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Översvämningen 1916 eller Zuiderzeevloed 1916 var en översvämning som ägde rum natten mellan 13 och 14 januari 1916 i Nederländerna längs med Zuiderzee-vallarna. Översvämningen orsakades av en storm.

Förlopp
Översvämningen sammanföll med ett högt vatteninflöde från floder som orsakade många genombrott på dussintals platser längs kustlinjen och skadade många vallar. Vissa trähus på ön Marken vältes helt. I provinsen Noord-Holland dödades 19 personer, och till sjöss förstördes flera fartyg vilket orsakade ytterligare 32 offer. Drottning Wilhelmina besökte de områden som drabbades.

Följder
Denna katastrof, i kombination med hungersnöden som orsakades av första världskriget, ledde till en lag som heter Zuiderzeewet. Förstärkningen av vallarna, som genomfördes efter katastrofen, avslutades 1926. År 1932 "tämjdes" Zuiderzee genom bygget av en 32 kilometer lång vall eller, rättare sagt, en spärr som kallades Afsluitdijk. Bygget ledde också till slutet av fiskenäringen i Zuiderzee.

Utländsk hjälp
Baserat på korrespondensen i Haag mellan Turkiets ambassadör till Nederländska regeringen, donerade turkarna ett belopp på 2387,90 FL (motsvarande cirka 20 000 euro idag) till Nederländerna för att hjälpa översvämningens offer.

Referenser

Översvämningar i Nederländerna
Översvämningar 1916
1916 i Nederländerna

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module Utils

using Printf
using Distributed
using SparseArrays
using LinearAlgebra

	include("sparseUtils.jl")
	include("testing.jl")
	include("expandPolygon.jl")
	include("sortpermFast.jl")
	include("uniqueidx.jl")
	include("initRemoteChannel.jl")
	include("variousUtils.jl")

  import Distributed.clear!
	export clear!

	# function Base.sub2ind(n::Array{Int64,1},ii::Array{Int64,1},jj::Array{Int64,1},kk::Array{Int64,1})
	# 	return Base.sub2ind((n[1],n[2],n[3]),ii,jj,kk)
	# end
	#
	# function Base.sub2ind(n::Array{Int64,1},ii::Int64,jj::Int64,kk::Int64)
	# 	return Base.sub2ind((n[1],n[2],n[3]),ii,jj,kk)
	# end

	function clear!(R::RemoteChannel)
		p = take!(R)
		p = clear!(p)
		put!(R,p);
		return R;
	end

	function clear!(F::Future)
		p = fetch(F)
		p = clear!(p)
		put!(F,p);
		return F;
	end

	function clear!(PF::Array{RemoteChannel})
		@sync begin
			for p=workers()
				@async begin
					for i=1:length(PF)
						if p==PF[i].where
							PF[i] = initRemoteChannel(clear!, p, PF[i])
						end
					end
				end
			end
		end
	end

	function clear!(PF::Array{Future})
		@sync begin
			for p=workers()
				@async begin
					for i=1:length(PF)
						if p==PF[i].where
							PF[i] = remotecall(clear!, p, PF[i])
						end
					end
				end
			end
		end
	end

	function clear!(x::Array{T,N}) where {T,N}
		return Array{T,N}(undef,ntuple((i)->0, N))
	end

	# function clear!{T}(x::Vector{T})
		# return Array(T,0)
	# end

	function clear!(A::SparseMatrixCSC{T}) where {T}
		return spzeros(0,0);
	end

	export getWorkerIds
	function getWorkerIds(A::Array{RemoteChannel})
		Ids = []
		for k=1:length(A)
			push!(Ids,A[k].where)
		end
		return unique(Ids)
	end
end

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Shopping Centre announces the launch of Leeds' newest child model search after collaborating with leading modelling agency
Your child could be the next face of Next or John Lewis thanks to a new child model search being launched by an East Leeds shopping centre.
Hundreds of parents are expected to enter their children into the QT competition being launched by Crossgates Shopping Centre and Mentor Model Agency, one of the UK's leading child model agencies.
Entry is free and the competition is open to anyone from new-borns to 13-year olds. The competition will be split into three categories: 0-24 months, 2-5 year olds and 6-13 year olds.
One child from each of the three age categories will be chosen to be represented by Mentor Model Agency for at least 12 months. The contract includes a free portfolio photoshoot which will be displayed on the agency's website for the duration of the contract.
Mentor Model Agency's client list includes the likes of JD Sports, John Lewis, Lego, Tessuti, Next, Mamas & Papas, and Footlocker to name a few.
Josephine Webster, Director at Mentor Model Agency, said: "We are delighted to be working with Crossgates Shopping Centre to discover new modelling talent in Leeds.
"The winners could go on to work with some of the most high-profile fashion brands in the industry.
"Competitions like these are a great platform to start a modelling career and are always really popular."
Whilst it is the first event of its kind at Crossgates, centre manager Matthew Middleton is confident the competition will be a busy one.
He said: "We are extremely excited to launch QT at Crossgates. It's a completely new concept for us and it provides our shoppers with a great new opportunity.
"We're expecting a high volume of entries for the event, we've had lots of interest already and we're the only place in the area to be offering this kind of thing.
"I am confident it will be a success, but ultimately as long as people have fun that's the main thing."
People can bring their children to be photographed on Monday February 18 and Tuesday February 19, between 10am and 4pm.
The photography will take place in the centre square at Crossgates, located outside of Wilko.
For more information about the competition, head over to the Facebook page @yourcrossgates or visit the website https://www.crossgatesshopping.co.uk/


