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MY GENERATION WAS TREATED TO THE MAGIC AND WONDER OF SPACEFLIGHT
+ MY REACTION TO THE SPACE RACE - AND MY DISCOVERY OF AMATEUR RADIO - AND HOW THEY MERGED INTO A UNIQUE HOBBY
by: Aaron George Bailey - WA5HRC
Listening for spacecraft radio signals has been an ongoing hobby, on and off again, pastime spanning back
to the early 1960s. Actually it started out as a sideshow to my interest in Ham radio. This article explains my
reaction to spaceflight and my interest in radio and how they merged into a unique hobby. As a youngster,
I watched all the Mercury flights on TV, at home or school, when it was a big deal just to get into orbit, and
for Mercury Control to even maintain voice contact with the astronauts. Back then there was the dark
empire of the Soviet Union and they were bad guys. Their space program was secretive, mysterious,
impressive, and by contrast the American program, my team, was struggling, trying to catch up to the
Russian space successes. It was good guy verses bad guy and it was all playing out in the heavens, with
spaceships that were different, and unique to each sides engineering and technical prowess. The
competition between America and Russia seemed to be about survival itself. It could read like a spy novel,
and the mix of it all, made a deep impression on me. Unlike any other generation, it was mine that was
treated to the magic and wonder of spaceflight. My generation had the same old problems, war, poverty,
disease, famine, the same suffering, but it differed in one way, now a gateway was opened to a new, cosmic
frontier. Always with a new frontier comes the promise of hope, the expansion of knowledge and a chance
to improve the human condition. I was caught up in the special chemistry of the Space Age and Space
Race and I wanted to be part of it, in my own way. I thought, by using my own radio gear, how cool it would
be to tune in voice transmissions directly from the space capsules. I had read newspaper articles about
others doing this and I wanted to give it a try too. During TV coverage of the John Glenn flight, they talked
about how his neighbor planned to listen for John, directly, by using a shortwave set. I had a shortwave
set too and I remember thinking, "Wow, How neat that would be! ,,, John Glenn must have given his
neighbor the capsule frequency in advance?" For me, knowing in advance the capsule frequency was
critical, if I hoped to catch weak radio signals from a speeding spaceship. I wrote to NASA requesting
frequency information, but they wouldn't tell me. For the first time ever, NASA disappointed me. I was just
a kid who wanted to listen to the space shots in a special way. Back then, shortwave radio was like the
computers and Internet of today. It was the geeky thing to do. Thousands of ex-radiomen from WWII
became Hams and shortwave listeners. This period was the Golden Age of shortwave radio because it
seemed that everything crowded onto the HF bands, all kinds of strange sounding signals, teletype,
facsimile, Russian jamming stations, and even satellite telemetry. Being a shortwave listener was like
being an armchair explorer. Through the magic of electronics, the world was at your fingertips, almost like
surfing the Internet today. By using my shortwave radio from the privacy of my home, I hoped to, in effect,
enter the space capsule, and for a few fleeting seconds, fly along with the astronaut. And in the case of
the Russians, well, I meant to enter their secret spaceship, and spy on them. This was my plan. I hoped
shortwave radio would give me a special window, though which I could view spaceflight. Obviously, I
needed to learn about radio circuits and radio operating techniques and how to build antennas. These
goals also went hand in hand with my desire to get a Ham radio license. At this point I really got fired up
with my study of electronics as spaceflight did steer many young people, myself included, toward technical
careers. I used the ARRL Amateur Radio Handbook as my study guide. Mr Lyle Armstrong, K5VPM, was in
the Signal Corps during WWII and he spent many hours tutoring me on radio theory and sending and
receiving morse code. Finally, in mid-1963, I earned my Novice Ham License-call- WN5HRC then, and
WA5HRC now, I waited and waited, the FCC, in true bureaucratic fashion, seemed to take forever before
mailing me that Ham Ticket. I remember the first time I got on the air and tapped out CQ in morse code, my
sending hand was shaking from the excitement, what that code must have sounded like to the poor guy at
the other end? A Ham in Texas answered me and helped me through my first contact (QSO) and then
followed up by mailing me his QSL card with a nice letter, welcoming me to Ham Radio. With the twist of a
few knobs I could convert my Ham radio station to a space listening station. During the early 1960s, I
tuned strictly for AM voice transmissions from American and Russian capsules, but I only had a tiny,
measured amount of success. It happened like this, once again I wrote letters, to the FCC, and even to
shortwave radio manufactures, requesting frequency information on the upcoming space shots. In early
May 1963, Hallicrafters Radio Company replied, "Dear Mr Bailey,,,there is a certain amount of sport in
searching for the frequency, we suggest you start looking around 10.5 megacycles, since the astronauts
have used this before." Back then, when referring to a frequency, you had to qualify it with a prefix of
"about" or "around" a certain frequency. see-(What frequency am I tuned to?) With the Gordon Cooper-
Faith-7 mission just days away, I began to scout out 10.5 megacycles with the hope of hearing some
pre-launch comm checks. My receiver had inaccurate tuning, but immediately I discovered a very strong
voice signal that repeated over and over and it was halfway between 10 and 11 megacycles on the radio
dial. The SSB voice transmission went like, "This is Comm-Tech Testing, 1,2,3,4,5,5,4,3,2,1," over and over
it went.^ I wondered, could this be connected with NASA? I knew that I was on to something, and I felt it in
my gut. On launch day, May 15th, after lots of explaining and begging, I convinced my Dad to let me miss
school, just so I could tune for Faith-7. I followed the spotty TV coverage so I could focus my listening near
stateside passes. I manned my radio at the appropriate time, as always, I tuned around 15MC, and with
nothing heard, I finally parked the dial on the endless Comm-Tech transmission. With fading hope I
listened, and the Comm-Tech voice played, on and on it went, AND THEN,,, IT STOPPED, "Faith-7, Faith-7,
This is California Capcom, Please allow your tape recorder to continue", followed by a noisy signal from
Faith-7. I almost fell out of my chair ! I thought I heard the real thing, at the time. But looking back now, I
know it was a NASA support channel, 10.61Mhz ?, or more likely the 10.780 Mhz (Cape Radio) that is still in
use today. Probably, what I really heard, was a previously recorded, UHF radio exchange between California
Capcom and Astronaut Cooper on Faith-7. I was actually hearing a re-broadcast of an earlier orbital pass
over California, and by shortwave radio, it was being linked back, possibly to, Cape Canaveral? It was
difficult to catch signals from the early manned space shots for several reasons. The first flights were
short duration, just a few orbits, and in the case of Mercury flights, they were made on weekdays, when I
was in school, and by the time I heard news about a Russian launch, the flight was almost over. In
retrospect, online research of NASA documents related to Project Mercury, seem to suggest, that HF
(15.009MC) wasn't used very much, and that's what I was tuning for. The UHF was the PRIMARY
air-to-ground and HF was SECONDARY or BACKUP air-to-ground. Lastly, while I'm mindful of the old saying,
"It's a poor workman who blames his tools", I DID HAVE, cheap, crumby radios, to work with. W5FCM,
K5VPM, W5MQR, WA5NBK, all Silent Keys now, were my local Ham friends during this time but none of them
were interested in space monitoring. So I listened on my own, just me, with my intriguing articles, no
kindred spirit to compare notes with, and no mentor to steer me in the right direction. I wish there had
been. I read about other space trackers around the world, the Italian brothers, and the famous Kettering
Group from England, but I didn't know how to contact them. For several years, I had to lay aside my radio
hobby because life goes on and there were other obligations, electronics school in Chicago, devastating
illness in the family, and military service. It wasn't till the early 1970s that I settled down again. But I never
lost my love for radio and spaceflight, and the blend of the two, and once again I resumed my hobby.
Finally, starting in the early 1970s, a number of factors merged and my space listening hobby got a
jump-start. Slowly, I bought new gear, a Radio Shack DX-150B receiver which is SENSITIVE and QUIET, +an
Ameco PT-2 Preamp. Most important of all, I built a 1Mhz calibrator, so I could quickly zero in on the old
hunting ground of 20Mhz. Early intercepts on 20Mhz shortwave were China 1 & 2 and finally I heard a
cosmonaut, AM voice transmission, from Soyuz-14/Salyut-3. I did not discover Soyuz CW-PDM telemetry till
a bit later. >SEE BOOK In July 1975, with my radio gear, I made a trip to Florida and watched live the
Apollo-Soyuz launch from Titusville. I also received the Apollo countdown activities on 296.8Mhz by using a
Vanguard Converter ahead of my SW radio. So, I have a record of mixed results and there are gaps in my
observations and for this reason other observers might have a different and broader point of view. I was a
serious observer, all along, recording my radio intercepts and logging my results on paper and on the
300+ tapes I filled. While I was in a unique position, geographically, to electronically monitor Soviet space, I
feel it wasn't as good as being located in Europe, near to Russia. From that vantage point you could
electronically look right into the heart of Russia. When located near to Soviet territory, one could hear
satellite transmitters as they were commanded on by Russian ground stations, and Cosmonauts were more
active on the radio, and some East German radio spies actually heard satellite signals from the Baikonur
launching pad. I too tried to look inside Russia by building a 2 element cubical quad, a special beam
antenna designed for 20mhz. It was my electronic ear, aimed toward Russia. It pulled in the faint telemetry
signals from Soyuz-39 just after it was inserted into orbit from Baikonur Cosmodrome. With the Quad I also
picked up a mystery signal, a broken CW-PDM without the sync-pulses. However, I'm not sure this was a
space related signal? -(see my other antennas) My radio tracking reached a high point during the Salyut-6,
Salyut-7 and Mir era, when there were plenty of signals to hear. In later years, after searching with the
power of the Internet, I now realize that I was just one, in a handful of space enthusiasts, who were actively
engaged in this hobby. While my overall work is not as remarkable as others, I feel this web page
documents my efforts in fair and truthful way.
^ There was a reason why NASA transmitted the powerful Comm-Tech around-the-clock. It was a way to secure that frequency, or
maintain a clear channel, by keeping unauthorized (foreign and pirate) stations off of it. This was a common strategy used by AT&T
and RCA who also transmitted repeating test messages, like-"This is an AT&T test transmission for circuit adjustment purposes."
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Morari Bapu: Wikis
Morari Bapu (मुरारी बापू) (born September 25, 1946), is a popular Hindu kathakaar (preacher), who has been giving 9 day-long sermons (kathaas) in both Gujarati and Hindi all over the world—including in India, the United States, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, on a cruise ship in the Mediterranean Sea, and on an airplane travelling the world—since the mid-1970's.
To date, he has conducted over 600 kathaas, most of them based on the Ramcharitmanas of Tulsidas and other such works about Rama as well as Gopigeet which has the gopis of Vrindavan singing of the glory of Krishna.
