Restaurant websites: Why are they so awful? Which ones are the absolute worst?
The first thing that pops up when you visit the website of the San Francisco restaurant Fleur de Lys is a nearly full-screen animation of celebrity chef Hubert Keller's autograph. That makes sense—when I'm choosing a restaurant, the first thing I want to know is, Can the chef sign his name?
Wait a second, though. What does Chef Keller look like? You're not going to bother with this place if the chef doesn't have a good headshot. Good news! After the signature, the site fades into a snappy photo of Keller. Fortunately, he's a looker—think Peter Fonda with Fabio's hair.
After the autograph and headshot, the site transitions to a "main menu," which presents you with links to Keller's other restaurants and his PBS TV show. Tempted though you are, you stay focused and click for the San Francisco restaurant. One bit of advice: If you've got a subwoofer attached to your computer, now's the time to crank it up, because you're in for some auto-playing, royalty-free, ambient techno smooth jazz! As you stifle your urge to get up and dance, you click around in search of information about the restaurant. (The page emits a friendly beep every time you click.) If you spend the better part of your lunch hour scouring the site, you'll eventually find the menu. What you won't find is the price—it takes a Web search to determine that the tasting menu at Fleur de Lys costs $72 a person.
By this point, you've likely been so beaten down by the music, the nested menus, and the interminable "Loading …" prompts that you're considering Taco Bell for dinner (though it too has a terrible site). Still, I'm not arguing that Hubert Keller is responsible for the worst restaurant website ever created. That's a bit like trying to decide on the most awful serial killer in history. The head-poundingly awful Fleur de Lys site is just one of many in an industry whose collective crimes against Web design are as routine as they are horrific. If you think Fleur de Lys is ugly, check out the site for New York's Buddakan, which launches a full-screen window, auto-plays sitar-heavy technopop, and subjects you to a series of flying panels every time you click. (Eater NY described the site as "like the Inception trailer, but with summer rolls.") Next, check out Cavatore, an Italian restaurant in Houston that hired Web designers who were either a) on a Monty Python-besotted acid trip, or b) looking to induce epileptic seizures. Seriously, this site is so bad it's evil.
When you visit many terrible restaurant websites in succession, it becomes obvious that they're not bad because of neglect or lack of funds—these food purveyors appear to have spent a great deal of money and time to uglify their pages. Indeed, there seems to be an inverse relationship between a restaurant's food and its site. The swankier the place, the worse the page. Chez Panisse, Alice Waters' Berkeley temple of simple, carefully sourced local cuisine, starts with a pointless, grainy five-second clip of what looks like a scene from a Fellini movie. Alinea, the Chicago molecular gastronomy joint, presents you with a series of menu buttons that aren't labeled; you've got to mouse over each one to find out what you're about to click on. Masa, the exclusive New York sushi bar, presents you with a pages-long, scroll-bar-free biography of its chef, but (as far as I can tell) no warning that you'll spend $400 or more per person for dinner.
But it'd be a mistake to blame the chefs for these sites. They were all aided by Web designers who were either too unscrupulous or unsophisticated to disabuse them of their ideas. In fact, when you dig into some of the worst restaurant sites, you notice that they share the same designers. The Inception-like Buddakan site was built by a firm called 160over90, whose portfolio also includes New York's Morimoto—a site that has a 10-second load time, obnoxious bass-heavy music, and a cut-out snapshot of the chef that constantly hovers on the screen. Those two places are owned by Starr Restaurants, whose other Web properties are also a piece of work. The site for Philadelphia's Butcher and Singer, created by a firm called BAJ Design *, flashes an old-movie-reel countdown while it loads, then plays old-timey music that will drive you mad. I tried to contact 160over90 and the designers behind other sites mentioned in this article to ask them, essentially, why they sucked. Not surprisingly, I got no response.
Not coincidentally, designers make more money to create a complicated, multipage Flash site than one that tells you everything you want to know on one page. Bohan, for one, isn't complaining about the terrible state of restaurant websites. Menupages, which lists each restaurant in its database by menu, operating hours, price, and address, is one of several sites that benefits from bad restaurant pages. (Yelp and Urbanspoon are also good resources.) Menupages' menus are formatted as Web pages, whereas many restaurants require you to spend time downloading a PDF file. This is because restaurants often don't have tools to update the text on their sites—saving and replacing a PDF file of a menu is easier than messing with the code on the site. But, again, this reduces usability, and pushes people to use third-party sites.
This can't be good for restaurants. Scott Jampol, the head of consumer marketing at the reservations site OpenTable, points out that the Web is one of the primary ways that people determine where to get dinner. One-third of restaurant's reservations occur online during hours in which the restaurant is closed, Jampol says, and more than 10 percent of diners are coming from mobile devices. But many in the restaurant industry don't understand how important the Web is to their businesses. "The fact that it's a front door for many customers is still a new idea," he says.
Not all is lost. I spoke to a few restaurateurs who've created great, easy to use, elegant sites, and they all said they were motivated by one thing: They were missing out on traffic from mobile devices. The steakhouse chain Morton's, for instance, has a mobile site that uses your GPS location to get you information on the restaurant closest to you. The site loads up quickly, and lets you make a reservation in a matter of seconds. "We wanted to keep the bells and whistles at a minimum," Roger Drake, the company's head of marketing, told me.


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United India Insurance Company Ltd. Vs. Antique Art Exports Pvt. Ltd.
[Civil Appeal No(s). 3284 of 2019 arising out of SLP(C) No(s). 23956 of 2017]
Rastogi, J.
2. These appeals have been filed by the Insurance Company assailing the order dated 30th May, 2017 passed by the High Court of Delhi appointing an Arbitrator in exercise of power under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter being referred to as "the Act") to adjudicate the dispute between the parties.
3. The facts in brief manifest from the record and relevant for the present purpose are that the respondent claimant was running its factory situated at 78, Kilo Mile Stone, Karhans Village, Main GT Road, Samalakha, Panipat and purchased two Standard Fire and Special Perils Policies dated 29th June, 2013 and 10th October, 2013. On 25th September, 2013 and thereafter on 25th October, 2013, a fire took place in the factory on account of a short circuit as claimed by the respondent claimant. The appellant Company on receipt of the information appointed M/s. Protocol Surveyors & Engineers Pvt. Ltd. as surveyors and also appointed their investigator to submit the fact finding report.
After the report was submitted by the authorised surveyor, the appellant Company sent an email to the respondent with an intimation that it has approved its claim for an amount of Rs. 2,81,44,413/on account of fire dated 25th October, 2013 towards full and final settlement with complete details of the amount computed. The extract of the email sent by the appellant Company to the respondent has been placed on record at Annexure P2 in Civil Appeal arising out of SLP(C ) No. 23956 of 2017 and is reproduced as under:"
From: Jaiprakash1@uiic.co.in
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2016 1:23 PM
To: Vimal Singh
CC: sangeetagupta@uiic.co.in; vijaysharma@uiic.co.in; nareshchandolia@uiic.co.in
Subject: Fire Claim dated 25.10.2013
Sir/Madam,
This is to inform you that the Competent Authority has approved your claim for an amount of Rs. 2,81,44,413/( building Rs. 88,18,691 P & M Rs. 7,32,382 FFF Rs. 3,61,049 Finished Goods, Rs. 1,95,66,389 Fire Fighting Ex. Rs. 59,000 Cost of Debris Removal Rs. 88,187 Total Rs. 2,96,25,698)
Less Excess 5% Rs. 14,81,285 = Rs. 2,81,44,413) of loss dated 25.10.2013 (Claim No. 0407001113-C101515001)
In order to release the payment we require following from your end.
1. Confirmation from the concerned bank "Indian Overseas Bank, Defence Colony Branch.
Through mail that in which Account the payment has to be made through NEFT.
2. Deposit Reinstatement premium of Rs.19100/3.
Fire Fighting expenses bills in original
4. Debris Removal bills in original.
5. Full and final settlement discharge voucher for Rs. 2,81,44,413/duly endorsed by the bank also without any Subjectivity.
Please furnish.
