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What is available on the state DOE website is a great deal of material about promoting Common Core and about implementing Common Core -- piles of pedagogical babble and bureaucratic jargon that is in itself meaningless, unless we can actually see what is being taught.
Elected officials are lying when they try to decouple Common Core mandates from RTTT funding, but they know that.
And they are lying when they say they have not received funding from Gates. Gates gave Georgia 2 million dollars in 2010 to implement math and ELA Common Core. This takes about five minutes to find on the internet -- unless Gates is lying about giving the money...
It is the government's responsibility to make this implementation transparent. Want to discuss the standards? Make them available to every Georgia parent and taxpayer, Mr. Barge.
We're not stupid. We're not tolerating contempt. And we're not going away.
Also, Mr. Barge, as a taxpayer in this state, I don't need to be told by people like you that I have no say in this until I sit beside a child, etc. I tutored children in Atlanta for years; I understand the blighted progressive education techniques keeping those children uneducated; and most importantly for the current conversation, I pay your paycheck. You work for me, so don't dictate to me where and when I can enter the conversation -- pal.
Equal references to other religions would be far better if religion is to be taught in a history class.
It is further evidence that Islam is an ideology that goes beyond religion.
While the grant application may not have said that a state must adopt Common Core standards, an awful lot was riding on that pledge. Georgia did not win on the Phase I Race to the Top grant application. Georgia did win on Phase II.
The Phase II Race to the Top grant application has multiple references to a "Common Set of K-12 Standards" which further defines them as "...substantially identical across all States in a consortium."
The scoring criteria weighed heavily on a state's willingness to adopt a Common Set of K-12 Standards.
The grant scoring rubric also suggested that more points were earned when a state went along with states comprising more than 50% of the states. There was also scoring incentive to adopt before August 2, 2010.
Georgia adopted Common Core Georgia Performance Standards - July of 2010.
3x4=12 is now 3x3=9 (if you know that, if not use 3x2, or whatever you know). then 3x1=3. Now you get to add the (3x3=9) to the (3x1=4) to get 12. Even the kids know that this is ridiculous. And on Wednesday, they will take a timed multiplication math buster with 30 problems in 5 minutes. Anyone see the irony in all this? It is the kids who are going to wind up frustrated and discouraged and short changed in all this!Rudder Pedals advice

Hey guys I know this question has been asked already, but I'm looking for rudder pedals. I see there's a lot of debate over the logitech pedals and the thrust master pedals, and there are plenty of more expensive options. Just from looking at a few it looks like the logitech pedals would be best for me, as they are a bit more spaced out and from what I understand a bit more responsive. Any thoughts? I'd rather not spend $400 on the mfg crosswind but I also want to get something that can work for a few years and not leave me miserable.

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Some video footage is due soon. Eric has been playing professionally in bands since 1976 and has done shows with Allan Holdsworth, Scott Henderson, Stu Hamm (Joe Satriani), Vinnie Moore, Michael Angelo, Robben Ford, etc. Some cool concert posters:
Support for Allan Holdsworth
Support for Vinnie Moore
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Support for Danny Gatton
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Eric's CD captures his abilities and highlights Erics ability to play many different styles: Read the reviews online at guitar9. Full track listing:
- The Unstruck Melody - INTRO
- Tribute - 4:40 (Instrumental) - Hard Rock
- The Simple Things - 6:37 (Vocal) - Jazzy Pop
- The Real You - 3:59 (Instrumental) - Rock
- Tai-Chi - 5:31 (Instrumental) - Jazz / Rock
- Shine On - 3:50 (Vocal) - Pop
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- Merry Go Round - 4:11 (Vocal) - Pop
- Why So Lonely - 4:06 (Vocal) - Ballad
- Exit 10 - 3:43 (Instrumental) - Rock Fusion
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- Gloria - 3:50 (Vocal) - Pop
- Affectionately Yours - 3:50 (Instrumental) - Classical
- There Are No Words - 3:56 (Instrumental) - Jazz Fusion
- Wings of Fire - 4:35 (Instrumental) - Rock
- Only Want Your Love - 3:35 (Vocal) - Rock / Funk
- True Home (intro) - 0:25 (Vocal) Paula Mantel True Home - 3:42 (Vocal) - Pop Ballad
- Finger Pickin’ Country - 2:17 (Instrumental) - Country
- The Unstruck Melody (Reprise)
- Don’t Let The Day Go By - 5:14 (Vocal) - Rock Ballad
For fans of rock based guitar, you can buy Eric's CD "The unstruck melody" online at guitar9 sound clip
Background:
Eric William Mantel was was born on February 5, 1963. He is the youngest of six children. his brother, Jon, inspired Eric to play guitar by playing records and tapes of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Cream.
His first gig happened in 1977, when he was 14 performing to 800 people. His main influences at this point were Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Steve Howe, Jimi Hendrix, Robin Trower, Eric Claptona and Peter Frampton.
He took private lessons with a Berklee School guitar teacher and became influenced by Pat Metheny, Joe Pass, Wes Montgomery, John McLaughlin, Bill Connors, Al DiMeloa, Allan Holdsworth, Steve Morse, Ted Greene and Lenny Breau.
A Steve Vai article in Guitar Player lead Eric to transcribe Allan Holdsworth and Steve Morse compositions. He also Prairie State College Eric studied music theory, composition, classical guitar, violin, piano, etc.
Consequently, his playing incorporates a number of influences from pop, rock, jazz, melodic fusion, country, blues, funk.
Eric has also opened shows for players including: Robben Ford, Danny Gatton, Bassist Stu Hamm, Scott Henderson, Vinnie Moore, Allan Holdsworth and Michael Angelo.
You can find out more from his web site, where there you can arrange guitar tuition or see a full discographyFirst the first time in 37 years Porsche cars are being made on Volkswagen production lines at VWs plant in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony.
Porsche have been making 911s and Boxsters in a'mixed model operation' at the Porsche factory in Stuttgart but have recently found themselves unable to fulfil demand for the new Boxster.
But with VW's recent £3.6bn takeover of Porsche (see here) the two companies were able to solve that problem by moving production of Boxsters to Osnabrück.
Porsche and Volkswagen have a long history going back to the 1930s when Ferdinand Porsche designed the first Beetle. Bodies for the Porsche 356 coupe in the 1960s and the 968 in the 1990s were also made by Volkswagen for Porsche. The 914s were fully assembled by VW engineers in Osnabrück from 1969 to 1975.
The Stuttgart factory is some 240 miles south of Osnabrück.Your skin is your body’s largest organ and should be treated with respect. Unfortunately we’ve been duped into believing that we need specialized moisturizers to beat the winter dryness. Many of these products contain hazardous ingredients because they are cheap, readily available and easy to dilute. Grab the moisturizer that you use and check it for these ingredients, my guess is that many of these are in them.
The good news is, you can do what my family does instead of using these products you can use natural coconut oil.We use it especially after baths and washing our hands.It is saturated oil so in cold weather it is a solid but melts quickly with body heat.You can pick up a jar of it at whole foods or a health food store.We keep our jar in the kitchen because it’s healthy to cook with and we keep a small container of it in the bathroom for moisturizing.If you need more information on it just Google search “health benefits coconut oil” and you’ll be impressed.Pick up a jar ASAP for your family this winter and throw out the nasty chemicals in