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Learning Transfer: Inflating the Software Report Card
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Learning Transfer: By TRIP GABRIEL and MATT RICHTEL, Published: October 8, 2011, Via The New York Times
Learning Transfer: Tom McDonald's Comments:
Buyer Beware!!! Not all that's promised is delivered. Do your due diligence in researching the most effective and efficient one-to-one, instructional theory driving the software and check references and outcomes similar to your initiative. Pilot an initiative, ideally with and without the software, and compare /contrast results. request a return on Investment Calulation. If you don't experence positive results consistent with those promised, do not continue with the software and hope that a learning miracle will occur…because it won't. Tom
The Web site of Carnegie Learning, a company started by scientists at ,Carnegie Mellon University that sells classroom software, trumpets this promise: "Revolutionary Math Curricula. Revolutionary Results."
Learning Transfer: The pitch has sounded seductive to thousands of schools across the country for more than a decade. But a review by the United States Department of Education last year would suggest a much less alluring come-on: Undistinguished math curricula. Unproven results.
The federal review of Carnegie Learning's flagship software, Cognitive Tutor, said the program had "no discernible effects" on the standardized test scores of high school students. A separate 2009 federal look at 10 major software products for teaching algebra as well as elementary and middle school math and reading found that nine of them, including Cognitive Tutor, "did not have statistically significant effects on test scores."
Amid a classroom-based software boom estimated at $2.2 billion a year, debate continues to rage over the effectiveness of technology on learning and how best to measure it. But it is hard to tell that from technology companies' promotional materials.
Many companies ignore well-regarded independent studies that test their products' effectiveness. Carnegie's Web site, for example, makes no mention of the 2010 review, by the Education Department's What Works Clearinghouse, which analyzed 24 studies of Cognitive Tutor's effectiveness but found that only four of those met high research standards. Some firms misrepresent research by cherry-picking results and promote surveys or limited case studies that lack the scientific rigor required by the clearinghouse and other authorities.
"The advertising from the companies is tremendous oversell compared to what they can actually demonstrate," said Grover J. Whitehurst, a former director of the Institute of Education Sciences, the federal agency that includes What Works.
School officials, confronted with a morass of complicated and sometimes conflicting research, often buy products based on personal impressions, marketing hype or faith in technology for its own sake.
"They want the shiny new one," said Peter Cohen, chief executive of Pearson School, a leading publisher of classroom texts and software. "They always want the latest, when other things have been proven the longest and demonstrated to get results."
Carnegie, one of the most respected of the educational software firms, is hardly alone in overpromising or misleading. The Web site of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt says that "based on scientific research, Destination Reading is a powerful early literacy and adolescent literacy program," but it fails to mention that it was one of the products the Department of Education found in 2009 not to have statistically significant effects on test scores.
Similarly, Pearson's Web site cites several studies of its own to support its claim that Waterford Early Learning improves literacy, without acknowledging the same 2009 study's conclusion that it had little impact.
And Intel, in a Web document urging schools to buy computers for every student, acknowledges that "there are no longitudinal, randomized trials linking eLearning to positive learning outcomes." Yet it nonetheless argues that research shows that technology can lead to more engaged and economically successful students, happier teachers and more involved parents.
"To compare this public relations analysis to a carefully constructed research study is laughable," said Alex Molnar, professor of education at the National Education Policy Center at the University of Colorado. "They are selling their wares."
Carnegie officials say 600,000 students in 44 states use its products, many taking teacher-led classes three times a week with Carnegie-provided workbooks and spending the other two class periods in computer labs using Cognitive Tutor. The full curriculum can cost nearly three times as much as a typical textbook over six years.
Officials declined to release annual revenue figures, but Carnegie Learning was acquired in August for $75 million by the parent of the for-profit University of Phoenix. Carnegie Mellon University, which had retained ownership of the Cognitive Tutor software and licensed it to Carnegie Learning, earned an additional $21.5 million from the sale.
Steve Ritter, a founder and the chief scientist of Carnegie Learning, said there were flaws in the What Works Clearinghouse evaluations of Cognitive Tutor and disputed the Education Department's judgment of what makes a worthy study.
"What you want to focus on is more of the why," he said, "and less of a horse race to find out what works and doesn't."
A Carnegie spokeswoman, Mary Murrin, said in a statement that the company used "the data from all studies with varying outcomes to continuously improve our programs."
Karen Billings, a vice president of the Software and Information Industry Association — a trade group representing many education companies — said the problem was not that companies overpromise, but that schools often do not properly deploy the products or train teachers to use them. Ms. Billings's group helped design the field trials, in 132 schools, for the landmark 2009 government study of 10 software products, which was ordered by Congress and cost $15 million.
Then came the deflating results. The industry "became very hostile," recalled Mr. Whitehurst, now director of education policy at the Brookings Institution. "It seems to me," he added, " 'hypocrisy' is the right word for loving something until the results are not what you expect."
The Hard Sell
Shelly Allen, the math coordinator for public schools in Augusta, Ga., has seen a lot of curriculum salespeople pass through. She is wary of their sweet words and hard sell.
In June, when representatives from Carnegie Learning visited, Dr. Allen warned: "I just want everybody to know I grew up here. I graduated from here. My children go to school here. When you guys get back where you live, our kids have to still be able to reach goals we set."
Augusta is famous for its magnolia-shaded National Golf Club, host to the Masters Tournament, but its public schools are typical of struggling urban districts. Three-quarters of the 32,000 students in the district, Richmond County, are black, and 72 percent are poor enough to qualify for the federal lunch program. The mean SAT math score last year was 443, below Georgia's mean of 490 and the nation's 516.
Six years ago, the district adopted Cognitive Tutor for about 3,000 students at risk of failing, paying $101,500 annually to use it. As students work through problems, the computer analyzes their weaknesses and serves up new items until they grasp the skill and are allowed to move on. To a student, the promotional materials say, it feels "as if the software is getting to know her and supporting her like a tutor."
So when the screen says: "You are saving to buy a bicycle. You have $10, and each day you are able to save $2," the student must convert the word problem into an algebraic expression. If he is stumped, he can click on the "Hint" button.
"Define a variable for the time from now," the software advises. Still stumped? Click "Next Hint."
"Use x to represent the time from now." Aha. The student types "2x+10."
The software likes this and moves on to highlight a series of questions in green, beginning with, "How many more days must you save to buy a bike that costs $60?" Using his 2x+10 formula, the student enters "25."
After solving several questions of this sort and plotting them on a graph, the student would click "Skillometer" to see how he had fared. A series of forest-green bars would show that he did well labeling axes for his graph, but not so well writing the initial formula.
Moving on, Cognitive Tutor would bump him down to an easier problem: "A skier noticed that he can complete a run in about 30 minutes (half an hour)." The expression relating ski runs to time would be 2x, with x representing hours.
"Immediate feedback," Carnegie Learning explains on its Web site, "enables the student to self-correct and leads to more effective learning."
Augusta officials liked the program enough that when concerns arose last winter that many 11th graders were not on track to pass a new state graduation test, the district asked to expand the software's use to all 9,400 of its high school students. The company agreed to provide access for no additional charge — temporarily.
"As a company, it makes sense to give you the opportunity to prove it works for all students," Anita Sprayberry, a regional sales manager, told school leaders. That way, she said, "We can talk about a bigger sale."
Going forward, Ms. Sprayberry said, the cost would be about $34,000 for each of the district's 11 high schools.
In a recent interview, Dr. Allen said she was familiar with the What Works Clearinghouse, but not its 2010 finding that Cognitive Tutor did not raise test scores more than textbooks.
Though the clearinghouse is intended to help school leaders choose proven curriculum, a 2010 Government Accountability Office survey of district officials found that 58 percent of them had never heard of What Works, never mind consulted its reviews.
"Decisions are made on marketing, on politics, on personal preference," said Robert A. Slavin, director of the Center for Research and Reform in Education at Johns Hopkins University. "An intelligent, caring principal who'd never buy a car without looking at Consumer Reports, when they plunk down serious money to buy a curriculum, they don't even look at the evidence."
Evaluating Curriculums
Founded in 1998 by cognitive and computer scientists along with math teachers, Carnegie Learning is proud of its academic heritage, and many education researchers consider it a model of rigor and transparency.
One founder, John R. Anderson, received the 2011 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science for work on how humans perceive, learn and reason. The company's Web site promises that its curriculums "provide the research-based foundation for proven results," citing "success stories" from around the country.
At Dundalk Middle School in Baltimore County, Md., for example, Carnegie Learning says that Cognitive Tutor led to an increase in the passing rate on a state assessment, to 86 percent in 2004 from 49 percent in 2002. What it does not say is that the rate remained at 85 percent last year, even though Dundalk dropped Cognitive Tutor in 2007 because of difficulties arranging lab time.
That is why many academics dismiss case studies: it is too easy for slices of data to be taken out of context, or for correlation to be confused with causation.
Instead, the gold standard of education research is a field trial in which similar groups of students are randomly assigned to classes where one uses the curriculum and the other does not.
The Carnegie Web site lists five such trials and says they all show positive results for Cognitive Tutor.
Three of these studies, however, were rejected by the What Works Clearinghouse for flaws in their design; in a fourth, the clearinghouse identified a problem with part of the study — the part that purported to show benefits. One of the rejected studies had found that users of Cognitive Tutor in 10 Miami high schools scored better on Florida state exams than a control group, but the clearinghouse found that the students being compared were not equivalent.
"The entire 'effect' of Cognitive Tutor possibly can be traced to other factors," said Mark Dynarski, a former director of the clearinghouse, "and the way in which the research was carried out does not allow one to know if this is the case."
Dr. Ritter, Carnegie's chief scientist, noted that the clearinghouse's 2010 review was limited to high schools and that a year earlier it found that Cognitive Tutor had "potentially positive effects" in middle school.
The middle school finding rested on one study, out of 14 reviewed. That study is featured prominently on the Carnegie Web site, which omits mention of two others that the Education Department judged to be well designed but showed no benefits.
Dr. Ritter said he had excluded those studies, in Hawaii and Virginia, because the students had not used Cognitive Tutor precisely as the company intended. The researcher who did the Hawaii study, Dennis Newman, said it reflected how Cognitive Tutor was used in the real world.
Dr. Newman is also the author of research guidelines for the Software and Information Industry Association, where Dr. Ritter sits on the education research working group. One of those guidelines states, "An expectation in the scientific community is that research findings are made available regardless of the result."
Karen Cator, a former Apple executive who directs the Office of Educational Technology at the Department of Education, said the clearinghouse reports on software should be "taken with a grain of salt" because they rely on standardized test scores. Those tests, Ms. Cator said, cannot gauge some skills that technology teaches, like collaboration, multimedia and research.
Ms. Cator's office is developing a new framework to measure the educational value of technology, but she advised schools and districts not to wait to invest in software like Cognitive Tutor.
"They know what their students need to know and what they need to be able to do," she said.
Real-Time Assessments
In Augusta, Dr. Allen, the math coordinator, said her district did not have the means to study the effectiveness of Cognitive Tutor formally. But she and her staff saw that low-achieving students who used it were able to join mainstream classes. And teachers appreciated the way the software transmits assessments in real time to Carnegie Learning, then kicks back a report indicating the strengths and weaknesses of each student.