He was born on September 25, 1946 in village Talgajarda near Mahuva, Gujarat, to Prabhudas Bapu Hariyani and Savitri Ben Hariyani, in a family of six brothers and two sisters [1].
His grandfather, Tribhovandasji was a great Ram Bhakta (devotee of Sri Rama) and used to make young Morari memorize five verses of the Ramcharitamanas each day, on his way to school and back [2] [3]
Morari Bapu has started his career as a primary school teacher in near by village to Talgajarda, he worked for several years, side by side he was doing Ram Kathas.
Manas Kailas Ram Katha by Morari Bapu. (DVD),
Ramayana: Rāma, Gāthā in Different Versions, by Avadhesh K. Singh. Published by D.K. Printworld, 2007. ISBN 8124604169.
^ Morari Bapu Profile www.yogausa.com.
^ Sri Morari Bapu
^ Sant Morari Bapu profiles.incredible-people.com.
Official website of Morari Bapu (IIRamII.net)
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Home » Blog » » » 'Sachar Committee Report Is Not The Quran'
'Sachar Committee Report Is Not The Quran'
Buzz	28 June 2011
Buzz	June 28, 2011 22:28 IST 'Sachar Committee Report Is Not The Quran'
It started with what seemed to be an off-the-cuff, common-sensical remark, or so one would gather from the agency report carried over the week-end, in which the minority affairs minister Salman Khurshid was reported as having said in Chennai:
"Sachar Committee report is not Quran. It could be wrong and its recommendations and observations need to be looked at with a critical eye. The recommendations should not be seen as a special thing given to Muslims"
Mr Khurshid was delivering a lecture, 'Minorities of India: Issues and Challenges,' at the Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed College for Women, last Saturday
Mr Khurshid apparently also asked the gathering why the Muslims were limiting themselves to community-centred issues and "also exhorted them to think on larger issues like corruption, human rights and Naxalism: "Why are Muslims silent on the Lokpal issue or on the issue of freedom for Binayak Sen."
Some Muslim groups were quick to take offence, joining issue with his invocation of the Quran and terming it as "blasphemy, (behurmati)":
Salman Khurshid must quit the Government and the Congress
Regarding the non-inclusion of vital recommendations of Joint Parliamentary Committee on Waqfs and the Prime Minister's High Level Committee on Muslims (Sachar Committee) in Waqf Amendment Bill 2010 drafted by his ministry, Shri Salman has said in Chennai on 25 June that Sachar Committee Report is not Quran. This is blasphemy, (behurmati).
Earlier, in a letter to Zakat Foundation of India, Shri Salman said that the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Waqfs and the Sachar Committee cannot claim monopoly to wisdom (though he did not mention that he is weighing their wisdom against whose).
Does this mean that the Congress and UPA have been making fool of the Muslims for five long years in the garb of Sachar Report? Also, by saying this Shri Khurshid has opposed the Prime Minister and the Union Cabinet who approved the Sachar Report in 2007 and made the Ministry of Minority Affairs as nodal ministry to monitor implementation of the Sachar Report.
Shri Khurshid has also over-ruled the pivotal recommendations of the JPC on Waqfs without giving any reasons thereof while presenting the Waqf Bill in Parliament. Thus, he has violated the privileges of both the Houses of Parliament by showing down the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Waqfs and hiding his non-compliance of JPC. Shri Salman has gone against the Congress and UPA policy regarding Muslim interests and against the collective responsibility of the central government which is the cornerstone of our sacred Constitution. Thus, he must resign from the Government and the Congress. Also, the Government, the Congress and the UPA should clarify their position vis-a-vis Shri Salman's statement committing blasphemy against the Holy Quran and rejecting the recommendations of the JPC on Waqfs and the Sachar Committee (most of which overlap).
As Seema Chinsti reports in the Indian Express today, the minister's remarks have also upset, among others, Dr Abusaleh Shariff, the economist who oversaw the writing of the Sachar Commission report, who has written an open letter to the minister, stating among other things:
"The Minister has a lot to answer as to how will he eliminate large deficit in achievement levels which Muslims have encountered during the last 60 years or so. This has occurred mostly due to discriminatory practices followed by successive governments including the Congress governments both at the Centre and the many states. Sachar recommendations are sensitive to mainstreaming and...points to the areas in which discrimination has occurred and Muslims have suffered."
Shariff, who has been critical of the BJP and even Left-ruled states in the past, has written that "reservation" policy in India is discriminatory and keeps Muslims out of its ambit at the national level and in most states. "So are access to higher education and even primary schools. (On) public employment, the Centre is the most discriminatory. The banking sector has almost removed the Muslims from its programs."
In something which may embarrass the government, he adds: "Pl(ease) note I am using the word discriminatory too frequently in this note but the Sachar report ...consciously avoided using this word, just to save the face of the government in power and we used some diplomacy; otherwise this report very clearly highlight the discriminatory practices. My new research is strong in highlighting how mainstreaming is not pursued by governments themselves and how public spaces are denied to minorities. Let the Minister come out with a strategy to bring diversity in public spaces (Schools, Universities, Urban Living spaces, government employment ...) which this ministry is silent about (for the) past five years."
On his blog, Dr Shariff provided the following additional comments [carried unedited]:
When a politician is cornered, this is how he will speak - unintelligent and illogical.
He is facing the heat and practically boiled in 100 degree centigrade on the Wakf issue. But his general direction that Muslims should get going on mainstreaming and reaching out to other departments is in fact Sachar Philosophy and directions. Note that many Minsters have told me that indeed Sachar Report is used as a Bible for charting out pro-poor, pro-deprived and minority empowerment strategies.
Note his (Salman Khursheed's) comment on EQC [Equal Opportunities Commission] - this is also Sachar recommendation, then how can he be so critical in the beginning, this is an example of double standards. Salman bhai will have a lot to explain.
The Minister has lot to answer as to how he will eliminate large deficit in achievement levels which Muslims have encountered during the last 60 years or so. This has occurred mostly due to discriminatory practices followed by successive governments including the CONGRESS governments both at the Centre and the many states. Sachar recommendations are sensitive to mainstreaming and as it does that, it points to the areas in which discrimination has occurred and Muslims have suffered.
The reservation practices in India are discriminatory and have almost removed Muslims from its ambit at the national level and most states. So are access to higher education and even primary schools. Public employment, the Centre is the most discriminatory. The banking sector has almost removed the Muslims from its programs. Note that I am using the word discriminatory too frequently in this note, but Sachar report - the committee consciously avoided using this word, just to save the face of the government in power and we used some diplomacy; otherwise this report very clearly highlight the discriminatory practices. My new research is strong in highlighting how mainstreaming is not pursued by governments themselves and how public spaces are denied to minorities. Let the Minister come out with a strategy to being diversity in public spaces (Schools, Universities, Urban Living spaces, government employment ......) which this ministry is silent about since past 5 years.
Note that I am marking a copy of this email to Salman bhai. I hope he will garner enough courage and seek support from his cabinet colleagues so as to officially sponsor a comprehensive evaluation of the 5-years after Sachar which will lay bare the truth. Note also that unintelligent reviews will begin appearing both in media and discourses during the next two years, and they will damage the credibility of the Congress Government. Therefore, it would be in the interest of the people of India, to come out with officially sponsored but independent review of the inclusive development reforms in India which have been undertaken during post Sachar.
I am also making this email to Just. Sachar and other members whose email I have retained in my address book.
Mr Khurshid explains his stand thus:
" Sachar committee remains the central part of our minority manifesto. But there are some aspects that were not found feasible to implement even before I came to this ministry. Other aspects like the EOC that I believe is the next generation equality and equity instrument I am struggling to build a consensus within government. But each aspect has to be implemented in a manner that contributes to national bonding rather than a self driven separation. My assessment might be wrong but I have as much right to initiate debate as anyone else. Debate not dictation must be our approach. The attempt to stifle debate speaks ill of us.
Mr Khurshid, while maintaining that "several Sachar recommendations were being followed," points out that the debate is:
about how to approach the issue of helping Muslims. He underlined that he was against looking at just Muslims as the minority and not others.
"Exclusive delivery to Muslims as against ensuring equitable share amongst all citizens," was not something he supported, he said. "In that context, I have requested a critical appraisal to ensure these are not used for ghettoization. It's in this context that I said, for Muslims only the Quran cannot be questioned. All other books and documents are subject to critical scrutiny."
Elsewhere, at Firstpost, R Jagannathan lists six reasons why Khursheed is right and Sachar and Shariff wrong:
the lower economic status of Muslims is related to where they are located, and not (usually) their religion
you cannot build a case for discrimination only by looking at areas where the numbers are stacked against the community.
you cannot build a sense of empowerment among Muslims without talking about their success stories
the Sachar data is highly biased.
as Nitish Sengupta, points out, the lower economic status of Muslims in India was the result of partition
Sachar completely ignores the internal factors that may be holding back Muslims.
Read more at Firstpost.
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At the William T. Grant Foundation, we have made it a priority to support research on reducing inequality among young people in the United States. A key area for progress is in the policies, programs and practices to reduce unequal opportunities and outcomes for English learners (ELs). Typically the children of immigrants, ELs come from homes where a language other than English is spoken. On the basis of English proficiency tests, a subset of these young people have been officially designated by public schools as English learners, who should receive instruction with special linguistic supports. Even as the EL student population in our public schools has grown in the last several decades, their academic performance has consistently lagged behind their non-EL peers and remains a cause for concern.
This post highlights two lines of research inquiry that pay special attention to school- and district-level practices that address the needs of the whole child, as well as the multiple academic aspects of EL student experiences. Both lines of inquiry cross the boundaries of the silos typically found in EL student research. Research inquiries that broaden the scope of what has been previously done is critical to advance the field towards reducing inequality for this important population.