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The Promise of Eye-Tracking Methodology in Organizational Research: A Taxonomy, Review, and Future Avenues
Martin Meißner*, Josua Oll
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Technological advances in recent years have greatly lowered the barriers for using eye tracking (ET) as a research tool in laboratory and field settings. However, despite its potential and widespread application in other disciplines, the use of ET in organizational research remains sparse. This article therefore aims to introduce ET, and thus a new mode of behavioral data, to the field of organizational research. Based on a synthesis of prior literature, we propose an integrative taxonomy that unravels the methodological potential of ET as well as its scope of application. Building on our proposed taxonomy, we systematically review the use of ET in leading management journals and reflect on the current state of research. We further illustrate future avenues for ET in the domains of strategic management, entrepreneurship, and human resources to contribute to the method's future dissemination and to the advancement of organizational science as well.
Organizational Research Methods
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Meißner, M., & Oll, J. (2019). The Promise of Eye-Tracking Methodology in Organizational Research: A Taxonomy, Review, and Future Avenues. Organizational Research Methods, 22(2), 590-617. https://doi.org/10.1177/1094428117744882
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OpenupEd aims to be a distinct quality brand embracing a wide diversity of (institutional) approaches to open up education via the use of MOOCs. As a consequence, OpenupEd partners agreed to develop a quality label for MOOCs tailored to both e-learning and open education. This label was published in January 2014. The associated institutional benchmarking with this label is primarily meant to be applied as an improvement tool, comparing institutional performances with current best practices and leading to measures to raise the quality of its MOOCs and their operation. This process is designed to complement both an institutional course approval process, and ongoing evaluation and monitoring of courses in presentation.
There is considerable diversity in institutional approaches in opening up education through the use of MOOCs which the OpenupEd label fully embraces. As part of this process OpenupEd partners are integrating the OpenupEd label into their own quality processes (see example of UNED under further reading). New partners of OpenupEd are required to obtain the OpenupEd label within three years after entry.
Preliminary results on the OpenupEd quality label stress the importance of research on how MOOCs in different institutional and cultural settings can help with the opening up of education. To this end, OpenupEd partners are collaborating on research and evaluation as well. In terms of quality assurance, the partners felt an urgent need to focus research on the learner perspective. In a funded project termed MOOCKnowledge questionnaires have been developed on the motivation, intentions, social context, lifelong learning profile, and the impact on study success and career development of MOOC participants. As with the highly flexible and open partnerships of OpenupEd, MOOCKnowledge is intended to be open for use by all MOOC providers and will hopefully lead to many cross-provider and large-scale data collections.
Comments on the quality label could be sent to Darco Jansen and Jon Rosewell.
Jansen, D., Rosewell, J. Kear, K. (2016). Quality Frameworks for MOOCs. In M. Jemni, Kinshuk & M.K. Khribi (Eds.), Open Education: from OERs to MOOCs. Lecture Notes in Educational Technology (LNET). pp. 261-281 Aug 18, 2016. Berlin: Springer.
Rosewell, J., & Jansen, D. (2014). The OpenupEd quality label: Benchmarks for MOOCs, INNOQUAL, 2 (3), 88-100 (Special Issue on Quality in MOOCs).
Kear, K., & Rosewell, J. (2016). Quality assessment for e-learning: A benchmarking approach (3rd ed.). Maastricht, The Netherlands: European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU).


AUBURN, Ala. – Auburn tailback Tre Mason, who helped power the Tigers into the national championship game, is skipping his senior season to enter the NFL draft.
The Heisman Trophy finalist was the Tigers' workhorse late in the season, coming through in the season's biggest games.
Mason, who finished sixth in the Heisman voting, is projected as a likely mid-round draft pick. The 5-foot-10, 205-pounder said he received a third-round grade from the NFL draft advisory board.
Third-year sophomore left tackle Greg Robinson is also headed to the NFL.
Mason broke Bo Jackson's 28-year-old school single-season record with 1,816 yards. He also ran for 24 touchdowns and finished with six consecutive 100-yard rushing games.
"He did a wonderful job for us not only this year, but really his whole career," said Auburn coach Gus Malzahn, who recruited Mason when he was offensive coordinator. "Not just the way he played football but the way he represented Auburn.
Mason rushed for 195 yards and scored two touchdowns in Monday night's BCS championship game against Florida State Monday night. His tackle-breaking 37-yard run with 1:19 left gave the Tigers the lead before losing 34-31.
"He can run between the tackles, he's got great courage, he plays his best games in his biggest games, and he's a good receiver out of the backfield also," the coach said.
Mason was asked what kind of running back the team that drafts him will get.


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A wealthy man is kept wealthy by sitting on his extra wealth (hoarding). Outside of charity, his other option is spending it on himself in some capacity (self-indulging). Is excess wealth sinful if not given to charity? I don't know. But if not neutral, it's certainly neither "Christian" nor "godly."


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Romance & History Meet
VENICE The romance of a gondola gliding by, the moon reflecting off still waters, and a bridge arching gracefully over a canal.
Ah, Venice
Venice is the romance of a gondola gliding by, the moon reflecting off still waters, and a bridge arching gracefully over a canal. Venice is full of rich history: the Palazzo Ducale, Piazza San Marco, the Grand Canal, incredible art and world class museums. Venice is also modern. It buzzes with famous faces and paparazzi during the Venice Film Festival, the and comes alive with the excitement of Carnival in the 10 days before Lent begins.
Amid the storied canals and streets of Venice, you'll find a plethora of world-famous museums and artistic treasures. The Basilica di San Marco, with its spectacular Golden Altar; the Bridge of Sighs, where prisoners could enjoy one last glimpse of the beautiful city before entering the dark jail; the Gallerie dell'Accademia, with its collection of art of the 14th-18th centuries; the Peggy Guggenheim Collection of 20th-century art—the list is long. Choose wisely when selecting which places you'll visit in-depth, or just skim the surface to soak up the atmosphere.
Venice is comprised of a series of islands connected by bridges. The Grand Canal is the main thoroughfare and traffic moves by boats that range from the traditional gondolas to refuse barges. The absence of automobile noise allows you to enjoy the ambient sounds of the city, the laughter of children or a gondolier's sweet serenade, from your window.
But what makes Venice so unique also challenges its existence. The rising sea levels of global climate change threaten the city, and now, more often than in the past, high tides from the Adriatic Sea can flood whole sections of the city.
The Grand Canal
The best way to be introduced to Venice is a boat ride on the Grand Canal, the giant S that snakes its way through the city, cutting it in half. Lining each side is an fantastic array of 12th- to 18th-century buildings. Some baroque palaces are still as elegant as they were in their hey-day when doges ruled the city, while other architectural gems are sadly crumbling into the water.
Along the Grand Canal, you'll witness the visual parade of city life is like without automobiles. Cargo barges navigate the narrow waterways along with police and fireboats. Classic wooden cabin cruisers carry tourists to luxury hotels and skilled gondoliers navigate their sleek black vessels under bridges and around bends.
Venice is a place to make time to wander. Pick up a map and set out on foot… but expect to get lost; it's part of the experience. The streets meander across canals, through campi (squares) and around buildings—often changing names as well as direction. If that isn't confusing enough, some streets are flooded in the winter because of aqua alta—high water.
See the Sites
You'll want to spend most of a day visiting the sites close to the Piazza San Marco. The Doge's Palace offers a fascinating look at how the city's leaders lived and managed the republic, and the colorful religious mosaics at the Basilica di San Marco are some of the most stunning in the world. Take in the view from the top of the Campanile di San Marco if it's a sunny day. From the piazza, it's an easy walk to the Rialto Bridge, where you can browse the shops and enjoy views of the Grand Canal.
Across the Grand Canal from San Marco, via the timber Accademia Bridge, is the Dorsoduro neighborhood, where you'll find two very different museums. The Gallerie dell'Accademia is the city's signature art repository, containing the best works of the prolific Italian Renaissance painters. A few blocks away (but worlds apart) is the Guggenheim Collection, a canal-front palazzo that was fashioned into a modern and avant-garde art gallery by an American heiress.
There's a host of other spots to visit. A moonlit walk along a canal or an early-morning stroll through the winding streets of a secluded residential area can prove just as illuminating as a tour of the city's major attractions.
Venice offers several multipurpose tourist cards, each with unique features. For museums, the Venice Card and the museum passes are the primary options, providing discounts and allowing visitors to skip ticketing lines. The Venice Card provides discounts on most museums, churches, historic sites, performing arts events and more, and can be purchased at all Hello Venezia offices and most APT tourist offices. It remains active for seven days after initial use and costs around 40 Euros.
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I was listening to an audiobook as I drove this morning which, in the portion I was listening to, covering the innate human desire for intellectual growth. The desire and drive to continue to learn and develop as part of the journey to becoming the best possible version of ourselves.
This is a stream of thinking that has come up a couple of times in recent books that I have read or listened to.
The underlying concept being that part of the human experience and part of our purpose for being put on this planet, to take our place in this world and society, is to develop into all that we are capable of becoming.
What came up for me as I listened to this and reflected on the books, audiobooks, and various courses & programs that I have attended is that the more I have explored, the more I have developed. The more that I have explored and developed, the more I become aware of the opportunities and possibilities that exist to learn more.
Within that, I sense that this journey to becoming the best possible version of myself/ourselves is a never ending journey. A journey of ever expanding vistas and enlightenment.
I sense most people would relate to this. If it were not by exploring new things, new learning, new experiences we may never become aware of new things that we did not even know existed.
If it were not for me stepping into new challenges, new learning opportunities and developing myself, I would not have become aware of some of the fantastic things that I have studied and now count on in my practice.
If I had not stepped into those opportunities, I would not have travelled to some of the fantastic places that I have been to, not have experienced the cultures and friendships that I now have around the world and would not have made the changes that I have made in my own life that have so positively impacted me and my way of being.
I am fortunate to be surrounded by like-minded people, people that inspire me to take on new challenges, to scale new heights and that opens me up to an ever increasing world of possibility.
How about you? What is your journey?