Teachers "just didn't know, skill by skill, the same type of data they are getting now," Dr. Allen said.
On the other hand, when the new state math test was given in March, 27 percent of the district's 11th graders did not pass, which Dr. Allen described as "something that makes us not real excited."
At the June meeting with Carnegie Learning's sales team, Dr. Allen said Cognitive Tutor could be worthwhile if the district, which has recently cut $7 million from its budget and furloughed employees for nine days, could scrape together the financing. "Our negotiations are intense because we don't have any money," she said to laughter around the table.
In Georgia, where the state negotiates prices with publishers, an annual license for Cognitive Tutor software is $32 per student, and the workbook, which must be replaced annually, is $24 — for a total of $336 over six years, a typical lifespan of a math textbook that costs about $120.
Ultimately, Dr. Allen's district did not have the money, so she focused on getting the most out of her staff. "Giving them the right tools and resources certainly helps," she said, "but our teachers are the ones making that difference."
Gregory W. Capelli, co-chief executive of the Apollo Group, which runs the 400,000-student University of Phoenix and bought Carnegie Learning this summer, said his company first ran its own pilot project with the software and also examined independent research.
But Mr. Capelli, like others, relied at least in part on personal experience.
"My daughter, who's in eighth grade, used this product," he said.
"She would do very well" in some lessons "and not in others," Mr. Capelli said. "What I liked about it is that once she got it, it would allow her to go on to the next part of the tree."
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Delta Christian Drama Association is a community theatrical group based in Delta Junction, Alaska. In January of 2005, founders George and Gaylene Hosier placed an ad in the Delta Wind newspaper, seeking faith-based theatrically inclined volunteers. Upon receiving several enthusiastic responses, they immediately begin writing a script for an Easter performance.
In March of 2005, DCDA presented "Perhaps for a Good Man" to the Delta Junction and Fort Greely community. Set in an inner city soup kitchen, it debuted Richard Hill as Joshua Etters (an ex-Marine turned gentle-hearted laypreacher), Diane Hill as Mary Etters (Joshua's wife), Martin Hosier as Casey Etters (their 12-year-old son), Christie Dubois as Shawna Etters (Casey's teenage sister), Gaylene Hosier as Gooby (a homeless woman, simple of mind, but mighty in faith), George Hosier as Gus "Barstool" Rabus (a local thug bent on running the Etters out of his turf), and April Pugh as Mindy Karns ("Bar" Rabus' girlfriend). Extras included Coby Haas, Mark Lawrence, Cheryl Helkenn and Kena Field. These men and women were the true pioneers of DCDA.
Thus began a Delta Junction tradition of seasonal stage shows, free of charge and committed to excellence, which quickly accumulated a dedicated fan base throughout interior Alaska from Dot Lake to Fairbanks. Several actors, most of them home-schoolers, who began acting with DCDA as young children became regular and favorite performers for several years until college, family or careers called them elsewhere. DCDA will always carry a soft spot in our heart for these seasoned almuni of our close-knit family. In that hall of fame are names such as Heather and Heidi Ueeck, BJ and Kathryn Merrymon, the Sutherland siblings, Noahhna Fullmer and the entire inimitable Holbrook clan. Nor will we ever forget Tiana Shawver or Martin Hosier whose young lives were prematurely taken from us by tragic accidents.
Most of DCDA's scripts through the years have been completely original, or heavily adapted from classic plots. Many hours of work and exhausting production schedules ripened and blossomed into such memorable hits as "What Man is This?" - an account of Longinus who supervised the crucifixion of Christ, "Let Nary You'ns Dismay" - an Appalachian Christmas Carol, "The Prince's Gambit" - a medieval allegory, "The Carpenter's Touch" and its sequel "The Carpenter's Return" set in Nevada during the 1870's, or "Morning's First Beam" - which tweaked Leo Tolstoy's "Martin the Cobbler" into a 1773 pre-revolutionary Philadelphia setting.
In addition to full length stage plays, DCDA has also produced audio drama for radio, human video performances and skits for such events as weddings and the Deltana Fair.
Delta Christian Drama Association, being an independent spiritual assembly is not for profit. Legally we are structured as a Corporation Sole. In compliance with AS 10.40.010, we are registered with the State of Alaska as a "Religious Corporation". Our entity number, 129904, may be verified by searching the State of Alaska website. We also have an EIN on file with the IRS. According to the First Amendment of the Constitution for the united states of America, and under section 508 of the IRS code, organizations of our type may exercize their right to a "mandatory exception" to having to apply for tax exempt status (See IRC Title 26 § 508 and IRC Title 26 § 6033).
The bottom line is that while DCDA is a tax excepted charitable religious organization, we are not a 501(c)(3) entity. Like the more familiar 501(c)(3), our Corporation Sole is also a non-profit, and since it is based on a true church or spiritual organization (See the Motivation section below for details about our spiritual organization), does not pay tax on spiritual activities. The distinction can be clarified as follows:
A 501(c)(3) entity obtains "tax-exempt" status by asking the IRS to grant them permission to be placed in this tax category. It is then required to meet rigid policy, organizational and reporting standards in order maintain 501(c)(3) status. Because of First Amendment religious freedom concerns, Congress has never passed any statute anywhere which defines what a church is. However, the IRS has established its own 14-point criteria which they use to help them define a "church" and whether or not that church is eligible to become "tax-exempt". The Tax Court, seperate from the IRS administrative criteria, has adopted its own view, consisting of most of the same criteria compacted into 7 or 8 points. See, e.g., Pusch v. Commissioner, 39 T.C.M. 838 (1980) or Chapman v. Commissioner 48 T.C. 358 (1967). Not all of these criteria must be met by every individual church, since the IRS must allow for the existence of independent churches. As you can see, obtaining and maintaining 501(c)(3) status for a religious entity can be somewhat interpretive.
A Corporation Sole, on the other hand, is encompassed in Internal Revenue Code section 508(c)(1)(a), which acknowledges a mandatory tax exception for a legitimate church or spiritual organization. The state and federal laws requiring a non-profit corporation to maintain a Board of Directors, meetings, minutes and resolutions do not apply to a Corporation Sole, since it is an office held by one person. Ecclesiastical structures such as churches and DCDA need not file for 501(c)(3) status should they choose not to, yet they are allowed to receive tax deductible contributions from their members and friends just like 501(c)(3) organizaitons do.
Currently George Hosier occupies the Office of the Overseer of Delta Christian Drama Association. "The Office of the Overseer Delta Christian Drama Association and His Successors, a Corporation Sole" is the official name of DCDA and serves as the only legal interface between our organization and various legal, financial or regulatory entities. That being said, DCDA has chosen to operate under the advisement of an oversight body and a set of bylaws. Decisions are made through a consensus process and records are maintained of the decisions made during those consensus planning meetings.
DCDA does not function as a commercial entity and does not participate in profitable business. Instead it represents an integrated auxiliary of the ancient spirtual communion of saints (ἐκκλησία or "out-called ones") dead, living and yet unborn who share a multi-membered body with Jesus Christ as its head. Accordingly DCDA cannot be established by, nor can the free exercise of its religious affairs be prohibited by any secular authority.
Every well run organization should have a core philosophy that guides what they do and defines why they do it. In the world of acting, we call this "motivation". As actors build believable characters in order to play a convincing role, one of the most basic questions the actor must ask his or her character is "What is my motivation?" Delta Christian Drama Association's motivation is summarized in our motto: "DCDA: Where Christ Takes Center Stage".
While on the surface this may sound trite and churchy, it encapsulates the philosphy that sets us apart from many other community theater groups. Simply put, we love Jesus Christ. In fact, we're crazy about Him! That being said, we have no denominational agenda. Our cast and crew come from a wide spectrum of Christian belief systems. Our goal is not to condemn, judge or divide our community or our world, but rather to celebrate the unconditional love, hope, healing and purpose that the life, death and resurrection Jesus of Nazareth secured for human beings from all walks of life and all points of view.
Yet as we respect and embrace the diversity of the human race, the DCDA family stands united in our commitment to the most fundamental beliefs of Christian doctrine. This doctrine as distilled in John3:16.
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not
perish, but have everlasting life.
Or in the Greek:
Οὕτως γὰρ ἠγάπησεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν κόσμον, ὥστε τὸν Υἱὸν τὸν μονογενῆ ἔδωκεν, ἵνα πᾶς ὁπιστεύων εἰς Αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται ἀλλ᾽ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον.
For those who desire a more expanded statement of doctrine, DCDA feels that the ancient Apostles' Creed is concise, comprehensive and scripturally sound enough to serve as our doctrinal statement.
the Maker of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord:
Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost,
was crucified, dead, and buried;
He descended into hell.
The third day He arose again from the dead;
and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost;
the holy universal church;
the communion of saints;
the forgiveness of sins;
the resurrection of the body;
and the life everlasting.
Our shows are not preachy. Indeed many of them are not even overtly religious in nature. All are, however, consistent with wholesome family values. DCDA productions may depict lawless villains. We regularly portray human beings caught in a tangled web of vice, betrayal, deceit and corruption. But each show will resolve on a lingering note of moral integrity--of personal responsibility before Heaven and among our fellow man. That is because beneath it all, the founders, cast and crew are thoroughly committed to a message and a lifestyle that honors the victorious gospel of Jesus Christ.
At the beginning of each rehearsal, and before each live performance, the cast and crew of DCDA join together in prayer that Jesus Christ would indeed take center stage. Just before the curtains rise on a live show most theater people offer each other the traditional good luck wish, "Break a leg!" At DCDA we offer an alternative wish:
"Break a heart!"
What does that mean? Are we talking about becoming a dashing handsome leading man or sexy beautiful actress who is a "heartbreaker". No, we are talking about allowing our hearts to be broken and poured out in love for our audience and our community. This is the reason why we want Jesus Christ to take center stage. We don't mean that we expect the carpenter, Yeshua of Nazareth, to appear in a flash of light and physically upstage our performance. Instead we invite Christ's indwelling spirit, Christ's message, Christ's heart to burst out of the confines of our puny humanity as we act and that His healing, gentle, life-giving presence would become visible to our audience as we communicate through the unique medium of quality drama.
Samuel Chadwick said, "It is a wonder what God can do with a broken heart if He gets all the pieces."
The prophet Jeremiah also talked about having a broken heart. The weeping prophet's heart was broken over the brokenness of his people (Jer. 8:21). Here at DCDA we urge our cast and crew not to view themselves as stars who suck admiration and applause from our audience, but as earthen vessels to be broken and spilled out by the Holy Spirit in order to heal the broken world around us. May the omnipotent and eternal Lord God whose mercy endures forever make it so.
DCDA's has many dreams for the future. We want our service to make a positive difference in lives, not only within our local community but throughout Alaska and the world. We anticipate that our perfomances will eventually not only be seen on stage but that they will be distributed by any means possible, including film, social networking and other types of digital/electronic media.
We hope to train future generations of ministry teams who are committed to producing drama and other performing arts which are sychronized with the mind and the heartbeat of our Creator as revealed through his living Word.
We aspire to educate ourselves in techniques which will improve artistic and communicative effectiveness.
We desire to develop a network of like-minded people who wish to participate in a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and who share an appreciation of artistic talent which is used for His glory.
We want to provide for the physical, mental, intellectual aesthetic and spiritual welfare of this network and of the community at large in the spirit of Him who said,
"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor." - Luke 4:18-19 NIV
George and Gaylene Hosier
Founders, actors, writers, directors, costume/set designers and...well...you get the idea!
Tiana Shawver and Martin Hosier
Perfoming together during "The Carpenter's Return". Rest in Peace. We will never forget.
Daniel Mannan
As Longinus during the performance of "What Man is This?" Easter, 2006.
Heidi Ueeck
As Betsy Ross in her final DCDA show, "Morning's First Beam". Heidi's outstanding talent blessed DCDA for a decade from age 6 until 2013.
Nathan Sutherland and Lane Skidmore
As orphans in "Home for Christmas". The next generation of DCDA actors emerges from obscurity.

