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Re: “Game 1: Spurs 105, Grizzlies 83 — When 0-1 Looks Steeper Than it Did Before”
Thanks for the summary. In looking for other positives, I am hoping that Hollins will recognize that Ed Davis can do good things on the floor, and hopefully that will mean more minutes down the road in this series.
In stark contrast, I think that this is the worst game I have seen from Darrell Arthur. It's not just his terrible fouls at inopportune times, nor his turnovers; he was the one who left Bonner open for 4 wide open 3's. To my recollection, he wasn't behind any screens or picks, it was just him not paying attention to one of the deadliest 3 pt shooters in the league. To me, that is unforgivable.
At least it can't get much worse...
Re: “Beale's Club 152: "We'll take care of it," says Kevin Kane”
JuliusJones or whatever
For Beale Street to be the number one tourist attraction in the state, someone must like it.
As for drug sales, you could probably go to any club in Memphis, the suburbs, anywhere and have instances where drugs or other illegal activity happens.
If people visit an establishment and don't like the atmosphere, all they have to do is return and not come back. I don't and have never liked strip clubs, but they are not a nuisance to me, for I don't go to them.
Owners don't put 10 million a year at risk for a few sales of drugs.
Re: “Two Cheers for the Unified School Board”
ArlingtonPop
I have respect for what you post, however, you are not the final arbiter on whether a case is made or not. You are just another reader and poster, so, what you think about whether someone makes a case for their posts is immaterial to me.
I post and you can either accept, refute, modify, or decline my thoughts and/or reasoning. I don't post for your or anyone's approval.
I give references, when I can, as a courtesy, however, if you refute what I say, the onus is on you to give references if you so desire. I would care less, either way. I don't need you to justify my feelings, thoughts or my reasoning for what I think.
You will begin to see that I have a little bit more going for me than you would try to have others believe. But, since I am of independent thought, It makes no difference to me what your replies are all about.
Re: “Two Cheers for the Unified School Board”
Homersimpson
Do not equate the teachers with the BOE and/or the administration. I have talked to many teachers that want the same as you.
They especially want it now that these one-sided arbitrary teacher evaluations are here. This was communicated to the BOE and the administration but was ignored.
How can one tell how effective a teacher is if the kids are not pretested at the beginning of their tenure with a teacher? Maybe you can answer that one, but, even though I am ignorant, I can't figure it out.
Re: “Two Cheers for the Unified School Board”
Once again I am not at all surprised but very happy that Harvard leads the way in education research, especially in science. This is the very proof that MCS has no idea how to help teachers improve. Notice there is pre-tests, post-tests and a predictive element. This is how we improve our teachers and we improve the learning fin the classroom.
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013…
Re: “Two Cheers for the Unified School Board”
@OTP
No, deep down I think the truth is that you have made no case, all this was just more of your racist bullshit.
Prove me wrong, friend.
Show me those links I asked for, will you?
The ones where all these programs were denied to blacks and only given to them because lawsuits were filed under Equal Opportunity provisions of the Constitution. That is what you wrote, lets see it.
Re: “The Tim Rowland Impressionist Show”
We happened upon this restaurant after arriving in Memphis located across the street from Graceland we wanted to grab a bite to eat. Nice atmosphere, but let me tell you this,I could not believe the restaurant offered free entertainment? Tim Rowland, Elvis impersonater, was totally awesome! MY wife and me were totally mesmerized by this stunning performance of Tim. A true professional, who no doubt should be billed in Las Vegas. His song choice was phenominal. His interaction with the audience was warm and superb. He even walked about handing out small presents like stuffed bears, and these lays which my wife was lucky enough to get one. His voice was excellent spot on. Wonderful and terrific! Don't miss this great show. By the way the food was fine , the staff was very obliging, and the desert was super.
Re: “Two Cheers for the Unified School Board”
ArlingtonPop, Diogenes323 and GroveRev84
You are still trying to dodge the truth, however, deep down inside, you know the story. It is like Grove wrote, my grandfather lost everything in the great depression, but he worked hard and lifted himself up. Well, the opposite of that is the poor grandfather had nothing to lose in the first place, he worked hard though but was denied a decent job with decent pay because of his color so he really couldn't work himself up and into a better position. We all know that Grove's grandfather was given first choice for a decent job at decent pay than the black grandfather.