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5 Essential Poems From The Beat Generation
City Lights Bookstore © Luis Villa del Campo/Flickr
Courtney Holcomb
After World War II, the writers of the Beat Generation became a prominent part of the American literature scene. These writers explored themes such as sexual and drug-related experimentation, Eastern religions, the rejection of materialism and prominently featured intense portrayals of the human condition. Read on for a taste of some of the most influential poems that defined the generation.
Allen Ginsberg's 'Howl'
"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked,
dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix,
angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night
Ginsberg, Allen. 'Howl.' Collected Poems 1947-1980. Harper Row, 1984.
Perhaps the most influential poem of the Beat Generation, 'Howl' is an epic poem written by Allen Ginsberg in 1955. The poem contains many extensive and explicit references to illegal drugs and sexual activities, making it widely controversial during its time. Its publication inspired a widely publicized obscenity trial. Publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti of City Lights Booksellers, another famous Beat poet, was arrested for publishing the book, and 520 copies of the poem were seized on their way from the printers in London. After nine literary experts testified on the poems behalf and American Civil Liberties Union came to his aid, Ferlinghetti won the trial. Read parts one and two of the poem here.
Howl | © Santels/Flickr
Allen Ginsberg's 'America'
"America when will we end the human war?
Go fuck yourself with your atom bomb.
I don't feel good don't bother me.
I won't write my poem till I'm in my right mind.
America when will you be angelic?
When will you take off your clothes?
When will you look at yourself through the grave?"
Ginsberg, Allen. 'America.' Mondoweiss, 2015.
Showcasing the dark cynicism that was often characteristic of the Beat movement, 'America' is a sarcastic critique of the United States and its government. Written in 1956, the poem makes several references to the paranoia and McCarthyism that characterized its era in U.S. history. This poem was also written by Allen Ginsberg, whose frequent autobiographical references help readers of his poetry get a better understanding of the man behind them. Read the full poem here, and after reading it, watch the video below to get a different sense of the tone Ginsberg would read the poem with.
Gary Snyder's 'At Tower Peak'
"It's just one world, this spine of rock and streams
And snow, and the wash of gravels, silts
Sands, bunchgrasses, saltbrush, bee-fields,
Twenty million human people, downstream, here below."
Snyder, Gary. 'At Tower Peak.' Poetry Soup.
'At Tower Peak' is a poem by Gary Snyder, a writer, lecturer and environmental activist born and raised in San Francisco. Snyder is known best for having a wide range of styles in his poems, rarely adopting conventional meters or rhymes, and his work is frequently filled with references to nature and Buddhist spirituality. He is a decorated poet, having won both the American Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Read the full text of 'At Tower Peak' here.
Gary Snyder | © Larry Miller/WIkipedia
Gregory Corso's 'I Am 25'
"I HATE OLD POETMEN!
Especially old poetmen who retract
who consult other old poetmen
who speak their youth in whispers,
saying:–I did those then
that was then. . ."
Corso, Gregory. 'I am 25.' Poetry Soup.
'I am 25' is a poem written by Gregory Corso, the youngest of the Beat writers. This poem reflects a conflicting sense of hatred and admiration for the older generation of poets during Corso's prime. Corso grew up in New York City but had Italian roots; he was arrested on his 18th birthday and spent three years in prison before coming to California to join the other Beat poets. Read the full poem here.
A Poem By Gregory Corso | © PunkToad/Flickr
Lawrence Ferlinghetti's 'Wild Dreams Of A New Beginning'
"The washed land awakes again to wilderness
the only sound a vast thrumming of crickets
a cry of seabirds high over
in empty eternity
as the Hudson retakes its thickets
and Indians reclaim their canoes. . ."
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. 'Wild Dreams of a New Beginning.' Poetry Soup.
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How many hours a day do students spend on homework?
Asked by: Prof. Laurel Buckridge II | Last update: March 8, 2022
High schoolers reported doing an average of 2.7 hours of homework per weeknight, according to a study by the Washington Post from 2018 to 2020 of over 50,000 individuals.
Is 3 hours of homework too much?
Pope and her colleagues found that too much homework can diminish its effectiveness and even be counterproductive. They cite prior research indicating that homework benefits plateau at about two hours per night, and that 90 minutes to two and a half hours is optimal for high school.
How much time should high school students have to spend on homework each day?
We recommend that your child spend between 45 – 75 minutes per night. Once your child is in highschool, Grade 9 – 12 students usually receive four to five sets of homework per week. According to Figure 2, high school students should focus about 25-30 minutes on each subject.
How many hours a day should I spend on homework?
For high school students, they should aim for 90 minutes to two and a half hours per day. OECD data show 15-year-olds are assigned 6.1 hours of homework per week.
How many hours a day do college students do homework?
A typical semester would involve 5 different classes (each with 3 units), which means that a student would be doing an average of 45 hours of homework per week. That would equal to around 6 hours of homework a day, including weekends.
How Many Hours Should You Study Per Day?
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That study, published in The Journal of Experimental Education, suggested that any more than two hours of homework per night is counterproductive. However, students who participated in the study reported doing slightly more than three hours of homework each night, on average.
How many hours do high school students spend doing homework?
Click here if unable to see above. (Photo courtesy of Unsplash) According to the Washington Post, a study conducted by Challenge Success from 2018 to 2020 concluded that on average, high schoolers did about 2.7 hours of homework per weeknight.
How Long Should homework take in 7th grade?
The most popular guideline for the right amount of homework is 10 minutes each night for each grade. Therefore, your first-grader should have 10 minutes of homework; it would be 30 minutes for the third-grader and 70 minutes for the seventh-grader.
Homework guidelines are 15 minutes for first grade and an additional 10 minutes for each grade after that, which would mean the recommended amount of homework for a ninth-grader is 95 minutes. Talking with her teachers also will let you know if she is having trouble with time management.
How Long Should homework take in 11th grade?
In the United States, the accepted guideline, which is supported by both the National Education Association and the National Parent Teacher Association, is the 10-minute rule: Children should have no more than 10 minutes of homework each day for each grade reached.
How long should 10 year old study?
8 years old: 16 to 24 minutes. 10 years old: 20 to 30 minutes. 12 years old: 24 to 36 minutes. 14 years old: 28 to 42 minutes.
How many students are stressed by homework?