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Compare and Contrast Barn Burning and Cask of Amontillado
Montresor
Barn Burning
Major De Spain
The stories "Barn Burning" and "The Cask of Amontillado" are not very similar stories. They do, however, have two characters that seem to have a lot in common. Abner Snopes and Montresor both do things that most people would consider insane and inappropriate. Snopes (from "Barn Burning") destroys things to get back at upper class white people because of his treatment. Montresor kills a man because he felt he was greatly offended.
In "Barn Burning", Snopes burns down a barn and destroys an employer's rug because he feels he is mistreated among people of his own race. He is a poor sharecropper trying to make a living. He believes that he is treated wrongly even though contextual evidence would suggest otherwise. When he is on trial at the beginning of the story the Justice lets him off. He says there is not enough proof to find him guilty. The Justice then tells him to leave the country. Later on, Abner destroys the rug of his employer, Major de Spain. He was not provoked to this. He and his family had just arrived at their new house when Abner decided to go into de Spain's house and rub horse droppings into his carpet. Major de Spain brought the rug to him and ordered it cleaned. Snopes did clean the rug, but he did it with lye soap, which completely ruined the rug. He was treated more than fairly when his payment of twenty bushels of corn went down to ten bushels. This was especially in his favor since it was his fault he got into trouble.
Montresor, in "The Cask of Amontillado", decides to kill his "friend", Fortunato. Fortunato " ventured upon insult- so Montresor feels he needs to get revenge. Fortunato's actions throughout the story suggest that he did not really do anything to insult or hurt Montresor. He greets Montresor as a friend and he follows him into the crypts willingly. He obviously does not think there is a problem between him and Montresor. If he did, he would not have so blindly trusted him.
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Like most animated films, this one should be just as enjoyable on the small screen.
Terrific, very detailed commentary track in which the directors and one producer get quite excited about telling stories of the film's creation, and how much it evolved in the process (almost all the changes clearly for the better).
Tons! But they're kind of hit and miss. The behind-the-scenes featurette on Disc 1 includes everything from "The Tech of Shrek" and the technical goofs on Disc 2. There's video of storyboard pitches for scenes that were deleted (what's the fun in that?). "Interviews" with the characters are a little slapped together and not that entertaining. Huge DVD-ROM games & goodies for kids -- if you have a Windows PC. Plus, the commentary comes with or without subtitles.
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Once upon a time there was a mean ogre who lived in an enchanted forest full of suspiciously familiar characters. There was a trio of little pigs forever on the run from some wolf. There was that little wooden boy who was a pathological liar. There was another wolf dressed up like some little blonde girl's grandmother and there were those seven midgets forever fretting about that beautiful girl in the glass coffin.
One day Lord Farquaad, the despotic pygmy-sized prince of this faraway land, decided he wanted the forest cleared of its chimerical critters, pixies and narcoleptic princesses. They were all forcibly "resettled" in the swamp of the ogre. And boy, was he peeved about it.
Shrek, for that was the ogre's name, marched right into Farquaad's Disneyland-caricature of a castle and demanded, with all his ogrely gruffness, that his overrun swamp be cleared of unwelcome creatures, and the weasely prince made him a deal: Farquaad would restore the solitude of the ogre's swamp if the ogre would go on a quest to rescue a beautiful princess -- from the highest tower of the grandiose ruins of a castle, located in the mouth of a volcano and guarded by a fire-breathing dragon. You see, Lord Farquaad wants to marry this princess, but he's too much of a coward to rescue her himself.
Such is the fractured fairytale setup for "Shrek," a drolly satirical but genuinely enchanting animated adventure brought vividly to life by the DreamWorks computer cartoon crew that so brilliantly blended the magic of CGI and the kvetching of Woody Allen in 1998's "Antz."
"Shrek" is similarly and even more deliberately off the beaten path that Disney cartoons have trod through just such forests for eons now. Each of these stock characters is moderately aware of the cliché of their existence, and as such, the beautiful princess has long been sitting around her tower, over-romanticizing her inevitable rescue (like a teenage girl plans her wedding) by what she's sure will be a handsome knight.
Shrek isn't what she had in mind.
Mike Myers slips into a fake Scottish brogue to provide the gentle voice of this grumpy, lumpy green giant with fluted ears, who sets off to the castle grumbling about his lot in life to his unwelcome sidekick, an obnoxious donkey (with Eddie Murphy's scene-stealing voice) who just won't leave Shrek alone no matter how mean the big guy is to him.
At the castle the rescue goes off only after the fanatically rendered dragon falls head over heels in love with the donkey, a development that allows Murphy no end of ad-libbing fun as he plays up his exasperation.
As Shrek leads the princess (Cameron Diaz) back toward Farquaad's castle, adventure ensues (of course), wisecracks abound, love blossoms, etc. But "Shrek" goes out of its way to turn these clichés on their ears with a self-mocking sense of humor that fairy tale features have been in dire need of for a long time now.
Example: After spending a night on the road, the princess wakes one morning and wanders into the forest to sing with a beautiful birdie -- which then explodes at the sound of her glass-shattering voice. Next shot: The princess serving Shrek eggs for breakfast.
"Shrek" is jam-packed with this kind of startlingly off-kilter and sometimes off-color humor, making fun of dozens of fairy tales and taking devilish jabs at Disney.
But in the long run the story, disappointingly, falls back on the exactly kind of trite plot devices the movie should be making fun of. Shrek and the princess have a silly sitcom misunderstanding -- based on a partially overheard conversation -- that drives them apart despite their obvious romantic attraction. Plus, she has a "horrible" secret that would, in fact, bring them closer together, but she's too stupid to realize that.
Other nagging problems keep this ingeniously campy caper from really soaring the way it could have. The animation, which is nearly photorealistic for the four main characters, is only video game-quality on many of the background players. They have wobbly walks and faces that look like photographs melted onto vaguely human frames. Although it's the inconsistency that makes it annoying, the animation issues could be written off to a style decision.
The use of aging pop songs on the soundtrack, however, is just a flat-out mistake. "All Star" by Smash Mouth not only doesn't fit the fairy tale atmosphere at all (even in this irreverent fairy tale), but it's two years old, already strongly associated with another movie ("Mystery Men") and will only serve to severely date "Shrek" in years to come.
But while I could nit-pick dozens of easily resolved problems with this movie, luckily directors Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson throw so many inventive, subversive comedic curveballs that "Shrek" easily makes up for most of its mistakes.
My personal favorite: The deck-of-cards-looking Farquaad (with the perfectly menacing-sissy voice of John Lithgow) is torturing the Gingerbread Man in an early scene -- biting off a leg, dipping him in milk -- to which the Gingerbread Man defiantly scowls, "Eat me!"