Jaiprakash
Divisional Manager
United India Insurance Company Limited
10203, IIIrd Floor,
Jamuna House,
Padam Singh Road
Phone: 28755967, 28755419
jaiprakash@uiic.co.in"
4. On the same date, i.e. 5th May, 2016, the respondent sent a reply accepting the computation and provided the desired details with final discharge voucher and details of the bank account in which the payment was to be credited. The extract of the email and the discharge voucher sent by the respondent is reproduced hereunder:"
ANTIQUE ART
Exports Pvt. Ltd.
(A Govt. of India Recognized Export House)
PANIPAT OFFICE: 78 K.M. Stone,
G.T. Road, karhans Village, Tehsil Samalkha,
Panipat - 132103 (INDIA) T:00911803003300 (100 Lines),
F: 00911803003311
E:Info@antiqueartexports.com, :www.antiqueartexports.com
The Divisional Manager
United India Insurance Co. Ltd. 10203,
3rd Floor, Jamuna House Padam Singh Road Karol Bagh,
Kind Attn: Mr. Jaiprakash
We are in receipt of your email of today's date, wherein you have asked to furnish certain documents/information for doing the needful at your end. Accordingly, we are submitting herewith desired information/documents for your necessary action.
1. We have already requested our bank to confirm account details, in which payment has to be made through NEFT. Hopefully, you must have received the same directly from Bank on your email.
2. Regarding reinstatement premium of Rs.19100/, we request you to deduct the same from claim payment.
3. Original Fire Fighting expenses bills are submitted herewith for doing the needful at your end.
4. Regarding Debris Removal Bills in original, we are enclosing herewith separate letter and contents of the same are self-explanatory. This payment is to be released at later date as per our letter.
5. Full and final settlement discharge voucher for Rs.2,81,44,413/- duly endorsed by the bank is attached for doing the needful at your end. While hoping that you will find above information/ documents in line of your requirement, we look forward to have the immediate transfer of payment of our claim to our bank. A line of confirmation in this regard will be highly appreciated. Thanking you Yours faithfully, For Antique Art Exports Pvt. Ltd. Ashok Jain Chairman"
"ANTIQUE ART
G.T. Road, karhans Village,
Tehsil Samalkha,
Panipat - 132103 (INDIA)
T:00911803003300 (100 Lines),
Full and Final Settlement Discharge Voucher
We, Antique Art Exports Pvt. Ltd., 78 KM Stone, Karhans Village, Tehsil Samalkha, Panipat132103, Haryana do hereby accept payment of Rs.2,81,44,413/( Rupees Two Crore Eighty One Lacs Fourty Four Thousand and Four Hundred Thirteen only) as full and final settlement against our fire claim No.:0407001113 C101515001 of loss dated 25.10.2013 without any subjectivity.
For Antique Art Exports Pvt. Ltd.
Sd/
Ashok Jain
Chairman"
5. Civil Appeal arising out of SLP(C ) No. 23963 of 2017 deals with the fire taken place on 25th September, 2013. It is not disputed between the parties that the facts are similar except that the claim was settled for Rs. 2,20,36,840/.
6. Indisputedly, both the claims were accepted by the respondent without any demur or protest, and after full and final settlement and discharge of claim in reference to both the claims of the incident dated 25th September, 2013 and 25th October, 2013, the respondent later through email dt. 11th July, 2016 desired certain details and reports with a break up of computation including copy of the preliminary survey report etc. and there was no whisper that any coercion or undue influence, etc. was used by the appellant company.
The email was replied by the appellant on 20th July, 2016 giving all details as desired by the respondent. Thereafter on 27th July, 2016 for the first time nearly almost after 11 weeks of the receipt of claim and full and final discharge, respondent claimed that fraud, coercion and undue influence was exercised and he was forced to sign on the dotted lines without furnishing any prima facie evidence in support thereof. In furtherance, application came to be filed before the High Court on 11th January, 2017 under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996(hereinafter being referred to as "the Act") inter alia that the insurer coerced and forced the respondent to sign on dotted lines on a presigned discharge voucher and claimed for appointment of an Arbitrator.
7. The appellant Insurance Company in their reply refuted such allegations and further stated that the respondent had signed a letter of subrogation in accepting the payment in full and final settlement of its claim. Discharge Voucher was sent without any demur or protest and nothing further survives and no arbitral dispute subsists for adjudication and so far as the allegation levelled that the insurer has coerced and put undue force upon the respondent to sign on dotted lines on a presigned standard discharged paper is concerned, there is no prima facie documentary evidence placed on record except the letter dated 27th July, 2016 which was sent for the first time after almost more than 11 weeks of the claim being settled and the application for appointment of Arbitrator is ill founded and deserves to be rejected.
8. The High Court taking note of the rival contentions of the parties and of subsection (6A) of Section 11 of the Act which has been introduced by virtue of Amendment Act, 2015 observed that once there is existence of arbitration agreement, acceptance of the payment disbursed by the appellant company, whether it was under coercion or undue influence, is a matter to be examined by the Arbitrator and accordingly proceeded to appoint the sole arbitrator to adjudicate the dispute between the parties.
9. Shri Vineet Malhotra, learned counsel for the appellant submits that once the claim was settled and the claimant received compensation and issued a discharge voucher in full and final settlement of its claim, there was a discharge of the contract by accord and satisfaction. As a result, neither any contract nor any claim survived.
It was also contended that having received the payment under the said discharge voucher without any demur or protest, it was not open for the respondent after 11 weeks of the receipt of the claim and full and final discharge, to raise a voice that the discharge was obtained under coercion and undue influence without furnishing any prima facie evidence in support thereof and placed reliance of the judgment of this Court in New India Assurance Company Limited Vs. Genus Power Infrastructure Limited 2015(2) SCC 424 which according to him is almost on the same set of facts and circumstances.
10. Learned counsel for the appellant further submits that subsection (6A) of Section 11 of the Act has been introduced by Amendment Act, 2015 with a limited purpose for expediting the arbitral disputes in a time bound manner provided there is a prima facie arbitral claim/dispute subsist under the arbitral agreement for adjudication by the Arbitrator. In the instant case, as there was no arbitral dispute subsisting after the claim being finally settled with consent of the parties with due accord and 9 satisfaction, Section 11(6) was not available to be invoked by the respondent in raising a dispute after more than 11 weeks of the settlement of the claim to the satisfaction of the parties.
11. Per Contra, Shri Dhruv Mehta, learned senior counsel for the respondent submitted that he is not disputing as far as the settlement of the claims are concerned but his objection is that the respondent was not in a bargaining position and being in financial stress, he had no option but to accept the claim on the dotted lines settled by the appellant in an arbitrary manner leaving no choice and mere acceptance in the given circumstances will not take away the right of the respondent to establish that it was not voluntary but under undue influence and coercion and since there is a clause of arbitration in the agreement, it will be for the Arbitrator to examine as to whether the acceptance of the claim by the respondent has been voluntary or under undue influence or coercion and in the given circumstances, no error has been committed by appointing the Arbitrator under the impugned judgment.
12. The existence of an arbitration clause in the contract of insurance is not in dispute. The question does arise whether the discharge in the present case upon acceptance of the compensation and signing of the discharge letter was voluntary or under coercion or undue influence and the respondent was justified in invoking Section 11(6) of the Act. It is true that execution of full and final agreement, receipt or a discharge voucher in itself cannot be a bar to arbitration and it has been observed by this Court in National Insurance Company Limited Vs. Boghara Polyfab Private Limited 2009(1) SCC 267 at para 44 as under:"
44. None of the three cases relied on by the appellant lay down a proposition that mere execution of a full and final settlement receipt or a Discharge Voucher is a bar to arbitration, even when the validity thereof is challenged by the claimant on the ground of fraud, coercion or undue influence. Nor do they lay down a proposition that even if the discharge of contract is not genuine or legal, the claims cannot be referred to arbitration. In all the three cases, the Court examined the facts and satisfied itself that there was accord and satisfaction or complete discharge of the contract and that there was no evidence to support the allegation of coercion/undue influence."