According to the survey data, 56 percent of the students considered homework a primary source of stress. The remaining students viewed tests and the pressure to get good grades as the primary stressors. Notably, less than 1 percent of the students said homework was not a stressor.
How long should a child spend on homework?
The most widely accepted "rule of thumb" for homework is simple: A total of 10 minutes of homework per night per grade. That means, for example, that 3rd-grade students should not have more than 30 minutes of homework per night.
Is 10 hours of homework too much?
How much is too much? According to the National PTA and the National Education Association, students should only be doing about 10 minutes of homework per night per grade level. But teens are doing a lot more than that, according to a poll of high school students by the organization Statistic Brain.
Who invented homework?
Roberto Nevelis of Venice, Italy, is often credited with having invented homework in 1095—or 1905, depending on your sources.
How much HW is too much?
Based on research, the National Education Association recommends the 10-minute rule stating students should receive 10 minutes of homework per grade per night. But opponents to homework point out that for seniors that's still 2 hours of homework which can be a lot for students with conflicting obligations.
How much should a 7th grader study?
If a 7th class student studies for 2-3 hours daily with full concentration, then he or she will surely achieve success. Understanding the concept is also a defining factor. If you understand all the concepts well, then you can answer any question.
In first through third grade, students should receive one to three assignments per week, taking them no more than fifteen to twenty minutes. In fourth through sixth grade, students should receive two to four assignments per week, lasting between fifteen and forty-five minutes.
Why do teachers give so much homework?
It must be stressful to teachers because they are not sure if the students are really learning the material. They give out many assignments to make sure that kids are actually comprehending the material. Teachers want their students to be able to fully understand the topics they are learning.
How much time do middle school students spend on homework?
For students who study five days a week, that's 42 minutes a day per class, or 3.5 hours a day for a typical student taking five classes. Middle school teachers (grades 6-8) assigned roughly the same amount: 3.2 hours of homework a week, or 38.4 minutes a day per class.
Give at least 4-5 hours to your studies daily. In which atleast give 2 hours for practicing maths and rest of the time to your theoretical subject. After completing with 1 hour of study, take 5 to 10 minutes of break.
Why does homework make me cry?
Sometimes, homework upsets our children. Executive function deficits, learning disabilities, or difficult subjects can make children cry or lash out during homework time.
How many hours of homework does the average student have?
Less than 1% of students said homework was not a stressor. Con: The National Center for Education Statistics found that high school students get an average of 6.8 hours and elementary students get an average of 4.7 hours of homework each week.
How long do teachers spend grading homework?
On average teachers are at school an additional 90 minutes beyond the school day for mentoring, providing after-school help for students, attending staff meetings, and collaborating with peers. Teachers then spend another 95 minutes at home grading, preparing classroom activities, and doing other job-related tasks.
How much homework should YEAR 7 get?
About an hour to an hour and a half is usual in Years 7 and 8, rising to two to three hours in Years 10 and 11.
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15 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT FLAMENCO
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With our annual Flamenco Festival set to return this July, discover 15 things you may not already know about this unique art-form! Over 2 weeks this summer, many incredible performances will take to the stage, showcasing a variety of styles from the most talented companies and artists.
1. It is widely believed that flamenco actually originates from India!
2. Flamenco dance is called baile, while a flamenco dancer is known as a bailaor (male) or bailaora (female).
3. The typical flamenco outfit is called the Traje de Flamenca. Dresses are said to have a guitar shaped body, to enhance a woman's figure. Heels are an essential and range from 4 – 7cm in height. They can also have special nails in the soul to enhance their sound.
4. 'Duende' is a term in flamenco that is considered difficult to define. It is used to describe the 'soul' of flamenco and a heightened sense of emotion that overtakes you. The term is also known as an elf or goblin-like creature in Spanish mythology where it is derived from.
5. Palos, which also means stick or branch, refers to the different styles of Flamenco. There are more than 50 different styles or palos, from Alegrías to Bulerías!
6. Castanets are not part of traditional flamenco; they are an element that has been added to enhance the finger snapping. These wooden percussion instruments are more than 3,000 years old and over time have become an iconic symbol of Spanish Flamenco.
7. Flamenco is made up of four elements, Cante (Voice), Baile (Dance), Toque (Guitar), and the Jaleo, which roughly translated means 'hell raising' and involves the handclapping, foot stomping, and shouts of encouragement.
8. Silverio Franconetti Aguila, born in Seville in 1831, is considered a legendary singer of flamenco and opened the famous Café Silverios. It became known as the top 'Café Cantante' in Spain during a golden age of flamenco, where he invited only the most talented singers to perform and promoted only the purest forms of the art.
9. The Cajón is another popular percussion instrument, originating from Peru, sometimes used in Flamenco performances. Legendary Spanish Flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucía discovered the cajón during one of his tours in America in the late 1970s and described the sound as "restrained to flamenco."
10. From 1920 to 1955, many flamenco shows took place in bullrings and theatres and became known as 'Opera Flamenca.' One reason why this name became popular was because opera paid much lower rates of tax than flamenco shows so was more economical.
11. One of Spain's greatest writers, Federico Garcia Lorca, was a keen ambassador of the art-form. Two of his most important poetic works, Poema del Cante Jondo and Romancero Gitano, show Lorca's fascination with flamenco and appreciation of Spanish folk culture.
12. Rhythmic hand-clapping, known as palmas, is an important part of flamenco. There are two types of palmas, known as Palmas Sordas and Palmas Abiertas, which use different parts of the hand to produce different sounds.
13. Under the Franco regime, flamenco gained the status of a Spanish national symbol, while secret police simultaneously repressed any form of cultural dissent in lower-class neighbourhoods, illegalizing many flamenco concerts and gatherings.
14. In classical music theory, Compás is the word used to describe the rhythm or time signature in Flamenco. Flamenco uses three basic counts or measures: Binary, Ternary and the (unique to flamenco) twelve-beat cycle.
15. The fastest flamenco dancer ever recorded danced 1,274 taps in one minute.
Flamenco Festival London returns to Sadler's Wells from 2 – 14 July. To book, call the ticket office on 020 7863 8000 or book online.


