Richard Innes brings a uniquely independent viewpoint to public education research. Approaching education studies from a parent's point of view, Innes deploys background and experience that few parents can match. As an Air Force instructor pilot in 1971, Innes was a member of the initial cadre of program developers during the introduction of automated teaching machines into the Air Force's pilot training program. Innes developed courseware for this new technology using some of the same standards-based education theories now being applied to public education. Thus, Innes has long-term experience with these theories exceeding that of many professional educators. A graduate electrical engineer with both Bachelor's and Master's degrees, Innes also understands analytical research and technical reporting.
Innes has made a number of important discoveries involving education. At the very beginning of his studies in 1994, he identified an incorrect science question from Kentucky's public school assessment. The error had been missed by many teachers as well as managers responsible for administration of the assessment. Innes discovered the problem after the question had been released as an exemplary practice problem for schools. Innes identified many other erroneous questions from Kentucky's assessment after this first discovery. In the mid-1990's Innes also performed some of the earliest independent studies on the validity of Kentucky's dropout figures and graduation rates. Questions he raised have dogged these figures ever since, culminating in a legislative call for an independent audit in August 2003. Innes also was the first to publicly highlight severe imbalances in the distribution of resources in Kentucky's Extended School Services program, which encompasses the state's tutorial and remedial programs. Innes showed in 1995 that fourth grade students were receiving a seriously disproportionate share of the total effort deployed in this program. The discovery led to a major article in the Lexington Herald-Leader newspaper, and in succeeding years, distribution of these services improved.
Innes attained national attention with his stunning discovery in 1999 that Kentucky's notable improvement between 1994 and 1998 on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 4th grade reading assessment was apparently due to a 250 percent rise in the state's exclusion of students with learning disabilities. This discovery has had long-term impacts on the NAEP, and professional studies still continue today in an effort to clearly define the exact amount of inflation caused by these sharp exclusion rises.
News articles including comments about Innes' work and his letters to the editor have appeared in a number of papers including USA Today, The Christian Science Monitor, Education Week, The Lexington Herald-Leader, the Louisville Courier-Journal, the Kentucky Post, and the Kentucky Enquirer. He is currently affiliated with the Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions of Bowling Green, Kentucky.


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7/31/2022 July 31, 2022 - 8/4/2022 August 4, 2022
July 31, 2022 @ 2:00 pm Recurring
Something Rotten! Broadway's Hilarious Smash (Plymouth)
Priscilla Beach Theatre 800 Rocky Hill Road, Plymouth, MA
The Broadway hit musical comedy SOMETHING ROTTEN! comes to the Priscilla Beach Theatre (PBT) stage from July 28 through August 13. An original new show, SOMETHING ROTTEN! tells the story of two unknown and floundering Renaissance playwrights, Nick and Nigel Bottom, in their rivalry with the phenomenally successful star of the 1590s stage, William Shakespeare....
Japanese Tea Ceremony at the Art Complex Museum (Duxbury)
Art Complex Museum 189 Alden Street, Duxbury, MA
The Japanese Tea Ceremony is a symbol of Japanese formality and spiritual aestheticism. Visitors may observe this ritual practice as it is performed in our "Wind in the Pines" tea hut. Seating available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Hair: The Musical! (Norwell)
The Company Theatre 30 Accord Park Drive, Norwell, MA
The Age of Aquarius dawns again! It's the summer of love, and a group of young Americans are looking to change the world. Hair, the legendary rock musical bursts onto the stage with its Grammy Award-winning score. Celebrate "harmony and understanding" with Broadway's first great rock musical. For mature audiences. July 29, 30 and August 4, 5,...
Plimoth Patuxet Adventure Camp (Plymouth)
Plimoth Patuxet Museums 137 Warren Avenue, Plymouth, MA
Week of August 1-5 - Explore the Past Like Never Before With a New Immersive, Hands-on Summer Camp From Plimoth Patuxet Museums! Become a history detective and solve puzzles, conduct living history experiments, and discover what life was like in Plymouth and Patuxet in the 1600s. You`ll learn new skills along the way as you...