13. It further laid down the illustrations as to when claims are arbitrable and when they are not. This may be illustrative (not exhaustive) but beneficial for the authorities in taking a decision as to whether in a given situation where no claim/discharge voucher has been furnished what will be its legal effect and still there is any arbitral dispute subsists to be examined by the arbitrator in the given facts and circumstances and held in para 52 of National Insurance Co. Ltd. Vs. Boghara Polyfab Private Limited (supra) as follows:"
52. Some illustrations (not exhaustive) as to when claims are arbitrable and when they are not, when discharge of contract by accord and satisfaction are disputed, to round up the discussion on this subject are:
(i) A claim is referred to a conciliation or a prelitigation Lok Adalat. The parties negotiate and arrive at a settlement. The terms of settlement are drawn up and signed by both the parties and attested by the conciliator or the members of the Lok Adalat. After settlement by way of accord and satisfaction, there can be no reference to arbitration.
(ii) A claimant makes several claims. The admitted or undisputed claims are paid. Thereafter negotiations are held for settlement of the disputed claims resulting in an agreement in writing settling all the pending claims and disputes. On such settlement, the amount agreed is paid and the contractor also issues a discharge voucher/noclaim certificate/full and final receipt. After the contract is discharged by such accord and satisfaction, neither the contract nor any dispute survives for consideration. There cannot be any reference of any dispute to arbitration thereafter.
(iii) A contractor executes the work and claims payment of say rupees ten lakhs as due in terms of the contract. The employer admits the claim only for rupees six lakhs and informs the contractor either in writing or orally that unless the contractor gives a discharge voucher in the prescribed format acknowledging receipt of rupees six lakhs in full and final satisfaction of the contract, payment of the admitted amount will not be released. The contractor who is hardpressed for funds and keen to get the admitted amount released, signs on the dotted line either in a printed form or otherwise, stating that the amount is received in full and final settlement. In such a case, the discharge is under economic duress on account of coercion employed by the employer. Obviously, the discharge voucher cannot be considered to be voluntary or as having resulted in discharge of the contract by accord and satisfaction. It will not be a bar to arbitration.
(iv) An insured makes a claim for loss suffered. The claim is neither admitted nor rejected. But the insured is informed during discussions that unless the claimant gives a full and final voucher for a specified amount (far lesser than the amount claimed by the insured), the entire claim will be rejected. Being in financial difficulties, the claimant agrees to the demand and issues an undated discharge voucher in full and final settlement. Only a few days thereafter, the admitted amount mentioned in the voucher is paid. The accord and satisfaction in such a case is not voluntary but under duress, compulsion and coercion. The coercion is subtle, but very much real. The "accord" is not by free consent. The arbitration agreement can thus be invoked to refer the disputes to arbitration.
(v) A claimant makes a claim for a huge sum, by way of damages. The respondent disputes the claim. The claimant who is keen to have a settlement and avoid litigation, voluntarily reduces the claim and requests for settlement. The respondent agrees and settles the claim and obtains a full and final discharge voucher. Here even if the claimant might have agreed for settlement due to financial compulsions and commercial pressure or economic duress, the decision was his free choice. There was no threat, coercion or compulsion by the respondent. Therefore, the accord and satisfaction is binding and valid and there cannot be any subsequent claim or reference to arbitration."
14. It is true that there cannot be a rule of thumb and each case has to be looked into on its own facts and circumstances, taking note of the broad principles, it was observed by this Court in Union of India and Others Vs. Master Construction Co. 2011(12) SCC 349 at para 18 as under:"
18. In our opinion, there is no rule of the absolute kind. In a case where the claimant contends that a discharge voucher or noclaim certificate has been obtained by fraud, coercion, duress or undue influence and the other side contests the correctness thereof, the Chief Justice/his designate must look into this aspect to find out at least, prima facie, whether or not the dispute is bona fide and genuine. Where the dispute raised by the claimant with regard to validity of the discharge voucher or noclaim certificate or settlement agreement, prima facie, appears to be lacking in credibility, there may not be a necessity to refer the dispute for arbitration at all."
15. From the proposition which has been laid down by this Court, what reveals is that a mere plea of fraud, coercion or undue influence in itself is not enough and the party who alleged is under obligation to prima facie establish the same by placing satisfactory material on record before the Chief Justice or his Designate to exercise power under Section 11(6) of the Act, which has been considered by this Court in New India Assurance Company Ltd. case (supra) as follows:
"9. It is therefore clear that a bald plea of fraud, coercion, duress or undue influence is not enough and the party who sets up a plea, must prima facie establish the same by placing material before the Chief Justice/his designate....."
16. In the instant case averment was made for the first time after 11 weeks of the settlement of claim & release of discharge voucher in the petition filed by the respondent seeking appointment of Arbitrator of undue influence/coercion being used by the appellant in signing the papers on dotted lines is reproduced as under:"
xiii. It is stated that the Respondent occupying a bargaining position as an Insurer coerced and forced the Petitioner to sign on dotted lines on a Presigned Standard Discharge Voucher. The petitioner facing severe financial distress gave in to the pressure tactics of the Respondent and was made to sign a purported Discharge Voucher dated 24.06.2016 for an amount of Rs. 2,20,36,840/( Rupees Two Crore Twenty Lakhs Thirty Six Thousand, Eight Hundred Forty Only) as against the Claim of Rs. 5,12,49,241/- ( Rupees Five Crore Twelve Lakhs Forty Nine Thousand Two Hundred Forty One Only) as a precondition for release of money.
xvii. It is stated that Petitioner vide its Letter dated 27.07.2016 rescinded the purported Discharge Voucher as illegal and void as it was forced on coerced into signing the same in the face of extreme financial duress. The petitioner vide the said letter dated 27.07.2016 called upon the Respondent to pay the balance amount of Rs. 2,92,12,401/( Rupees Two Crore Ninety Two Lakhs Twelve Thousand Four Hundred and One Only) on account of loss suffered by the petitioner as result of fire. The petitioner also claimed an interest @ 18% per annum from the date of incident as well as on the paid amount till date of payment i.e. up to 06.07.2016."
17. It is true that there cannot be a rule of its kind that mere allegation of discharge voucher or no claim certificate being obtained by fraud/coercion/undue influence practised by other party in itself is sufficient for appointment of the arbitrator unless the claimant who alleges that execution of the discharge agreement or no claim certificate was obtained on account of fraud/coercion/undue influence practised by the other party is able to produce prima facie evidence to substantiate the same, the correctness thereof may be open for the Chief Justice/his Designate to look into this aspect to find out at least prima facie whether the dispute is bonafide and genuine in taking a decision to invoke Section 11(6) of the Act.
18. In the instant case, the facts are not in dispute that for the two incidents of fire on 25th September, 2013 and 25th October, 2013, the appellant Company based on the Surveyor's report sent emails on 5th May, 2016 & 24th June, 2016 for settlement of the claims for both the fires dated 25th September, 2013 and 25th October, 2013 which was responded by the respondent through email on the same date itself providing all the necessary information to the Regional Office of the Company and also issued the discharge voucher in full & final settlement with accord and satisfaction. Thereafter, on 12th July, 2016, the respondent desired certain information with details that too was furnished and for the first time on 27th July, 2016, it took a Uturn and raised a voice of undue influence/coercion being used by the appellant stating that being in financial distress left with no option than to proceed to sign on the dotted lines. As observed, the phrase in itself is not sufficient unless there is a prima facie evidence to establish the allegation of coercion/undue influence, which is completely missing in the instant case.
19. In the given facts and circumstances, we are satisfied that the discharge and signing the letter of subrogation was not because of any undue influence or coercion as being claimed by the respondent and we find no difficulty to hold that upon execution of the letter of subrogation, the claim was settled with due accord and satisfaction leaving no arbitral dispute to be examined by an Arbitrator to be appointed under Section 11(6) of the Act.
20. The submission of the learned counsel for the respondent that after insertion of subsection (6A) to Section 11 of Amendment Act, 2015 the jurisdiction of this Court is denuded and the limited mandate of the Court is to examine the factum of existence of an arbitration and relied on the judgment in Duro Felguera S.A. Vs. Gangavaram Port Limited 2017(9) SCC 729. The exposition in this decision is a general observation about the effect of the amended provisions which came to be examined under reference to six arbitrable agreements (five agreements for works and one corporate guarantee) and each agreement contains a provision for arbitration and there was serious dispute between the parties in reference to constitution of Arbitral Tribunal whether there has to be Arbitral Tribunal pertaining to each agreement.
