

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the average attention span of a human being is 8 seconds, meaning organizations today have 8 seconds to create positive engagement, or run the risk of losing a potential customer. sounds like a no-brainer, right? the fact of the matter is that many organizations – from digital advertising to news sites to food delivery apps – don’t have a grasp on what it means to deliver a truly “glanceable” digital experience to their customers.
app performance is critical. a recent study from hp found that after using an app that ran slowly on a regular basis, 48 percent of consumers uninstalled or removed it; 33 percent stopped using it; and 32 percent looked for alternative apps. amazon found that every 100 milliseconds of latency cost them 1% in sales; while walmart found that every second of reduced load time raised their customer conversion rates by 2%. still think good design alone will sell consumers on your business? well, almost 100% of consumers said app performance is important to them and a deciding factor of the services they use. now, make sure your app is up to speed.
customer experience is the new pinnacle of success. slow load times, crashing, or inaccessibility all negatively impact the experience of customers using your application. help scout found that 86% of consumers quit doing business with a company because of a bad customer experience, and 90% of consumers would pay more to ensure a better customer experience. 78% of consumers discontinued an intended transaction as a result of a poor customer experience, and 59% of u.s. consumers would try a new brand for a better customer experience (cx). cx has become the key differentiator for consumers, in fact, gartner predicts 89% of brands will compete primarily on customer experience by 2016.
the mobile takeover is here. it’s no secret that mobile has become the screen of choice for many consumers. they are using their mobile phones for everything in their day to day lives, looking up health information, job listings, real estate opportunities, mobile banking and the like. the mobile ad spend is expected to reach $100 billion worldwide in 2016. it’s been reported that organizations gain an extra 240 hours of work per year from employees due to mobile working. mobile is an opportunity that organizations can’t afford to miss, but creating a mobile application is often no easy feat.
this is where apm solutions come in. by ensuring that applications, both web and mobile, are truly delivering on the functionality that has been promised to the consumer, organizations can ensure they reach their full potential. delivering a fast, easy experience to consumers is the key to success, and making that experience “glanceable” for today’s consumer attention span is only a challenge if you’re not prepared.
celeste has worked with venture backed, pre-ipo, public and private equity funded businesses in high growth markets. she holds a bachelor of science degree from university of the pacific in business administration.