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Russia opens another focus of military tension with a threat to Japan: "We will be forced to take action"
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko.
The Russian government has indicated this Monday that the dialogue of a peace treaty with Japan is impossible due to "the anti-Russian course" of the Japanese authorities.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko has stated that "it is absolutely obvious that it is impossible to discuss the signing of such a document with a state that adopts openly hostile positions"according to statements to the Tass agency.
Rudenko added that the Japanese government directs "direct threats" against Moscowwhile finding no sign that "Tokyo is moving away from the anti-Russian course or any attempt to rectify the situation."
"With the start of a special military operation in Ukraine – as Russia calls the war on Ukrainian soil – the Administration (of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio) Kishida actively joined the Russophobic campaign led by the West," he explained. the official.
Likewise, it has considered that Kishida "carried out a complete dismantling of the results of mutually beneficial cooperation accumulated over many years."
File photo of Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a press conference in Tokyo. David Mareuil/Pool via REUTERS
The Russian Deputy Foreign Minister has highlighted the increase in Japan's defense spending, as he ensures that "the abandonment of peaceful development" of the Asian country is "a serious challenge to the security of Russia and the Asia-Pacific region as a whole." ".
"We call attention to the accelerated implementation by the Kishida Administration of the course to abandon the so-called peaceful development of the country, which has been declared for many decades, and switch to the rails of forced militarization," he criticized.
"We warn that if this practice continues, we will be forced to take appropriate response measures to block military threats to Russia," has warned.
Japan claims the Russian-controlled southern Kuril Islands, which Tokyo calls the Northern Territories, a territorial dispute that dates back to the end of World War II, when Soviet troops seized them from Japan. Russian Bastion systems, which have missiles with a flight range of up to 500 km (310 miles), have been deployed on the island of Paramushir, the Russian Defense Ministry said in early December.
"The coastal military of the Pacific Fleet will maintain a 24-hour surveillance to control the adjacent water area and the strait areas," said.
Bastion coastal missile system military vehicles on the Kuril Island of Paramushir, Russia, which is one of the islands claimed by Japan and also known as the Northern Territories, in this still image taken from video released on December 5, 2022. Russian Defense Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
The ministry said a military camp was set up in Paramushir with facilities that allow service throughout the year, accommodation, recreation and food for staff.
This deployment comes a year after Russia installed Bastion systems on the island of Matua in the central part of the Kuril range, the ministry said in a statement.
The Washington-based think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies said in a September report that, overshadowed by the invasion of Ukraine, Moscow's militarization of the Kuril Islands "It has gone largely unnoticed."
"Russia's steps to boost its presence suggest that the islands will continue to play a pernicious role in the future of the Russo-Japanese relations and that Japan and the United States should deepen consultations on Russia's activities in the region." according to the report, published on the center's website.
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I want to make drawings that inspire people to pay more attention to the world around them, and to question or value the physical spaces they inhabit. Using my own photographs as references, and through the persistence and repetition of marking, smudging and erasing charcoal, I create an illusion of reality on paper. I depict the urban landscapes of cities, the wild landscapes of nature, and the private interiors of home. After experiencing the death of my father a few years ago, I have become consumed by the interplay of presence and absence. What does a space feel like when its occupant has left? I am trying to capture the fragility and impermanence of life by making tender drawings of the environments we inhabit while living that life.
Erin Fostel spent her early years copying characters out of her brother's comic books, and writing dramatic soap operas on her grandmother's typewriter. A love for drawing and storytelling led her to the Maryland Institute College of Art. After graduating in 2004, she continues to explore visual storytelling through the act of drawing. Even though she appreciates that the world is full of amazing colors she enjoys pushing the tonal boundaries of charcoal, which is her primary medium. Her work has been included in local and international publications about drawing. Her studio is located in Baltimore, MD.
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Even as America recovers from the pandemic, the future of AMC stock is unclear
March 2, 2021	 By Lou Carlozo, InvestorPlace Contributor	Mar 2, 2021, 2:16 pm EST	 March 2, 2021
If one movie industry player had a plot line worthy of a Golden Globe award, it might go something like this: AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. (NYSE:AMC) was knocked to the mat in 2020. The novel coronavirus walloped the price of AMC stock by 71%. But there's light at the end of the tunnel! The pandemic may be on the ropes! Can AMC mount a triumphant comeback?
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That exactly illustrates what some investors have bet on this year. While $9 per share ranks well below the heady days of AMC stock in 2016, it's up 333% for 2021. I see two ways to read this. And both have everything to do with popcorn.
Here's what I mean: There's a world of difference between standing in line for your kernel fix versus standing at your stove or microwave. True, studying the heretofore unrecognized popcorn sector won't offer any clues regarding AMC stock. But consumption patterns in general mean everything here.
AMC Stock and the Pandemic Popcorn Theorem
Let's say you choose to grab your popcorn at a local AMC once the Covid-19 pandemic eases up for good. If so, you'll help this Kansas-based company lead the charge back to financial health. Of course, the popcorn will cost you about $400 a bucket (the small one). But as an AMC stock investor, you can feel good about contributing to the hot-buttered bottom line.
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Unless your friends and neighbors all grab their Jiffy Pop these days at the supermarket. There, $400 buys you a year's supply. And, when you get home, some mighty fine streaming entertainment awaits you.
Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) broke all kinds of records in 2020. It added close to 16 million subscribers in the first three months and another 10 million in the second quarter. That collective showing gave the company its biggest growth spurt ever.
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Depending on how you view it, Netflix either spells death for AMC stock or is basking in a temporary pandemic surge. Some evidence supports the latter. Subscriber growth screeched to a near halt in Q3 of 2020. The 2.2 million new paid subscribers marked its smallest quarterly increase since 2016.
And yet, Netflix is hardly the only game in town. Nintendo (OTCMKTS:NTDOY) killed it on the video game front. Meanwhile, Walt Disney Co. (NYSE:DIS) added its phenomenally successful Disney+ subscription service in 2020. So those holding AMC stock must face the music, whether it's scored by John Williams or Hans Zimmer or whomever. Point blank: Have consumer viewing habits permanently changed as a result of the pandemic?
To be sure, home-versus-theater is not a mutually exclusive consumer decision. So there is some hope here as AMC pulls into a potentially promising spring. Nor has the company suffered anything close to struggle by way of scandal, mismanagement or missed opportunity.
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In fact, CEO Adam Aron has shown some Tinseltown moxie with his script, quoting Winston Churchill's "Fight Them On The Beaches" speech three times during an analyst call. As relayed by the Hollywood Reporter, he told investors at one point, "We are fighting this virus with all of our smarts and all of our might."
Yes, but – since when do brains or brawn sway fickle consumers? They want what they want, when they want it. And the conspicuous presence of streaming and Super Mario Kart answers a need in the spot. It's a synopsis worthy of "The Big Lebowski": You've got an entertainment jones. You don't feel like changing out of your ratty robe. You pick up the remote. You flop onto a ratty couch. You tune into The Crown or Tiger King. So long as the rug pulls it all together, Dude, life is fabulous.
These sort of lifestyle observations may not make it to the desk of an MBA-level analyst. Certainly, I don't know the last time someone from a huge investment bank uttered the word "dude" in their analysis of anything. But if you've read me with any regularity, you know that's precisely how I roll. Any parsing of numbers is only as good as the societal or economic context in which you place it. Dude.
Call It Intermission
The huge, unanswered question is whether movie houses will soon go the way of coast-to-coast drive-ins. If so, I'm sad. Going to movies is a communal event. Your small screen or home theater cannot substitute for it, no matter how many subwoofers you install. But where AMC stock is concerned, I don't see things getting better – especially when I ponder what bona fide fuel went into its recent surge.
Call it intermission if you like. But as we return to near normalcy in 2021, it remains to be seen whether viewership habits will as well. Pandemic or no, consumers won't retreat from watching at home. Where it relates to AMC stock, I'm staying put, too.
The Investment Dude has spoken.
On the date of publication, Lou Carlozo held a long position in NFLX.
Article printed from InvestorPlace Media, https://investorplace.com/2021/03/amc-stock-is-a-wait-and-see-play-as-streaming-services-dominate/.