In the facts and circumstances, this Court took note of subsection (6A) introduced by Amendment Act, 2015 to Section 11 of the Act and in that context observed that the preliminary disputes are to be examined by the arbitrator and are not for the Court to be examined within the limited scope available for appointment of arbitrator under Section 11(6) of the Act. Suffice it to say that appointment of an arbitrator is a judicial power and is not a mere administrative function leaving some degree of judicial intervention when it comes to the question to examine the existence of a prima facie arbitration agreement, it is always necessary to ensure that the dispute resolution process does not become unnecessarily protracted.
21. In the instant case, prima facie no dispute subsisted after the discharge voucher being signed by the respondent without any demur or protest and claim being finally settled with accord and satisfaction and after 11 weeks of the settlement of claim a letter was sent on 27th July, 2016 for the first time raising a voice in the form of protest that the discharge voucher was signed under undue influence and coercion with no supportive prima facie evidence being placed on record in absence thereof, it must follow that the claim had been settled with accord and satisfaction leaving no arbitral dispute subsisting under the agreement to be referred to the Arbitrator for adjudication.
22. In our considered view, the High Court has committed a manifest error in passing the impugned order and adopting a mechanical process in appointing the Arbitrator without any supportive evidence on record to prima facie substantiate that an arbitral dispute subsisted under the agreement which needed to be referred to the arbitrator for adjudication.
23. Consequently, the appeals are allowed and the order passed by the High Court is accordingly set aside. No costs.
24. Pending application(s), if any, also stand disposed of.
...........................J. (A.M. KHANWILKAR)
...........................J. (AJAY RASTOGI)


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Cameroon's start-ups develop mobile app to help local farmers
Bienvenue Nzonje Ngoul has been growing tomatoes in southwestern Cameroon for four years. His yields have dwindled recently due to unknown diseases.
"My crops are regularly attacked by illnesses and these can cripple you in one day," Ngoul said. To avoid a repeat of the shock, the young farmer set out to look for a solution.
That is when he met 27-year-old Landry Doko who co-founded Agrix Tech, an artificial intelligence (AI) based mobile application that detects plant diseases at primary stage by analyzing photos of the sick crops, and offers both chemical and physical treatment as well as preventive measures.
Last December, Doko went to Ngoul's farm to test his work. The farm is in a remote area in Dibombari where the network signal is weak like in most of Africa's rural zones, but Doko's app has everything built inside and can be used without internet.
It turned out that Ngoul's tomatoes suffered from early blight, a common disease that can occur nearly every season. The diagnosis is delivered through text and voice for the easy understanding of farmers who could be less literate. Users can chose standard or pidgin English and French, as well as African languages like Hausa.
"I will go to the market to buy the recommended treatments. This could increase my output," Ngoul said.
With backgrounds in machine learning, software development, and crop pathology, Doko's team has now made available a working prototype covering tomato, grape, potato, and corns.
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), there are around 33 million small farms of less than two hectares in sub-Saharan Africa, representing about 80 percent of all farms in the region. The ambition of Doko's team is to help these smallholder famers "sufficiently live from the fruits of their production and at a lower cost."
"According to our provisional plan, we would be able to help our users avoid up to 40 percent harvest losses in 5 to 10 years," he said.
If Doko helps farmers clear headache of crop diseases, how to profitably sell the agricultural products remains a key challenge.
For 31-year-old entrepreneur Herve Epome Nzengue, Cameroon farmers hardly get fair pricing of their hard work. Some middlemen buy from them at almost give-away prices then sell at high prices to the consumers.
In March 2019, Nzengue and his team created AgriApp, an online shopping application that connects local farmers directly to final consumers. By the end of last year, some 700 farmers, primarily from the outskirts of Cameroon' economic center Douala, have put their products online.
Boris Youdom Kamgo runs fish farm in Douala. Three months ago, he was introduced to the app.
"Before, we produced a lot but had difficulties to sell them," Kamgo said. "Now people can just order for fish from homes and we finally have a solution to commercialize our products."
Express delivery is one of the key concepts of Nzengue's business. In Douala where the start-up is headquartered, he built up a team of deliverymen riding made-in-China electric bikes through the city to make sure Kamgo's fish could still pop out when consumers open the bucket.
"Agriculture is an economic engine for Africa. Agricultural innovations like what we have in Cameroon should provide sustainable solutions for ending hunger and poverty on the continent," Nzengue said.
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Tag: World Championships
I was sort of hoping we'd take a break from awarding so many major sports events to Doha, or at least give it a little time for the whole 'sports can help push society in a positive direction' to have some effect first. Also, it would have been cool if the Track and Field World Championships were in the U.S.
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A Few Interesting Kona Facts
The winners both overcame some historic deficits after the swim and bike to take the titles.
32 of the 36 pro women who started finished; 36 of the 53 pro men finished.
Apolo Ohno's 9:52 was crazy good. Who expected that? (Steve says he expected it.)
This time lapse video of the swim start is kind of funny.
Following the race on Twitter at a wedding in the Eastern time zone is not easy.
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Ironman Kona: Earning the Big Island
OK, I get it, you're in Kona.
Most of my internet right now is full of people's pictures from the Big Island and tweets about panic training for the BIG race this weekend and Instagrams of the big sunsets. Your internet may not be that — Steve's certainly isn't — but, understandably, mine is. And I am not begrudging everyone their fun. Hawaii, as a place, is definitely fun. And, who doesn't love watching a world championship.
But, (and, yes, there is a but) is it really as blessedly amazingly magical as we let the entire sport tell us? Is it really the only thing worthwhile in triathlon? Or, have you bought into the myth just a little bit?
Ironman may not be my thing. I'm not sure yet. I'll have to do another before I decide. I'd like to qualify for Kona at some point, just so I can see what it's like — kind of how I had to watch a bunch of "Girls" to make sure I was right that I didn't like it, back before hating Lena Dunham had gotten passe and vaguely sexist. I may not ever be able to qualify, though. I need to get at least 45 minutes faster and not hurt; possibly, the woman's amateur field needs to get less insanely competitive (and some people need to go ahead and upgrade out of the amateur field); and, still, Kona may always be out of reach. It is one of the most competitive amateur events out there, so I totally respect that. I do.
Except, or, I could just buy a lottery spot or a corporate spot or be given a celebrity spot or raise a bunch of money to get a spot. Or, I could just go and hang out.
When I was on the high school cross-country team, I was hurt at one point and had to sit out the meets. Instead, I got to just hang out, take splits, do the pre-race pep talk. I was part of the team, without having to actually be in the pain of running as part of the team. It was (in a lot of ways) so much better than actually racing. But, it wasn't really the same. And, I wouldn't have been on the inside at all if I hadn't put out the pain before and earned the right to be there. The payoff just isn't there if you don't deserve it.
Of course, you can go to Hawaii whenever you want. You can do whatever you want. But, it seems like there are a lot more people hanging out this year. A lot more people coming up with reasons they need to be there, that they deserve to be part of the scene. I get that. If someone offered me a trip, I'd have taken it. I also eat brownies for dinner sometimes. It won't be the same, though. It'll be like sitting on the outside and trying to bask in the refracted joy.
You'll say it was magical. It was amazing. You'll say all that dessert you ate was filling. I hope it is.
70.3 World Championship Predicitons
Tomorrow is the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Mont Tremblant. The race has really evolved in the last few years from a Kona knock-off to a genuine championships, especially now that you have Olympic athletes meeting with Ironman athletes. I'll actually be riding my bike in the morning, so I can't follow the livestream of the race. Hopefully, everyone who loves to live-tweet things as they watch them on TV will live-tweet something I actually want to know about and can't see on TV.
Here's who I'm sort of rooting for and think could come out on top tomorrow, though there are certainly a handful of people who could win. Which makes it exciting. (If you want more details, the Slowtwitch men's and women's previews are totally in-depth.)