Typically, research studies attend only to EL students' academic lives, with a specific focus on their experiences as students, but not their diverse experiences as children and youth. Rather than a broader whole child or whole person approach, this siloed approach to research on ELs stands to miss much nuance that could help improve student outcomes. Like all of us, English learner students are socio-emotional beings, nested in families and communities. Students' lives outside schools involve complex issues that can bear on their lives within schools.
Immigrant children carry the load of the immigrant bargain, often trying to make up for their parents' sacrifices with migration by doing well in school (Louie, 2012). But because of the relationship between immigrant parents' success in the United States and their children's own success, keeping that bargain is no small feat. More than half of children with immigrant parents live in low-income households, and nearly one-third have at least one undocumented immigrant parent; of these youth, some are undocumented themselves (Yoshikawa, 2011; Suarez-Orozco, Yoshikawa and Tseng, 2015). Many new immigrant children have undergone protracted separations from one or both of their parents before rejoining them, and the reunification process often proves to be a complicated relational process (Suárez-Orozco, Bang, & Kim, 2010.) Some immigrant children are also responsible for brokering the new American culture, including the English language, for their parents long before they have expertise in either (Orellana, 2009; Katz, 2014). Moreover, ELs tend to attend public schools with fellow ELs from largely low-income, racial and ethnic minority families and fewer certified teachers (Gándara et al., 2003; Callahan and Shifrer, 2016).
Research inquiries that broaden the scope of what has been previously done is critical to advance the field towards reducing inequality for this important population.
For educators to know these critical aspects of their students' lives and understand how they bear upon schooling, as well as how to respond, educators need to have local professional capacity adequate to the task. Staff, teachers and leaders need training in how to do this work and programs that undergird it. There are plenty of strategies from which to draw, as family-community-student approaches have a long history of trying to improve the educational experiences and outcomes of children and youth from low-income, immigrant, and native racial and ethnic minority backgrounds (Louie, 2012). But research inquiry shouldn't stop there.
Instead, research should get to the level of student outcomes. The assumption is that local professional capacity about students' lives outside of school improves EL outcomes. Does it? Does school knowledge about different dimensions of their EL students' home cultures and the whole child lead to better student academic and socio-emotional outcomes? For instance, does strengthening connections between schools (e.g., school leaders, teachers, staff) and immigrant parents promote better academic and socio-emotional outcomes for students? If so, in what ways and for what outcomes? Does it affect academic engagement, grades, or high stakes assessments? Or college attendance and completion?
Should we find that this kind of school capacity does indeed improve student outcomes, there are still more compelling research questions to consider. These include identifying and testing effective strategies that schools can use to learn and implement important language and related knowledge about their students. Other questions involve the kinds of mechanisms that can facilitate this learning—for instance, professional development, teacher preparation, and structured family-teacher interactions, as well as what these mechanisms involve. One might consider what teacher professional development along these lines should look like. Researchers should also get to the question of how knowledge about English learners as people, including insights about their home cultures, can inform practices, curriculum development, instructional materials, and formative assessments such as low-stakes quizzes that assess students' understanding of lessons as it evolves.
Even when we look only at EL students' academic experiences, we find there are critical gaps in what we know. This is because research has typically paid attention only to a single dimension of the student experience. This is especially nettlesome in research about EL students, as they can make multiple transitions over their academic journeys, more than a non-EL peer might make. Consider that in the ideal scenario, they transition from being classified as an English learner needing linguistic services to being reclassified as proficient enough in English to join classrooms that do not have linguistic supports (or what we might call mainstream classes) (Umansky and Reardon, 2014); and from less rigorous courses to more challenging classes. The hoped-for result is that they thrive academically on par with their non-EL peers, as reflected in better grades, and higher test scores and graduation rates. What can be done to facilitate these transitions and the payoffs we would expect?
At the other extreme, in reality, some ELs have become long-term English learners (classified as such for six or more years). These students may be stuck in less challenging courses and are less likely to get to college or to do well once they are there (Olsen, 2014). How can this cycle be disrupted? And how might their academic experiences and outcomes be improved? We need richer analytic frames factoring in multiple dimensions of ELs' academic experiences to get to answers that will lead to the sustained academic success of English learners over the long-term.
…research has typically paid attention only to a single dimension of the student experience.
Toward this end, research should focus on classroom instruction in English language proficiency and academic content together, rather than separately, as is typically the case. Take math as an example. Math is widely thought of as a universal language, one that is shared by all humans. Yet, there is a critical achievement gap between ELs and non ELs. Data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) show that the gap in eighth-grade math stayed the same at about 40 points from 2000 to 2013. Students who had been formerly classified as ELs in the previous two years did better on the 2013 eighth-grade math assessment than ELs, but were still lagging behind non ELs (Murphy, 2014). To change this picture, we should investigate what reasoning mathematically looks like, and how ELs experience these processes. Answers to these questions can help practitioners improve the learning process.
More studies should investigate the potential connections between what ELs are learning, and how, and what this means for their academic success. We know that teachers can have low expectations for ELs (Barlett and Garcia, 2011), and this might lead to ELs' placement in less rigorous courses (Callahan, 2005). What we still need is a more comprehensive picture of how different teacher perceptions and behaviors toward ELs matter in practice and curriculum decisions, and how they affect student outcomes. For instance, rich linguistic environments in classrooms—teachers assigning "extended research pieces and essays" and fostering complex oral language use through discussions and debates—can be beneficial to all students, but particularly for children and youth from low-income and non-English speaking households (Lesaux, 2014). This line of inquiry should be extended to investigate the extent to which rich linguistic environments in classrooms result in better outcomes for low-income ELs. Consistent with the Foundation's interest in identifying responses to inequality, studies could examine how this might be achieved, especially in the under-resourced schools that ELs tend to attend.
We also need more research on reclassification. As noted earlier, some students are not getting reclassified even after six years. For instance, only slightly more than half of entering EL kindergartners in New York City public schools moved into mainstream classrooms within four years (Kieffer and Parker, 2016). In this study, researchers drew on data from the 2003/2004 academic year through 2010/2011, with the exception of 2008/2009. Why some EL students are reclassified sooner than others is only part of what we need to know. While reclassification is conceived as an endgame whereby ELs join mainstream classrooms and flourish on par with their non-EL peers, it has unfortunately proven in some cases to be only a stopgap. In fact, whether reclassified ELs are actually flourishing in their new mainstream classrooms, and whether these gains are sustained over time, remain empirical questions.
More studies should investigate the potential connections between what ELs are learning, and how, and what this means for their academic success.
A study of the 2002 EL kindergartners in Massachusetts found that most were indeed reclassified after attending three years of school within the state. However, more than half of these students scored below proficient in statewide assessments in math and reading. The picture did not brighten further down the pipeline either. Sizable proportions of the reclassified students, while able to keep pace in mainstream classrooms in the early elementary school years, later encountered difficulties in middle and high school. Some ended up having to repeat a grade in school (Slama, 2014). We need to know the kinds of policies, programs, or practices that can speed up ELs' second language learning and academic content learning so that they succeed in the mainstream classrooms.
Similarly, we should know more about the kinds of policies that place ELs in higher track courses and whether they work in terms of stronger academic outcomes. Analyses of the Educational Longitudinal Study of 2002, a study of public high school students, reveal that "38% of native English speakers completed all the recommended college preparatory course-work;" this was compared to 31 percent of language minority students not placed in English as a Second Language (ESL) classes and 11 percent of EL students in ESL (Callahan and Shifrer, 2016: 16). As with reclassification, being placed in academically rich courses does not necessarily translate into high academic performance for English learners. Researchers, then, should further explore the academic performance of ELs who gain access to higher track courses. One might expect them to get higher academic returns, but do they? And if not, why not, and what can be done to get them there?
This is an important time for new research that may shed light on ways to improve outcomes and reduce inequality for English learners. The recent Every Student Succeeds Act gives special emphasis to English language standards and assessment for ELs. States and school districts are tasked with designing and carrying out plans to raise academic achievement for ELs in the years ahead. The stage is set for research to sort through which ones work and why, so that by the next reauthorization of federal standards-based reform, it will be clear what long-term issues states and districts should consider. Research that considers English learners not just as students, but as children and adolescents with rich experiences outside of school, as well as research that takes a broad, multidimensional view of ELs' academic experiences, will likely be essential to this effort.
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Callahan, Rebecca M. 2005. Tracking and High School English Learners: Limiting Opportunity to Learn. American Educational Research Journal, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 305-328.
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Raw, honest and the use of the word " gutted" brought this to the bone.
It's the kind of writing I wish you didn't have to write but if you did, I'm glad I read it.
Thanks George. I appreciate you taking the time to read and comment.