Summer Lawn Concerts at the Library: Magnolia Cajun Band (Plymouth)
Plymouth Public Library 132 South Street, Plymouth, MA
August 1-Magnolia uses a variety of instruments, including the accordion, fiddles, guitar, bass, triangle, and drums. In addition to the toe tapping music, listen for anecdotes and stories about the unique animals and outdoor adventures of the Louisiana Bayou. Enjoy a different genre of music every week, Mondays at 6:30pm on the Plymouth Library's front...
Scituate History 101 (Scituate)
Grand Army Hall 353 Country Way, Scituate, MA
Presented By Mat Brown. Mat will attempt, in less than 2 hours, to outline the entire history of that area of the world now called "Scituate, Massachusetts", from the last great ice age to the present, with a visual presentation of over 100 slides. This is the first time this feat has ever been attempted and may...
Tea Leaf Reading at Shelly's Tea Rooms (Plymouth)
Shelly's Tea Rooms 51 Court Street, Plymouth, MA
The event is limited to 20 people, the ticket is inclusive of our indulgent Cream Tea beginning with your selection of Tea from our 103 teas along with two freshly baked scones served with strawberry preserve and clotted cream and of course your Tea leaf reading with one of our resident readers. The readings are...
Wine & Walk Treasured Trash Exhibit Tour (Sandwich)
Heritage Museum & Gardens 67 Grove Street, Sandwich, MA
In this program, Assistant Curator, Amanda Wastrom, will lead a small group on a tour of this season's outdoor art installation, Treasured Trash, after regular visiting hours. Start with a glass of wine and a light snack before striking out on a walking tour of the artworks in their beautiful garden settings. Along the way, Amanda...
August 3, 2022 @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm Recurring
2022 Summer of Love Concert Series (Onset)
Bay View Park 184 Onset Avenue, Onset, MA
Free live music returns to the waterfront in Onset! Meet us at the Gazebo in Bay View Park, 184 Onset Ave. Next to Onset Pier. Please BYOChair. Family friendly! Leashed well behaved dogs welcome. Food and drink available within walking distance. In case of rain, we move the shows to the Onset VFW, 4 Gibbs Ball...
Project Arts 26th Annual FREE Summer Concert Series (Plymouth)
DCR Pilgrim Memorial State Park 79 Water Street, Plymouth, MA
Celebrate 2022 with the well-known and loved FREE Summer Concert Series on Wednesday nights with a variety of live music on the beautiful Plymouth Waterfront. All shows are from 6:30pm to 9:30pm at the bandstand in the DCR Pilgrim Memorial State Park at 79 Water Street, Plymouth. 2022 Schedule: 06/29 Irish Night With Joshua Tree&...
Beneath Our Feet: A Public Archaeology Panel Discussion (Plymouth)
Join Plimoth Patuxet Museums for a panel discussion about the relationships between archaeologists and Indigenous communities and how their work is reshaping how we think about our nation's earliest beginnings. Featured speakers include Dr. David Landon (University of Massachusetts Boston), Dr. Stephen Mrozowski (University of Massachusetts Boston), Dr. Donna Rae Gould (Brown University), and Tribal...
Spire Lobby Jazz Series: Tish Adams & Evening Sky (Plymouth)
Spire Center for the Performing Arts 25 1/2 Court Street, Plymouth, MA
This concert blends the soulful vocal stylings of Rhode Island's Tish Adams with Evening Sky's eclectic sounds. Jazz vocalist Tish Adams is a well-known stage personality, music educator, and concert producer. She is a very popular performer throughout the Northeast U.S. Evening Sky is a jazz/roots/Americana quartet. Their rhythmic, smooth, and playful approach forms a unique...

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If Mooring Belts Are Made Slack Prior To Major Storms, Belt Movement Will Be Reduced.
Gravity Weight Anchors Are Sized To Prevent Vertical Mooring Line Overload. They Will Lift Off The Seabed Under High Mooring Line Load And To Return To Their Seabed Origin On Guide Piles.
the Super Watt Wave Catcher Barge© Presentation, and the Super Watt Wave Catcher Barge Overview.