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Q: how to upload any file using dropzone.js in php? i am unable to upload image using dropzone.js in php.
i have tried everything but nothing work for me.
MY HTML Code
<form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">

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    <button type="submit" id="submitbtn">Upload</button>
</form>

MY Javascript Code
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                maxFilesize: 99,
                maxFiles : 3,
                autoDiscover:false,
                acceptedFiles: ".png,.jpg,.jpeg",
                previewsContainer: '.dropzone-previews',
                autoProcessQueue : false,
                parallelUploads: 100,
                addRemoveLinks: true,
                init:function(){
                    var myDropzone = this;
                    $("#submitbtn").on('click',function(e) {
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$upload_dir = "img/";
$name = $_FILES['img']['name'];
$tmp_file = $_FILES['img']['tmp_name'];

move_uploaded_file($tmp_file, $upload_dir.$name);

A: You don't need to add input type file in your html
<form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">

<button type="submit" id="submitbtn">Upload</button>

Try this Code. Hope this will work
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     url:"upload.php",
     uploadMultiple: true,
     maxFilesize: 99,
     maxFiles : 3,
     autoDiscover:false,
     acceptedFiles: ".png,.jpg,.jpeg",
     previewsContainer: '.dropzone-previews',
     autoProcessQueue : false,
     parallelUploads: 100,
     addRemoveLinks: true,
     init:function(){
        this.on("success", function (index, response) {
            var res = JSON.parse(response);
            console.log(res);
            fileList = res.images;
            for (i = 0; i < fileList.length; i++) {
              var imgname = fileList[i];
              $(".dz-remove").eq(index).attr('data-url',imgname);
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        $('.dz-success-mark').show();
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In you upload.php file return response with image name
  $name = $_FILES['img']['name'];
$tmp_file = $_FILES['img']['tmp_name'];
$filesCount = count($_FILES[$img]['name']);
for($i = 0; $i < $filesCount; $i++) {
   move_uploaded_file($tmp_file[$i], $upload_dir.$name[$i]);
   $upload_image[] = $name[$i];
}
$response_data=array('images'=>$upload_image);
echo json_encode($response_data);

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Olympic athletes Alistair and Jonny Brownlee have joined forces with Aldi to pledge their support for Get Set to Eat Fresh, an ambitious educational programme set to improve the eating habits of 1.2 million young people in the UK by 2020.
Get Set to Eat Fresh is a nationwide education programme for young people aged 5-14 years-old. It builds on the success of Get Set, the official youth engagement programme of Team GB and ParalympicsGB, and has already reached more than 400,000 young people since its inception in 2015.
The programme is brought to life by Team GB athletes, inspiring students about the benefits of healthy eating by developing the skills required to cook fresh, healthy food.
Following increased demand from schools, 2017 will see the programme expand its reach to include younger pupils aged 5-7 years-old, ensuring healthy eating habits are introduced at an earlier age. New activities supporting the Science, Geography and PSHE curricula are provided for primary age groups.
Team GB Triathlete Jonny and Alistair Brownlee aka The Brownlee Brothers visit to Yeadon Westfield Infant School.
The Get Set to Eat Fresh website will host video content providing insights into athlete nutrition as Team GB stars discuss their eating habits. Teachers will also be able access free, fun and engaging curriculum-linked resources about healthy eating. Schools can also win exclusive Get Set to Eat Fresh goodies, including signed aprons! Just share your story on our website for a chance to win.