Large swathes of forests in the Northeast are an abode for the Indian elephant. But a new study has warned that parts of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh are losing canopy cover at an alarming rate.
Researchers from the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun, examined the pace of deforestation in the elephant landscape of the Northeast, covering 42,000 square kilometers in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. The historical information about forest cover in the region was collected from the US Army topography maps dating back to 1924. The information for the years 1975, 1990, 2000 and 2009 was retrieved from satellite images taken by the Indian Remote Sensing Satellite, LISS III and the Landsat image archives of NASA.
Computer algorithms classify satellite image pixels into different categories (forests, rivers and other types of vegetation). This visual information in the images was first calibrated with land cover data gathered from ground surveys and then used to piece together the entire deforestation history of the region.
The analysis revealed that about 7,590 square kilometers of forests have been lost between 1924 and 2009 with a mean deforestation rate of 0.64 per cent (for 85 years). Researchers also found that the degree of deforestation was greater in Assam compared to Arunachal Pradesh, possibly due to its hilly terrain which is difficult to tread upon. In Assam, districts like Dhemaji, Sonitpur, Lohit and Tinuskia suffered the highest area-wise loss in forest cover.
The green cover of lesser Himalayas in Northeast is undergoing rapid changes due to rising population, industrial development and urbanisation, the study says.
"The 1924 map of the US Army does not provide the same accuracy than remote sensing technology. This may slightly alter the deforestation rate. But, in spite of this minor issue, what's noteworthy is that, the speed of deforestation is catastrophic," pointed out Jean-Philippe Puyravaud, head of Sigur Nature Trust, who was not connected with the study, while speaking to India Science Wire.
Using the land-use changes of 1990-2009, researchers have projected the likely deforestation in the region for the year 2028. If the current rate remains undeterred, more than 9,000 square Kilometers of area could be devoid of forests by 2028, predict scientists. Such losses could exacerbate incidents with elephants that have lost their habitat. This will be devastating for both the wildlife and humans living in adjoining areas. The study has been published in Journal Current Science.