Super Watt Wave Catcher Barges© are flat bottom barges that ride the water's surface and use their mooring lines to turn generators located inside the buoyant bodies to generate electricity. The tops of these mooring lines are likely to be steel wire reinforced rubber belts, like the rubber timing belts on cars and trucks, that go over large diameter pulleys on their way to power large generators. These belts are resistant to the numerous cycles of varying wave loading and sea water splash zone corrosion. The generators can be of any type known to those familiar with the art. They can be rotating generators, linear generators, hydraulic pump driven generators, compressors, etc.
Super Watt Wave Catchers Barges© use the high vertical drag coefficient large flat barge bottoms to catch as much vertical wave pressure as possible by a single floating structure. The barge bottoms have increased vertical and horizontal drag coefficients over flat plate bottoms increasing both vertical and horizontal operational wave forces on the barge. The pressure on the barge lifts the barges up on swell waves almost the height of the swell waves and causes the barge to move horizontally every 5 to 10 seconds with the wave period. The barge's resulting high vertical mooring line loads apply torque, to the 12 meter diameter flywheels on the barge, that is roughly 6 times the torque needed by the new direct drive wind turbine type generators. When the generators are a rotating type, the steel wire reinforced rubber belts first go over large diameter articulated pulleys, then go over large diameter uni-directional pulleys, then wind large recoil springs located inside large diameter flywheels. The stored torque in the recoil spring and flywheel combination finally turns the rotating generators. The forces in the mooring belts are large enough to turn large wind turbine generators. All equipment is located under a water tight enclosure on top of the barge proving a safe dry area for equipment preservation, maintenance and wear part replacement. The use of large diameter low friction bearings in these systems provides minimum mechanical losses and maximum belt life. Mooring lines and mooring belts can be replaced offshore leaving very little reason left for returning the barge to port for maintenance other than hull recoating every 30 years.
Steel wire reinforced belts are likely to be used since they have proven to have long lives in all sorts of applications including car and truck engines. Rubber is also resistant to sea water corrosion. Offshore platforms have successfully used reinforced rubber coatings in the splash zone areas for decades. Rubber's long term resistance to seawater is best indicated by airplanes on the decks of sunken World War II aircraft carriers that still have air in their tires. The Super Watt and Original Wave Catcher Barges© both use two similar size steel wire rope reinforced belts at each corner of the Wave Catcher Barge. Both belts are 100% redundant allowing each belt to be replaced independently and providing a backup in case one breaks or is weakened.
The steel wire reinforced belts first go over a large diameter articulated pulley which is needed to accommodate various mooring line angle changes under the range of possible vessel motion while at the same time maintaining the belt in the center of the pulley and not subjecting the belt to wear or fatigue. Large diameter pulleys maximize belt life and minimize mechanical losses.
The articulated pullies are ideally oriented to be parallel to the wave direction so that belt inclination due to vessel offset is automatically accommodated by the curvature of the pulley resulting in the lowest possible transverse belt and pulley loading and the longest system life. Articulated pulleys are cantilevered over the edge of the barge maximizing the available flat area of the barge and maximizing the resulting uplift forces and the power generated.
The Super Watt Wave Catcher Barges© mooring belts pass through inclined pipes leaving the water tight enclosures. These inclined pipes with wiper seals insure that water on the belts drains back into the wet room maintaining a dry enclosure.
Large diameter uni-direction pulleys with recoil springs insure the flywheels turn in one direction when the barge is lifted by the wave crests and re-wind the mooring belts back on the pulleys when the barge is lowered by the wave trough. The recoil springs maintain a fairly constant high tension load in the mooring lines at all times.
The Super Watt Wave Catcher Barges© use uni-direction pulleys that are twice the diameter of the Original Wave Catcher Barges©. Doubling the uni-direction pulley diameter doubles the torque on the flywheels and the generators and contributes to doubling the power output of the Super Watt Wave Catcher Barges©. The Super Watt Wave Catcher Barges also have stiffer recoil springs.
Large diameter recoil springs and flywheel combinations maintain the momentum in the system through varying wave loading in the same way that wind turbine rotors maintain the momentum in wind power systems through varying wind loading. Circulator recoil springs inside the flywheels are loaded with torque by the uni-direction pulleys. Circulator recoil springs are one of the most effficient torque storage devices. The flywheels are of a similar diameter to the uni-directional pulleys allowing both to fit under the same water tight enclosure roof height and allowing both to maximize torque and momentum storage.
