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Newsweek: Back in Print, Confused as Ever
Posted: October 19, 2014 at 8:44 pm
Dumb arguments against libertarianism are increasing, as guardians of the expansive state begin to worry that the country might actually be trending in a libertarian direction. This may not be the dumbest, but as Nick Gillespie said of a different argument two weeks ago, its the most recent:
The deadly drug war in Long Islands Hempstead ghetto is a harrowing example of free-market, laissez-faire capitalism, with a heavy dose of TEC-9s
Were looking to market, sell and profit off drugs the way any business would handle their product, Tony says. Only our product is illegal, so more precautions need to be taken. Its all systematic and planned, all the positions and responsibilities and assignments. All of thats part of our business strategy. Its usually real smooth and quiet, because thats the best environment for us to make bank. But now, we at war, man. Aint nothing quiet these days.
Deutsch describes the competition between the local Crips and Bloods in terms not usually seen in articles about, say, Apple and Microsoft or Ford and Toyota:
As for strategies, they seem to have settled on a war of attrition, aiming to kill or maim as many of their enemies as possible.
Theyre far better armed and willing to use violence than the smaller neighborhood cliques scattered throughout Nassau County.
Theyre also able to keep out other competitors through use of brute force.
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Missing student's remains believed to be found, officials say
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Human remains believed to be those of missing University of Virginia student Hannah Graham have been found on an abandoned property outside Charlottesville, authorities announced Saturday evening.
Graham, 18, of Alexandria, Virginia, vanished in the early hours of Saturday Sept. 13. She was last seen by witnesses on Charlottesville's Downtown Mall with a man identified by police as Jesse Matthew Jr., 32, of Charlottesville.
Athorities have yet to make a conclusive identification of the remains, but police have notified Graham's family, said Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy Longo Sr. Authorities also said Graham's case has become a death investigation.
If the body is that of the sophomore, it marks a grim end to a five-week search for the teen, who apparently became lost after a night out drinking and socializing with friends.
The remains were found by a sheriff's deputy in Albemarle County, Virginia.
"I want to thank everyone who gave up their days, their nights, their weekends," Longo said of the search for Graham. "People who called, wrote and dropped food and good wishes and words of encouragement to the search groups and the detectives who work so hard through this investigation."
"Today would have not been possible without their prayers, their encouragement and their help," the chief said.
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Probe on rights abuse cases urged
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DAVAO CITY Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte toldhuman rights groups here that he would urge theCommission on Human Rights (CHR) toimmediately investigate on the cases of rights violations which included the recent killing of Mandaya father and son in New Bataan, Compostela Valley.
Rights groups together with families and relatives of victims of militarization in the region had a dialogue withDuterteFriday. The mayor also acts aschairman of the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC).
Hanimay Suazo, secretary general of Karapatansaid thatmilitarization and righs abuses in the region are happening on an almost daily basis and we trust that MayorDuterte,asthe current chair of RPOC,could helpthe victims.
During the dialogue, variouscases of militarization in the region were sharedby the victims and their families includingthe harassment of paramilitary group Alamara in Kapalong, Davao del Norte last September; forced evacuation of Indigenous Peoples and red-tagging of pablo survivors in Baganga, Davao Oriental, and the killing of Bernardo Clarion, Sr. in barangay Talisay, Mandug, Davao City last Oct 1, 2014.
Duterte said that he would personally visit the areas to get the side of the military and to start the investigation.
He added that he will set another dialogue inviting all concernedparties including the different Infantry Divisions mentioned by the victims.
If only the admin [Aquino administration] pursued the peace process to the CPP-NDFP-NPA, these [human rights violations] will not happen, Duterte said.
Meanwhile, Pastor Sarly Templado of Exodus for Justice and Peace presented to Duterte during the dialoguethe request of support for their peace education campaign to be launched in the city.
Templado explained that this would help in informing the public ofthe peace process between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP).
Templado said that the launching, to be held next month, will invite members of peace advocates and families of human rights victims from different provinces in the region.(davaotoday.com)
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Strauss: The glue that really holds a school together and that reformers ignore
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In the era of big data, it can be easy to forget the importance of the human connection in certain enterprises, including the education of children. School reformers have set up funding programs that are competitive rather than collaborative, and evaluation systems dont pay attention to collaboration and school culture. In the face of all of this, here is a post that talks about the importance of relationships between teachers and between teachers and administrators. After all, these connections are really what hold a school together.
This post was written by Carrie R. Leana, a management professor at the University of Pittsburgh as well as director of the Center for Health and Care Work at the University of Pittsburgh, and Frits K. Pil, a business administrator professor and research scientist at the Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh. This piece is part of The Social Side of Reform Shanker Blog series, which explores the idea that relationships, social capital, and social networks matter in lasting, systemic educational improvement. For more on this series, clickhere. The Shanker Blog is the voice of the Albert Shanker Institute, a nonprofit organization established in 1998 to honor the life and legacy of the late president of the American Federation of Teachers.
By Carrie R. Leana and Frits K. Pil
Most current models of school reform focus on teacher accountability for student performance measured via standardized tests, improved curricula, and what economists label human capital e.g., factors such as teacher experience, subject knowledge and pedagogical skills. But our research over many years in several large school districts suggests that if students are to show real and sustained learning, schools must also foster what sociologists label social capital the value embedded in relations among teachers, and between teachers and school administrators. Social capital is the glue that holds a school together. It complements teacher skill, it enhances teachers individual classroom efforts, and it enables collective commitment to bring about school-wide change.
We are professors at a leading Business School who have conducted research in a broad array of settings, ranging from steel mills and auto plants to insurance offices, banks, and even nursing homes. We examine how formal and informal work practices enhance organizational learning and performance. What we have found over and over again is that, regardless of context, organizational success rarely stems from the latest technology or a few exemplary individuals.