Men: Javier Gomez – it'd be sort of awesome to see him come back after the ITU World Championship win and prove he is the BEST AT EVERYTHING
Women: Meredith Kessler – gotta root for the local (when I lived in the Bay Area) girl, who always stops to talk to me at swimming, especially since it's been great to see her get stupid fast over the last few years
Thoughts and Concerns About the Track and Field World Championships
The past couple days I've been watching the Track and Field World Championships full-time and I have more than a few thoughts about the races and coverage. If you follow me on The Twitter, it's possible you already heard some of these. And, also, you should be watching (and have your own thoughts). It's good.
It would have been cool to see a back-in-form Tyson Gay v. Usain Bolt race. And, I know, I know, Gay cheated and doped and had to be axed, but it seems a little optimistically naive to think Gay and Asafa Powell were doping but Bolt isn't. So, if we're going to watch one doper win, I'd rather have seen them all go at it. (And, I know, I know, assuming everyone else is doping is a whole prisoner's dilemma that just encourages more doping. But, if anyone is, don't you think it's Bolt? And, I can sort of understand why Gay would be tempted, would be coming back again from injury, be the old guy now, and here's Bolt who just can't be beat, who defies basic odds, and who probably is doping himself. Wouldn't it just be so easy? I'm just saying, empathy is the first step to understanding and, then, understanding is the first step to finding solutions.)
If Jamaica is able to be the first-ever country to put four men in the 100m final — EVEN THOUGH their next two best after Bolt, including defending World Champ Yohan Blake, were out for injury or doping suspensions — don't you think there ought to be a reason why the island nation of 2.6 million is defying basic statistical odds?
Speaking of doping, it was nice that NBC actually mentioned it instead of just ignoring the topic entirely and trying to erase people from historical footage like in their Tour de France coverage.
It was nice of NBC, also, to sort of mention the whole Russia banning being gay thing.
Except, you know, they didn't exactly. Because mainstream media (not that I don't loathe that term) keeps calling it a ban on "propaganda about alternative lifestyles aimed at kids." That's incredibly, what is the word, bullshit.
As everyone keeps arguing back and forth about boycotts and human rights — not that sport boycotts have virtually ever affected policy changes on human rights — no one is actually answering this question: Are gay athletes and coaches and fans being allowed to compete and spectate right now, without being harassed or manhandled by police, with the full freedom allowed by their competitors? That sort of seems like a main question before Sochi.
You know who seems like they all just get along? Decathletes. After 20-year-old Gunnar Nixon jumped a personal best in the long jump he came over to tell teammate (and Olympic champ) Ashton Eaton. You know what Eaton did? Even though the jump put Nixon in the lead over him. He got excited for the kid and gave him a high-five and slapped him on the back. You can see it in the background of the NBC coverage. It makes you feel good about people.
Though, on the other hand, I pretty much have heard the whole Eaton almost being hit by a javelin thrown by his fiancee story more times than I could possibly care about.
The 1500m in the decathlon is, like, the most amazing thing to watch ever.
Except for maybe the 50k race walk.
And, if you want to talk about cheating, let's talk about race walking. There have been studies done showing that there's simply no mathematical way to cover the distance they do with the leg length they have and NOT have both feet off the ground. Which is why the whole point is just not to get caught and the standard is 'looks like walking to the naked eye.' The British announcer explained it as a contest of 'Who can whisper the loudest.'
You know what other coverage sucked? The 45″ summary of the women's marathon.
But, they did, however, show all the prelims of the 100m. Naturally.
Watching those heats was actually informative, though, because it turns out that diversity bids, or wild cards or whatever they're called, are quite numerous in the women's 100m. The qualifying standard is 11.36, but there were women running in the high 12s in prelims. That's weird. I understand that we want to encourage participation from underrepresented countries and groups. But, it never quite makes sense to me when there ends up being a swimmer at the Olympics who has never been in a pool. Not that I don't think there should be development programs and wild cards, but in most countries everywhere there are people who know how to swim pretty well. (Though, it turns out the whole swimmer who'd never been in a pool thing worked out ok for him and he actually is the coach of Equitorial Guinea's swim team and can swim a 55″ 100m now, so maybe I'm completely wrong.) Running is even more democratic than swimming. It's not as expense-prohibitive as most sports. Hell, some of the fastest people come from countries that don't have much money. So, when we put women in the 100m who are running in the high 12s and we congratulate ourselves for being inclusionary, are we mistakenly just trying to make ourselves feel good? Does the fact that they're so far back feed into our notions of the good we're doing, because if they were better it wouldn't be as far a stretch for them to be there? I don't know how I feel about it, but I know I just kept wondering why they couldn't find one woman from those countries who ran the 100m faster.
You know what did make me feel good, though: Ryan Wilson. At 32, he finally made his first World Championship team for the U.S. That means he must have been close for years. It would have been easier to quit, probably. But, he made the team and then he got second. So there.
That 110m hurdles mens race, though, is probably the most competitive race.
Except maybe the women's 400m.
Actually, there's been a lot of good races.
Wait, where was David Rudisha?
Usain Bolt Wins and a Bolt of Lightning Strikes
Like lightning? From the BBC
Usain Bolt is not my most favorite runner ever. But, I appreciate the showmanship. And, here, he seems to have finally gotten the elements to play with him. A bolt of lightning above the stadium in Moscow just as he won the World Championships. From the BBC — though making the rounds around the internet, naturally.
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A: If you remove "display:block" from your css all of them line up just fine. Is that what you mean? The table needs to be display:table-cell, otherwise the heads can't line up with the data.
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Sorry for the above, I misunderstood. Add display block to your thead too.
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A: The solution to this problem involves making the thead element a block element.
To achieve this, you need to apply the following CSS:
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DEMO: http://jsfiddle.net/pwee167/zLc48uga/2/

A: I think what you tried to do is setting the header fixed, and make the body scrollable.
There is a few ways to do that, but there isn't a good way to do it.
One way, cross-browser, could be using two different tables: one for your head and the other for your body, and place your body table inside a fixed height div.
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You can find a demo for that case here: Demo
I recommend you to use DataTables, it's a good and simple solution using javascript.

A: If you really want to break that table apart to add scrolling this is how you can do it:

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'Wipeout' contestant dies after competing in obstacle course
A man competing on the television competition show "Wipeout" died earlier this week after completing an obstacle course while filming the series, sources close to the production told CNN.
Following the incident on Wednesday, the contestant was attended to by on-site emergency medical personnel and later died, the sources said. "Wipeout" contestants must undergo medical examinations in advance of participating, according to the sources, who added participants this season were also tested for Covid-19 prior to filming.
A spokesperson for TBS, which airs "Wipeout," told CNN in a statement: "We are devastated to have learned of his passing and our deepest sympathy goes out to the family."
Endemol Shine North America, which produces the series, added: "We offer our heartfelt condolences to the family and our thoughts are with them at this time."
Production on "Wipeout" was paused on Thursday and Friday and will resume following a preplanned break after the Thanksgiving holiday.
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The Huffington Post Responds To Ben Carson's Comparison Of African Slaves To Immigrants
The Huffington Post's Julia Craven responds to Ben Carson with an article titled "Enslaved Africans Do Not Count As Immigrants" Click here to read.
Actress Zoe Saldana Welcomes A Third Child!
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Retired WNBA Player Candice Wiggins Says Players Hated Her Because She Wasn't A Lesbian
The former player tells the press "I would say 98 percent of the women in the WNBA are gay women." "People were deliberately trying to hurt me all of the time." Click here for the story.
Michael Jackson's Thriller Certified 33X Platinum
The RIAA (Recording Industry Of America), officially certifies Michael Jackson's album "Thriller" 33X platinum! It's the only album ever to achieve the milestone! Click here for the story.
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Q: set input value equal to div content I've a some dynamic buttons and when I click on them they display the price inside the div with id="prezzo".
but now I need that, when I click on one of those buttons, they fill the hidden value field of the form with the same "data-prezzo".
Basically I want that even the form value is dynamic like the div with id="prezzo"
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And also you have a double id attribute in you hidden field which is invalid

A: if you are getting the value of a div or p tag you can get it using the following code.
