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This is a guest post by Marlowe C. Embree. Marlowe teaches psychology at the University of Wisconsin Colleges and published the 7-part series The Social Psychology of the Origins Debate last fall. He is currently conducting some original research on whether personality differences affect a person's conclusions regarding creation and evolution, and how likely they are to change their views. This post is the second in a 3-part series where Marlowe shares some of the findings of his research.
In my first post, I presented some introductory data relating to the prevalence among college students of four different views of origins (creationism, theistic evolution, secular evolution, and "other"). In this post, I will address the question of personality type and its possible influence on which view a given student might choose to adopt.
In reviewing the material below, a few significant points should be clearly understood. My research should not be construed as an attempt to dismiss the validity of any of the views of origins on the grounds that they are in some way a mere artifact of personality. Psychological research can never, within its own proper universe of discourse, pass judgment on the validity of a person's ideas; what it can do is elucidate reasons why different people have a tendency to gravitate to different views. Social psychologists speak of the Verstehen-Erklären distinction to distinguish between an attempt to understand something "from the inside" (sympathetically or emically) and an attempt to explain away something "from the outside" (critically or etically). Philosophically and personally, my sympathies are with the former. Those who seek to use my work to disparage or discredit the worldview perspectives of others have completely missed the spirit of my research.
A) Personality Diversity and Cognitive Styles
Many different factors likely influence the viewpoint an individual comes to hold on the origins debate, including but not limited to cultural socialization, religious or nonreligious self-identification, and level and type of education, just to name a few. One potential influence that, to date, has not been extensively explored has to do with personality differences and the possible link between these differences and variations in information processing and cognitive styles. My research examines potential relationships between personality diversity, as viewed from a Jungian perspective and operationalized by means of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and student views of the origins debate.
a. Background on the Jungian Model
Jung proposed that four irreducible functions underlie all mental activity. In the standard Myers-Briggs terminology, they are known as Sensing (S), iNtuition (N), Thinking (T), and Feeling (F).
Both Sensing and iNtuition are means of gathering information about the world without otherwise analyzing or prioritizing it. As such, they are opposing forms of Perceiving (P). Sensing involves a here-and-now, observant focus on present realities as they present themselves to the five senses; hence, individuals who emphasize Sensing as their means of information-gathering tend to become practical, detail-minded, concrete, and application-oriented. In contrast, iNtuition involves a broad-brush, conceptual or imaginative focus on future possibilities as they arise from the unconscious mind or by means of a "sixth sense"; hence, individuals who prefer iNtuition are likely to become creative, big-picture, abstract, and theory-oriented.
Once information is gathered, it can be evaluated or assessed using either of two so-called Judging (J) functions, either Thinking or Feeling. Thinking involves an impersonal, objective analysis with a focus on causes and effects, leading to an orientation among those who prefer Thinking that is calm, consistent, logical, and efficient. Feeling, on the other hand, involves a personal, subjective assessment focused on personal and collective values, producing among those who prefer Feeling a style that is sensitive, individualizing, empathic, and harmony-seeking. However, it should be carefully noted that Thinking does not mean intellect (there are no correlations between T-F and IQ, for instance) and Feeling does not have emotion (both Ts and Fs have emotions, but manage them differently).
Each of these functions can be expressed either in an outward-looking, Extraverted fashion or an inward-looking, Introverted manner, and one of these two modes dominates the entire personality. Finally, a person can either be drawn to closure and structure (a so-called Judging type) or to openness and flexibility (a so-called Perceiving type) in the conduct of their outer lives. Thus, the four possible preferences (E or I, S or N, T or F, J or P) together yield 16 possible psychological types (e.g., INFP). The relative prevalence of the sixteen psychological types in my research sample is presented in Table 3. Isabel Briggs Myers and others have confirmed that liberal arts students tend to be disproportionately NF, so this type distribution is not surprising.
b. Current Consensus of relationship between Personality Types and Religion
The existing type literature strongly suggests a consistent relationship between Feeling and religion (formal citations are not provided in this overview, but are readily available upon request). Most religious leaders and most self-identified religious persons have a higher probability of a Feeling preference than the general population, whereas secularists tend to prefer Thinking. The Sensing-iNtuition preference appears to relate to the conservative-liberal disparity within religious circles, with Sensing types more likely to adhere to conservative forms of religion and iNtutive types more likely to identify with liberal forms. Thus, the main hypotheses of this study refer to the four so-called functional combinations (Sensing-Thinking, Sensing-Feeling, iNtution-Thinking, and iNtuition-Feeling). It would be expected that creationists would be disproportionately SF, theistic evolutionists disproportionately NF (and perhaps NT), and secular evolutionists disproportionately ST (and perhaps NT).
B) Relationship between Personality Type and Attitudes to Origins: Initial Results
The Thinking-Feeling and Judging-Perceiving dimensions yielded statistically significant differences among the four worldview groups (see Table 4).
CR and TE respondents were statistically higher in Feeling, and SE and OT respondents higher in Thinking, suggesting that theists vs. nontheists utilize strikingly different ways of turning inputs (data) into conclusions. This may suggest an underlying genetic propensity to view the world in either personal or impersonal ways.