Rather, it is derived from: systematic practices aimed at enhancing trust among employees; information sharing and openness about both problems and opportunities for improvement; and a collective sense of purpose. Over a decade ago, we were asked by a colleague in the School of Education about how our research might be applied to improving public schools. Since then, weve spent a good deal of time trying to answer that question through several large-scale research studies.
One thing we noticed immediately in our work with schools was the intense focus on the individual educator. This is prevalent not just among school reformers but in the larger culture as well, as evidenced in popular movies ranging from To Sir with Love in the 1960s to Waiting for Superman nearly 50 years later. And every self-respecting school district has a version of the Teacher of the Year award, which has now risen to state and even national levels of competition. In recent years, however, we have also witnessed a darker side to accountability, as districts around the country publicly shame teachers who do not fare well on the accountability scorecards.
Accountability models find their roots in the discipline of economics rather than education, and are exemplified in the value-added metrics used to evaluate teacher performance. These metrics assess annual increments in each students learning derived from standardized tests in subject areas like math and reading. These are then aggregated to arrive at a score for each teacher her value added to students learning. Anyone with access to the internet can find teacher rankings based on these scores in many districts across the country.
Needless to say, many teachers, and the unions that represent them, argue that value-added measures of student performance fail to capture the complex factors that go into teaching and learning. At the same time, reliance on such metrics may undermine the collaboration, trust, and information exchange that make up social capital and, in this regard, do far more harm than good.
What is Social Capital?
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Des Moines Register prepares for a very stressful newsroom restructuring
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Editor Amalie Nash speaks on turnover, transformation, and a virtual reality adventure
Amalie Nash became editor of the Des Moines Register earlier this year, at a time of transition for Iowas largest daily. (Photo courtesy Amalie Nash)
Its a time of transition at theDes Moines Register. Along withother Gannett newspapers, Iowas largest daily has begun a process of newsroom reorganization that will bring some pain. New reporting jobs are being added even as other positions go away, but a number of longtime staffers will likely find themselves out of a job at the end of the processand some have reportedly alreadybowed out.
Not all of the changes underway at the Register are difficult, though. The paper has also made news recently with the announcement of anew partnershipwith Bloomberg Politics; a collaboration with papers across the state totrack political ad spending; a multi-tiered offensive in the battle for open records; and, perhaps most surprisingly, a foray into futurism with the Harvest of Change series, in which theRegisterpresented a virtual-reality tour of an Iowa farm designed to be viewed through the Oculus Rift headset.
At the center of all these changes has been Amalie Nash, theRegisters editor and vice president for audience engagement, who is still in her first year at the helm after coming over from theDetroit Free Press. A Michigan native, Nash took the Register job at what she noted was a transformational time for the paper and Gannett as a whole. I spoke to Nash late last week about the restructuring, theRegisters ongoing open-records battles, and the papers venture into the unsettled (and for this interviewer, unsettling) territory of virtual reality. An edited transcript is below.
I understand youve been doing interviews for your restructuring this weekin which every staffer has to reapply for positions in a reorganized newsroom. Whats the reaction been like in the newsroom to this tumultuous process?
Its certainly a difficult process for everyone. Weve had a range of emotions from across the room. You know, its a very stressful time, and were cognizant of that.
One of the takeaways weve seen is just how passionate our employees are about the Registerand about wanting to be part of the newsroom as were moving forward. And so weve heard a lot of really great stories from people about why they got into journalism, why theyre right for their roles; people are excited about some of the new roles that are going to be part of this restructuring. This is a difficult process and one that we think will position us to have future success, to be able to have some new areas of coverage and that sort of thing.
Youve saidthat youre beefing up reporting as part of the process, and yetits been reportedthat your newsrooms in Des Moines and at theIowa City Press-Citizenare going to be losing 18 positions between them. So how can you be both beefing up reporting and shrinking the newsroom?
We dont know exactly how many positions its going to be at this point because obviously theres a lot of financial modeling that goes into this. And so part of its going to depend on what the payroll is going to look like at the end of this. But there will be a loss of positions as a result of that, and thats coming in a couple of different areas.
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Bible Prophecy The Book of Revelation A Futurist Interpretation Chapters 4, 5 The Throne in Heaven – Video
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Bible Prophecy The Book of Revelation A Futurist Interpretation Chapters 4, 5 The Throne in Heaven
Revelation: A Futurist Interpretation, Part 1: Introduction, Revelation chapters 4 and 5 . More information at http://www.islamicstate.info . The throne in Heaven, Angels, four beasts . The...
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Positive Liberty, Ep. 5: Space Edition – Video
Posted: October 18, 2014 at 3:48 pm
Positive Liberty, Ep. 5: Space Edition
Created by Joseph S. Diedrich and Naomi Brockwell Transcription: I #39;m Naomi Brockwell, and this is Positive Liberty--space edition. Elon Musk #39;s SpaceX broke ground on the world #39;s first...
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Alien Isolation Part 2 – A Dying Space Station – Video
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Alien Isolation Part 2 - A Dying Space Station
The story gets underway as we arrive at the space station which surprisingly reminds me of Dead Space in a sense. Something has happened here. The station is in dismay, people running around...
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Space to Ground: Out the Door: 10/17/14 – Video
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Space to Ground: Out the Door: 10/17/14
NASA #39;s Space to Ground is your weekly update on what #39;s happening aboard the International Space Station. Got a question or comment? Use #spacetoground to talk to us.
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Timelapse over Europe – Video
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Timelapse over Europe
This timelapse video shows two passes over Europe taken by ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst as he flew overhead on the International Space Station at around 400 km altitude. The International...
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