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When the server guys need you to configure switch ports for them, then below is generally all you need in most scenarios. This was my message to the team of what I needed from the server guys this past weekend.
I would love to see a full switch config dump / diagram from an example setup one of these days from you. Almost like a template on "how get a base system setup correctly". There is probably no way since each network is completely unique, but I'd really enjoy a best practices article some day.
You know Rob, you are right. Every network is unique to some degree. I have always kindof felt like "best practices" were in an "ideal network, setup in a lab environment". I just really dont have any customers that fit that description. Even new installs where I replace all the equipment in the network, there always seems to be unique circumstances based on the customer requirements. I guess I always consider "how to get a base system setup correctly" is really based on what the customer tells me.
Doubt with point 2., Being an network guy, we have full visibility over port channel. At what scenario, Server team can talk about port channel? Is Server LAN card teaming is same as Network port channel?
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We all want resolutions to world crises and we all want a prosperous world, but most global affairs are dealt with in the United Nations headquarters in New York. The urge to discuss and resolve world issues made Dr Harry Reiff (once head of the History and Government Department and technical advisor to the US delegation to UN) come up with the idea of letting his students walk into the shoes of state ambassadors and make big decisions on a smaller scale and so a Model United Nations conference was held at St. Lawrence University in 1949. Soon the idea spread over continents as it played a vital role in developing the personalities of students. 'MUNning' is an immense opportunity for whosoever wants to excel in the field of public speaking and world politics.
The word MUN is an abbreviation for Model United Nations. As there are several committees in the UN, the same is the case with a MUN. Committees in a MUN also work the same way as they would in the United Nations. However, there are two major differences. The Model United Nations allows you to be the ambassador of a country without any qualification and every school can organize their own Model United Nations conference. The committees vary from United Nations Security Council to United Nations Development Program, etc. The topics to be discussed in committees are diverse which allows participants to opt for choices according to their field of expertise.
Whether it's the Greece economic crisis or the Arab spring, the MUN allows young students to come up with innovative solutions which might help them to resolve global issues by minimizing the dent.
MUNning can also make adrenaline rush through one's body. Indeed, this is a complex art of public speaking and takes time to master. In the past decade we have seen a dramatic rise in Model United Nations conferences being held in Pakistan, previously limited to the bigger cities like Karachi and Lahore. Now several schools and colleges are supporting this idea and the MUNning circuit is growing at a fast pace. It not only makes students well informed of current world issues but also provides opportunities to socialize and expand networks. It instills the art of diplomacy, finding middle ground and making tough decisions.
As a growing trend in Pakistan, several MUNs and other international conferences are being arranged by schools. Thus, people need to be aware of the rules and procedures for such conferences, especially aspiring MUNners. The art of MUNning shall be explored in more depth. Stay tuned!


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EDDIE MONEY: Passes Away at 70; Tributes Pour In
Some sad news in the music world. Rocker Eddie Money passed away Friday at the age of 70. According to TMZ, Money died from complications from a heart valve replacement he had earlier this year. In addition to the surgery, he recently revealed that he was battling stage 4 esophageal cancer.
"The Money Family regrets to announce that Eddie passed away peacefully early this morning," read a statement from the family. "It is with heavy hearts that we say goodbye to our loving husband and father. We cannot imagine our world without him. We are grateful that he will live on forever through his music."
Money released his self-titled debut album in 1977, which contained three chart-topping songs, including his classics "Baby Hold On," and "Two Tickets to Paradise," as well as "You've Really Got a Hold on Me." He released a total of 11 albums, with his biggest hit coming in 1986 with his Ronnie Spector collaboration, "Take Me Home Tonight," which reached number four on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart.
"Eddie's voice was soulful Rock & Roll, I just loved it. That's really why we got together in the first place," Spector said in a statement. "I loved his voice, he loved mine. He introduced me to a whole new generation of fans in the 1980s with our recording and video of 'Take Me Home Tonight.'"
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Meanwhile, Kid Rock paid tribute to Money with a performance of the 1982 hit "Shakin'" at the Detroit-area DTE Energy Music Theatre (formerly known as Pine Knob). "I'm sure you heard that Eddie Money passed away today," Rock told the crowd. "And not only was Detroit like a second home, I'm sure many of you know that Pine Knob was absolutely his house. He opened this place every summer for decades. So we wanted to come sing one tonight and pay tribute to him. So rock on Eddie." Check it out below
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Now, that's what I call a sophisticated analysis of a complex problem….
Yes, there are bad teachers. But, as the saying goes, if the only tool you have is a hammer, than every problem looks like a nail.
Instead of only scapegoating teachers, perhaps a more accurate and non-black/white solution would be to also look at curriculum, school and district leadership, parent engagement, and community pressures like unemployment, safety, and health care. Is it really too much to ask that experienced journalists (and others) recognize that most problems of any kind require a multi-pronged approach?
And then they claim that some private charters are models for us all because they are successful and don't "cherrypick." In the same sentence, the writers say "they take anyone who will sign a contract to play by the rules." Excuse me, how is that not cherrypicking?
The Newsweek writers praise the New Orleans' success with charters as well, but don't mention the 70 hour work weeks that are burning their teachers out, as highlighted by the New Orleans Times Picayune yesterday (thanks to The Educated Reporter for the tip). Those kind of expectations are really going to keep teachers in the profession for the long-haul.
There are many other issues with the article, and I'd encourage you to read other critical posts at Public School Insights and The Core Knowledge blog.
These kinds of magazine covers and articles might help sell copies and contribute to feelings that complex problems have simple solutions, but they certainly don't contribute anything of value to public discourse that could lead to positive change.
Nice critique — unfortunately, the shortcomings you describe in the Newsweek article seem to be pretty common in what passes for journalism around educational issues.
The New Yorker has had some horrifying oversimplifications recently — Steven Brill wrote an incredibly weak story on Joel Klein and teacher's unions in the August 31, 2009 edition — and it's too bad, because there is a story there to tell, but the oversimplifications cloud what could be a real, useful discussion with the haze of an unrealistically simple solution.
Nicholas Kristof, at the NY Times, has written some equally barbarous fluff about Michelle Rhee.
And it kills me to see such bad writing about such an important topic. Unfortunately, real conversation about education isn't as punchy as the black/white us/them oversimplifications. Villains sell, and the stories are easier to write. For now, anyways, it looks like coverage of educational issues is a casualty of the decline of journalism in the MSM.
Well done, Larry. Thanks for the link to the N.O. paper in particular.
I quite agree with your post.
Maybe the people who support the firing of teachers because of the poor test scores of students should be encouraged to take some basic courses in sociology. I think they need to learn that schools are not businesses and students are not machines that need to be maintained. They need to learn that schools reflect the culture and the will of the communities they serve – they do not define them.
Those that can't teach become critics of education eh?
I dunno, Larry, I remember some pretty bad teachers when I was at school so feel a bit on the shelf.
The problem as you mentioned is much, much, much deeper than "bad" teachers but when there is so little money in teaching how do you attract the top to join the profession.
I swore I'd never be a teacher, only – only – because of the money and in my case, it took an accident to make me rethink, realize I didn't like my profession and I should do something I enjoyed rather than only thinking about how much there was in my pocket at the end of the week.
I think Karenne makes some very valid points. Although I do agree that firing bad teachers would not in and of itself solve all of education's problem, I strongly believe it would be a step in the right direction. I also think that the lack of support for doing this by educators sends a loud and clear message to the general public that we are not serious about improving education and educational reform.
My wonderfully enthusiastic and friendlyt Economics class were only saying today that teachers should be paid more so more intelligent ones would be attracted to the profession. I asked if they would prefer intelligent teachers over teachers who chose teaching because they care about education and young people. One said something like, fair point, but basically they didn't know how to react so returned to writing their essays on economic growth and unemployment.
Ok, let's fire the bad teachers… but how will you know if they are really bad?
I'm with you. There's no way that THE key to 'saving' education. And the whole 'saving' thing is, in itself, overblown.
But surely some teachers need to be fired? Or at least there should be the possibility of firings if they don't do the job?
I'm not sure that people outside the education system hear much more than the two extremes – let's fire the teachers vs we can never fire teachers. And it's only natural that one extreme begets another.