The Super Watt Wave Catcher Barges© use flywheels that are twice the diameter of the Original Wave Catcher Barges©. Doubling the flywheel diameter doubles the momentum applied to the generators and contributing to the Super Watt Wave Catcher Barges© power output increase. Thus the name change to "Super Watt Wave Catcher Barges©".
The flywheels are turned by the unidirectional pulley at one end of the flywheel, and the flywheel continues to turn freely as the unidirectional pulley's recoil spring rewinds the belt back on the unidirectional pulley during wave troughs.
The opposite end of the flywheel turns drive generators either directly or through some form of belt of gear. The flywheel's deflection and the vessel hull deflections are isolated and costs are reduced by using flexible drive connections, like belts, between the flywheels and the direct drive generators.
Computer analysis and 1/50th scale DOE sponsored wave tank tests confirm that these Super Watt Wave Catcher Barges© are able to produce the name plate power output from 4 of the world's largest direct drive wind turbine generators at a cost that is less than onshore wind power. Using rubber belts between the flywheel and the direct drive generators eliminates any barge deflection and alignment tolerance costs related design requirements and introduces the possible future use of a CVT type transmission between the flywheel and the generators for peak performance under all wave conditions.
MEC's own "Current Catcher Frames" which support numerous underwater marine current generators.
MEC has illustrated various mooring systems in their patent that can be used with the wave catcher barges, but many more are possible. Several additional mooring systems are illustrated in the Super Watt Wave Catcher Barge© Brochure, the Super Watt Wave Catcher Barge© presentation, and the Super Watt Wave Catcher Barge© Overview which can be downloaded by clicking on the above links.
Mooring systems are available that minimize vessel offset, minimize belt - hull contact and minimize vertical barge restraint loads while maximizing power output.
Super Watt Wave Catcher Barges© which use fixed heading mooring systems align the barge with the prevailing swell wave direction. Computer analysis and model tests both indicate similar power output for head seas and quartering sea conditions when using fixed heading moorings.
Super Watt Wave Catcher Barges© which use naturally weathervaning mooring allow the barges to weathervane into the strongest swell wave headings at all times maximizing the power output of the system.
Export power cable configurations, used by the offshore industry for decades, are also available for both fixed and weathervaning mooring systems.
The following are a few illustrations of the latest Super Watt Wave Catcher Barge. More can be found on the new Super Watt Wave Catcher Barge© Brochure and the Super Watt Wave Catcher Barge© presentation.
SWWCB© Shown Above Is Moored Horizontally Into Prevailing Waves.
Click to view illustrations of the Original Wave Catcher Barges©.


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Since Coulee Bank dropped their rewards checking rate from 5% to 4% I have been looking for another bank. There are several banks that still offer 5% on their rewards checking accounts but there is one difficulty — they all take local customers only. This didn't used to be but gradually many banks have withdrawn from the national market. Hence I decided on a bank that is still recruiting customers nationwide (except California). However, see Updates below.
Now First Arkansas Bank & Trust offers only 4.4% (since reduced) but with one redeeming quality — the rate applies up to $50,000. For this you only need to complete the usual ten point of sale debit card transactions per month. Also the one direct deposit, ACH debit, or online bill payment per month. You have to agree to receive E-statements and sign into your online banking account once a month.
Less than a week after updating my list of banks offering Rewards Checking I was applying to some of those same banks to open an account. Deseret First Credit Union had dropped their rate from 5% to 3% but Coulee Bank still maintains 5% (now 4%) on their rewards checking. I am now short one bank so I go in search of a better return. Join me in my over six week long odyssey as I attempt to sign-up with out of state banks in search of rewards.
I eliminated AmericaNet Bank and Evantage Bank because their high yield rate was only paid up to $10,000. This is much too low of a maximum so they are the first to be crossed off my list. Heartland Community Bank, Malvern Federal Savings Bank, and Union State Bank were put on hold because they have an additional requirement of one account access per month. This slight inconvenience could be offset by two of these banks' higher maximums on which the first tier interest is paid. I already have an account with Coulee Bank with which I am receiving a decent rate, so strike them off the list. Franklin Bank & Trust Company, Noblebank & Trust, NA, and Valley Bank all require twelve transactions per month. This is a major disadvantage so they are out of the running.
