Everything posted by Amentep
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The TV and Streaming thread renewed
I am too. An episode a week. I'm nearing the end of season four.
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Politics 2020 - the gift that keeps giving
In other news, I always find it puzzling how people seem to think that 'guilty' people shouldn't have a lawyer to defend them. There's a local politician who I'm not a fan of, but there are some disturbing PAC attack ads that are like "AND AS A LAWYER HE DEFENDED MURDERS AND RAPISTS!!!! AND THEY GOT BAIL! OMG!"
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Weird, random, interesting - now with 100% less diacriticals
Unfortunately I can't remember the organization whose data was used when the governing body redesigning Learning Support; its over 5 years old and perhaps supplanted by the suggested studies from the quoted article. But at the time the data showed even with grade inflation, GPA alone was a better predictor than SAT/ACT alone. Also tests can be used in ways they can't really support - the old ACT COMPASS test was used for admissions decisions by a lot of universities when its stated intended use was to fine tune placement decisions for students that the institution already knew where their skill range lay. The best methods, from the data at the time, were always one that took into account many factors about the student, to get as much data about the student to make decisions.
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Politics 2020 - the gift that keeps giving
What Gromnir is referring to is what Trump talked about when he was Candidate Trump not his executive orders as President Trump. This is what was posted to his website, as a candidate - Emphasis mine. This text was later removed, but Trump stood by it IIRC during the trials for the Executive Orders he issued that were a series of bans of people from majority Muslim countries (and it took three tries to get a version that the Supreme Court didn't knock down; as I recall the third one went through due to a provision added that would allow people to go around the ban, or be waived of its effects).
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What you've done today - Days of Our Lives
IIRC canned meats can still be good up to 5 years, but I think typically 2-3. Someone with a bunker might be more sure of their answer.
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Weird, random, interesting - now with 100% less diacriticals
Data has shown for some time that even with grade inflation, HS GPA is a better indicator of Freshman success than SAT or ACT. The value, therefore, of SAT and ACT have been going down with many schools adopting multiple measures where SAT/ACT are only one part of the equation. That there continues to be socio-economic differences in test scores has been a known problem for some time. In many ways, this is an issue that has been many years coming. SAT and ACT have revised their tests over the last few years (and continue to work on an electronic revision); I think they've recognized a need to adapt. Not really sure. I could guess that it might be down to mostly logistical issues. If the accommodations are for the same day testing, the students are usually going to get a separate room. Most SAT/ACT testing doesn't change year-to-year, there is a pool of proctors and a set of rooms that are usually used. COVID requirements from The College Board and ACT are going to lead to needing more rooms, which is going to lead to more proctors being needed. Existing proctors are skittish to come on campus under the existing guidelines (I know a number of proctors not happy that College Board and ACT are not mandating masks). I imagine a lot of the places that offer SAT/ACT are looking at the separate rooms for accommodated students and thinking if they can use those rooms/proctors for the regular population, then they're going to be able to test more of their traditional population, but if they do that they don't have rooms/proctors to use for the accommodated testing. And that's without the struggle to find enough space and people to meet the requirements to test even without any other consideration since again there usually isn't much change year-to-year in space or staff. On the extreme edge of accommodations are students who end up taking the test over multiple days which can be a challenge (and always has been - students will call around to every place that offers it to find someone willing to proctor it, with many unable to). I don't think COVID impacts this much - it was always a struggle for students taking the exam in this case. I suppose that institutions that are limiting in person contact may be less able to offer 2-3 days to test a student face-to-face. But that's a guess.
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Politics 2020 - the gift that keeps giving
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Coronavirus: Triple Edition
Manu Dibango - died Placedo Domingo - hospitalized Terrance McNally - died Floyd Cardoz - died Mark Blum - died John Prine - died Jan Howard - died Joe Diffie - died Ken Shimura - died Adam Schlesinger - died Wallace Roney - died Ellis Marsalis Jr- died Julie Bennet - died Marianne Faithful- hospitalized Jay Benedict - died Allen Garfield - died Tim Brooke-Taylor - died Nick Codero - died Danny Burstein - hospitalized Ann Sullivan - died Matthew Seligman - died Fred the Godson - died Roy Horne- died Aishwarya Ray - hospitalized Boris Johnson - hospitalized Herman Cain - died Alan Merrill - died Andrew Jack - died Allen Daviau - died
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Funny Stuff: The Funny Strikes Back
New thread:
- Funny Stuff: Return of the Funny
- Politics - wait for it... wait for it... 2020 isn't over yet
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Politics 2020 - the gift that keeps giving
Previous thread: End of last thread:
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General Celebrity deaths
RIP to Ruby (of Ruby-Spears fame, and many Hanna-Barbera productions) and "Bullet" Bob.
- Politics - wait for it... wait for it... 2020 isn't over yet
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Politics - wait for it... wait for it... 2020 isn't over yet
"They killed the Giggler, man. They had no business doing that." Bronson did get a lot of money for DW3, but it was a bigger deal for Cannon (who were making a lot of money on cheap action films and they pretty much made a franchise out of 80's Bronson) and director Michael Winner, whose films The Wicked Lady and Scream for Help were bombs and he needed an easy money maker.
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Funny Stuff: The Funny Strikes Back
"S" for Surprise?
- Politics - wait for it... wait for it... 2020 isn't over yet
- Politics - wait for it... wait for it... 2020 isn't over yet
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The Best Musical or Comedy Drama Action Film thread (THIS IS THE GENERAL MOVIE STUFF THREAD)
WW New trailer Also, snyder cut trailer
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The Best Musical or Comedy Drama Action Film thread (THIS IS THE GENERAL MOVIE STUFF THREAD)
- New Scientific Discoveries, Part Drei
- Music: Listening and Sharing
- Music: Listening and Sharing
Its pretty good. I always liked The Art of Noise's cover:- New Scientific Discoveries, Part Drei
preserved puppy's last meal included wooly rhino proving nothing was learned from Jurassic Park, scientists mix genetic manipulation and mosquitoes and plans to release in the wild. Will life find a way?- Weird, random, interesting - now with 100% less diacriticals
- New Scientific Discoveries, Part Drei
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