So, I agree with your post completely in what it says. But sooner or later the good teachers will have to accept that part of being 'good' is to accept criticism, cut down on the outrage and get rid of their less useful colleagues.
Sion — We pay administration a lot of money to get rid of ineffective teachers. Teachers are currently not part of that process, so it is beyond their responsibility. And rest assured, all teachers have to accept mountains of criticism. Let's spread out the responsibility, and teachers may well welcome their share.
Sandra, most of the pieces I've read complaining about the absurdity of unfireable teachers were talking about motivation/laziness/behavioural problems rather than ability. FWIW, I think we should support 'less able' teachers – the weirdness of an education system that can't, erm, educate teachers is too much to bear.
There are teachers who are ill-prepared or rude or bullies. Teaching wouldn't be such an important profession if everybody could/would do it.
I couldn't agree more, Simon!
My concern is about how these teachers are being evaluated. Are they really the heart of the matter?
All prefessions hold good and bad performers, but in all professions they have parameters to assess the quality of their services. With teachers, it wouldn't be different.
Unfireable teachers is a huge nonsense, but blaming the teachers for all the flaws in the processo is also a big nonsense. We need high standards, and we need to prepare all the people involved in the process to reach thoso standards.
Maybe the solution is to fire bad students? that would certainly raise test scores, wouldn't it?
Ah, the ludicrious notions of those who hold education up to "measurement" and "standards" etc…. I may be radical but in the land of the blind, this guy that delights in learning anywhere is king.
What's wrong with education ain't any of the participants. It is the process. Until people come clean about that, ain't no tinkering going to stop the widgets from dropping off defective from the end of the line.
PS. Yes, it is complex. But seems so many like to just sweep things under the rug.
I agree with you. It was disgraceful that a President who supposedly backs educators (and had plenty of them vote him into office) and the Secretary of Education think that this will fix a school. It's outrageous.
I just wrote an article yesterday about this too. In it, I show that EVERYONE is responsible for the education of students.
I'd love to hear your comments on it.
They tried that in Houston. It certainly did raise test scores, and made for some great stats on college attendance rates.
Private schools and some charter schools have a different method to get high test scores, high college acceptances and graduation rates – they pre-screen the students that are going to enter their school. The government loves to show how Charter schools are doing so great but fail to mention that most can hand pick their students and kick out any that don't conform. Public schools don't have that ability.
the authors of the Newsweek article cite out of context. Yes, Finland takes from the top 10%. They also pay better, subsidize several years of training under experienced teachers paying both for the cost of the training and providing a stipend. That provides a wider pool of people willing to take on the task of teaching.
Administrators exist to support teachers in their teaching. Tests are not used punitively.
When I see a writer like Evan Thomas so wrong on subjects about which I know, I have to really doubt anything else I read from him.
I feel exactly the same way about Kristof. His work on women's rights has been amazing, but when I see the utter mediocrity of his educational writing, I wonder if my appreciation of his writing on other issues stems from an incomplete understanding of those issues on my part.
Firing bad teachers is simply the easiest solution for an oversimplified problem. Yes, There might be bad teachers in the profession as ther might be bad journalists in the profession of journalism. Would anyone suggest to fire bad journalists to save the press from oversimplifiyng problems??!!
As far as I'm concerned, I think that the problem is multidimensional. Many variables come to play as you mention in your article. So instead of skapegoating teachers, they should look for the real causes of the problem!!!
Firing bad teachers certainly isn't THE key, but something does need to be done about the system of retaining/firing teachers based solely on seniority. I've seen some very good, motivated, *effective* teachers laid off simply because they hadn't been around as long as someone else. That needs to stop.
I don't like the seniority system, but I don't know of a better option. Most teacher layoffs happen at the district level, not the school level, so it is very difficult to fairly evaluate teachers on any objective criteria other than "hasn't been disciplined". And it's not like firing factory workers or even police officers…teaching assignments have to match areas of certification.
Some of the above comments are brilliant, especially the ones by patricia and teacherken.
I appreciate, and have learned from, all the comments and look forward to more….
As a teacher in the greater New Orleans Area, I can vouch for the fact that our "great charter experiment" is flawed, at best. While there has been some success, I fear the lack of oversight that these schools enjoy is ultimately going to result in something really bad happening to a student (or students). Simple things we take for granted at public schools such as crossing guards and cafeteria managers are often written off as unnecessary at charters.
Bad teachers are a real problem at public schools, but I also know that if the culture of a school is right, then most teachers, good and bad, will rise to the occasion. I do think that many people have a knack for teaching, but that is not enough to sustain a career. Training and experience still trump charisma when you're in a classroom.
Although I agree that firing bad teachers in and of itself would not solve all of education's problems, it would be a positive step in the right direction. The fact that, overall, educators themselves do not support this sends the message to the general public that they are not serious about improving education.
I have worked both in education and in the private sector and I can honestly say that the private sector does much better handling personnel than those in education by far. In the private sector, if you worked hard and performed well, you were rewarded with pay incentives and chances for advancement. I also felt that if a reduction of force was needed, my job was secure based on my job performance.
In my last two years working in education, this has not been the case. Although positive, productive work is appreciated by parents and administrators, raises are automatic and you do not earn them; you may only advance if someone with more seniority moves to another position or retires; and if we went through the RIF process in our schools, the only things that will save your job is years of experience, which would result in our school losing some excellent, young teachers and keeping some older, very poor staff members.
I think we need to admit as educators that there are some bad teachers among us and applaud those administrators who are courageous enough to let those teachers go. If not, what happened in Rhode Island is only just beginning.
Agreed, and that's part of the problem. School administrators generally know who's performing well and who isn't (at least they SHOULD.) In no way should teacher layoff decisions be made at the district level. You don't need rigorous evaluation criteria to know who's not pulling their weight. School administrators should do everything they can to help teachers who are struggling (or who just don't care anymore), but if a teacher disregards that help, then maybe it's time to let them go. I think everyone here knows at least one person at your school who's just dialing it in…Good teachers outweigh the bad by a wide margin, but there needs to be the flexibility for school administrators to get rid of those who, for whatever reason, aren't getting it done.
I think a lot of outsiders like to think that duds must flock to public education simply because there is a lot of dysfunction there – and they can't think of any other possible cause for it.
The reality is, we need a new system. One that doesn't burn out nearly half of new teachers – passionate, talented teachers – in the first 5 years. What other profession has turnover like that? We're fed up with a system that pits teachers against their students and forces us to have right and wrong answers (whether they exist or not) to conform to a grading system. Is it any surprise we don't have the time to give students the individual attention they need when when we have to spend the little time we have trying to stay sane and dutifully documenting our students' failures?
Great piece of firing bad teacher; if only it were done. Many times the bad teacher's influence the really good teacher's before anything is done. Thus, alienating the parents or guardians from the school. It is time to take action, fire them.
Important work Larry. Oversimplification in the media (and thereby society as a whole) is the plague of the age. Thanks for keeping the "eye on the ball(s)" and getting the entailed questions with no simple answers out there into the discussion!


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Unfortunately, the current computer hardware available is all but obsolete. By adding additional workstations, more materials can be cataloged and made available in a timely manner. Altogether, the Friends seek to purchase between four and six desktop computers with monitors and imaging software at an estimated cost of $4,000 to $5,000.
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Essa Passou
...E no Entanto É Preciso Cantar · 1971
Madalena Foi Pro Mar
Chico Buarque de Hollanda · 1966
Construção · 1971
Brazil Classics 1: Beleza Tropical · 1978
Vai Passar
Samba + Pagode de Todos os Tempos · 1997
A Banda
Essential Albums
Meus Caros Amigos
The Essential Chico Buarque
Oba Oba '84
Chico Buarque & Ennio Morricone
O Que É Que a Bahiana Tem (feat. Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso & Chico Buarque)
Resposta da Rita (feat. Chico Buarque) [Ao Vivo]
Io Che Amo Solo Te (feat. Chico Buarque)
Vai Trabalhar Vagabundo (feat. Chico Buarque & Stefano Bollani)
Renata Maria (feat. Chico Buarque & Leila Pinheiro)
Tua Cantiga
As Caravanas (Ao Vivo)
Tua Cantiga (ao Vivo)
Sabiá Ao Vivo
Vôo Cego
Chico Buarque Essentials
From bossa nova to MPB, his career traces the musical heartbeat of Brazil.