Of the two remaining banks, First State Bank of Kansas City (eligibility recently restricted) Bank of Asheville both have, or appeared to have, confusing sign-up web pages. I decide to go with the former as it seems to be a tad clearer. Later I found the sign-up page at First State to be clearly posted, I just missed it the first time around.
The worst part of Rewards Checking is that in many cases you are dealing with a small bank that is new to signing up out-of-state customers over the Internet. As an example of a drawn out process read about Lee County Bank and Trust.
Regular readers of the Rickety blog know that I am a big fan of rewards checking accounts. They have a high interest rate, are FDIC or NCUA insured, and are very liquid. Lately I have been tracking accounts that pay 6% or more but today I will make an exception. One of the drawbacks of banks that offer rewards checking is that it is usually not straight-forward to get signed up, unless you live close enough to go to a branch in person.
For the convenience of having a bank or credit union that offers rewards checking and is also close to home I joined Deseret First Credit Union. The nearest branch is only eleven miles away, their rewards checking is at 5%, and of course it is a credit union, which I prefer. To be eligible to join, one has to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or be employed by the Church. To earn your 5% you have to do the usual monthly direct deposit or ACH, ten debit card transactions, and receive eStatements. You don't have to access your account once a month as an additional requirement to earn your 5%.
In the Locations / Contact Us section is a list of over 2,000 basic transaction branches where you can use credit unions throughout the U.S. to make deposits, withdrawals, loan payments, etc. All you need is your account number and a government-issued photo identification. I haven't heard about this service because my current credit union does not offer it.
As a bonus, the credit union does make humorous ads, though you might need to know a little about the LDS life-style to find them funny. The ad below is my favorite but also check out "The Weddings" and "Active".
Unfortunately I will be drawing my account down to the minimum of $25. For 3% it is not worth the effort to get the required transactions. The account was no trouble to open and it will be even less trouble to pull out my money. There are a number of banks still at 5% and I will be looking at one of those.
26 Dec 2008 Recently the rewards checking rate dropped to 4% at Lee County Bank and Trust. See Bank Rewards Checking for banks still offering at least 5% on their rewards checking.
8 Jan 2009 Today I received notice that tomorrow the rate drops to 3%. Good grief that's hardly rewards checking and I'm sure some customers will not appreciate the short notice. One wonders if the bank is in some sort of trouble. Fortunately I already pulled out my money and signed up with Deseret First Credit Union.
I wrote earlier about my experience with rewards checking at Coulee Bank. Lee County Bank and Trust offer the same 6.01% APY with their rewards checking account. They require 10 check card transactions a month, one automatic payment a month, online statements, and accessing your account at least once a month. They pay 6.01% on the first $25,000 and 2.50% on anything above that. The base rate for not meeting requirements is 0.15%. For those with a lot of spare cash, the 2.50% is a very good rate. However, I am merely looking for a backup account to transfer to if Coulee Bank should drop their rates or become rickety.
Your application for The Big Account was successful. You will be contacted shortly by a representative at Lee County Bank & Trust, N.A.
Let me be the first to welcome you to Lee County Bank & Trust, N.A. We are so happy to have you as a new Big Account Checking customer. Your account has been approved and I'd like to let you know what you can expect from here.
This was not particularly stressful, as I stopped by my Credit Union on the way home from work and they notarized the documents for no charge. This was accomplished by June 6.
This article will give readers new to Rewards Checking some idea of how it works. Be aware though that the interest rates are out of date.
Ever since my own internet bank dropped their interest rate from 5.2% to 2.5% I have been looking for a better place to park my spare cash. I saw a lot of banks advertising rewards checking at rates between 4% and 6%. I identified a few at 6% that were out of state. Several had very clunky Internet sign up procedures such that I was unable to sign up online. For example, at one bank my browser would crash. At another bank I was diverted to a PDF form with no instructions on what to do with it. Yet another bank had nowhere to start the sign up process.
Eventually I tried Coulee Bank that was offering 6.01% APY with their rewards checking account. They require 10 check card transactions a month, use of e-statements, and require 1 automatic payment a month, called an Automated Clearing House (ACH) transaction. Coulee Bank pays 6.01% on the first $25,000 and 1.01% on anything above that.