RIVERSIDE, Calif. - About two-thirds of veterans using Veterans Affairs Department education benefits earn a degree or complete a certificate or training program. The remaining third drop out, however, overcome by challenges in transitioning from service member to student.
Now a study led by a health services researcher at the University of California, Riverside offers a solution: peer-led services, which, the researcher says, are ideal for connecting student veterans to resources and healthcare services.
"Peer-led supportive services offer veterans a sense of community and have the potential to increase retention rates and help ensure academic success," said Ann Cheney, an assistant professor in the Center for Healthy Communities in the School of Medicine and the lead author of the study that appears in the fall 2016 issue of Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action.
She explained that many university campuses already have supportive services for students.
"But these most often are neither veteran-initiated nor veteran-led," she said. "Some veterans are deterred from accessing these services because of values and attitudes promulgated within the military, such as self-reliance and pride."
The research paper stresses that veteran-led programs connect students with fellow veterans and veteran faculty members who share military experience.
"Such faculty members can help veteran students transition from the military's rigid structure to that of a student, which tends to be more self-directed," Cheney said. "By seeking help from VA and community providers and researchers, campus communities can play a vital role in improving veterans' overall health and well-being and academic success."
The study was conducted at six campuses in rural Arkansas to describe challenges and lessons learned in the first year of a VA/Student Partnership for Rural Veterans project. To develop veteran-to-veteran services, Cheney and her colleagues leveraged established community advisory boards. They also collaborated with student services, faculty with vested interest in veteran health, and leaders of student veteran organizations.
"Engaging veterans, campus leaders, and community stakeholders in grass-roots efforts to develop peer-led services and resources that are locally tailored to the needs of veterans can result in long-term collaborations and sustainable programs," Cheney said. "Supportive services can help veterans transition into higher education and potentially set them up for academic success, but the evidence base still needs to be established. This study leads us one step closer to understanding the value of peer-led services for our most recent generation of veterans."
Cheney sees the process of engagement described in the paper as an ideal way to engage members of at-risk student groups and the community to build partnerships to develop peer-led services for students in need of supportive services.
She was joined in the research by co-lead Justin Hunt and several researchers in Arkansas: Tracy H. Abraham, Angie Waliski, Shane Russell, and Cliff Hudson, at the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, North Little Rock; Steve Sullivan, Dianne Swaim, and Caleb Lewis at the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Chaplain Services, North Little Rock; and Brian Candler and Sonya Hall at the VA/Student Partnership for Rural Veterans Community Partner.
The study, initiated in 2013, was supported by the VA Office of Rural Health and the South Central VA Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center.
A medical anthropologist with research experience in mental health and substance use health services, Cheney researches health disparities in underserved, primarily rural, populations, including women, veterans, ethnic and racial minorities, and immigrants.
At the time of the study, she was an assistant professor of psychiatry in the Division of Health Services Research at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and a research health scientist in Health Services Research and Development at the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System.
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Adopted Rottweiler Saves Pregnant Woman from Knife Attack
Kasha Weston was five months pregnant when a gang of knife-wielding thugs broke into her home and began attacking her boyfriend and put a knife to her throat. But their adopted dog, Rocky, managed to save them both and helped trap one of the assailants long enough for police to arrive and arrest him.
In March of 2014, Kasha and her fellow were in their Gravesend, UK home when they were startled to hear someone at the door.
"Aryan and I were in bed, with Rocky fast asleep on the floor next to us," she explained to the Mirror.
"Suddenly, there was a loud banging on the front door.
"Rocky shot straight out the room, barking madly.
"I peered through the spy hole but I couldn't see a thing but Rocky was still barking furiously.
"He wouldn't calm down and we were worried he was going to wake the street, so we put him in the bathroom.
"We opened the door gently and as we did a gang of four men burst through.
"They shouted, 'Where's the money?'
"We didn't know what they meant.
"One of the hooded men grabbed me by the arm, dragged me into the living room.
"He said, 'Shut up', and held the knife to my throat.
"Aryan grappled with the other three and I could hear Rocky going mad in the bathroom.
"I begged them to leave us alone and told them I was pregnant, but they continued to rain blows down on Aryan.
"I thought they were going to kill us.
"But then Rocky crashed out the bathroom and came bounding over.
"He sprang to our defense and bared his teeth at the intruders.
"They were terrified and ran out the front door but Rocky was hot on their heels.
"Aryan checked I was OK and then ran after them."
Worried about her boys, Kasha followed them and saw Aryan and Rocky standing in front of one of the intruders.
"He was staying, 'I'm sorry,' and Rocky was growling," she said.
"Aryan held onto him and the police arrived.
"We gave our statements and then made such a fuss of Rocky.
"Who knew what would've happened if he hadn't been there?"
She said it was like he knew something was wrong.
"Over the next few days, he didn't leave my side," she said.
"He'd even tenderly nudge my bump with his nose. It was as if he was telling the baby not to worry either."
Two months later, Kasha was terrified to discover that she'd begun bleeding. She turned out to be alright, but doctors believed her condition was caused by post-traumatic stress.
"For the rest of my pregnancy, I couldn't stop worrying about our baby.
"I didn't leave the flat unless Rocky was with me."
In July, by Caesarean-section she gave birth to a healthy baby boy, whom Rocky absolutely adores.
"We named him Aryan after his dad," she said. "Nobody was happier about our new arrival than Rocky.
"He would gaze at him in his cot, stood guard and growled if strangers got too close.
"We called him Aryan's big brother."
In September, the assailant that Rocky and Aryan nabbed, Benedict Ayolla, was convicted of aggravated burglary and sentenced to 10 years in prison. Unfortunately, his accomplices have not been found.
"We still don't know why we were targeted.
"But with Rocky with us though, I know we don't have to worry.
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Wonderful Story and not a surprise to anyone who has ever had a Rottie OR a rescue 🙂
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Euroformula leader Goethe to stand in for injured Yeany at Campos in F3
written by Ida Wood 26 July 2022
Euroformula's runaway points leader Oliver Goethe will make his FIA Formula 3 Championship debut this weekend at the Hungaroring, replacing Hunter Yeany at Campos Racing.
Goethe has won eight races out of 14 as a Euroformula rookie this year with the dominant Motopark team, having stepped up from Formula Regional where he struggled to score points in the Asian and European championships.
He replaces Yeany due to the American breaking his left wrist during a clash in the the last F3 round at the Red Bull Ring. His arm only came out of a cast after two-and-a-half weeks, by which point he should have already been preparing to race in Hungary were he able to.
Feature: How Euroformula put the go in Goethe
"We wish Hunter a speedy recovery and a strong debut for Oliver in FIA F3," Campos announced on Tuesday (July 26), with Goethe joining David Vidales and Pepe Marti in its line-up.
"I'm extremely excited to make my FIA F3 debut this weekend with Campos Racing," said Goethe. "I can't wait to try out the car and compete amongst the best. It'll be a great learning experience and I will make the most of it."
Goethe was racing at the Hungaroring only a few weeks ago in Euroformula, claiming a victory and a third place at the circuit. The Dane intends to move across to FIA F3 full-time in 2023, not feeling ready yet to step up to Formula 2 as Euroformula's recent champions have, and he is not expected to remain at Campos for the Spa-Francorchamps round at the end of August as Yeany is anticipated to be ready to return to racing by then.
The next Euroformula round is at Imola on September 2-4, and FIA F3 drivers may join the grid for one of the two final rounds once their season concludes.
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Does Wal-Mart Want More Jesus in Public Schools?
The Walton Family loves school vouchers.
For years, the heirs to the Wal-Mart fortune have pumped money into plans to privatize schooling in the US of A. Most recently, we read that the Walton Family Foundation has donated six million bucks to the Alliance for School Choice. Why?
The ASC has a track record of supporting vouchers. Its enemies accuse it of being nothing but a front organization for "fundamentalist" schemes to re-religiousize public education.
Do the mega-rich Waltons hope to get more Jesus into America's schools?
Readers of Bethany Moreton's relatively recent book To Serve God and WalMart won't be surprised to hear of the connection between conservative evangelical Protestantism and big-box retailing. But even the most scathing critics of the Waltons' educational policies have sometimes left out the religious angle. Diane Ravitch, for example, blasted the Waltons for copying in education what Wal-Mart had achieved in retailing. As she put it,
The foundation supports charters and vouchers, though it prefers vouchers. It seeks to create schools that are non-union and that are able to skim off students from the local public schools. In time, the local public schools will die, just as the Main Street stores died.
Other critics of the Waltons' beneficence have focused more closely on the religious angle. Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, for example, has long targeted both the Waltons and the Alliance for School Choice as leaders in the drive to sneak religion back into public schools through the back door of vouchers. Rob Boston of Americans United, for instance, called ASC leader Betsy DeVos the "Four-Star General" leading a "Deceptive Behind-the-Scenes War on Public Schools and Church-State Separation."
According to Boston, Devos is a "fundamentalist Christian and far-right political activist" with a sneaky goal: "nothing short of a radical re-creation of education in the United States, with tax-supported religious and other private schools replacing the traditional public school system."
Here at ILYBYGTH, we have to ask the tricky question: what's the relationship between free-marketism and Jesus? Groups such as the ASC and the Walton Family Foundation seem committed to both. In the realm of schooling, that means vouchers. For many conservatives, vouchers seem to contain a triple promise. They can weaken the grip of teachers' unions by diverting tax money away from union-dominated public school systems. They can bring more ol'-time religion into schooling by funding religious schools. And they can give parents and families the magic wand of consumer choice.
It doesn't seem as if there's a logical or theological connection between these policy ideas. That is, from my scanty understanding of Christianity, free-market principles don't seem to be a central part of traditional evangelical theology. Yet in school policy as in other areas, it seems Americans have historically connected capitalism with Christian virtue.
And there's one other puzzle we need to suss out. If these privatization campaigns are about both Jesus and capitalism, why don't promoters mention either? When the Alliance for School Choice tells us about itself, it does not mention religion or the panacea of the marketplace. Why not?
For critics, this is all part of the ASC's "sneak attack" on secular public schools. The ASC wants more Jesus and more Milton Friedman, this line of argument goes, but wraps those goals in anodyne calls for more school choice for low-income families. But why would conservatives try to hide their love for public religion or for capitalism? Most conservatives make no secret of their goals. Why would they hide their love for public religiosity or market-ism in this case?
by Adam Laats on December 27, 2013 • Permalink
Posted in Bible and Prayer in the Classroom, Freedom & the Free Market
Tagged Alliance for School Choice, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Betsy Devos, Diane Ravitch, Rob Boston, School Prayer, School Vouchers, Walton Family Foundation
Posted by Adam Laats on December 27, 2013
https://iloveyoubutyouregoingtohell.org/2013/12/27/does-wal-mart-want-more-jesus-in-public-schools/
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"…from my scanty understanding of Christianity, free-market principles don't seem to be a central part of traditional evangelical theology. Yet in school policy as in other areas, it seems Americans have historically connected capitalism with Christian virtue."
This is what I call the "Jesus looks like Uncle Sam" syndrome. The "rugged individualism" that permeates conservative thinking is definitely expressed in capitalism. It's all about the individual, all of the time. Anything having to do with the government is fraught with peril. Liberty is translated into Christians being free to make individual choices about every facet of life, including the free market.
Christianity in this nation has become Americanized, and I don't think that serves the faith well at all. We have lost the sense of community, of helping out those around us, and putting their needs before our own.
Agellius
"Why would they hide their love for public religiosity or market-ism in this case?"
Well, why bring it up? If what they want is school choice, and are trying to persuade people to their point of view, why make it controversial? Also, by the same token conservatives might ask, when the teacher's unions oppose school choice, why don't they advertise the fact that it's really their leftist, i.e. socialist/communist bent which makes them want public control over schools and their curricula? And that this is really for the specific purpose (among other things) of keeping religion and morality out of the schools?
Obviously both sides need to keep their "real" motivations to themselves when trying to make their respective positions as "marketable" as possible.
"[F]rom my scanty understanding of Christianity, free-market principles don't seem to be a central part of traditional evangelical theology. Yet in school policy as in other areas, it seems Americans have historically connected capitalism with Christian virtue."
There is some connection, I think, between Protestantism and free-market principles. Free-market-ism didn't really take off until after the Reformation, and then mainly in Protestant countries. For a long time, one of the big Protestant arguments against Catholicism was that Catholic countries were so much poorer and economically backward than Protestant ones.
The connection with Protestant doctrine I would say comes down to the two main Protestant principles: Sola scripture and sola fide. You don't need any authority other than the Bible to know how to be saved; and you don't need anything but faith in order to be saved. In other words, no Church, no authority, no priesthood, no sacraments, no corporate redemption, no communion with the saints in heaven. Rather, it's a "me and God" Christianity — every man for himself, interpreting the Bible for himself and getting saved through individual experiences of God, with no reliance on the Church or priests or sacraments.
The Church as an institution is bad because it's run by men and men, being totally depraved (another big Protestant innovation), can't be trusted. Mistrust of government is an extension of this idea. Trust in a written constitution rather than in a living government is another manifestation of the notion of putting one's trust in the written record of God's revelation alone, while rejecting the idea of being ruled, spiritually, by sinful men, i.e. bishops and popes.
As a former fundamentalist Protestant, I applaud your comment. It is spot on. You said it so much better than I ever could.
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OK, the truth is I'm not an actual wizard. But I can still show you things you may have never thought possible. From functions of disguise and invisibility to complicated manipulations of time, space, and mathematics, I'm going to lead you through a world of new possibilities within the New Relic Query Language (NRQL).
One of our major innovations at New Relic, NRQL (pronounced "nerkel") is a query language you can use to query the New Relic Database (NRDB) about the data you use New Relic to collect from your applications. You can then transform those query results into New Relic Insights charts so you can quickly and easily interpret what your data says, and take action.
As a Principal Software Engineer on the NRDB team, I have learned how powerful NRQL can be. These seven tips and tricks of advanced wizardry for querying your data will help you level up your NRQL queries. But beware! While this information is useful for any New Relic customer, the post assumes a general understanding of NRQL syntax, components, and functions.
When I say "disguise data," I really mean simplify it.
Not very useful. How many zeroes is that, anyway?
As you can see in the resulting chart, those account 1 users really like their data, and they tend to query two to three times as much data than the average user.
The query result shows that almost 2% of collected data comes from account 1.
NRDB is an immutable database—there's no UPDATE statements—but NRQL power users can transform data that wasn't initially shaped right.
When you facet data, you sort events into groups that each produce a result. Faceting is one of the most popular features of NRQL, but few customers know all the things you can do with it. In fact, fewer than 1% of facet queries use the features I'm about to reveal to you.
Interesting sidenote: New Relic is smart enough to realize that you probably want the results sorted according to the order of days of the week, not by which day had the largest result.
And, for the ultimate in flexibility, there's FACET CASES. Here you can precisely specify the conditions for each facet, using a NRQL WHERE clause. Note that the order matters: An event will be faceted based on the first condition that matches.
In these next examples, I'll show how you can combine NRQL features in unexpected (and maybe even unnatural) ways.
Here's a common situation: You build a dashboard in which each widget queries a different type of event, and then when something happens you squint and try to decide if a change in one matches a change in another. What if you could combine them all into one chart? Well, through a clever combination of the filter and eventType functions, you can do exactly that.
The following query could help you explore a hypothesis that garbage collection time is affecting overall performance of an app.
The eventType() function lets you limit each data series to one of the two types you're querying for. This lets you plot them both on the same chart and determine that the hypothesis seems to be false. They aren't strongly correlated.
This query tells you that we're adding 2.7 TB of data to the system per day, even though new data and deleted data are recorded in different events.
By applying the heat map visualization of faceted histograms with a time-based faceting function, you can see how a histogram changes over time. In the 9:00 hour, and again in late afternoon, this application gets slower.
Sometimes you need to put a "fence" around your data. Let's look at a few ways to do that.
Now, let's say you want to force a decimal number to an integer; there are three ways to do this:.
You can hop down with floor, shown in yellow.
You can jump up with ceiling, shown in red.
You can go to the closest integer with round, which is the green line that dances around the original raw values in blue.
Finally, let's look at a few techniques using advanced mathematics and statistics in NRQL queries. Let's start with percentiles. Everyone loves percentiles. But maybe, in this age of modern software, the 99th percentile isn't good enough.
As you can see, there's a big difference between the performance at 2 nines and at 3 nines.
NRQL also provides mathematical functions to use in your computations. For example, you now have at your disposal square roots sqrt(n), remainders using mod, two types of exponentiation pow(n,2) and exp(n), and logarithms like log2(n) as well as other bases.
Now you can see that the tail peters out around 10^4th, or 10,000.
This post covers quite a bit about querying your data in NRQL—from how to reshape the way it's displayed, to how to group it along various axes, to how to apply advanced statistical functions to it. And this isn't anywhere close to a definitive list of all the novel combinations you could possible apply.
To learn more, give these tricks a try yourself, and see what else you learn about your data. Then be sure to share your own wizardry in the New Relic Explorers Hub.