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"Black Saturday" (WWF, July 14, 1984)
It will forever be known as one of the darkest days in professional wrestling's history. A date that sounded alarm bells as the reality for promoters sunk in, that Vince McMahon was serious about taking his company national, and he would do anything to make that happen. While it would become common for McMahon to take syndicated television deals from his competitors by offering more money than they could afford, what occurred in the middle of 1984 was something else entirely. In one fell swoop, he took out a major rival, and gained a monopoly on national cable television (if only briefly).
When Ted Turner first purchased the rights to air the Atlanta-based Georgia Championship Wrestling in 1972, he was still in the process of building his network. By 1976, he had made it into a national cable outlet, beaming across the United States thanks to the power of the satellite. Naturally, GCW became the place to be, the big leagues of professional wrestling, with its signature 6:05pm start time (originally 6pm) through to 8:05 (originally 8pm). So much so, that in 1982, they could change the name of the programme from plain old Georgia Championship Wrestling to something grander – World Championship Wrestling.
But the storm clouds were brewing. In 1983, Vince McMahon took Joe Blanchard's Sunday morning timeslot on USA Network's national cable channel. Based in San Antonio, Blanchard's Southwest Championship Wrestling began airing on USA in December 1982. But despite good ratings, Blanchard was struggling to come up with seven grand a week to remain on the network. As a result, McMahon made a better offer and USA took it, which led to the creation of WWF All-American Wrestling.
Vince wasn't satisfied. The following year, he aimed to deliver a big "one-two" punch on his competition by getting on Turner's Superstation. If he could pull it off, this would make the WWF the only company with a national television presence. However, the tried and true approach of offering money to boot competitors off the airways was rejected by Turner.
A more subtle approach was needed this time, and Vince found a way to do it. He learned that there was resentment towards GCW's booker Ole Anderson, who also owned a piece of the promotion. Knowing Ole wouldn't sell, he approached the three other shareholders – Jack Brisco, Gerald Brisco and Jim Barnett. All three agreed to sell, making Vince McMahon majority owner of Georgia Championship Wrestling. Not surprisingly, Vince folded the company, and their last programme aired on July 7.
The following week, Freddie Miller introduced fans to the owner of the World Wrestling Federation, who would now be presenting new and exciting matches on WTBS. With there being no internet at the time, fans had no idea of the behind-the-scenes machinations, and why they were now seeing the WWF instead of their beloved GCW. Furthermore, the highly respected Dean of professional wrestling announcers – Gordon Solie – was nowhere to be seen. But perhaps the fans would take to the "new and exciting matches."
They did not.
Initially, WWF World Championship Wrestling was not filmed in a studio in Atlanta as GCW had been. Rather, Vince aired highlights from his syndicated and USA Network programmes, as well as footage from house shows. This began the rift with Turner, who pointed out that part of Vince's contractual obligations was to provide original programming, and that programming to be filmed in the Atlanta studio. It took until March 2, 1985 before tapings in the studio took place, with the now-named WWF Georgia Championship Wrestling hosted by Freddie Miller and Gorilla Monsoon.
But the ratings – which had been decreasing rapidly from the start – still did not pick up. The station was inundated with letters from angry fans, demanding their Georgia 'rassling, and furthermore, Gordon Solie to return. Turner responded with a "one-two" punch of his own.
He first made a deal to air Bill Watts' Mid-South Wrestling on Sunday mornings, and then gave Ole's new promotion (Championship Wrestling from Georgia) a slot on Saturday mornings with Solie back in the announcers seat. Not surprisingly, Vince cried foul, believing that the deal was exclusivity on the network. Not only that, but the WWF show got smashed in the ratings, particularly by Mid-South.
Looking for a way out, McMahon spoke to Barnett once again, and Barnett found a buyer in Jim Crockett Promotions. An affiliate of the National Wrestling Alliance, Crockett attempted to rival the WWF by purchasing some of the remaining territories in existence, including Ole's Championship Wrestling from Georgia. In March 1985, Crockett agreed to pay McMahon one million dollars (which ultimately enabled him to make a profit of $350,000). The WWF's foray on WTBS ended on March 30, with the first edition of JCP's World Championship Wrestling airing on April 6 in the highly prized Saturday timeslot. (Sadly for Bill Watts, the deal left him out in the cold. Despite this, Watts did the admirable and professional thing by endorsing JCP on his final telecast).
Jim Crockett's time on the network further enhanced the story and legacy of professional wrestling on the Superstation. It was well received, and featured a who's-who of champion performers who would become legends, including of course, Ric Flair.
But one of the main reasons why this date is so ingrained in the minds of fans and stands out so much, is because of everything that happened after this event. Despite the setback, McMahon didn't stay down for long. USA Network gave him another timeslot (WWF Primetime Wrestling), and McMahon used the one million dollars to promote the first Wrestlemania, which was a big success. Without the money from Crockett, 'Mania could have been a flop and – from all reports – would have been the end of the WWF.
Meanwhile, JCP rode the wave for a few years until the quick expansion – not to mention more aggressive and possibly illegal business tactics from Vince – brought them down. Crockett sold to Turner at the end of 1988, and after initially naming it Universal Wrestling Corporation, it became World Championship Wrestling. The embers flared up in the rivalry between McMahon and Turner, especially in the mid-1990s, when WCW almost put the WWF out of business.
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Nye demonstrates how to protect yourself against global warming heat rays.
Apologies for the re-send. Certain events intervened and I posted the original too early. The Stream article is now live.
March For Science Descending Into Farce: Intersectionality and Diversity edition.
Last thing the March for Science needs, say some agitated folks, is Bill Nye, the error–prone "Science Guy" co-leading the parade. Why?
See, Nye is white. And a man. And some organizers are concerned that onlookers will notice Nye is white, and a man, and project his male-whiteness onto Science itself. That in turn will cause the gullible to figure Science is mostly done by white men.
Which, historically and in many current fields, it was and is. Now this fact is for good or for bad, but it is a fact. And it's not likely those who say they are "for" Science and "Reason" would be pleased were the contributions from white men removed from Science. So long, Calculus!
Or maybe they would be. Because it seems organizers believe scientific results are less important than who is producing them. Diversity trumps Science.
Proof? Buzzfeed reports that, so far, the March for Science has already gone through "four diversity statements". And for instance the Twitter account @ScienceMarchDC tweeted (and later deleted) "colonization, racism, immigration, native rights, sexism, abelism, queer-, trans-, intersex-phobia, & econ justice are scientific issues." The tweet also pictured a black power fist and rainbow flag icons.
Actually, of course, Science is silent on all these matters. But that's because Science is mute on every moral and ethical question put to it. Including the question whether to deign to include a white man holding a Science baton.
The March organizers want us to know what they stand for (emphasis original).
Sound like politics to you, and not Science? That was the effect they were going for. Organizers insist "It was a mistake to ever imply that the March for Science is apolitical — while this march is explicitly non-partisan, it is political" (the original statement was in bold type).
Yet the positions taken by the politicians, activists, and many others involved in the March are, as is obvious, explicitly partisan. Insistence on Diversity, by which it is always meant rigorous, mandatory
and monitored balance between people from favored political groups, is not a scientific concept. It is pure politics. And anti-scientific politics, at that.
There is zero evidence, for example, that men and woman are equally competent research mathematicians. Marchers call this a "disparity". The rest of us call it a banal consequence of Nature. Yet Marchers insist on the theory of Equality, which says that men and women are innately equal in all abilities.