With a forecast high of 27°C on Saturday, why not head to a local park and enjoy it?
The Maple Grove Park Dog Owners' Association is hosting a BBQ from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the park, located just north of the intersection of St. Mary's Road and the Perimeter Highway.
A minimum donation of $5 will get you a hot dog, drink and if desired, a six-month membership to the association.
From noon to 2 p.m., dogs from Winnipeg's Animal Services Agency will be out available for adoption.
There will also be a number of prizes raffled off.
More information is available at MapleGroveDogPark.ca.


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Duncan Wood
Director, Mexico Institute
Duncan.Wood@wilsoncenter.org 202/691-4086 @AztecDuncan
Economics and Globalization Energy Energy Security NAFTA/USMCA Latin America Mexico North America Canada
Ryan McKenna Ryan.mckenna@wilsoncenter.org 202/691-4217
Duncan Wood, PhD, Director of the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute, is an internationally renowned specialist on North American politics, Mexico and U.S.-Mexican ties who lectures and publishes on hemispheric issues and relations. He regularly gives testimony to the U.S. Congress on U.S.-Mexico relations, is a widely quoted source on Mexican politics, and has published extensively on this and other issues.
Duncan Wood, PhD, Director of the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute, is an internationally renowned specialist on North American politics, Mexico and U.S.-Mexican ties who lectures and publishes on hemispheric issues and relations. He regularly gives testimony to the U.S. Congress on U.S.-Mexico relations, is a widely quoted source on Mexican politics, and has published extensively on this and other issues. He is the author or editor of 12 books and more than 30 chapters and articles. He is currently co-chair of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Transparency and Anti-Corruption, has worked closely with the WEF on Energy policy, and is a member of the editorial board of Foreign Affairs Latinoamerica. From 1996-2012, he was a professor and the director of the International Relations Program at the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM) in Mexico City for 17 years. Over the course of his 30 year career he has been a Fulbright Fellow and a Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS); an editorial advisor to Reforma and El Universal newspapers; Technical Secretary of the Red Mexicana de Energia; a consultant with McLarty Associates, the Economist Intelligence Unit, Horizon and Eurasia Group; and owner of a speakeasy in Mexico City. He studied in the UK and Canada, receiving his Doctorate in Political Studies from Queen's University, Canada, and is a recipient of the Canadian Governor General's Visit Award for contributions to the Mexico-Canada relationship. He is a life-long fan of Liverpool Football Club and will hopefully Never Walk Alone.
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On the Horizon | What to Expect in 2020 Wilson Center Experts Weigh In
Trade and Development
USMCA: So Near, or Just Too Far?
Ground Truth Briefing: Assessing AMLO's First Year
Book Launch | Unmasked: López Obrador & the End of Make-Believe
Response to Trump's Announcement of Tariffs on Mexican Imports
Director Duncan Wood Responds to Mexico Refinery Decision
Trump Threatens to Put Tariffs on Cars Coming from Mexico
Mexico is Learning that if You Give Trump an Inch, He'll Take a Mile
The Contours of Global Security: Border Lines, Critical Regions
AMLO Can't Bend the Mexican Economy to his Will
Grading the Mexican President's First Hundred Days
Ground Truth Briefing | AMLO's First 100 Days
The USMCA and the Future of Mexico's Trade Policy under AMLO
Wilson Center Experts React to President Trump's State of the Union Address
What to Watch in 2019: Wilson Center Experts Weigh In
By: Monde Muyangwa, Michael Morrow , Abraham Denmark, Michael Kugelman, Shihoko Goto , Paulo Sotero, Oscar Vilhena Vieira, Laura Dawson, Alan D. Bersin, Bruce Heyman, Robert Daly, J. Stapleton Roy, Lauren Herzer Risi, Michael Sfraga, Sherri Goodman, Gwen K. Young, Jean H. Lee, Cynthia J. Arnson, Benjamin Gedan, Duncan Wood, Earl Anthony Wayne, Christopher Wilson, Aaron David Miller, David Ottaway, Robin Wright, Michael Sfraga, Ambassador David Balton, James (Jim) Townsend, Matthew Rojansky, William E. Pomeranz, Mykhailo Minakov, Meg King, Anne Bowser, and Benjamin Buchanan