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School Boards across the province of B.C. have now turned to online education amid COVID-19 concerns. (Contributed)
Learning from home may present challenges for young students amid COVID-19
A UBC professor explains the challenges behind online learning for students
Daniel Taylor
Kids are returning to school this week after an extended spring break due to COVID-19, however, the classroom looks a lot different.
Due to health restrictions, classes are now being taught online, often through the video chat app 'Zoom' where teachers can have face-to-face lessons with their students.
Marina Milner-Bolotin, associate professor, faculty of education at UBC, said that while secondary students have grown accustomed to online learning, for middle school and primary students learning online presents a challenge.
"The biggest challenge in my view is for younger kids," said Milner-Bolotin.
"Younger kids need physical activity, they need to move. They can't just sit for six hours in front of a computer. They also need adults to supervise them and to help them. So, if you have this opportunity at home then lucky you, but many children don't."
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Parents are also faced with the difficulty of monitoring their children's schooling, while providing extra help when needed on top of their jobs. But, for many parents, education is a foreign language, especially when tasked with paying the bills and putting food on the table.
Milner-Bolotin said another issue that presents itself is that teachers will have to adapt to online learning. For many teachers, teaching online will be an easy adjustment if they've experienced it as a student, whereas others with no experience will have a hard time learning new technology and using it effectively.
"Some teachers are very apprehensive about technology, so I think it's a big challenge for them," said Milner-Bolotin.
"I think to learn something new in a situation that's an emergency is very difficult. Imagine they were told a year ago 'in a year we'll have a pandemic and you must learn to teach online', well then I guarantee they'd be comfortable with teaching online. Now, they have to learn it in a much more stressful situation."
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The greatest challenge may lay with the students from low-income households who may not be able to access online education from home, stated Milner-Bolotin.
She said that many families do not have enough computers to go around, making it difficult to complete their assignments and engage in online lessons.
"In regular circumstances, kids can go to the library if they need to and they're not required to use a computer all the time," said Milner-Bolotin.
To assist with learning the B.C. government is investing $3 million into public libraries.
Rob Fleming, Minister of Education explained that it's important that people have access to digital literacy programs, ebooks and online learning.
"Libraries can use this new funding to provide enhanced digital and connectivity services by expanding Wi-Fi capabilities, offering community digital literacy training, enhancing online library programs and purchasing technology, such as scanners, tablets, microphones and cameras," he said.
However, there is another looming concern for Milner-Bolotin, that of the well-being of students who may experience violence or other issues in the home and are now confined to that space.
She said many students rely on school as an escape from abuse and school-provided meals for food.
Fortunately, the Central Okanagan District School board has a plan in place for students who need extra support.
According to Moyra Baxter, board chairperson of the Central Okanagan School Board, the board has already lent out about 1,000 laptops to students who need them. It will also begin supplying food packages to families in which their children have been using the school's meal programs. The package will be delivered once a week and will include breakfast and lunches.
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In addition, Baxter said communication will be made often between teachers and students to ensure the safety of each student at home.
"It's a case of us trying to do things in a different way, knowing it won't be the same," said Baxter.
"This does present challenges, but we are trying to do what we can for vulnerable students."
The board will be holding a public meeting online on Wednesday, April 8, to inform the Okanagan on its plan to support its students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit this link to attend.
Reporter, Kelowna Capital News
Email me at daniel.taylor@kelownacapnews.com
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11 Things We NEED To See If There's A My Date With The President's Daughter Sequel
For starters, where's that cool ring?
Disney's hit rom-com My Date with the President's Daughter turns 18 this year, and it's about time we start talking about a sequel. Starring Boy Meets World actor Will Friedle and CSI actress Elisabeth Harnois, the two made one adorkable couple that only came to be thanks to a chance encounter in a mall.
After Duncan Fletcher (Friedle) asks Hallie Richmond (Harnois) out on a date — not knowing she's actually the President's daughter — the pair find themselves running wild in Washington, DC, dodging secret service agents, spending tons of money on clothes, and fighting off bully Steve Ellinger (Grant Nickalls).
On Friday (February 12), Friedle admitted to People's Choice he's given thought to doing a sequel of some sort. "If someone comes up with a great story for a second My Date With The President's Daughter, of course I'd be interested in doing it, it was a wonderful experience."
He even had suggestions for routes the sequel could take, including having Duncan's son dive into the dating world. And while talk of a sequel is only speculation, we came up with a list of must-sees for Disney to keep in mind for the future.
For starters, Friedle needs his long locks back.
And Harnois should rock that pink dress again.
If Duncan and Hallie do get married, can this ring somehow be involved?
And Duncan rocks this helmet?
There should be some kind of Halloween scene, and Duncan and Hallie go as the robbers "in disguise."
And if Friedle could say the line, "Babe, you look so hot in that paper bag," it'd be much appreciated.
Duncan is a professional magician.
And this guy is his assistant when they go on tour.
Reid, "the Vice President's spawn," makes a comeback...
...but he's less of a slimeball and treats women with more respect.
For some bizarre reason, George Richmond (Dabney Coleman) is still President of the United States.
Eh, logistics, smogistics.
Hallie redoes this epic hair flip.
And Friedle and Harnois recreate this iconic poster.
But maybe their kid is standing in the background instead?
My Date With the President's Daughter
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Anthony Caci, né le  à Forbach, est un footballeur français qui évolue au poste de défenseur central au FSV Mayence.