For me, Coulee Bank was out of state. The application process was straight-forward except I failed the online identity check. A friend joining the same bank also failed his identity check. I think they have a bug in their program because I'm sure I'm really me at the moment. I was invited to call the branch in Wisconsin and answered the identity questions correctly. Incidentally, the staff were very friendly and helpful, plus there was a bonus — I could understand what they said. Next a paper was sent in the mail for me to sign and return. A thoughtful touch was the stamp placed on the return envelope. Once that was done I received instructions via email to open the online account.
After a few days I received my checking card, complete with a picture of a steamboat. A really nice feature was a user name I could choose rather than have to remember the account number. The web account features were reasonable. There was no count of qualifying transactions but my monthly transaction count ended on the last day of the month making it easy to remember.
To transfer more money to my account I sent a message in the internal email of the account giving the routing number, account number, and amount. The first month you do not have to meet the requirements to obtain the 6.01%. Even so, I met the ACH requirement by having $50 a pay period (fortnightly) transfered from my pay.
The 10 credit transactions are easy to meet because every workday I eat out for lunch. Some rewards checking accounts can require as many as 15 transactions and also mandate at least one account access a month. Coulee Bank rewards checking is still free and pays a standard 0.30% APY if you don't meet the requirements during the month.
Rewards Checking has been an amazing success due to its incredible rate, ease-of-use, and environmentally friendly attributes. Due to rising costs to deliver this product however, it has been decided to limit the number of Rewards Checking accounts to one per Customer/Social Security Number.
I am going to have difficulty funding one account so this will not affect me. The rate I am earning is 24 times the amount I receive from my local credit union checking and even the standard 0.3% beats their 0.25%.
I hope this little narrative has been of interest to you.
26 Dec 2008 Recently the rewards checking rate dropped to 5% at Coulee Bank.
28 Mar 2009 See Bank Rewards Checking for banks still offering 5% 4% on their rewards checking.
2 Jul 2009 Coulee dropped their rate to 4%.
2010 Coulee's rate has dropped below 4%.


New Updated User Manual Versions for Various Video Interfaces. Car Solutions Online Store for Automotive Electronics.
Installing a video interface may turn into quite a challenge, especially if you are provided with out of date instructions with information that is no longer valid. In order to make sure that you always have the most accurate information at your disposal, we are constantly updating user manuals of video interfaces from our stock. Over the last month only, we have updated user manuals of over 20 video interfaces. Whether you already have a video interface and thinking about some modifications or worrying about installing one, we have got you covered!


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Kendall Long and Joe Amabile breakup timeline
Wed Oct 06, 2021 at 4:08pm ET
By Sarah Veldman
Kendall Long and Joe Amabile have a tense conversation during Bachelor in Paradise season 7. Pic credit: ABC.
Joe Amabile, or Grocery Store Joe as he is more affectionately known in Bachelor Nation, and Kendall Long met during season 5 of Bachelor in Paradise. Though they decided to split before leaving Mexico, they later revealed during the BIP reunion that they had quietly gotten back together.
Despite their seemingly happy relationship, the pair split in January 2020, with their choice of residence being the biggest factor in the breakup. While they moved in together in Los Angeles, Joe felt he was better off living in Chicago and Kendall didn't want to move there. And so, another one bit the dust.
There was tension over where they would live
Their separation announcement also hinted at tension behind the scenes when it came to their choice of where to live. In a mutual statement, they said, "Our family and friends have always been an extremely important element to who we are as people. We can't imagine continuing our lives without them closer, especially when thinking of starting a family of our own one day."
The couple appeared to still be on friendly terms just a few months after the split, even sparking rumors of a reconciliation. In May 2020, Joe told Us, "We remained close friends and we probably always will, I think. She's from L.A. and I'm from Chicago, so it just became too big of a hurdle at this time in our lives, but we remain close. We still talk almost every day."
