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Today's Fresh Blogs...| 100 things about me: Part 8 |
| Published: July 22, 2007, 12:01 pm |
| Tags: Personal Thoughts, Aids, Computer Science, Economics, English, Foreign Languages, French, Gaming, Gay Activist, Grade, History, International Politics, Iphone, Kids, Math, Newsday, Newspaper, Statistics, Video Games |
| understand. 74. My worst grade ever was a D+ in Economics. 75. My best grades have always been in History, English, or any foreign language. 76. I was close to being hired by the New York paper Newsday, but dropped my plans with them after deciding to marry my Kentucky-based boyfriend. (I basically had to choose between him or my dream |
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| Third Grade Comedy Gold: So, remember when I was talking about Wang ... |
| Published: August 26, 2007, 1:50 pm |
| Tags: Baseball, Chien Ming Wang, Third Grade Comedy Gold |
| So, remember when I was talking about Wang jokes, and how they're never not funny? I honestly meant that. [Awful Announcing] |
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| Third Grade Comedy Gold: So, remember when I was talking about Wang ... |
| Published: August 26, 2007, 1:50 pm |
| Tags: Baseball, Chien Ming Wang, Third Grade Comedy Gold |
| So, remember when I was talking about Wang jokes, and how they're never not funny? I honestly meant that. [Awful Announcing] |
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| Great Moments in Scienticianism |
| Published: August 30, 2007, 4:50 pm |
| Tags: Scienticians, You D Have To Be Grade Moron To Question Exxon S Climate Scienticianism, By The Way Al Gore Fat |
| This post from Michael Asher at DailyTech has already brought predictable yodels from climate change skeptics. From what I can gather, Asher supplies -- once again -- ample evidence that he's functionally innumerate:In 2004, history professor Naomi Oreskes performed a survey of research papers on climate change. Examining peer-reviewed papers |
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| Adventures In Rank Idiocy |
| Published: August 30, 2007, 4:22 pm |
| Tags: Cahrlie Manuel, Grade Morons, Baseball |
| "You ask for a miracle, I give you...Charlie Manuel."Granted, I've never understood the intentional walk fetish of so many managers. But they don't get much stupider than walking 1)the best base stealer in baseball to 2)load the bases with 3)the go-ahead run to bring up 4)a good singles hitter who's almost impossible to double up 5)followed by |
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| Skipping a grade in school |
| Published: September 7, 2007, 4:01 am |
| Tags: Academics, Elementary School, Elementaryschool, First Grade, Firstgrade, Kindergarten, Montessori, Private School, Privateschool, Public School, Publicschool, School, Second Grade, Secondgrade, Skip First Grade, Skip Grade, Skipfirstgrade, Skipgrade, Skipping Grades, Skippi |
| she was beginning first grade work.The following year, she was an official kindergartner doing first grade work in Montessori. By the time school was out last spring, she was doing second and third grade work. This year, she is a first grader in public school. The teacher's lesson plan involves work she has long since mastered and Ellie is |
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| Fi-X Factor |
| Published: September 9, 2007, 8:10 am |
| Tags: Michael Grade, Itv, X Factor |
| words of ITV head Michael Grade:Mr Grade [...] said the current malaise, sparked by a rash of claims about premium phone lines and compounded by recent allegations that programmes had been rigged and competition winners faked, was "as serious as it gets".Mr Grade said any producer found to have deceived viewers would be shunned by ITV. "If |
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| Which Government Displays More Failure? |
| Published: September 10, 2007, 12:22 pm |
| Tags: Political Commentary, Link Fest, Hoyer, Unrealistic, Expecting, Grade, Preoccupation, Had, Unrealistic, Completed |
| This item comes from the Federalist Patriot: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said that expecting Congress to pass 12 appropriations bills by the deadline at the end of September would be unrealistic. He blamed the Senate, which still must pass 11 of the 12. House Minority Leader John... Visit Big Dog's Weblog for the rest of the |
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| A Grade: Student Makes Barbie an Electric Chair for Science Fair Project |
| Published: September 11, 2007, 6:08 am |
| Tags: Grade, Barbie, Benton Middle School, Jessyratfink, School, Science Fair Project, Science Project, Students |
| Middle school student Jessyratfink (not her real name) came up with an innovative &mdash and utterly brazilliant &mdash project for her science fair: an electric chair for Barbie. You can find out just how she did it on the Instructables website, but there's a small gallery below of her handiwork. Anyone want to make me one for Hello Kitty? |
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| Princeton Grading Policy Yields Results |
| Published: September 20, 2007, 1:16 pm |
| Tags: Business Of Education, Grade Inflation, Princeton University |
| Princeton University took a stab at grade inflation...and it worked.From 2001-2004 47% of all grades in undrergraduate courses were A's (A+, A, A-).From 2004-2007 the percentage dropped to 40.6%. The goal is 35%.Humanities dropped from 55.5% to 45.9%.Social Sciences - 43.3% to 37.6%. |
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| Subprime Lending: The Spark, Not the Cause |
| Published: September 21, 2007, 1:25 pm |
| Tags: Todays Economy, Mortgage Delinquencies, Credit, Credit Standards, Adjustable Rate Mortgage, Subprime Mortgage, Intermediaries, Rely, Confidence, Issuance, Grade, Robust |
| Credit rating agencies downgraded numerous securities backed by subprime and the alt A mortgage market. The resulting investor skepticism about the accuracy of ratings, combined with mounting losses at mortgage lenders, caused investors to pull back from a broad range of structured products, even though unrelated to mortgages. Financing for |
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| Update on homeschooling my 6 year old |
| Published: September 23, 2007, 10:24 pm |
| Tags: 1rst Grader, First Grade, Homeschooling, Kids, School |
| As some of you know from previous entries, I've been homeschooling my son for this school year. He is in first grade. I've been using a combination of online schooling (time4learning.com) and offline schooling as well. |
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| 100 things about me: Part 8 |
| Published: July 22, 2007, 12:01 pm |
| Tags: Personal Thoughts, Aids, Computer Science, Economics, English, Foreign Languages, French, Gaming, Gay Activist, Grade, History, International Politics, Iphone, Kids, Math, Newsday, Newspaper, Statistics, Video Games |
| understand. 74. My worst grade ever was a D+ in Economics. 75. My best grades have always been in History, English, or any foreign language. 76. I was close to being hired by the New York paper Newsday, but dropped my plans with them after deciding to marry my Kentucky-based boyfriend. (I basically had to choose between him or my dream |
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| I Fear for the Future of the New Republic... |
| Published: October 4, 2007, 9:35 pm |
| Tags: Genuine Insanity, New Republic, Grade Morons, China, Hitchens |
| border. Anyone who isn't a grade A moron understood this as a counter to India's claims on territory won by China in the Sino-Indian War of 1962. No person of any wisdom would delve into the merit of these counter-claims, as they depend on uncertain colonial boundaries drawn by the British Empire and the Qing Dynasty. The Chinese claim is a |
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| Student Takes UMass to Court Because of C Grade |
| Published: October 6, 2007, 1:21 pm |
| Tags: Business Of Education, Court, Curve, Grade, Suit, Umass |
| A- to a C when the class was graded on a curve.The man contends the university:1. violated his civil rights2. violated contractual rights3. intentionally inflicted emotional distress |
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