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A Small Orange is not among the most well-known web hosts, but it has gained fast growth in the past 13 years since its establishment. DreamHost, however, is a large US-based hosting provider with over one million sites under management.
There are many differences between the two web hosts’ background information, so are their shared hosting services. Except for the common hosting features included in their plans, such as PHP, MySQL and email accounts, we have found a lot of differences between their shared hosting prices, performance, support, and reliability.
From the comparison below, you will be able to learn the pros and cons of A Small Orange and DreamHost regarding shared hosting. Before reading the details, be sure to read the following ratings to get some general information about the comparison.
A Small Orange is gaining some complaints nowadays, but when compared with DreamHost, it still wins in the scalability of plans and control panel.
A Small Orange has been offering 4 shared hosting plans to make sure that you can host a small blog, an online store, a forum or even larger sites with the sufficient power and appropriate cost.
The Tiny plan, which is tailored for beginners, is priced at $2.92/mo only, and the other 3 plans suitable for more experienced users are available at $5/mo, $10/mo and $20/mo respectively. Except for Tiny, all other plans include a free .com domain if you sign up for an annual term.
DreamHost, being different from most modern web hosts, offers one shared hosting plan only to cover the needs of all those who need a shared server. This plan is priced at $10.95/mo regularly, while you can enjoy some small discounts for $9.95/mo and $7.95/mo by choosing the annual or triennial terms.
Besides, this plan includes a free domain for one year, and free domain privacy which protects your registration information.
The control panel is a sharp difference between A Small Orange and DreamHost, and it is also the most important advantage of the former web host.
Currently, A Small Orange offers cPanel, and DreamHost provides a custom web-based control panel. According to our surveys and trials, cPanel wins for the following reasons.
It is feature rich and easy-to-use. In cPanel, dozens of tools are available for the management of accounts, scripts, databases, files, email accounts and website security, and they are well named and explained, so users can get started easily. DreamHost control panel also includes many features, but some of the features come with quite wired names and are not categorized as well as those in cPanel.
It is flexible. Hosting providers can integrate third-party tools with cPanel to enhance the functionality. For example, A Small Orange has added Softaculous to cPanel so that you can install and manage over 300 scripts directly in cPanel.
It is widely used. The benefits of this are that you are able to find numerous tutorials and demos, and the transfers between web hosts are easy. DreamHost doesn’t share the custom control panel with any other hosting provider.
DreamHost has a much larger customer base than A Small Orange, and it has maintained a higher reputation. The reputation of this company, then, mainly attributes to the good uptime, quality technical support and worry-free refund policies.
DreamHost is cooperating with a collocation provider for data centers. Although it doesn’t operate any private data center, it has been offering good uptime for shared hosting users. The uptime monitored by us hasn’t been the same excellent as the guaranteed 100%, while it is still satisfactory, which is over 99.9% on average.
A Small Orange, however, hasn’t done well in uptime, especially in the past year. This company has been complained incessantly for numerous outages lasting for hours, and according to some users, it cleared all the complaints on its Facebook page to pretend that it only had compliments.
If you have a research on the Internet, you will find how bad A Small Orange is in term of reliability and the service accessibility. The hosting services offered by such a company is actually valueless because you will never achieve a success if your website is always inaccessible.
Both A Small Orange and DreamHost provide technical support through tickets and live chat on a 24×7 basis, which means you can always get a support representative to help when meeting troubles. However, when compared comprehensively, DreamHost does much better than its competitor in the support quality.
It is true that both web hosts can guarantee fast responses to chats and tickets, but the support representatives of A Small Orange are not helpful enough. If you submit a ticket or start a chat regarding an outage, you may get no explanation or solution but some replies like no further information can be provided. This is unreasonable.
A Small Orange and DreamHost are providing some of the longest refund periods in the industry.
A Small Orange offers refunds for all shared hosting accounts terminated in 90 days after the purchase. Payments via checks, money orders and bank wire transfers are not eligible.
DreamHost provides a 97-day refund guarantee. Note that this guarantee only applies to credit card payments. Besides, domains and any one-time fees are not refundable.
In addition to all the two web hosts’ pros and cons presented above, we have also found some other disadvantages in their shared hosting features, speed, and support.
Both A Small Orange and DreamHost offer most of the common shared hosting features, such as PHP 5.x, suPHP, MySQL, Python, Ruby on Rails and SVN. However, neither of them is considered to be perfect in regard to features.
The main shortage of DreamHost, of course, is the control panel and script installer. Besides, the company doesn’t provide a website builder. A Small Orange, on the other hand, offers limited disk storage and bandwidth.
More details of their features are available in the table below. For better understanding, we have also taken a rich-featured plan of InMotion Hosting into comparison.
Neither of A Small Orange and DreamHost can provide blazing-fast hosting speed although they both claim to deliver over 200% faster page loads with SSDs. The real server response time of DreamHost keeps around 500ms, not excellent but stable. While that of A Small Orange is at least 40% longer, and the monitoring results are even worse when outages occur.
To show you how DreamHost performs, we have compared it with InMotion, one of the fastest web hosts. The results are as follows.
Phone support is usually important for native users who are looking for a quick and efficient way to get their hosting issues resolved. However, if you favor phone support too, you should be disappointed when looking at the technical support offered by the two web hosts.
A Small Orange doesn’t provide phone support. You can only get the choices of email, ticket and live chat for technical support.
DreamHost does offer phone support, while this service is not included in the shared hosting plan by default. You have to pay $14.95/mo for it, and the service is only provided in the form of callbacks.
After comparing the two companies in detail, we have come to the conclusion that neither of them is a perfect choice for shared hosting. DreamHost lacks choices and a great control panel, and A Small Orange does too badly in uptime.
As a result, we suggest you look for more web hosts before settling on a choice. In case you need more options, we recommend the following ones which are tested to be excellent in speed, uptime and technical support.