Kendall claimed she wouldn't want to see Joe fall in love on BIP
In a quote that didn't age well, Kendall told Ashely Iaconetti during the Almost Famous podcast in May 2021 that going on Bachelor in Paradise and seeing Joe would be difficult, and she "would not want to watch him fall in love with someone else." As for going on Bachelor in Paradise, she concluded, "I would just be signing up for another heartbreak."
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Well, apparently Kendall is a masochist because she did show up on season 7 of Bachelor in Paradise, only to watch her ex fall in love with someone else. While Kendall appeared to come back to Mexico to rehash things with Joe, he was only interested in pursuing Serena Pitt.
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Kendall self eliminated after watching Joe and Serena fall in love
Kendall couldn't handle this, and decided to eliminate herself from the show on September 21, but not before pulling Joe aside for an awkward conversation that gave many viewers secondhand uncomfy feelings.
Kendall told him she was having a hard time moving on, and in a super cringy moment told him she loved him, asking for reciprocation. When she didn't get it, she left. Joe rightfully claimed that if she had wanted him back, she should have asked before the show started.
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Kendall crashed Joe and Serena's engagement
While Joe went on to enjoy a relationship with Serena Pitt, later proposing during the finale, Kendall couldn't leave things alone, and came back to the beach again, before Serena showed up! She rehashed the same conversation they already had multiple times, even claiming they hadn't broken up "for a lack of love."
Kendall Long crashes Joe Amabile's proposal to Serena Pitt. Pic credit: ABC.
Fans were rightfully pissed and expressed their annoyance on Twitter with the only way Bachelor Nation can: lots and lots of memes. Many felt Kendall was arrogant to assume Joe and Serena even needed her blessing.
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This isnt your moment kendall. Read the room girl. #BachelorinParadise pic.twitter.com/MjCxZ4qwnW
— bachelor takes (@TakesBachelor) October 6, 2021
Joe and Serena are still happily engaged and Kendall is still influencing on Instagram.
Bachelor in Paradise is currently on hiatus.
Sarah Veldman
Sarah Veldman has appeared in publications such as Bustle, The...read more
Tags Bachelor in Paradise, Joe Amabile, Kendall Long, Serena Pitt


You've got an iPad, and you love the fact that you can watch media anytime, anywhere, on a pretty sizable screen. But what about that lo-fi sound? It's a bummer. With headphones it's all good, but when you're trying to share something with a friend or listen to something while doing something else, they just don't do the job. External speakers are ok, but they lack the portability that makes the iPad oh-so-convenient.
Enter the Amplifiear, this week's inventive Kickstarter find.
The Amplifiear was born in Brooklyn, while Nonlinear Design founder Evan Clabots was watching a film and noticed his iPad sounding better than usual. The streets were just as noisy, his studio mates were just as raucous, but there was a cardboard box sitting behind the iPad, reflecting the sound. Boom! An idea was born.
Now, how does it work? The coolest thing about the Amplifiear is that it's a tech gadget in the most low tech analog way possible. It simply clips onto the corner of the iPad and reflects and amplifies the sound coming from the back speaker. No more distortion when you're trying to hear something, or always turning the volume all the way up. For a $20 Kickstarter pledge, choose whichever color you like and prepare to revel in a serious sound upgrade.
And, the Amplifiear is downright quirky. It's colorful, has a comedic disposition (yes, inanimate objects can have dispositions), and pairs playfully with the sleekly designed iPad or iPad 2.
What about wanting to share videos with friends? Especially when you're on the go? The Amplifiear makes it ridiculously easy, and is virtually indestructible.
Think about all those times you've been cooking and wish you could refer to the latest Brit episode or are dying to catch up on Game of Thrones.
The prototypes you see here are 3D printed models that do the job for the time being, but will not be what funders receive. The full-tilt Amplifier will be made of ABS plastic that's much lighter than the 3D model, and recyclable. Throw it in your back pocket and prepare to get your sound on.
What do you think of the Amplifiear? Know of any other tech-related Kickstarter projects we should know about? Leave a note in the comments below find us on Twitter. And stay tuned for more innovative gadgets here on Brit.


One of the last photos taken of Margarete Steiff shows her holding a white teddy bear. To mark the 110th anniversary of her death in 2019 this special bear has been designed. Made of white mohair with airbrushed detail the Margarete Memorial Teddy Bear is fully jointed.