 to Matthew and Mark, the dying words of Jesus were, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” According to Luke, Jesus’ dying words were “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” But according to John, they were, “It is accomplished.” To put it another way, we cannot know what the dying words of Jesus were, or even whether he uttered any.
Every message could also be connected with you, and it may not just be friends youre chatting with.
Good. I get around 8 hours sleep and usually feel quite rested.
VERY BAD!! I sleep about two - three hours at a time..wake up for awhile ; then go back to sleep...
Great. I have to use a CPAP but it's great now!
Terrible! I do all sorts of things but nothing yet.
I have excessive daytime sleepiness due to narcolepsy, even after adequate night time sleep.
For the most part it's pretty darn good. Last night it took me 3-4 hours to get to sleep. My mind was racing.
good quality. i remember some of my dreams. i probably get too much sleep. lots of people are catching colds around here...i want to avoid that.
It is not only good it is excellent. Thank you for asking.
No very poor. I have never slept well even as a child.
sucks pretty much. im always tired the next morning.
Sometimes I can't sleep and It's bad when I am only getting 5 hours of sleep and sometimes when my mind Is at peace then I will get 10 hours of sleep and I will wake up In the morning,I will be ready to go as to start my day with motivation.
Do you sleep good or do you take meds?
E-Reader Friend or foe?
Okay, so before I lose all my paper book readers, I do love my e-reader and e-books…BUT I still buy print copies of books too…and here’s the REALLY great thing about all of this…you can have BOTH! There is room for BOTH. You don’t have to make a choice!
I love my e-reader because there are just so many situations where an E-book and E-reader is so much easier and far more practical to use.
Here’s a few examples of situations where my love has been confirmed for my E-Reader.
I’m on Christmas holidays having a lovely time reading my book (you know, the one with paper not a screen)from a new author I picked up in a book store when low and behold it’s time to pack up and go home…BUT WAIT! I’m now addicted to this series and I CAN NOT POSSIBLY wait till I get home to buy the second book in the series…what to do?
….THANK GOODNESS I also have my E-Reader, I can just down load the next book and read it in the car!
Did I mention my husband is a bully!! One does not simply give a woman an ultimatum of packing less shoes OR books!
Now I am NOT the most tech savvy person out there so I know it can be a tad confusing but I’ll try and break it down in my terms which I will apologise in advance to tech savvy people everywhere for the ripping apart of your geeky terminology (*1) that you are about to witness.
Which E-reader for me and Where do I find the books?
Why? Well because as a tech savvy challenged individual, I liked that the Kindle is Amazon's own brand E-reader and so the E-book store comes all loaded on the device and you just click a button and down load your books.
Then you also have the option of not going with an E-Reader as such, but downloading an app that you can use on your smart phone, Iphone, Ipad, or android tablets. These are great, and how I first started. I had the Amazon app downloaded onto my android (*2) phone and was surprised that it was actually not too hard to read on a phone screen, however I soon upgraded to a proper E-Reader so I could use the bigger screen. I down load the app onto my tablet and computer as well, it always comes in handy to have it available.
So if you’re wanting to try e-books and don’t want to buy an E-reader you can always down load these apps first and try before you invest in an e-reader.
Here’s a few links in case you’d like to try on your phone, tablet devices or computer.
1. People who use another language when talking about technology.
So there ya go, a gentle introduction to E-Readers. Remeber you can get all my books and the other me, Karlene Blakemore-Mowle, in both print AND e-book formats, so why not take the plunge and give it a try? You may become a convert like me!Empty Promises of Privacy Protection
PA House Resolution 338 touted by Seth Grove, et al states:
“The Secretary of Education and the State Board of Education be urged to ensure that Pennsylvania academic standards do not result in intrusion into student and family privacy or in the collection or reporting of additional data to the Federal Government.”
A group called the Data Quality Campaign published a document titled Next Generation State Data System: What is Needed to Support the Next Generation Assessment and Accountability Systems which is found on Achieve, Inc.’s website provides some insight into the Big Data movement. On Page 6 of this document, Student IDs are discussed:
“Most states have implemented a statewide unique student identifier (ID) within the past three years … This student ID allows states to track students as they move across schools and districts within the state and track students as they move from one grade to another. Typically, these IDs are generated by the state and may be shared with the district. Ohio, however, has a state law that says that the SEA cannot maintain students’ identifiable information (i.e., names, dates of birth). The SEA does have access to the student ID, but without other personally identifiable information it is difficult for them to share data with other entities.”
The article goes on to discuss Assessment Data:
“SEA [State Education Agency] systems typically collect data on the statewide assessment system … As states are building more robust student-level data systems, though, SEA’s are beginning to collect student-level scores, and in some cases even item-level responses, from the testing contractors. States enter into contracts with testing vendors and specify in the contracts what types of reports are to be sent directly to the districts versus to the SEA. …”
In conclusion, the document discusses the “cultural, political, and financial” obstacles to data collection [emphasis mine]:
“…Culturally, educators and administrators need to learn to embrace the use of data, instead of fear it. Politically, policymakers need to make the sharing of student-level data — while protecting student confidentiality — not only acceptable, but mandatory across educational institutions. State laws, such as those in OH, that prevent the SEA from maintaining identifiable student information create a burden to the state, both from a financial and a data perspective. Interpretations of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) that prevent P-12 and post-secondary systems from sharing student-level data hinder the ability to improve student achievement. … The next generation data system will likely come to fruition when we have both local educators and state policymakers calling for access to more data in easy to use formats on a more frequent basis. The convergence of demands from the ‘bottom up’ and the ‘top down’ will create the perfect storm to create a new breed of data system, but that demand can only be filled if financial commitments are made to ensure that the systems are built and sustained.”
So what they seem to be saying is, in order to the get the data they need, it must be personally identifiable and they find it quite annoying that state’s like Ohio have created such a burden by not allowing this to happen. And I don’t think anyone “fears” the use of data, but the misuse and abuse that happens when private records are “accidentally” exposed or hacked. Although this document is not specifically applicable to PA, as I’ve said before, it shows the mindset and the intentions of the folks behind Big Data. They are just biding their time until the right folks get into office to lift the restrictions on getting them the data they want and they are constantly pushing the ball down the court. This is why our elections matter.
The National School Board Association’s website published information on how the federal education privacy law intersects and in many cases overrides the health care information privacy law:
“The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Education (ED) have issued a joint guidance on the application of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) to student health records… …the new guidance notes that the HIPAA Privacy Rule generally does not apply to elementary or secondary schools … ”
If your child has a medical or psychological condition and the child’s medical records becomes part of the education record it sounds like federal education privacy rules trumps healthcare privacy rules. And remember, this was done under the radar through regulatory changes, not a Congressional vote.
As we have all seen more and more in recent years, promises of anonymity and privacy with these “secure” ID’s are empty and meaningless when it’s your data that has been unwittingly exposed.