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a small orange is not among the most well-known web hosts, but it has gained fast growth in the past 13 years since its establishment. dreamhost, however, is a large us-based hosting provider with over one million sites under management.
there are many differences between the two web hosts’ background information, so are their shared hosting services. except for the common hosting features included in their plans, such as php, mysql and email accounts, we have found a lot of differences between their shared hosting prices, performance, support, and reliability.
from the comparison below, you will be able to learn the pros and cons of a small orange and dreamhost regarding shared hosting. before reading the details, be sure to read the following ratings to get some general information about the comparison.
a small orange is gaining some complaints nowadays, but when compared with dreamhost, it still wins in the scalability of plans and control panel.
a small orange has been offering 4 shared hosting plans to make sure that you can host a small blog, an online store, a forum or even larger sites with the sufficient power and appropriate cost.
the tiny plan, which is tailored for beginners, is priced at $2.92/mo only, and the other 3 plans suitable for more experienced users are available at $5/mo, $10/mo and $20/mo respectively. except for tiny, all other plans include a free .com domain if you sign up for an annual term.
dreamhost, being different from most modern web hosts, offers one shared hosting plan only to cover the needs of all those who need a shared server. this plan is priced at $10.95/mo regularly, while you can enjoy some small discounts for $9.95/mo and $7.95/mo by choosing the annual or triennial terms.
besides, this plan includes a free domain for one year, and free domain privacy which protects your registration information.
the control panel is a sharp difference between a small orange and dreamhost, and it is also the most important advantage of the former web host.
currently, a small orange offers cpanel, and dreamhost provides a custom web-based control panel. according to our surveys and trials, cpanel wins for the following reasons.
it is feature rich and easy-to-use. in cpanel, dozens of tools are available for the management of accounts, scripts, databases, files, email accounts and website security, and they are well named and explained, so users can get started easily. dreamhost control panel also includes many features, but some of the features come with quite wired names and are not categorized as well as those in cpanel.
it is flexible. hosting providers can integrate third-party tools with cpanel to enhance the functionality. for example, a small orange has added softaculous to cpanel so that you can install and manage over 300 scripts directly in cpanel.
it is widely used. the benefits of this are that you are able to find numerous tutorials and demos, and the transfers between web hosts are easy. dreamhost doesn’t share the custom control panel with any other hosting provider.
dreamhost has a much larger customer base than a small orange, and it has maintained a higher reputation. the reputation of this company, then, mainly attributes to the good uptime, quality technical support and worry-free refund policies.
dreamhost is cooperating with a collocation provider for data centers. although it doesn’t operate any private data center, it has been offering good uptime for shared hosting users. the uptime monitored by us hasn’t been the same excellent as the guaranteed 100%, while it is still satisfactory, which is over 99.9% on average.
a small orange, however, hasn’t done well in uptime, especially in the past year. this company has been complained incessantly for numerous outages lasting for hours, and according to some users, it cleared all the complaints on its facebook page to pretend that it only had compliments.
if you have a research on the internet, you will find how bad a small orange is in term of reliability and the service accessibility. the hosting services offered by such a company is actually valueless because you will never achieve a success if your website is always inaccessible.
both a small orange and dreamhost provide technical support through tickets and live chat on a 24×7 basis, which means you can always get a support representative to help when meeting troubles. however, when compared comprehensively, dreamhost does much better than its competitor in the support quality.
it is true that both web hosts can guarantee fast responses to chats and tickets, but the support representatives of a small orange are not helpful enough. if you submit a ticket or start a chat regarding an outage, you may get no explanation or solution but some replies like no further information can be provided. this is unreasonable.
a small orange and dreamhost are providing some of the longest refund periods in the industry.
a small orange offers refunds for all shared hosting accounts terminated in 90 days after the purchase. payments via checks, money orders and bank wire transfers are not eligible.
dreamhost provides a 97-day refund guarantee. note that this guarantee only applies to credit card payments. besides, domains and any one-time fees are not refundable.
in addition to all the two web hosts’ pros and cons presented above, we have also found some other disadvantages in their shared hosting features, speed, and support.
both a small orange and dreamhost offer most of the common shared hosting features, such as php 5.x, suphp, mysql, python, ruby on rails and svn. however, neither of them is considered to be perfect in regard to features.
the main shortage of dreamhost, of course, is the control panel and script installer. besides, the company doesn’t provide a website builder. a small orange, on the other hand, offers limited disk storage and bandwidth.
more details of their features are available in the table below. for better understanding, we have also taken a rich-featured plan of inmotion hosting into comparison.
neither of a small orange and dreamhost can provide blazing-fast hosting speed although they both claim to deliver over 200% faster page loads with ssds. the real server response time of dreamhost keeps around 500ms, not excellent but stable. while that of a small orange is at least 40% longer, and the monitoring results are even worse when outages occur.
to show you how dreamhost performs, we have compared it with inmotion, one of the fastest web hosts. the results are as follows.
phone support is usually important for native users who are looking for a quick and efficient way to get their hosting issues resolved. however, if you favor phone support too, you should be disappointed when looking at the technical support offered by the two web hosts.
a small orange doesn’t provide phone support. you can only get the choices of email, ticket and live chat for technical support.
dreamhost does offer phone support, while this service is not included in the shared hosting plan by default. you have to pay $14.95/mo for it, and the service is only provided in the form of callbacks.
after comparing the two companies in detail, we have come to the conclusion that neither of them is a perfect choice for shared hosting. dreamhost lacks choices and a great control panel, and a small orange does too badly in uptime.
as a result, we suggest you look for more web hosts before settling on a choice. in case you need more options, we recommend the following ones which are tested to be excellent in speed, uptime and technical support.


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As a Reservist, Can I Transfer My Post 9/11 GI Bill to My Son?
Q: Hello, I am currently on active duty serving in Afghanistan. I have the option of joining the reserves next year. As a reservist can I transfer my remaining Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits to my son? Thank you.
A: Yes, you can, if you are eligible for the Post 9/11 GI Bill transfer option by having served at least six years in the Reserve and if you sign up for at least four more years. Just know that you have to make a transfer request to your son while you are still in the Reserves; once you are out, it is too late to make a transfer.
Also the percentage tier that you are at at the time of transfer will also transfer to him. For example, with a one-year deployment you will get up to the 60% tier. So when he starts using his transferred benefits, 60% of his tuition and fees will be paid for by the VA directly to his school. He will get 60% of the monthly housing allowance as well as 60% of the yearly book stipend.
Because you are not at the 100% level, he would not be eligible for the Yellow Ribbon Program.While your transferred Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits will not pay for all of his school costs, it will certainly help.