Biographie

En club
En 2011, il rejoint le centre de formation du RC Strasbourg à l'age de 14 ans. Il rejoint l'équipe réserve du club alsacien en 2015 et dispute son premier match contre le FCSR Haguenau le  pour le compte de la 6e journée de championnat de CFA 2.

Il dispute ses premières minutes avec les professionnels le 23 aout 2016 en coupe de la ligue contre l'AJ Auxerre en tant que titulaire.
Il joue son premier match de Ligue 2 contre Auxerre également en entrant en jeu à la 87e minute de la 12e journée de championnat. A la fin de la saison, il ne totalise que ces trois minutes de jeu qui lui permettent de devenir champion de France de Ligue 2 2016-2017.

La saison suivante il ne prend part à aucun match de championnat de Ligue 1 2017-2018. Cependant, en , il prolonge son contrat jusqu'en 2020.

2018-2019
Il commence la saison 2018-2019 en tant que titulaire lors de la première journée de championnat contre les Girondins de Bordeaux. Il délivre sa première passe décisive lors du match suivant contre l'AS Saint-Étienne à Anthony Gonçalves.

Dès le début de la saison, il joue au poste de défenseur central dans la défense à trois instaurée par son entraîneur Thierry Laurey et a ensuite été titularisé à plusieurs reprises au poste de latéral gauche où ses performances lui ont notamment permis d'avoir été élu homme du match pour la première fois par les supporters du RC Strasbourg lors de l'accueil du SM Caen.

Il dispute l'intégralité des 5 rencontres de Coupe de la Ligue que son club remporte contre l'En Avant Guingamp le 30 mars 2019 au stade Pierre-Mauroy de Lille.

2019-2020
La saison 2019-2020 commence par une blessure au genou droit. Il dispute son premier match de la saison contre l'Olympique de Marseille, en tant que titulaire et remplacé à l'heure de jeu. Il ne peut cependant empêcher la défaite de son équipe 2-0.

Le 23 novembre 2019 à l'occasion de la  de championnat disputée contre Amiens, il inscrit son premier but en professionnel en ouvrant le score. Il délivre également une passe décisive pour Nuno Da Costa pour le dernier but de la rencontre remportée 4-0.

Le 21 décembre contre Saint-Étienne, il délivre deux passes décisives pour Ludovic Ajorque et Adrien Thomasson et permet à son équipe de remporter le match 2-1.

Le 4 janvier 2020, il entre en jeu contre le Stade Portelois en Coupe de France avant de se blesser six minutes plus tard. C'est son dernier match de la saison avec l'arrêt du championnat à cause du Covid-19. Il termine la saison avec huit matchs de ligue 1 disputés pour quatre passes décisives et un but.

En sélection nationale
En , il est sélectionné en équipe de France espoirs par Sylvain Ripoll. Il dispute son premier match en jouant la deuxième mi-temps du match amical contre l'équipe de Belgique espoir le 3 juin 2019 à la MMArena du Mans. Il connait sa deuxième sélection la semaine suivante contre l'Autriche.

Le , il est retenu dans la liste des vingt-et-un joueurs français sélectionnés par Sylvain Ripoll pour disputer les Jeux olympiques d'été de 2020 qui se déroulent à l'été 2021 au Japon. Le , il fait ses débuts en tant que titulaire avec la sélection olympique contre la Corée du Sud en match préparatoire aux JO de Tokyo (victoire 2-1). Il dispute les trois rencontres jouées par l'équipe de France au Japon pour les Jeux olympiques.

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Palmarès
 RC Strasbourg
 Champion de France de Ligue 2 en 2017.
 Vainqueur de la Coupe de la Ligue en 2019.