Some more relevant links on welfare:
http://www.ralphmag.org/fl/poverty-reading…
http://www.changelabinfo.com/2012/10/18/wh…
Enjoy!
Re: “Two Cheers for the Unified School Board”
@Tom
Well, this is what OTP said, word for word. What part of the linked information do you think supports his position?
"Food stamps were not given to target poor, black people that were systematically deprived of an equal opportunity to make a decent living. Food stamps were the result of a scheme to save the agricultural system and to keep prices of food low so as not to further impoverish the poor rural whites, particularly in LBJ's home state and former district in Texas. Yes, the target of those programs were directly tied to them and the rural whites that populated Appalachia. But, an unintended consequence of those actions had a calming effect on the riots of the early 60's by having a calming effect on the inner city poor blacks. Had it not been for the food stamp program, many farmers, especially white, family, small farms would have went out of business, thus creating a shortage of staples caused an increase in the price of food all over the U. S. with great damage been done to poor whites from impoverished areas, especially in the south. "
"All of those programs was put into place to help poor whites. Via the equal protection clause of the constitution, those programs, some challenged successfully in courts, had to be given to blacks also, but, not without a fight."
Now the story changes.
Food stamps were not a really ascheme to save the agricultural system. No,no. Neither was the true, racist purpose to keep food prices low for whites, particularly in LBJ's home district. No longer a conspiracy to keep white family farms in business. (Which is remarkable, since these are surplus foods. Does seem like it would have been better for those farmers to just cut back on production and raise prices, and profits, that way. Since staples are by nature, commodities and thus very sensitive to supply and demand. But of course that would not fit the ACORN narrative of racial injustice.)
Now, we are presented with the theory that food stamps were used by Kennedy to get votes in West Virginia, a state he needed to carry in the Presidential eletion of 1960. Which very well may have been true.
But it was nevertheless still racist, because:
1. West Virgina had a lot of poor people.
2. A lot of those poor people were coal miners.
3. Most of those coal miners were white. "a white bunch", he says.
QED, Kennedys' motivation was racist besides being self serving.
The Food Stamp program was not put into place to target all poor people, you understand. No, the program was put into place only for WHITE people. Further, the ACORN assertion is that the Food stamp program was only made available to blacks because they went into court and, under the Equal Protection clause, made the federal government extend it to blacks!
That's OTP's position isn't it?
He offers no proof for his statements, only racist spin, Like I said.
Re: “Two Cheers for the Unified School Board”
GEt over yourself OTP.
Odds are once in a blue moon you will get it right. But your obsession with race is rather pitiful at this point.
Here's a math lesson that I hope will help.
There are approximately 315 million people in this country. Round number so you won't get confused.
220M are white
54M are black
41M are something else.
10% of the whites live in poverty. That's 22M
27% of the blacks live in poverty. That's 14M
27% of the other live in poverty. That's 11M
Almost 50M people live in poverty. So we are talking almost twice as many whites as blacks live in poverty. Yes, I get percentages, but by raw numbers, you and the blacks don't have a lock on poverty.
If you live two streets from the municipal limits of germantown, you have come a long way from poverty. Yet my students, both black and white, are in it everyday. I could care less about the color of their skin. I care about giving enough of what I can to help them on their journey to a place similar to yours. That's my job, to inspire, encourage, and direct them to a better life than what they have.
Stop looking behind you and invest in the future of the rest. Your time is almost over.
Re: “Two Cheers for the Unified School Board”
OTP,
I really don't care to continue the argument other than to say that the only certainty is that those who are waiting for someone else (the government or anyone else) to get them out of poverty isn't going to make it.
Regardless of the situation or the history, individuals still have to seek a way up the social ladder for themselves. That fact will never change.
Re: “Two Cheers for the Unified School Board”
Diogenes,
Your link to the article on housing subsidies does not work to lead one to any useful information. Instead, it goes to a wiki page which states, in part, that:
"Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. Please search for Section 8 (housing in Wikipedia to check for alternative titles or spellings."
I'm sure you meant to post a different link and I'm most interested in reading what you intended to post. I have to agree with OTP, however, that the link you posted regarding the Food Stamp program seems to reinforce what OTP originally stated.