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as a reservist, can i transfer my post 9/11 gi bill to my son?
q: hello, i am currently on active duty serving in afghanistan. i have the option of joining the reserves next year. as a reservist can i transfer my remaining post 9/11 gi bill benefits to my son? thank you.
a: yes, you can, if you are eligible for the post 9/11 gi bill transfer option by having served at least six years in the reserve and if you sign up for at least four more years. just know that you have to make a transfer request to your son while you are still in the reserves; once you are out, it is too late to make a transfer.
also the percentage tier that you are at at the time of transfer will also transfer to him. for example, with a one-year deployment you will get up to the 60% tier. so when he starts using his transferred benefits, 60% of his tuition and fees will be paid for by the va directly to his school. he will get 60% of the monthly housing allowance as well as 60% of the yearly book stipend.
because you are not at the 100% level, he would not be eligible for the yellow ribbon program.while your transferred post 9/11 gi bill benefits will not pay for all of his school costs, it will certainly help.


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• Tueday 9th of July 2019 – Limit to register and pay the team fee.
• Sunday 21th of July – team registration.
• Monday 22nd of July – first games and opening ceremony.

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• tueday 9th of july 2019 – limit to register and pay the team fee.
• sunday 21th of july – team registration.
• monday 22nd of july – first games and opening ceremony.


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For a few years now, my motto has been #KeepLearningKeepGrowing.
I really enjoyed your talk Kemetia and I have certainly learnt a few things from you.
I agree that we need to constantly keep learning in order to stay relevant, connected and up to speed.

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for a few years now, my motto has been #keeplearningkeepgrowing.
i really enjoyed your talk kemetia and i have certainly learnt a few things from you.
i agree that we need to constantly keep learning in order to stay relevant, connected and up to speed.


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Here is the result of a custom cat food dish. I asked for a picture so I could work markings into the drawing but it seemed like a better idea to copy the photo.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on March 20, 2018 by Carol McDonough.

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here is the result of a custom cat food dish. i asked for a picture so i could work markings into the drawing but it seemed like a better idea to copy the photo.
this entry was posted in uncategorized on march 20, 2018 by carol mcdonough.


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ISTANBUL (RNS) — Mustafa Ergin, a shopkeeper, sits in the back of a crowded audience in Istanbul listening to a panel of economists speaking about cryptocurrencies.
With prohibitions on gambling and earning interest, Islamic teaching has a lot to say on what Muslims can do with their money.
Turkey, like much of the world, has witnessed a dizzying rise in interest in bitcoin and the hundreds of other cryptocurrencies that have been modeled on it, driven by stories of working-class people striking it rich with a new technology that few seem to understand.
And while Turkey accounts for a sliver of the global bitcoin trade, it is among the top 10 countries invested in the cryptocurrency. Bitcoin trade here has gone from about 9,000 transactions a month in May 2017 to 42,000 in December 2017. A handful of companies in construction, education and the food industry have begun accepting cryptocurrencies for payment, and there are daily seminars in cities such as Istanbul where financial experts appear before enamored audiences to explain how one can cash in.

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istanbul (rns) — mustafa ergin, a shopkeeper, sits in the back of a crowded audience in istanbul listening to a panel of economists speaking about cryptocurrencies.
with prohibitions on gambling and earning interest, islamic teaching has a lot to say on what muslims can do with their money.
turkey, like much of the world, has witnessed a dizzying rise in interest in bitcoin and the hundreds of other cryptocurrencies that have been modeled on it, driven by stories of working-class people striking it rich with a new technology that few seem to understand.
and while turkey accounts for a sliver of the global bitcoin trade, it is among the top 10 countries invested in the cryptocurrency. bitcoin trade here has gone from about 9,000 transactions a month in may 2017 to 42,000 in december 2017. a handful of companies in construction, education and the food industry have begun accepting cryptocurrencies for payment, and there are daily seminars in cities such as istanbul where financial experts appear before enamored audiences to explain how one can cash in.