When theory is more important than observation, we are in the realm of politics. And we observe, for instance, throughout all of history and in all circumstances an enormous preponderance of men occupying the top seats of mathematics. The theory of Equality (when applied to mathematical ability) is therefore almost certainly false. The observation has thus quashed the theory. When observation is allowed to rule over theory, we are in the realm of Science.
March on over to see the rest.
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Jersey McJones says:
Here (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/truth-women-stem-careers/) is a piece from PBS's NewsHour from a couple of years ago that puts a clearer light on all this. It's a combination of factors, and there are no easy answers to any questions here, but the writer sums it up nicely at the end of the piece…
Women are clearly capable of doing well in STEM fields traditionally dominated by men, and they should not be hindered (which is what I would say you are contributing to in your piece), bullied, or shamed for pursuing careers in such fields. But we also should not be ashamed if our interests differ from men's. If we find certain careers more intrinsically rewarding than men do, that does not mean we have been brainwashed by society or herded into menial fields of labor. Instead, we should demand that greater intrinsic and monetary compensation be awarded to the work we like and want to do."
It's a shame you are unable to understand this – preferences. You look back at history – which is absurd on the face of it. You look at numbers without considering why they are what they are, just that they are. Anything but preferences, because that's where it gets complicated.
It's why conservatives get so angry about "liberal academia," or the "liberal media." For a host of reasons, some we understand more than others, women and men, liberals and conservatives, rural people and urban people, people from one culture and people from another, have different preferences for what they want to do with their lives. A conservative is less likely to want to be a college teacher than an evangelical preacher. A rural person is more likely to want to be a veterinarian than a subway cop. Again, there are exceptions, as always, there are all sorts of causes, yes, biology seems to play a small role, but so does a host of other factors.
But this piece of yours here is just more insecure-conservative-man clap-trap.
JMJ–this has nothing do with "girls can't do science" when of course they can. This has to do with the absurdity of targeting Nye as a White Guy.
Jim Fedako says:
JMJ —
Thanks for the neo-Marxist, SJW rant to add additional credibility to the points made by Briggs. Well done, comrade.
BrianH says:
"Instead, we should demand that greater intrinsic and monetary compensation be awarded to the work we like and want to do."
JMJ, are you aware that men are 11 times as likely to die from job-related incidents than women? How to you propose to factor this into your equal pay for equal worth agenda?
Bill R says:
I would have preferred to be an NBA all-star or a Hollywood leading man. Unfortunately I was discriminated against by "skillist" and "lookist" discriminators, and had to settle for a statistics degree…..
Joe Skonue says:
"Jersey McJones" seems retarded.
There are twice as many males as females as one approaches the level of gifted IQ (130).
LOL! Just so you know, it is highly unlikely that any of you who replied to my comment have an IQ higher than mine.
Did you just third-grade taunt us with your high intelligence?
I'll have to show my JMJ-intellect by replying, "And so are you!"
You might be surprised, given the rather specialized stuff our host provides. Anyway IQ "measurements" become, ah, rather difficult, after a mere 150 or so. It's not a metric but an ordinal heterogeneous order.
Geezer says:
Just so you know, it is highly unlikely that any of you who replied to my comment have an IQ higher than mine.
Dunning-Kruger?
The March for Science organization has, on its website, a goal about discussing issues of bias in STEM-related fields…increasing awareness and thereby remedying some bias/discrimination.
Harvard Business Review (HBR) notes (see https://hbr.org/2015/03/the-5-biases-pushing-women-out-of-stem ) that repeated basic studies show such bias exists — identical papers presented by a male vs female author, for example, get evaluated differently, consistently differently, with the female author consistently leading to a diminished perception of the research quality.
The HBR article notes that this diminution of female contributions is observed by both white males AND other women/other minorities.
So, the March organizers would, if they could get their way, be addressing the same bias in all groups–including the minorities.
Is that really so bad?
If a woman's prowess at research & contributing to STEM fields is better than a male competing for a STEM position, wouldn't it be better for all of us if she got the job?
Wouldn't it be worse for all of us if stereotypical bias, based solely on gender, led to the inferior [male] applicant getting the job?
That's the basic issue.
Briggs, and some others here, seem to opt for maintaining the status-quo with all its biases; consider the remark:
"There is zero evidence, for example, that men and woman are equally competent research mathematicians."
I'll buy that wholly (we know that male brains tend to outperform female brains in such areas AS A GENERAL RULE). But I cannot accept Briggs' remark without conceding that some women are truly exceptional (way out in the exemplary side of a curve's tail) and truly outperform men in a general field in which men may generally dominate. The proof too the contrary is overwhelming (Marie Curie, and many many more since ought to come to mind).
Briggs remark (among others here) serves to preserve the application of stereotypes by shutting down consideration of applicable nuances that matter to us all (if such 'thought stopping' is not the overt motive, the effect is the same, regardless).
The "Marcher's" are not asking for equality of representation in STEM fields, they're asking for equality of opportunity to compete and gain access…big difference that.
I say, give it to'm! If they can perform in a competitive STEM area, more power to'm…and if unfounded stereotypical biases are getting in the way, biases that favor an inferior contender [simply because he's male] then those biases need to go.
Briggs argues that the Marchers are engaging in politics — and he's right about that…though they want to remove gender-based bias known to discriminate against women (in particular). That kind of bias IS politics…but not the type of politics we ought to be preserving via argumentative "sleight of hand" arguments that shut down objective considered evaluation. Sometimes, when politics is the problem, politics is also part of the solution.
N. Ominous says:
JMJ,
You know you have a high Intersectional Quotient when you get an extra point for being differently Intersectionally Quotiented.
Joking aside, it seems to me that your first post re Briggs's article is connected with it only tangentially. Had you written it without first having read Briggs's article then no-one, I suspect, would have been any the wiser.
That is not to say that I think Briggs's article is beyond criticism, but I understand the difficulty he will have had in finding the right balance when dealing with March for Science's confused and hypocritical output. How does one make the blindingly obvious even more obvious?
Deus Vult says:
Ken, you are certainly Mr. political correctness extraordinaire. Hint; Mrs. Currie got her price, for….well being there. All real science was done by her husband and his friend the actual originator of the idea. Mrs. Currie had only one thing going for her, the ability of woman to do utterly mundane tasks for hours at the time. Just like a knitting. She was put in charge of sifting/washing through tons of dirt to get some desired materials the Gentlemen used to do their science. Yes, they were gentlemen, they included her name in the final report….and so we have the famous female scientist. And by the way, whatever would come these days (for a few decades now) out of Harvard is just a politically correct feminized junk.
Ever since we rejected the founding philosophy of our civilization (Catholicism), we are on descend to hell, on any level. It is incredibly obvious in the field of science. The last 50, going sixty, years was the first period in the history of the Western Civilization we invented ……well, nothing. Nothing of WOW value. Stuff which puts humanity forward. You know, like invention of the airplane,… penicillin….etc. Only what we managed to do with all those female scientists is to invent I-phone 7…..wait a minute, that is still just another phone. And it still does not make a good cappuccino .
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