Will a 1998 Chevy S10 2.2 Liter Engine Fit in a 1994 S10 Pick up?
Reader Question Working on a 1994 S-10 2wd 4cyl 2.2L Blown engine Have an available 1998 Wrecked available S-10 2.2L Will the engine interchange with same block and head. It looks close by the eye but I can not find it in a manual anywhere. Where can I find this kind of INFO?
I would call your local salvage yard and ask them. They have what is called a Hollander book, that will tell them of interchange issues like that. I would not take the word of just one place, call 3 of them and see what they say. I would them call the dealership parts department and ask them as well. I have a feeling the emissions system changed, but that might not matter. I am not sure.


List of countries by UNODC homicide rate per year per 100,000 inhabitants.[note 1] The reliability of underlying national murder rate data may vary. Only UNODC data is used in the main table below. In some cases it is not as up to date as other sources. See farther down as to why its data is used over other sources.
UNODC statistics only include the intentional killing of others outside of war. Deaths occurring during situations of civil unrest are a grey area.
Within the broad range of violent deaths, the core element of intentional homicide is the complete liability of the direct perpetrator, which thus excludes killings directly related to war or conflicts, self-inflicted death (suicide), killings due to legal interventions or justifiable killings (such as self-defence), and those deaths caused when the perpetrator was reckless or negligent but did not intend to take a human life (non-intentional homicide).
Though some discrepancies exist in how specific categories of intentional killings are classified, the definitions used by countries to record data are generally close to the UNODC definition, making the homicide rates highly comparable at the international level. UNODC uses the homicide rate as a proxy for overall violence, as this type of crime is one of the most accurately reported and internationally comparable indicators.
Figures from the Global Study on Homicide are based on the UNODC Homicide Statistics dataset, which is derived from the criminal justice or public health systems of a variety of countries and territories. The homicide rates derived from criminal justice data (typically recorded by police authorities) and the public health system data (recorded when the cause of death is established) may diverge substantially for some countries. The two sources usually match in the Americas, Europe and Oceania, but there are large discrepancies for the three African countries reporting both sources. For the 70 countries in which neither source was made available, figures were derived from WHO statistical models.
Deaths resulting from an armed conflict between states are never included in the count. Killings caused by a non-international armed conflict may or may not be included, depending on the intensity of hostilities and whether it is classified as 'civil unrest' or a clash between organized armed groups.
All data in this section comes from the Statistics Online website of the Research and Analysis Branch of UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime).
United Nations geoscheme with region names used in table here.
The regions and region names in the table are based on the United Nations geoscheme since the table sources are United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reports.
There is a total yearly count of homicides for each country. Rates are calculated per 100,000 inhabitants.
Subregion names are based on the United Nations geoscheme.
Row numbers on the left are fixed.
UNODC intentional homicide victims: intentional homicide victims per 100,000 inhabitants.
The following is a list of rates. Click the "show" links next to the country names at the top left of each chart. The references are linked from the sources column.
List of countries by intentional death rate – homicide plus suicide.
^ The 2013 PDF full report (Global Study on Homicide) has a methodological annex (pages 109ff) and a statistical annex (pages 121ff). The statistical annex has detailed charts for homicide counts and rates by country with data from 2000–2012. Map 7.2 on page 112 is a world map showing the homicide count for each country or territory. Page 21 states estimated total homicides of 437,000 worldwide. Figures 1.1 and 1.2 (pages 21 and 22) have exact rates and counts by regions. Figure 1.3 on page 23 is a bar chart of homicide rates for the subregions. Figure 1.16 on page 34 shows timeline graphs by subregion.
^ The UNODC report has bar charts and timeline graphs of homicide rates for subregions. But the report does not list exact rate numbers. Subregion counts are not found in the report, but may be calculated by manually totaling the counts for each country in a subregion.
^ a b c d "UNODC Statistics Online". United Nations Office On Drugs and Crime. Retrieved 12 May 2018. ".
^ Richards, Patsy (27 May 1999). "Homicide statistics, research paper 99/56" (PDF). London, UK: House of Commons of the United Kingdom library, Social and general statistics section. See page 7 for section called "Definition of the offence of homicide". See page 29 for table of nations and homicide rates for the years 1994-97. It also has further info on how homicide is defined across countries.
^ Fry, Don. (1985). Believing the news. ISBN 978-0-935742-11-4.
^ Vizzard, William J. (2000). Shots in the dark. ISBN 978-0-8476-9560-7.
^ Global Burden of Armed Violence Report (PDF) (report). Geneva, Switzerland: Geneva Declaration Secretariat. September 2008. pp. 67ff. ISBN 978-2-8288-0101-4. data from 2004-2007 . The Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development.
^ UNODC 2014, p. 12.
^ 2011 Global Study on Homicide: Trends, Contexts, Data. "data from 2010 or latest available year". United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Vienna, Austria.
^ UNODC 2014, p. 10.
^ UNODC 2014, pp. 102-103.
^ "Note of clarification about the Global Study on Homicide 2013". UNODC. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
^ "Global Study on Homicide 2013: Executive Summary" (PDF). UNODC. p. 19. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
^ a b UNODC 2014, p. 99.
^ UNODC 2014, p. 101.
^ a b UNODC 2014, p. 104.
^ "Intentional homicide victims | Statistics and Data". dataunodc.un.org. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
^ UNODC 2014, pp. 7-8.
^ "Intentional Homicide Victims". UNODC. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
^ a b c d e f g h Dearden, Jack; Jones, Warwick. Homicide in Australia: 2006-07 National Homicide Monitoring Program annual report (PDF) (Report). Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. p. 113. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-16. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
^ a b c d e f g h Homicide Statistics: 2011 Australian Government report (Report). Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. Archived from the original on 2012-10-29. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
^ a b c d e f g h Recorded Crime-Victims (PDF) (Report). Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
^ "Homicide in Canada, 2017". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af "Crime rates per 100,000 ihnabitants 1997-2017" (PDF) (in Spanish). Executive Secretariat of the National System for Public Security. 20 January 2018. p. 3. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
"Incidencia Delictiva del Fuero Común 2018" (PDF) (in Spanish). Secretariado Ejecutivo. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay "State-by-state and National Crime Estimates by Year(s)". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
^ "UNODC Homicide Statistics". Universidad de Puerto Rico.
^ "Homicide Trends 2003–2008". UNODC. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
Global Study on Homicide 2013: Trends, Contexts, Data (PDF). Vienna: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. March 2014. ISBN 9789210542050. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
The Homicide Monitor map. Made by Brazil-based think tank, The Igarapé Institute.


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Syfy's "Van Helsing" Season 2 Gets a Very Blood-Filled Trailer
Our friends over at Variety got their hands on the first trailer reveal for the second season of SyFy's "Van Helsing", which debuted at the San Diego Comic-Con last night. We can't help but be impressed and entertained by what is shown, and it's cleverly put together very much like a music video montage.
"The series follows Vanessa Van Helsing, a descendant of the legendary line of vampire hunters. The country has been turned into a wasteland after volcanic ash has left the sky darkened, allowing vampires to rise to power. Van Helsing awakens from a three-year coma to discover that she's not only immune to the vampires, but also has the ability to make them human again."
Starring Kelly Overton as Vanessa Van Helsing, Jonathan Scarfe (Hell on Wheels), Christopher Heyerdahl (Stargate Atlantis, Hell on Wheels), Paul Johansson (Mad Men), David Cubitt (Ray Donovan) and Tim Guinee (Stargate SG-1, Homeland).
Syfy's season 2 of "Van Helsing" arrives this coming fall.
Neil LaBute is the showrunner.
New 'Ghost House' Images Show Scout Taylor-Compton Haunted by Spirits
Netflix's Epic Trailer for 'Bright' Showcases Will Smith and Joel Edgerton!