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Founded in May 1990 in the Franconian metropolis, today's agency headquarters is still on the Prinzregentenufer. Since 2015 we have been living the working world 4.0 in Laufertormauer 22: mobile desks, glass meeting room, cooking events and kickers, dynamic project processes and agile working methods characterise the communicative everyday life at the city wall.
Mobility and environmental awareness are not only lived by our employees. The arrival of the self-sufficient, mobile miniloft "KARL" and the installation of a power line for the fast loading of the environmentally friendly agency Tesla are just some of the topics that the young PR team in the smart living and modern workplace area are concerned with. No wonder, then, that Kaltwasser Kommunikation has taken second place in the German PR agency ranking in the field of environmental communication.
At our location in Northern Bavaria, we maintain long-standing and trustful customer relationships both with corporations and SMEs - and of course we regularly support start-ups and innovators from the region. Industry, energy and consumer electronics are our traditional industry focal points. Corporate communication and change communication, citizen communication and product communication have been the core competencies of our Franconian Kaltwasser-team for decades, focusing on topics such as industry 4.0, digitization and change, word-of-mouth campaigns, brand introduction and cross-media PR concepts as well as stakeholder communication.
Our heart has always been beating for young communication talents. It is therefore only logical that we have also been managing and promoting the development of junior staff of the Public Relations Professional Association DPRG for many years from our location in Nuremberg.
A network of strong partners - above all our "roommates" from the advertising agency Fixpunkt – enables us to quickly process and design print and digital media, such as employee and customer magazines (online and offline), roll-ups or large-format billboards as well as advertisements and websites - in other words, the entire range of a full-service agency.
But our network goes even further: We are regularly involved in a good cause, whether it is the cold water grill challenge, the support of the local communication museum or the jailart initiative "Art in Jail" - we not only work in Nuremberg, we also live here.
Talk to us or come and have a coffee with us. Our Nuremberg office is located in the heart of Nuremberg, and is only two underground stations away from the main station.

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founded in may 1990 in the franconian metropolis, today's agency headquarters is still on the prinzregentenufer. since 2015 we have been living the working world 4.0 in laufertormauer 22: mobile desks, glass meeting room, cooking events and kickers, dynamic project processes and agile working methods characterise the communicative everyday life at the city wall.
mobility and environmental awareness are not only lived by our employees. the arrival of the self-sufficient, mobile miniloft "karl" and the installation of a power line for the fast loading of the environmentally friendly agency tesla are just some of the topics that the young pr team in the smart living and modern workplace area are concerned with. no wonder, then, that kaltwasser kommunikation has taken second place in the german pr agency ranking in the field of environmental communication.
at our location in northern bavaria, we maintain long-standing and trustful customer relationships both with corporations and smes - and of course we regularly support start-ups and innovators from the region. industry, energy and consumer electronics are our traditional industry focal points. corporate communication and change communication, citizen communication and product communication have been the core competencies of our franconian kaltwasser-team for decades, focusing on topics such as industry 4.0, digitization and change, word-of-mouth campaigns, brand introduction and cross-media pr concepts as well as stakeholder communication.
our heart has always been beating for young communication talents. it is therefore only logical that we have also been managing and promoting the development of junior staff of the public relations professional association dprg for many years from our location in nuremberg.
a network of strong partners - above all our "roommates" from the advertising agency fixpunkt – enables us to quickly process and design print and digital media, such as employee and customer magazines (online and offline), roll-ups or large-format billboards as well as advertisements and websites - in other words, the entire range of a full-service agency.
but our network goes even further: we are regularly involved in a good cause, whether it is the cold water grill challenge, the support of the local communication museum or the jailart initiative "art in jail" - we not only work in nuremberg, we also live here.
talk to us or come and have a coffee with us. our nuremberg office is located in the heart of nuremberg, and is only two underground stations away from the main station.