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Footballeur français
Joueur du Racing Club de Strasbourg
Joueur du 1. FSV Mayence 05
Footballeur aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2020
Naissance en juillet 1997
Naissance à Forbach

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Massachusetts Democrats question President Donald Trump's State of the Union call for unity
Updated Feb 05, 2019; Posted Feb 05, 2019
President Donald Trump delivers 2nd State of the Union Address
By Shannon Young | syoung@repub.com
Despite President Donald Trump's State of the Union call for lawmakers to come together on an array of policy issues, some Massachusetts Democrats questioned his commitment to bipartisanship.
Members of the state's congressional delegation offered that while they support the president's call for unity on Capitol Hill, they remain skeptical as to whether Trump will be able to put partisan politics aside when it comes to contentious issues, like immigration.
President Donald Trump calls for unity, enhanced border security in 2nd State of the Union Address
President Donald Trump used his second State of the Union Address Tuesday to lay out his policy vision for the United States, tout his accomplishments in office and call for American unity – particularly in Congress.
U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, a Springfield Democrat who chairs the House Ways and Means Committee, said he's "dismayed at the lack of any kind of bipartisanship" during the first two years" of Trump's administration.
The congressman, however, stressed that he is ready "to unify with the administration and (his) colleagues on the other side of the aisle for the common good of the constituents (they) proudly serve."
"The need for common ground is imperative to success," he tweeted shortly after the president's joint congressional address.
In unity there is strength and I continue to stand at the ready to unify with the Administration and my colleagues on the other side of the aisle for the common good of the constituents we proudly serve. The need for common ground is imperative to success. #SOTU
— Rep. Richard Neal (@RepRichardNeal) February 6, 2019
U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, meanwhile, argued that "when Donald Trump talks about compromise, what he really means is capitulation."
The Massachusetts Democrat questioned the president's willingness to work with Democrats on immigration, infrastructure and other issues, offering that he's only really supportive of his own policies.
"There is an opportunity to work together ... but only if President Trump actually understands what true compromise requires," he said in a statement. "Tonight, President Trump advised Congress: 'We must reject the politics of revenge, resistance and retribution — and embrace the boundless potential of cooperation, compromise and the common good.' So far in his administration, he has yet to take his own advice."
U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III, D-Brookline, offered that it's "hard to unite a country when you refuse to defend the majority of the people who proudly call her home."
The congressman accused the president of supporting policies that have scapegoated, excluded, targeted and ignored large groups of Americans.
Congresswoman Katherine Clark, D-Melrose, contended that Trump's speech "set forth a vision that is in contrast to his own policies."
"We heard commitments to lowering prescription drug costs, to eliminating AIDS/HIV and fighting childhood cancer. These are noble causes that the Trump administration has undermined with its own attacks on the Affordable Health Care Act, science and funding for research," she said in a statement.
Clark added that the president "declared a message of unity then referred to Congress' oversight responsibilities as a 'ridiculous partisan investigation'."
U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern, a Worcester Democrat and chairman of the House Rules Committee, also questioned the president's call for bipartisanship.
"It's great that Donald Trump is talking about bipartisanship. Dems and Republicans agreed on the bipartisan spending bills we passed in December — he was the one who shut government down for 35 days," he tweeted.
It's great that @realDonaldTrump is talking about bipartisanship.
Dems & Republicans agreed on the bipartisan spending bills we passed in December — he was the one who shut government down for 35 days.
— Rep. Jim McGovern (@RepMcGovern) February 6, 2019
Massachusetts Democratic Party Chairman Gus Bickford called Trump's remarks on unity, bipartisanship and healing "meaningless," arguing that the president "has routinely attacked and belittled women, immigrants, communities of color, working families, the LGBTQ community and others."
"The real test will be whether the president and his Administration make any effort to do better or whether they continue to incite hatred and division," he said in a statement.
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat who is eying a 2020 White House bid, meanwhile, urged supporters upset with the president's State of the Union remarks to "fight for the change (they) want to see" by contributing to her presidential exploratory effort.
"We heard plenty of things in tonight's (State of the Union)that made my blood boil. But it's not enough for us to just get angry at Donald Trump (again). ... This is our moment," she tweeted.
We heard plenty of things in tonight's #SOTU that made my blood boil. But it's not enough for us to just get angry at @realDonaldTrump (again). We have to fight for the change we want to see. This is our moment – chip in now: https://t.co/2xGf7rkInY
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) February 6, 2019
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Mexico, Colombia, Brazil and Puerto Rico Inspired these MLS Jersey Remixes
BY Omar Villegas | October 14, 2015 AT 6:18 pm
By Omar Villegas October 14, 2015 at 6:18 pm
La Casaca is a blog dedicated to remixing soccer jerseys from around the world.
If you love the colors of fútbol, they're always tinkering with designs and asking "What if X jersey looked like Y?"
Here's an example: La Casaca asked: "What if national teams wore jerseys designed by famous clothing brands?
Credit: La Casaca
They imagined what it would look like if France's jersey was made by Lacoste, the US jersey was made by Ralph Lauren and Italy's jersey was made by Armani. Not bad, right?
This month, the designers at La Casaca were asked by Major League Soccer to create some designs inspired by Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States. So they took a few MLS jerseys and added a Latin American twist to each of them.
Their Chicago Fire jersey was inspired by former Mexican player Cuauhtémoc Blanco and Mexican painter Hector Duarte.
For New York City FC, the Bronx's Puerto Rican population and hip hop graffiti served as an inspiration.
The New York Red Bulls jersey was inspired by former Colombian star Juan Pablo Ángel and Colombia's folkloric clothing.
Brazilian star Kaká and the colorful neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro inspired their Orlando City SC jersey.
The Los Angeles Galaxy jersey was inspired by Mexican star Giovani Dos Santos and a traditional Mexican textile pattern.
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After 105 Years, the Cleveland Indians Will Finally Change Its Racist Name and Donald Trump is Not Happy
By Andrea Reindl December 14, 2020 at 8:11 pm
BY Andrea Reindl | December 14, 2020 AT 8:11 pm
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After 105 years of having a racist moniker as their team name, the Cleveland Indians has finally decided to change their name.
The New York Times broke the news on Sunday, speaking to three anonymous sources with inside information. Per the Times, the baseball team will apparently formally announce the news as early as this week.
The Cleveland Indians have long come under criticism for having what many consider a racial slur against Native Americans as their team name.
This is long overdue & a major win for Native American communities. We can't stop here – we still have the @Chiefs, @Braves & @NHLBlackhawks. Bottom line: No native mascots! We are people. #ChangeTheName #TimeIsNow https://t.co/KZ88tL5XOC
— Allie Young (@allieyoung13) December 14, 2020
Crystal Echo Hawk, an indigenous activist and member of Pawnee tribe once told USA Today that sports teams that brand themselves with Native American imagery "impacts not only how people view us, but also how we view ourselves. These mascots propagate offensive stereotypes, and scientific studies have shown they increase rates of depression and anxiety among our youth."
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In 2018, the Cleveland Indians retired the mascot they'd had for 71 years, "Chief Wahoo". "Chief Wahoo" was a racist caricature of a Native American. The mascot had bright red skin, an exaggerated nose, and a feather pinned to the back of his head. Ironically, the mascot last appeared on the players' uniforms on Indigenous Peoples' Day/Columbus Day in 2018.
Native Americans have long called for the Cleveland Indians to retire their mascot and change their name.
According to the sources that The New York Times interviewed, the transition from being called the "Indians" to a new name (one that is still undecided) will be a difficult one. The Cleveland baseball team will have to phase out all merchandise, retire their current uniforms, and work with a manufacturer to create new equipment and signage. In other words, they have an expensive undertaking ahead of them. One that probably should have been done a long time ago.
Finally. ✊🏽❤
Literal generations of Native advocates rejoice! Dehumanization of our people at the national sports level takes another hit. #ChangeTheName #NotYourMascot https://t.co/kbaUmWsuec
— tara houska ᔖᐳᐌᑴ (@zhaabowekwe) December 14, 2020
The decision to finally change the team's offensive name comes after a tumultuous year where many American institutions faced a racial reckoning.
Many spokespeople of old that were rooted in minstrelsy, like Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben, were retired by brands in the aftermath of the Black Lives Matter protests over the summer. It appears that the Cleveland baseball team has also finally heeded its critics.
In July, the team formerly known as the Washington Redskins finally dropped their offensive name as well. The team now goes by the Washington Football Team while they decide on a new name.
But of course, not everyone is happy with the name change. Some believe that the MLB team is becoming too "politically correct".
None other than President Trump tweeted out his displeasure at the news, calling it "not good news" and claiming that the name change was "cancel culture at work".
Oh no! What is going on? This is not good news, even for "Indians". Cancel culture at work! https://t.co/d1l0C9g6Pd
Contrary to what Trump thinks, when a brand evolves to be less offensive and respect the culture of a marginalized community, it isn't giving into "cancel culture", but is actually…working towards a better world. We know Donnie doesn't know much about that.
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