NewCal Events Ltd, formerly known as Transat Tours, has now dedicated itself exclusively to inbound destination management services within the conference, incentive and special event market.
"As Transat Tours, we encompassed both the MICE and FIT markets. By changing our focus slightly and targeting what we do best, a rebrand was inevitable to grow business further. As NewCal Events, we want to show both current and potential clients that we are now dedicated exclusively to the MICE industry. Our positive attitude, flexible demeanour and open minds ensure each and every programme run is a success and that we consistently achieve our longstanding commitment of doing everything possible to make our client look great!", says Suzanne Kenyon, NewCal Events owner/operator.
NewCal Events Ltd is New Caledonia's leading specialist in destination management and event organisation. As an owner/operator, Suzanne Kenyon provides a dynamic one-stop-shop for the MICE market by offering the highest standard of creativity and event management services on the island. Whether it's a Fantasy island off site dinner on an exclusive island with fireworks over the world's largest natural lagoon, a Parisien Versaille themed dinner at the architecturally world renowned Tjibaou Cultural Center, a decadent French gourmet tour with the French wines, cheeses and chocolates, a joy ride over the reef, a relaxed French cooking lesson or sailing regattas to a deserted island, fun and creative team building NewCal Events can make it happen.
Every programme is tailor made and created especially for each individual client and their company's specific requirements. NewCal Events also has very strong relationships with local suppliers in New Caledonia, thus providing you with highly competitive rates and not only exemplary service, but a personal experience that will exceed your expectations.
Hold your next event in New Caledonia and you too can experience where 'passion and the Pacific meet'!


Darmstadt (renewablepress) - In the past years, Greece nearly doubled its share from renewable energy sources and thus is expected to reach their initial 18% goal set for 2020 (Eurostat, 2019). In line with this development, the Greek Islands play an essential role in the efforts of the Government to reach the new EU renewable energy goals for 2030.
With notable projects e.g. on Kythnos for solar, wind and micro-grids and on Tilos for wind, solar with storage, Greece has long been on the forefront of RE grid integration in Europe. The recently concluded Smart Island Project, for instance, aimed to increase RE penetration while ensuring proper operation and management of two non-interconnected islands' electrical systems. The Greek Islands thus provide valuable experience for the transfer of innovative technologies in other non-interconnected systems as well as larger interconnected systems.
The 4th International Hybrid Power Systems Workshop from 22 – 23 May in Crete offers 120+ specialists the opportunity to learn more about Greek and international projects as well as up-to-date research in their field. The conference offers 80+ presentations in 20 sessions in which the experts share their practical experiences, results, solutions and lesson learned from concluded and on-going projects, e.g. in Indonesia, the Canary Islands, the Azores, the Faeroe Islands, Jamaica and many more.
The opening session will focus on grid integration of renewables in Greece. A dedicated session on project experiences in Greece will provide deep insights into the power systems of the Greek islands with a focus on the workshop host island Crete and case studies from Samos and Tilos.
Publication and Reprint free of charge; please send a voucher copy to Energynautics GmbH.
Please note: The publisher of this press release »Energynautics GmbH« is responsible for the content.


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Q: Unable to get text from toasted message in selenium java I am new to selenium(java), I was able to inspect element for Toasted message but not sure how to get text and validate the case.
Scenario :
1.Click on sign in button
2.Toasted message is appeared for 10 seconds.
3.Should capture the toasted message and validate text.
Can any one help me in this.

A: First, wait for Toasted message
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 80);
element=wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath(locator)));

Get the text from toasted message
String actualText =driver.findElement(By.xpath("YourXpath")).getText();

Mention the text you are expcting:
String expectedText = "Your Text"

Finally, compare actual with expected:
Assert.assertEquals(actualText, expectedText);

Let me know if you need any other help.

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Johnny we hardly knew ye."
Memorial Day here in the Greater Norwalk area was observed as it was in other cities and towns across the land.
There was a ceremony last Friday that honored the state veterans in a most significant way. It didn't grab major headlines, but it was an example of the state of Connecticut realizing its debt to its veterans.
Gov. M. Jodi Rell led in the dedication of a state-of-the-art facility that stands close to the decrepit facility that has been a home for some of the state's neediest veterans. The 125-bed facility will offer veterans a chance for medical care that was lacking in the old home.
The facility was built with a combination of state and federal money totaling $42 million. Work included not only the new facility but provided for badly needed repairs to water lines to the buildings on the 60-acre site. The new facility is called the Levitow Veterans Health Center, named after one of five men from Connecticut awarded the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War.
Connecticut was the first state in the country to commit to caring for its veterans in a residential setting, even as the Civil War shattered the nation. That first facility was not in Rocky Hill, but in Darien.
Benjamin Fitch, too old to fight in the Civil War, established the Fitch Home for Soldiers and their Orphans. Already a millionaire -- when they were very rare -- he retired to Darien to pursue his philanthropy.
He helped organize the 28th Regiment from this area. This led to his donating the five acres on which the first home arose, again because of his generous donation of $100,000.
The state took over operation of the Fitch Home in 1888, and it housed veterans of the Indian wars, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, the Mexican War and World War I.
The state decided to seek a new, larger site and thus Rocky Hill was selected. On Aug. 28, 1940, Edmund Kleespies, 97, the last living Civil War veteran in the home, led the 559 residents down to the Noroton train station where they boarded four railroad cars for the journey to their new home.
Gov. Rell and former Gov. John G. Rowland played important roles in the rehabilitation of Rocky Hill, but much of the credit must go to Linda Schwartz, state commissioner of Veterans Affairs -- a veteran herself -- who has been the driving force behind the new facility.
Sadly, it will see new residents coming home to Rocky Hill -- older veterans of Korea and Vietnam, and much younger ones from Afghanistan and Iraq.
It's the very least we -- and the state -- could do for their service.