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The effect of increasing class size in tertiary education is not well understood. This column estimates the effects of class size on students’ exam performance by comparing the same student’s performance to her own performance in courses with small and large class sizes. Going from the average class of 56 to a class size of 89 would decrease the mark by 9% of the observed variation in marks within a given student. The effect is almost four times larger for students in the top 10%.
The organisation of university education is increasingly in the spotlight, both in academic and policy circles. Recent research has stressed the importance of higher education in providing positive externalities within firms (Moretti 2004), within local labour markets (Glaeser et al. 1992), and in fostering economy wide growth (Aghion et al. 2007). Concurrently, most OECD countries have adopted policies that have led to dramatic increases in university enrolment during the last decade. The average annual increase in university enrolment in OECD countries during the period 1995-2005 was above 4%. In the UK, this growth has occurred at both the undergraduate and graduate level, as shown in Figure 1, and across a wide range of universities. The UK is actually at the low end of enrolment growth within the OECD. Between 1998 and 2005, the US experienced a 30% increase in student enrolment, for example.
Such breathtaking increases in enrolment inevitably lead to university students facing larger class sizes. The effect of increasing class size in tertiary education is not well understood.
To address this policy question, we estimate the impact of class size on the final exam marks of graduate students in a leading UK university between 1999 and 2004 (Bandiera et al. 2010). As we observe the same student being exposed to very different class sizes, we estimate the effects of class size on students’ exam performance by comparing the same student’s performance to her own performance in courses with small and large class sizes.2 It is important to stress that, on average, most of the variation in marks is due to fixed students’ characteristics and not university inputs.3 On average the performance of a given students only varies by around 7% of the average mark across her courses. We shed light on how much of this within-student difference is attributable to differing class sizes the student faces.
The effect of class size on students’ performance is – as expected – negative; students do worse in big classes. Namely, a given student receives lower marks in courses with larger classes, everything else equal.
To get a sense of the magnitude of this effect, our estimates imply that a one standard deviation increase in class size from the mean (that is going from the average class of 56 to a class size of 89) would decrease the mark by 9% of the observed variation in marks within a given student. These estimates, however, mask two important forms of heterogeneity: (i) the impact of class size varies across the range of class sizes; (ii) the effect of class size varies across students.
On the first form of heterogeneity, the negative effect of class size on student exam performance is large and negative only in the smallest and the largest classes. There is no class size effect across a wide range of intermediate class sizes. The magnitudes imply that moving the average student from a class of 10 to a class of 25 leads to a drop in exam performance of around 12.5% of within-student standard deviation. Increasing the class size from 25 to 45 determines a further 12.5% drop. In contrast, there is no impact in a wide intermediate range, while moving from 80 to 150 determines a further drop of 25% in the within-student standard deviation. If moved from a very small class (of size 10) to a very large class (of size 150), the average student can be expected to suffer a loss corresponding to about 50% of the overall variation in exam marks the average student experiences across all of her courses.
The second form of heterogeneity concerns students’ ability. Students at the top of the mark distribution are those most affected by class size. The effect is almost four times larger for students in the top 10% of the distribution of exam marks than for students at the bottom 10%, and about 50% larger than the average student. This heterogeneity is most apparent in the largest classes and virtually non-existent for a range of intermediate class sizes. This implies the highest-ability students would benefit the most, in terms of academic achievement, from any reduction in class sizes, when class sizes are initially very large.
To shed light on the underlying mechanisms for the class-size effect, our analysis uses information on teachers' assignments to classes and on students' characteristics. We find no evidence that departments purposefully assign faculty of differing quality to different class sizes, and we find no evidence that faculty members alter their behaviour when exposed to different class sizes. It appears that the preparation and delivery of lectures is independent of the number of students taught.
On student characteristics, the class-size effect does not vary with proxies for students' wealth. Hence if larger classes resulted in lower grades because students had more limited access to library books or computer laboratories, the effect should have been smaller for students who can purchase these inputs privately. Moreover, the class-size effect does not vary with student's familiarity with this particular university as an undergraduate or with the UK system generally. This casts doubts on the relevance of mechanisms that work through the information students have, such as their awareness of other local resources (for example other libraries in the area), or their knowledge of the characteristics of faculty, courses, or departments.
Against a backdrop of rapidly increasing enrolment rates in tertiary education, our analysis has important policy implications. Class size matters for student performance and particularly for the most able students.
However, reducing class size is not always an effective strategy and is certainly not effective for all students in the same way. Reducing the size of very large modules (above 100) could be a cost-effective way to improve students’ performance. For modules in the range 30-100 reducing class size could be a rather ineffective strategy, while for classes below 30 it could be a valid but not necessarily cost-effective strategy. Attention should be devoted to other inputs in such cases, and more refined and cost-effective solutions than pure number counting should be identified. To this end, it is important to have a better understanding of the mechanisms that link class size and performance.
Although student-to-staff ratio is a commonly used indicator of quality both in national and international comparisons, this might be a noisy measure of quality over this intermediate range of class sizes.4 Given the mechanisms our data rule outs, there appear to be at least two ways that larger classes reduce students' performance. First, changes in student behaviour such as their attentiveness or participation. Second, reduced resource availability, such as library books or faculty time during office hours.
As the best students are the most affected, that could imply that large classes induce a reduction in tutoring activity rather than a substantial deterioration in classroom conditions. It is reasonable to expect that the best students are able to compensate classroom deterioration at least as well as other students. However, the best students are also those that benefit the most (in terms of both learning and motivation) from contact with teachers. They, therefore, suffer the most in terms of reduced performance when such contacts or tailored feedback is less frequent.
1 This is particularly evident in the UK, where concerns on the increasing student-to-staff ratios in higher education institutions have recently been expressed in a report of the Department for Innovation, Universities, and Skills and by the most important unions of university teachers.
2 Our estimates are therefore purged from confounding effects that arise because students choose which modules to take. For instance, if more able students were to choose smaller classes, a cross-student comparison would capture both the effect of class size and the effect of student ability. The within-student comparison only captures the former.
3 Characteristics like ability and motivation are certainly affected by previous experiences and schooling, but they can be taken as given for what concerns university policy.
4 This choice is somehow justified by the fact that, in order to evaluate teaching quality, the student to staff ratio probably remains the only globally available and comparable indicator.
Aghion, P., L. Boustan, C. Hoxby, and J. Vandenbussche (2007), “Exploiting States' Mistakes to Identify the Causal Impact of Higher Education on Growth”, mimeo, Harvard University.
Angrist, J. and V. Lavy (1999), "Using Maimonides' Rule to Estimate the Effect of Class Size on Scholastic Achievement", Quarterly Journal of Economics 114: 533-75.
Bandiera, O., V. Larcinese and I. Rasul (2010), “Heterogeneous Class Size Effects: New Evidence from a Panel of University Students”, forthcoming, Economic Journal.
Glaeser, E. L., H. D. Kallal, J. Scheinkman, and A.Shleifer (1992), "Growth in Cities", Journal of Political Economy 100: 1126-51.
Hoxby, C. (2000), "The Effects of Class Size on Student Achievement: New Evidence from Natural Population Variation", Quarterly Journal of Economics 116: 1239-86.
Krueger, A. (1999), "Experimental Estimates of Education Production Functions", Quarterly Journal of Economics 114: 497-532.
Moretti, E. (2004), "Workers' Education, Spillovers and Productivity: Evidence from Plant-Level Production Functions", American Economic Review 94: 656-90.