Re: “The Rant”
But he'd fit right in down here in the south Senor, this, the south, Tennessee and Memphis, is the haven of fat folks.
Re: “Two Cheers for the Unified School Board”
@OTP
Your links don't work, as usual.
I am always ready to jump on the bandwagon of truth. You might try it sometime instead of constantly trying to put a racist spin on everything.
The truth about that criminal organization you served really hurts, huh?
BTW, there are some links I am REALLY interested in seeing. Those are the ones that back up your story about all the government free goodies programs being denied blacks, and only being extended to minorities once lawsuits were filed. I need to see some documentation to butress your position.
Re: “Two Cheers for the Unified School Board”
Diogenes and ArlingtonPop
Ap, you are quick to jump on some-ones bandwagon when you think you got me. Well, Diogenes sold you a bill of goods because what was referenced did nothing to refute what I said.
The history of food stamps:
http://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/rules/legisla…
Myths about food stamps:
Http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/econom…
This is the most important in relation to what I wrote. Jfk, while running for the democratic presidential primary nomination was in a very tight battle. West Virginia was a key battleground( the key to the nomination). On a visit to WVA, Jfk said he was horrified by the poverty, misery, hunger, lack of decent housing by the coal miners ( now that is a very white bunch). He proclaimed that if given the nomination and elected, he would revive the food stamp and housing programs to give relief to those poor whites.
http://www.livingstoryfarm.org/farming in the 50s/money_09.html
The Food Stamp Program is Revised in the 60s.
The government phones was first enacted in 1996. It was passed, as I said, to help people that lived in isolated rural areas of America. All changes to that program, even up to today, were not enacted by Obama.
http://www.forbescom/sites/kellyphillipser…
As you can see, AP, I have covered these subjects, not with inflamed statements about ACORN, but with facts from creditable sources. Name-calling and misconstruing the facts only makes the one doing it look more stupid than they seem.
Re: “Western Conference Finals Preview: Ten Takes on Griz-Spurs”
Just excellent as usual.
Re: “Beale's Club 152: "We'll take care of it," says Kevin Kane”
Love to see all the conspiracy theorists spring up like weeds (no pun intended) when a sleazy operation gets shuttered.
The facts of the matter are that law enforcement officials from several different agencies witnessed the criminal behaviors taking place at this club numerous times.
It's common knowledge Beale Street has been taken over by thugz and there is very little "burb" money being spent there. People who wish to avoid thugz and the real potential for trouble do not have Beale on their path. I suspect most tourists visit once.
Re: “Two Cheers for the Unified School Board”
@Diogenes
Thanks for posting the unvarnished truth.
What I know you appreciate is that what you are hearing from OTP is nothing more than the spin that used to be part of the ACORN sales pitch for funding. I have heard them say similar things for 30 years.
Or, in other words, you are hearing what a criminal organization, an organization now totally discredited and de-funded, used to motivate their organizers. OTP was one of those ACORN organizers, if you remember.
As we have seen the ever growing black upper and middle classes class step forward and take their rightful place in American society, it becomes more and more evident that that pitch was always just a pack of lies.
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Re: “Two Cheers for the Unified School Board”
OTP:
Those making decisions are rarely educators. Pretesting pretty much makes the state tests invalid. You cannot measure growth (read TVAAS) without a baseline. This is the first rule I teach my students as they develop lab skills. State tests are not predictors like ACT or SAT, but knowledge based tests. How much can a student regurgitate. When you have no idea what they started with, you have no idea how they grow.
In some ways English works. While the specific objectives tested from one year to the next are different, the subject matter is relatively consistent. But without a baseline, you still have no idea what is retained from the prior year.
History, math and science all are complete crap shoots. TVAAS has so many variables in its calculation. The error percentages are cumulative. THis means that the actual error in the calculation can be up to 30%. So a student that scores average - right in the middle at 50% - could be as high as 80% and as low as 20%.
I have a national test that I give to every kid on the first day of school. It's a test based on well research misconceptions. I give it again and measure the changes in students growth. It's from work at Harvard. It's only first semester material. My growth is about .8 - that means my kids are 80% better than when we started. I cannot equate this to months or years. I just know they are better than we started. My data goes into a national study that also draws a relationship on how the material is taught. Each year we get a report that describes what techniques got the best results. THis is how we measure effectiveness.