Discussion in 'Vegas Trip Reports' started by KVR, Jul 25, 2002.
This was our second trip in 6 months. Prior to that neither of us had been in 17 years. We went in January, 2002 for 4 days / 3 nights, which was not enough time and decided to go back for a longer stay. July 15 was our 2nd wedding anniversary and seemed fitting for another trip. This trip was about seeing and doing everything we missed before. We are not gamblers.
We flew Southwest Airlines out of Midland. Plane was 30 minutes behind, but no big deal. Noticed that security had laxed some since January. No armed guards and no personal searches unless you beeped through the metal detector. We stayed at the Flamingo and did the check in at the airport about 4:00pm. This was great. Nobody was there when we were. Told the desk person it was our anniversary and asked for an upgrade. No upgrade. Indicated they had 2 rooms available - 5th floor with pool view or a higher floor with no view. Took the 5th floor. Some view though, just the tops of all the palm trees surrounding the pool. Used LVL to the hotel. Check in desk at the hotel had a very long line even that late in the afternoon on a Monday, so glad we did the airport check in. We thought the room was quite nice. Comparing it to Westward Ho, where we stayed in January, it was a definite improvement. Very conveniently located to the pool, outside doors and buffet/restaurant area. I agree that the bathroom is quite small and doesn't accommodate 2 people.
Since it was our anniversary, we made dinner reservations at the Eiffel Tower Restaurant at the Paris. Table for 2 over looking the Belliago Fountains. This restaurant was perfect to celebrate our anniversary. The food was wonderful, service was good, but could have been a bit friendlier. A little too snobby for me. The escargot, bone-in rib eye and crème brulee was excellent. The fountain show was also great viewing. Will defiantly eat there again. Headed over to the Belliago after dinner for a closer view of the fountains and toured their conservatory. The landscaping and flowers are just beautiful.
Had the breakfast buffet at Ballys. Very good, but I thought expensive. The fresh seafood was a nice touch, but could have done without it and they could have lowered the price. Walked from Ballys to Mandalay Bay. Yes, it was hot. Went through the Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay. This was a nice exhibit. Really enjoyed the aquariums and loved the jelly fish display. Took the Tram to Excalibur. Stopped for a Krispy Kreme snack and then headed over to the Mirage. Toured the Dolphin Habitat, Tigers and the Secret Garden. Nice exhibit also. Really enjoyed the dolphins. I just love ocean life anyway. Went through several hotels that we missed on our first visit and played a few slots and VP. Went over the the Belliago and ate at Olives for lunch. After so many rave reviews, just had to try it. OK, the flat bread pizza is pretty good, but the price was outrageous. 1 pizza, 1 spaghetti (which wasn't that great) 2 beers and dessert = $70. Was not impressed with the food or service (the waiter was quite snotty) Won't be going back in the future. Had reservations at 8:00 for the Improve. Had planned on eating at Harrah's Fresh Market Square Buffet, but was running late and the line was very long. Ended up at their sport's bar for a quick sandwich. Food was good there also. One of the best coleslaw dishes I've had. The Improve was a good show. Seen better, seen worse, but enjoyable. Afterward, walked over to the Mirage and saw the Volcano show. Then down to Treasure Island for the Pirate show. Got there right before 11:00 and it was so crowded you couldn't see a thing. I've never seen so many people and they were spilling into the street. Very angry drivers. Went over to the Carnival court bar and watched their free show for awhile. Got some free beads also and then called it a night.
We had a Hot Air Balloon ride scheduled at 5:00 am, got up at 4:00 am, ordered room service and then got a call at 4:30am that the ride had been cancelled because it was raining and rescheduled for tomorrow. Darn! Went back to bed until 10:00am. Headed over to the Las Vegas Hilton for the Star Trek Experience. This is a great exhibit. I hope the rumors of its closing it just that - a rumor. You can tell a lot of time, work and ingenuity had been put into this exhibit. Lots of memorabilia and the time line from the real past and then their future meshed together is really great. The stimulation ride was really good and I liked how they "beam" you on board. Their Enterprise set-up looks exactly how it does on TV. We probably spent about 2 hours in there and we really aren't even die-hard Stark Trek fans. We checked out Quarks bar afterwards, but nothing seemed appealing, so we headed back to the Strip and went to NY NY to Gonzales y Gonzales for lunch. Their food was really pretty good. Not like the Mexican food you get here in Texas, but it was good. After lunch, we headed back to the Strip, it apparently had been a down pour rain while we were eating. The sidewalk and cross ways were flooded and most of the moving sidewalks and escalators weren't working. It was just lightly sprinkling then so decided to go ahead and make the trek back down to the Flamingo. Stopped a few places for the cheap souvenirs to take home and by the time we got to the Belliago, it was raining pretty good.
Had dinner reservations at the Red Square at Mandalay Bay at 7:00pm. When we left the hotel it was still raining, so took a cab. This restaurant was wonderful and decently priced. Have read questionable reviews about their service, which I do agree with. First, we had a reservation. The couple in front us asked "if they had anything available" and was immediately seated. We had to wait 15 minutes. Assumed that since we had to wait, we'd get a good table - presumed wrong. Crappy table in the middle of the room, with all the wait staff having to squeeze by us to get through. I hate that. Would have like to had one of the cozy booths around the perimeter. Our waiter, again, quite snooty, but the food was exceptional. Smothered Belini (did I spell that right), Chicken Kiev, Beef Stroganoff, the best Crème Brulee I have ever had, and Raspberry Martini's - Yum! Will eat their again. On the downside, this restaurant is very small and if you want to sit at the bar with the cool ice strip for your martini, you better get there when the doors first open. Standing room only. On our way out of the Mandalay we decided to play one of the oversized $2 slot machines. Playing $2 at a time, on the fourth pull, hit $72.00. We cashed out.
Headed over to the Rio for the Masquerade in the Sky Show. We caught the 9:00 and 10:00 show. For a free show, it was pretty good and we got pictures made with one of the show girls. Played VP. Was up about $30.00 and quit. Had planned on going up to the VooDoo Lounge, but the line was about a mile long to get in with a cover charge, so decided to skip it. Went back to the Flamingo and decided to try Black Jack. Though neither of us have played before, we did pretty good. The first dealer was very nice and helpful, but the second dealer was not interested in our lack of knowledge, so we left.
Up again at 4:00am for the Hot Air Balloon ride. Ordered room service and headed down to the doors for pick up at 5:00am. We saw this being advertised when we were here in January, and this was the only thing DH insisted that we do. They advertised a 1-hour ride with champagne and picture for one price per person. A little deceptive. They booked 9 people for this ride. That means 4 people + the pilot in the basket and you only got 30 minutes per group. The basket is quite small and you had to be a little to friendly with strangers for room. No picture, but champagne with cheese and crackers after the 2nd group completed their ride. It was pretty cool, but we both agreed the helicopter flight we did on our last visit was much better. After being dropped back off at our hotel, headed to the famous pool area to soak up some hot sun. The pool was quite crowded, but we managed to find a place by the waterfall pool area. There is a guy at the entrance who is supposed to be checking room keys, but he wasn't interested in doing so and we walked right past him. If you want a towels though, they demand a room key. They had the pool grill going and we got hamburgers. Yum! Would have been better if they provided all of the fixings - no veggies, but the meat was good and the bun was fresh and soft. You can charge food and drinks to your room, which was quite convenient. About 3:00pm people started clearing out, which left plenty of room. Went and checked out the Flamingo and Penguin exhibit. Was able to watch while the caretakers fed the penguins. They are so cute with lots of personality. The caretaker gave an overview of their history and preservation efforts.
Had reservations at Caesars Magical Empire at 7:00. This was very enjoyable. Really liked all the magicians with their comical/sarcastic flare. The dinner was quite good, but I think the portions were lacking. Had a couple of characters in our group, who were funny at first, but started to get on the nerves as we went. We had a couple of drinks at the bar and watched the skeletons play the piano. The tunnel was fun, but not a good idea after all the wine and beer we had. Afterwards, went through the Forum of Shops and did the Race for Atlantis ride. We did this last trip and had so much fun, just had to do it again. Then went to Cleopatra's barge. Really liked the atmosphere here. Laid back, older crowd, live band playing hits from the 80's and 90's. Again, quite crowded and not enough room to accommodate everybody. They charged $6.00 for a Corona, so we didn't stay long. Went to Caesar's 24 hour cafe and ordered beer and Rueben sandwiches. Very good, and called it a night.
Slept in 'til about 11:00am. After getting up at 4am the last 2 mornings, staying out late and walking, we were tired. Walked over to Monte Carlo and ate lunch at the Micro Brewery. We ordered the tasting micro beers. Not bad, but we are not beer drinkers either as I only drink Corona and DH only drinks Bud light, but for $7.00 it was great to try it. The food was quite good and DH made a comment that I finally took him to a restaurant that has "real" food and none of that fancy smancy stuff. This would be a great place to come at night. Finally a restaurant not the size of a match box, with plenty of room and tables. We walked around the shopping area and stopped to have a character sketch done. It was really cute of the both of us.
We decided to check out Downtown. We walked only around the Freemont Experience and checked out all of the hotels. Did some more tourist shopping and played black jack at 4 Queens and Binions. The Freemont Experience was pretty neat, but nothing major. I can see way Downtown is having a hard time. DH really enjoyed it and stated that the next time we come, he'd rather stay down here than on the Strip. Ate dinner at Stefano's in the Golden Nugget. Very enjoyable. The wait staff was friendly and efficient. We had linguini with Alfredo sauce and 2 lobster tails on top. The portions were huge and no way we could finish it. If I'd known it was going to be that big, we could have easily shared it. The food was wonderful, and very expensive.
Time to go home. We ate breakfast at Lindy's restaurant in the Flamingo. Had the Huerves Rancheros. Very good. Service quick and friendly then headed to the airport. No problems with check in lines or getting through security. Much improved from our last visit. The flight was over filled and they needed 6 volunteers to give up their seats. Would have done it, but they next flight was routed through Austin and would take another 4 hours to get us home, so we declined. We had group boarding A. We really liked the new check in. You don't have to wait in line to check your luggage and then wait in line again to get the boarding pass. Just one line for both.
We had a great trip. Saw a lot of things, did a lot of stuff and just had a great time. The weather was not great, the crowds were terrible, there were hundreds of kids everywhere, however, none of the attractions we saw were full. It was hard walking down the street or through the casinos though and all the restaurants/bars were full to capacity. Ended up using taxis more than we wanted. Though every meal we had was quite good and enjoyable, we picked several expensive restaurants. Would like to try some lower end restaurants and more shows next time. We had another trip planned for the first week of November, but when we picked up the tickets for this trip our TA told us she just got an exceptional deal for Cancun if we were interested. Just couldn't turn it down, so we are going to Cancun in November instead. We've decided that Las Vegas in January or July is really not a good time to go because of the weather and the crowds. Looking at the end of April / first of May for next trip. Sometime after Spring break, but before schools let out for the summer. Hope that time of year is better. We are interested in spending time at Lake Mead and doing other types of tours like ATV's, rafting, Grand Canyon, etc. than just hanging on the Strip.
Was hoping to add a picture link to this review (took 4 rolls), but Wal-Mart is being too slow getting them back to me. That's what happens when you live in the middle of nowhere. Will add the link later.
What I enjoyed about your report was how you evaluated each of your experiences. It gave me a feel for what I could expect should I eat at this place or go for a balloon ride, etc.
Would you be so kind as to share me which company you had the hot air balloon ride with, what the cost was, and a phone number if you have it. I will be in Vegas next week and would love to celebrate the BIG 40 with a hot air balloon ride.
Nice report. How pricey was Gonzalez y Gonzalez?
They only do sunrise rides in the summer because of the heat, but in the winter they do sunset rides also. I have pictures and will hopefully have all of them posted on our website sometime next week and can post a link.
DH had a enchilda plate (3) and I had the make you own combination plate with (3) items. 1 beer, 1 tea and 1 dessert (flan) For $35.00. Not bad.
Nice job on your trip report! I like how you review several restaurants. My DH agrees with yours and would rather stay downtown next time we go. He liked the closeness of everything...how you could easily walk from casino to casino.