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the effect of increasing class size in tertiary education is not well understood. this column estimates the effects of class size on students’ exam performance by comparing the same student’s performance to her own performance in courses with small and large class sizes. going from the average class of 56 to a class size of 89 would decrease the mark by 9% of the observed variation in marks within a given student. the effect is almost four times larger for students in the top 10%.
the organisation of university education is increasingly in the spotlight, both in academic and policy circles. recent research has stressed the importance of higher education in providing positive externalities within firms (moretti 2004), within local labour markets (glaeser et al. 1992), and in fostering economy wide growth (aghion et al. 2007). concurrently, most oecd countries have adopted policies that have led to dramatic increases in university enrolment during the last decade. the average annual increase in university enrolment in oecd countries during the period 1995-2005 was above 4%. in the uk, this growth has occurred at both the undergraduate and graduate level, as shown in figure 1, and across a wide range of universities. the uk is actually at the low end of enrolment growth within the oecd. between 1998 and 2005, the us experienced a 30% increase in student enrolment, for example.
such breathtaking increases in enrolment inevitably lead to university students facing larger class sizes. the effect of increasing class size in tertiary education is not well understood.
to address this policy question, we estimate the impact of class size on the final exam marks of graduate students in a leading uk university between 1999 and 2004 (bandiera et al. 2010). as we observe the same student being exposed to very different class sizes, we estimate the effects of class size on students’ exam performance by comparing the same student’s performance to her own performance in courses with small and large class sizes.2 it is important to stress that, on average, most of the variation in marks is due to fixed students’ characteristics and not university inputs.3 on average the performance of a given students only varies by around 7% of the average mark across her courses. we shed light on how much of this within-student difference is attributable to differing class sizes the student faces.
the effect of class size on students’ performance is – as expected – negative; students do worse in big classes. namely, a given student receives lower marks in courses with larger classes, everything else equal.
to get a sense of the magnitude of this effect, our estimates imply that a one standard deviation increase in class size from the mean (that is going from the average class of 56 to a class size of 89) would decrease the mark by 9% of the observed variation in marks within a given student. these estimates, however, mask two important forms of heterogeneity: (i) the impact of class size varies across the range of class sizes; (ii) the effect of class size varies across students.
on the first form of heterogeneity, the negative effect of class size on student exam performance is large and negative only in the smallest and the largest classes. there is no class size effect across a wide range of intermediate class sizes. the magnitudes imply that moving the average student from a class of 10 to a class of 25 leads to a drop in exam performance of around 12.5% of within-student standard deviation. increasing the class size from 25 to 45 determines a further 12.5% drop. in contrast, there is no impact in a wide intermediate range, while moving from 80 to 150 determines a further drop of 25% in the within-student standard deviation. if moved from a very small class (of size 10) to a very large class (of size 150), the average student can be expected to suffer a loss corresponding to about 50% of the overall variation in exam marks the average student experiences across all of her courses.
the second form of heterogeneity concerns students’ ability. students at the top of the mark distribution are those most affected by class size. the effect is almost four times larger for students in the top 10% of the distribution of exam marks than for students at the bottom 10%, and about 50% larger than the average student. this heterogeneity is most apparent in the largest classes and virtually non-existent for a range of intermediate class sizes. this implies the highest-ability students would benefit the most, in terms of academic achievement, from any reduction in class sizes, when class sizes are initially very large.
to shed light on the underlying mechanisms for the class-size effect, our analysis uses information on teachers' assignments to classes and on students' characteristics. we find no evidence that departments purposefully assign faculty of differing quality to different class sizes, and we find no evidence that faculty members alter their behaviour when exposed to different class sizes. it appears that the preparation and delivery of lectures is independent of the number of students taught.
on student characteristics, the class-size effect does not vary with proxies for students' wealth. hence if larger classes resulted in lower grades because students had more limited access to library books or computer laboratories, the effect should have been smaller for students who can purchase these inputs privately. moreover, the class-size effect does not vary with student's familiarity with this particular university as an undergraduate or with the uk system generally. this casts doubts on the relevance of mechanisms that work through the information students have, such as their awareness of other local resources (for example other libraries in the area), or their knowledge of the characteristics of faculty, courses, or departments.