Chico Buarque: Live
One of Brazil's most eminent songwriters enthrals onstage.
Copo Vazio - Single
Tua Cantiga - Single
Tipo um Baião (Remix) - Single
Direitos Humanos No Banquete Dos Mendigos - Single
Cara a Cara/ Ciao Ciao Addio - Ep
Onde É Que Você Estava/ Umas e Outras - Ep
Benvinda - Single
Caravanas (Ao Vivo)
Os Primeiros Clássicos (Ao Vivo)
Carioca - Ao Vivo
Chico Buarque: Ao Vivo
Chico Buarque Ao Vivo - Paris, Le Zenith
Chico Buarque & Maria Bethania (Live 1975)
Caetano e Chico Juntos e Ao Vivo (Live 1972)
Chico Buarque Essencial (Box)
Dança da Meia-Lua
Chico Buarque: Favourites - 60 Years On
Sonho de Um Carnaval
RCA 100 Anos De Música - Chico Buarque
O Sambista
Sob Pressão (feat. Chico Buarque) - Single
Todos los ojos te miran (feat. Chico Buarque) - Single
Haydée Milanés
Da Cor Brasilêira
About Chico Buarque
Of the early stars of MPB (música popular brasileira), Chico Buarque was one of the first to become a certifiable pop star. With his warm, nasally croon, elegant phrasing, and considerable skill at lyric writing, Buarque (who is handsome to boot) became extremely popular with women, who loved his understated sensuality. However, Buarque was uncomfortable playing the role of pop star, preferring to be seen as a serious artist. Throughout his career, he's managed to have the best of both worlds, but not without some significant bumps along the way. Still, he remains a towering figure in Brazilian pop music, one of the country's greatest singer/songwriters and interpreters of the samba.
Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1944, Buarque spent his early youth in Sao Paulo and Italy. Upon returning to Brazil, Buarque artistic development was greatly enhanced by the friends of his father (the historian Sergio Buarque de Holanda) who were prominent in the early bossa nova movement. Although he immersed himself in music, specifically the new bossa nova sounds of João Gilberto, Buarque decided that a college education was more practical and he decided to study architecture at the University of Sao Paulo. That turned out to be a short-lived career choice and it wasn't long before Buarque was cutting classes and hanging out with Sao Paulo's bossa nova cognoscenti.
Buarque was 21 when his career began to take off. He recorded the single "Pedro Pedreiro," composed music for a theatrical production, and, perhaps most importantly, had three of his compositions recorded by the undisputed queen of bossa nova, Nara Leao. Not an openly polemical performer, Buarque's material did not lack social consciousness, but it did seem stylistically conservative when compared to the late-'60s sounds of the tropicalistas such as Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, and Os Mutantes. Despite the charges of aesthetic conservatism leveled against him (by Gil and Veloso) Buarque took a huge career chance in 1968 writing and scoring a bleak, existential play entitled Roda Viva that was critical of obsessive fan culture. The play's pop star protagonist is torn limb from limb, his flesh consumed by his fans. In a move that sounds lifted from Julian Beck's radical Living Theater, the performers would offer the audience pieces of the dead pop star's flesh to eat (it was chicken meat). Needless to say, with a military dictatorship in power, this was considered extremely controversial stuff and soldiers were sent out to disrupt performances of Roda Viva, which included destroying sets and assaulting performers, Buarque himself was jailed briefly.
After the disaster of Roda Viva, Buarque returned to Italy for a year only to return to Brazil to find most of the stars of tropicalia in exile or severely circumscribed by government censorship. In 1971, he recorded the album Construction which was a decided break from his earlier bossa nova records. This was the start of the second half of Buarque's career, which saw him writing more intense songs with complicated lyrical layers revealing social and political protest. Forced to submit his material to government censors, nearly two-thirds of his work was rejected. And from 1974-1975, the censors approved almost nothing he wrote. On a more positive note, the rift between Buarque, Veloso, and Gil was settled upon their return to Brazil in 1972, and Buarque went on to record with both of them in the mid-'70s. In the '80s, Buarque was given more compositional leeway and recorded some stunning music, along with branching out into other artistic endeavors that included writing plays and novels, as well as scoring films, all of this work consistent with his desire to re-examine Brazil's cultural past, its relationship with the present, and its limitless possibilities for the future. Through the rest of the decade indeed through the end of the century, Buarque continued to record and tour at the amazing pace of roughly a release a year. Some of these included Dança da Meia-Lua in 1988, Para Todos in 1993, 1995's Uma Palavra, and 1997's Terra. Buarque kicked off the 21st century with Cambaio in 2001, followed by a long series of live recordings and concert DVDs. He returned to the studio and released the acclaimed Carioca in 2006. He toured the album, and issued a concert version of it in 2007, then went into retreat and authored his first novel, Leite Derramado. In 2010, Buarque completed a new studio album simply titled Chico; it was released in Brazil in the summer of 2011, and in the fall was released worldwide via DRG.
For nearly 40 years, Chico Buarque has been an artist struggling with pop music and pop stardom. Always challenging, always conscious of cultural history, he remains, deservedly, a towering figure in Brazilian music.


Did He ever claim to be God?
What do the ancient texts tell us?
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Some American citizens, including law makers, believe that before Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) start routinely observing Americans from above, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) needs to address two little concerns, safety and privacy. The issue of privacy was received differently depending on who is involved in evaluating the UAS impact. Many of us believe that flying a UAS with a camera is no different from flying a helicopter during a mapping mission. However, others see it as clear invasion of their personal privacy and they want the FAA to curb the use of the UAS over populated areas. During 2013, the Senate Judiciary Committee's held a hearing on UAV/UAS issue where it was very clear that senators in both parties are worried about the threat to Americans' privacy posed by increasing use of the unmanned aerial systems (UASs). The article "Lawmakers voice concerns on drone privacy questions" published by the NBC details the outcome of the discussions occurred during that hearing.
Integrating small UAS into the NAS raises concerns as unmanned airplanes pose risk by potential air collision with other airplanes or by causing properties damage or loss of life on the ground. Many people and law makers also have concerns about their security as they believe that drones can be hacked and used for terrorist acts. The report "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Examining the Safety, Security, Privacy and Regulatory Issues of Integration into U.S. Airspace" provides fairly good details on the issues of UAS privacy, security and safety.
The burden of concerns over privacy was lessened with the issuing of PART 107 by the FAA as it contained no clause to regulate the use of UAS as it relates to privacy. It was the right move by the FAA as the topic is controversial and there is no easy solution for it. However, things may change in the future as the "FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018" which was authorized by Congress during its 115th session on April 13, 2018 brought back the privacy issues to the table by mandating the FAA to carry out a review to identify any potential reduction of privacy specifically caused by the integration of unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system.
UAS is capable of collecting very high definition/resolution imagery of people backyards and perhaps through windows. The public in the United States expressed two main opinions about allowing UAS to fly over populated areas especially if it is used for surveillance and search and rescue missions.
Review the article "Concerns Over Drone Aircraft Used in the United States; Safety and Privacy Still Concerns, GAO Reports" that discusses the privacy and safety issues of using UAS.
Read the report "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Examining the Safety, Security, Privacy and Regulatory Issues of Integration into U.S. Airspace."
"The main threat to personal privacy posed by the ever-expanding use of UAVs in U.S. airspace is the substantial potential for violations of the protection against unreasonable search and seizure ensured by the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution." therefore, we should limit or prevent the use of UAS for such purposes.
Using UAS for such purposes should be allowed as it is no different from allowing low-flying helicopter on imagery acquisition mission over populated areas or having someone in a neighborhood carrying high resolving power pair of binoculars.
Post to the discussion board and respond to at least one posting from your peers.
Read the article "Implications of Drones on American Privacy and Freedom" by Mike Tully.
Complete the course SRTE (Student Rating of Teacher's Effectiveness).
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