Web Browsing- Hoover Institution - Education Next - Work Hard. Be Nice. 20 March 2009A fascinating article/book excerpt about developing a successful educational model from the top down. The classroom management episode at the end of the article sounds like a stroke of brilliance. […]
- Duke Coach to Obama: Worry About the Economy, Not NCAA Picks ... 19 March 2009Cracks me up. The story suggests that Krzyzewski objects because Obama picked Duke's rival to win it all. Even so, he has a point... […]
- The No-Stats All-Star - NYTimes.com 5 March 2009One of my favorite college basketball players ever gets a great write up in the NY Times magazine. The story about unappreciated genius combined with bizarrely sophisticated statistical assessments makes it even better. Are superstars the best sports figures out there? Or can an seemingly ordinary person make a team that much better just by his presence. Sha […]
- The New Majority | Building a conservatism that can win again 11 February 2009Allen Guelzo suggests that until conservatives can regain their voice on campus, media and politics will probably continue to lean left. The conserving power of a tenured faculty ensures that liberalism will keep a quietly dominate influence in the culture, regardless of the current political modd of the country. […]
- Hoover Institution - Education Next - Work Hard. Be Nice. 20 March 2009
Dec
22
Nature
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We periodically get pretty windy days with strong gusts. Friday was such a day. Sustained wind was around 70 mph with gusts recorded up to 150 mph. It appears the wind knocked down an oak tree at a nearby house. You can’t really tell from the picture, but the inside of the tree is rotten. The tree knocked some of the roof work off, but no windows were broken!
Friday night I was working on supper and glanced out the window. A beautiful bright rainbow caught my eye. The sky above us was blue, although I could feel some sprinkles being blown from somewhere (another usual occurrence in this area).
Saturday Andrew and I took a walk in the wooded park a few blocks from our apartment. We were looking for deer but saw a skunk instead. We enjoyed watching it for several minutes. It was very entertaining. Unfortunately we didn’t have a camera, so we weren’t able to get any pictures.
Here are some pictures. The first one is from Thanksgiving. The others should be pretty self-explanatory.
Mar
29
Doping for Bible Quiz?
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If only I had known in high school or for Scholastic Bowl…
What is the world coming to?
*Addendum: Duncan notes in the comments that the veracity of the story is very much in question.