against a backdrop of rapidly increasing enrolment rates in tertiary education, our analysis has important policy implications. class size matters for student performance and particularly for the most able students.
however, reducing class size is not always an effective strategy and is certainly not effective for all students in the same way. reducing the size of very large modules (above 100) could be a cost-effective way to improve students’ performance. for modules in the range 30-100 reducing class size could be a rather ineffective strategy, while for classes below 30 it could be a valid but not necessarily cost-effective strategy. attention should be devoted to other inputs in such cases, and more refined and cost-effective solutions than pure number counting should be identified. to this end, it is important to have a better understanding of the mechanisms that link class size and performance.
although student-to-staff ratio is a commonly used indicator of quality both in national and international comparisons, this might be a noisy measure of quality over this intermediate range of class sizes.4 given the mechanisms our data rule outs, there appear to be at least two ways that larger classes reduce students' performance. first, changes in student behaviour such as their attentiveness or participation. second, reduced resource availability, such as library books or faculty time during office hours.
as the best students are the most affected, that could imply that large classes induce a reduction in tutoring activity rather than a substantial deterioration in classroom conditions. it is reasonable to expect that the best students are able to compensate classroom deterioration at least as well as other students. however, the best students are also those that benefit the most (in terms of both learning and motivation) from contact with teachers. they, therefore, suffer the most in terms of reduced performance when such contacts or tailored feedback is less frequent.
1 this is particularly evident in the uk, where concerns on the increasing student-to-staff ratios in higher education institutions have recently been expressed in a report of the department for innovation, universities, and skills and by the most important unions of university teachers.
2 our estimates are therefore purged from confounding effects that arise because students choose which modules to take. for instance, if more able students were to choose smaller classes, a cross-student comparison would capture both the effect of class size and the effect of student ability. the within-student comparison only captures the former.
3 characteristics like ability and motivation are certainly affected by previous experiences and schooling, but they can be taken as given for what concerns university policy.
4 this choice is somehow justified by the fact that, in order to evaluate teaching quality, the student to staff ratio probably remains the only globally available and comparable indicator.
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vermont woodlands association sponsors the tree farm program in vermont. tree farms range in size from small woodlots to large industrial forests. the goals of the tree farm program are disseminating information about the benefits of proper forest management and establishing good forest management practices on as many acres as possible. the american tree farm system, first organized in 1941, is the nation's oldest certifier of privately owned forestland. tree farm members share a unique commitment to protecting watersheds and wildlife habitat, conserving soil, and providing recreation; and at the same time producing wood products on a sustainable basis.
buy a peter huntoon print of the old grey barn in rupert, which happily resides on the 2014 vermont tree farm of the year.
local artist peter huntoon created a water color painting of alan calfee’s tree farm in rupert for his “fine day in vermont” collection. this is an outstanding way to recognize the contributions that our tree farmers make to vermont’s working landscape. the tree farm committee has unframed, 11 x 17 limited edition prints available for purchase at $45 each (signed and numbered).
cost is $45 plus $5 (s&h). please email or call 802-747-7900 with your shipping address. send check, payable to vwa, for $50 to po box 6004, rutland, vt 05702. please put in check memo: huntoon print.
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after graduating from pomona college with a bachelors of arts degree, i went into contracting performing work on just about every aspect of a home. this hands-on experience taught me a lot about houses – how they go together and what goes wrong when they aren’t built properly. my contracting work created a great “foundation” for performing home inspections!
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laugh out london comedy club returns to the dogstar in brixton with another great night of eclectic comedy with bridget christie, kevin eldon, david trent and emma sidi.
winner of best show at the fosters edinburgh comedy awards 2013.
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his live show kevin eldon is titting about won great acclaim at the 2010 edinburgh fringe and he’s back on the live circuit to showcase a glorious world of hyperactive characters.
line up may be subject to change. due to unforeseen circumstances acts may be replaced with those of similar quality. advanced notice of this will be given as soon as possible.


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