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Hello Skype, FaceTime, and Facebook chat (and all the others I can't think of off the top of my head)!
The future finally arrived! But something funny happened on the way…we don't seem to like it.
In fact, most people I know (myself included) would rather text than even talk old-school audio-only style.
I don't know. I suppose you could blame social media in general.
When the big social boom happened 8-10 years ago, people loved it! They embraced those newfound services that allowed you to peer to into the lives of friends, family, and strangers, as if you were watching a pseudo-reality show unfold, depending on how much we were willing to share with our followers.
But as I write this in 2018, I think the honeymoon is over; the bloom off the rose.
Now that we know so much about our fellow fellows, we're kind of regretting it. Some people don't share your sense of humor and come off "inappropriate;" some people are rude; some people (gasp!) don't agree with your politics.
Wasn't it more fun back in the day when you didn't know all these things about people that were once kept private?
Friends (and even family members) that we always kept in our thoughts, even if we didn't see them often, are now being shut out of people's lives forever, simply because they told a dirty joke online or they (gasp!) don't agree with your politics.
The whole thing has watered down social media, and frankly, people are tired of it, opting instead for a more curated list of "friends" they can better relate to, just like we did before the Internet.
When humanity keeps beating you over the head and you want to retreat from it, it's no wonder people don't wish to FaceTime anymore, or even pick up the phone to talk.
Thankfully, my mom never cottoned to social media (she barely uses the Internet at all) and she doesn't text. So when she calls me, I have to pick up (or call her back), and the conversation is always meaningful and three hours long.
It sure makes you miss the old days.


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John Keats was born on the 31st October in 1795 in London, England, to Thomas Keats, an innkeeper, and Frances Keats. Unfortunately, his father breathed his last in 1803 when he was just eight years old, and his mother died of tuberculosis in 1810. He spent his early years with his widowed grandmother at Edmonton, Middlesex.
John Keat's father worked as a stable keeper and could not afford his education. Keats got his primary education from a local dame school. Later, in 1803, he enrolled himself at the John Clarke's school in Enfield. There he was exposed to classics and history: his friend also introduced him to renaissance literature and writers such as Tasso, Spenser, and Chapman's translations. Soon the demise of his father changed his life. Abandoning studies, he started working with Thomas Hammond, a well-known surgeon of his time. To supplement his knowledge, he also started studying medicine at London Hospital. Although he was doing well in medicine, destiny had planned a different direction for him. He devoted himself more and more toward arts and literature. This change can be witnessed in the poem "An Imitation to Spencer". It was published in 1814. Later, in 1816 his sonnet "O Solitude" appeared in The Examiner. This immediate success triggered him to produce masterpieces such as odes and sonnets. Most of his works were published during April and May of 1819.
Love and Tragedy
After the death of his brother, he moved to the Hampstead area of London with Charles Brown in 1819. There he found the love of his life, Fanny Brawne. By the end of 1819, they got formally engaged: his love gave him the strength to compose some of his most famous poems like "Ode on a Grecian Urn" and "Ode to a Nightingale." The young poet also wrote remarkable epistles and letters. Then in 1820, all his hopes and plans began to fade away when he was diagnosed with tuberculosis. He had to bid farewell to his love and move to Italy to avoid severe English weather. It is in the same year, he quit writing poetry. Though he loved Fanny, he never got married due to his illness.
When he separated from Fanny, he lost interest in life, and everything came to an end. He died on 23 February 1821, in Rome at the age of twenty-five. He was buried at the Protestant Cemetery in Rome. Although his life was short, he managed to produce outstanding literary pieces.
He worked as an Apothecary Surgeon for five years.
It was Edmund Spencer's Faerie Queene that turned him to the world of literature, and he wrote many masterpieces.
When he became a published poet, he burnt his earlier works, considering them awful.
During his short life of 25 years, Keats published fifty-four poems and three novels as well as a few magazines using a wide range of poetic forms, including odes and sonnets.
Writing Career
John Keats led a traumatic life. However, obstacles like the death of his parents and his illness did not slow down his writing. He also became a licensed apothecary in 1816, though he did not find medicine liking to his taste. Rather, he found his liking to literature while working at the hospital. He became a friend of the editor of The Examiner, Leigh Hunt, who triggered his literary career, introducing him to literary figures such as Wordsworth and P. B. Shelly. He continued writing, which finally led him to see his first poem appear in The Examiner in 1816, followed by his first book "Poems" in 1817. From then onward, he devoted himself to poetry and produced masterpieces like "Endymion" and "Hyperion." Later, in 1819, he produced more excellent works such as, "I stood tip-toe", "Sleep and Poetry", "Keen Fitful Gusts", "Ode on a Grecian Urn", "Ode to Nightingale" and "La Belle Dame Sans Merci." Besides these marvelous poems and sonnets, he wrote letters to his friends and family explaining his ideas about life, love, and poetry, which were published in 1848 and 1878 and won instant public appreciation.
After establishing his career, first as a surgeon and then as a poet, Keats made a name in the world of literature. He gained immense popularity on account of unique ideas he expressed in his literary pieces. The early demise of his parents made him understand that the human condition is a blend of beauty as well as pain. That is why he blended these ideas into his poetry, such as; "Ode on a Grecian Urn" and "Endymion." The recurring thematic strands in most of the poems include love, nature, beauty, and mankind. He often used literary devices like metaphors, sensual imagery, symbolism, and similes as his style.
John Keats's Works
Best Poems: Some of the best poems he has written include "Ode on a Grecian Urn", "Ode to Nightingale", "Endymion", "Hyperion," and "When I Have Fears."
Letters: Although he spent most of his life writing poetry, his letters also won fame for him. His famous letters include; "To Charles Cowden Clarke", "To Benjamin Robert Haydon", "To Charles CowdenClarke" and "To George and Thomas Keats."
John Keats's Impact on Future Literature
John Keats will always be a great poet and a writer who started his writing career at a young age. He became popular quite early in his short life. His unique writing style and literary qualities of his masterpieces brought great changes in the world of literature. He had a significant influence on a diverse range of writers and poets. Jorge Louis Borges states that his literary encounter with John Keats' poetry remained the most significant event of his life. In fact, Keats successfully brought the concept of beauty into the light and its permanent existence in the human soul. His ideas expressed in his poems and letters influence other writers to imitate his style. They considered him a role model for their poetry.
John Keats's Famous Quotes
"A thing of beauty is a joy forever:
Its loveliness increases;
It will never pass into nothingness." (Endymion)
"Love in a hut, with water and a crust, Is-
-Love, forgive us!–cinders, ashes, dust;
Love in a palace is perhaps at last
More grievous torment than a hermit's fast." (Lamia)
Beauty is truth, truth beauty,"
–that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. (Ode on a Grecian Urn)
"Away! Away! I will fly to thee,
Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards,
But on the viewless wings of Poesy." (Ode to a Nightingale)
Ode to a Nightingale
To Autumn
When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be
Ode on a Grecian Urn
Bright Star, Would I Were Stedfast as Thou Art
La Belle Dame sans Merci: A Ballad
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