CR and SE respondents, though opposite in many respects, were statistically higher in Judging, while TE and OT respondents were higher in Perceiving. This makes sense given that Judgers seek closure and certainty (whether theistic or atheistic certainty) that might preclude seeing any value in their opponents' positions, while Perceivers seek openness and flexibility (which might include a desire to find value in both sides of a debate or a tendency to presume that no simple answers can be correct).
By a Self-Selection Ratio (SSR) criterion (a common comparative statistic utilized in typological research), each worldview was characteristically adopted by different types (see Table 5). Creationists are most likely to be ISFJ or ESFJ, among the most traditional and group-minded of the types. Secular evolutionists are most likely to be INTJ or ENTJ, among the most iconoclastic and individualistic of the types. Theistic evolutionists are most likely to be ISFP or INFP, among the most tender-minded and harmony-seeking of the types. Thus, individuals' core motives may shape their worldview preferences in interesting ways.
C) Next Post
This research may suggest that some (by no means all!) cultural disputes about origins may reflect "arguments about the shape of the table", in which each disputant defaults to his or her dominant cognitive posture (as determined by her/his personality type). This may encourage a greater willingness to find value in the ideas of others with whom one disagrees, and may suggest a way to disagree more respectfully. Indeed, one goal of my research is to demonstrate that what appear to be disputes about specific issues are often meta-disputes in disguise, in which each party is really defending his or her own characteristic mental process. If the real issue is one of process (how one thinks), apparent disputes about content (what one thinks) will be permanently unresolvable. My last post will address questions about the relationships between mental process and mental content among students.
Thursday, 17 December 2009
Personality Types mapped to Positions on Origins: Student Survey Results
This is a guest post by Marlowe C. Embree. Marlowe teaches psychology at the University of Wisconsin Colleges and published the 7-part series The Social Psychology of the Origins Debate last fall. He is currently conducting some original research on whether personality differences affect a person's conclusions regarding creation and evolution, and how likely they are to change their views. This post is the second in a 3-part series where Marlowe shares some of the findings of his research.
Posted by Steve Martin at 05:00
Labels: guest posts, personality types, psychology, students
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You noted that ---
"This makes sense given that Judgers seek closure and certainty (whether theistic or atheistic certainty) that might preclude seeing any value in their opponents' positions, while Perceivers seek openness and flexibility (which might include a desire to find value in both sides of a debate or a tendency to presume that no simple answers can be correct)."
Maybe a little off topic but have there been MB studies on a group of scientists? I'd presume they'd come out high on the judging side --- but on the otherhand science is all about "openness and flexibility" when seeking conclusions.
Don A.
- 17 December 2009 at 09:13
- Marlowe C. Embree, Ph.D. said...
Here are SSR values for a group of scientists and a group of clergy members, both from Macdaid et al. (1991). The higher the SSR value, the greater the "type imbalance" or propensity of this group to have that type preference.
Scientists: I 1.18, N 1.24, T 1.56, J 1.16
Clergy: E 1.23, N 1.51, F 1.85, J 1.10
As in my study, both are J, but scientists are strongly T and clergy are strongly F.
- 17 December 2009 at 09:35
- ichthus888 said...
This is very interesting, but I must admit to being somewhat skeptical. I'm INFJ on Myers-Briggs, so this suggests I ought to be SE, but am in fact TE (Christian theist).
Perhaps, my preferences allowed greater openness to the concept of God in the first instance, but it has no bearing whatsoever on the creation/evolution issue. Frankly, if more Christians were biblically trained the whole problem would not arise (speaking as someone with a degree and masters in Biblical Studies and Theology [BA/ThM - UK]). Genesis reflects Ancient Near Eastern cosmology, not a technology manual of God's "How to make a Universe.." Such information - not the preferences of temperament - dictate how the biblical narratives must be understood in context.
As such, was the level of biblical education and literacy factored into how theists' responded? If not, does it not lessen the strength of any findings on the theist positions? Rather than reflecting personality preferences, it may simply say more about the theists' knowledge (or ignorance) of the meaning of their own biblical texts.
I don't mean to be too critical, but this does seem to be a convoluting factor which wasn't mentioned (maybe I missed it somewhere).
- 17 December 2009 at 15:04
- Marlowe C. Embree, Ph.D. said...
Personality isn't a deterministic influence, but it does (I think I can reasonably claim on the basis of the data) meaningfully impact the kinds of data we find relevant and the ways in which we weight, combine, and process that data.
Remember, my research isn't about whose views are more justified or valid (to decide that, one must have a consensual method for addressing such questions - a method that is, in part, a product of how one naturally processes information). My notion is that we all tend to default to our natural style of processing information when dealing with questions of that sort.
Of course, many other factors other than personality are equally relevant, but I never claimed that they were not. I didn't even begin to study the plethora of other factors (age, education, prior religious socialization, and so on) that obviously would also impact how people address such issues.
I'm not claiming to explain the whole pie, but only to eludicate one slice of the pie - a slice that happens to be of interest to me.
Besides, if I did manage to convince an INTJ or INFJ, that would be a miracle! (How people react to what I'm saying here will also be mediated by their personality type - an indirect confirmation of the model's validity and utility). Independence of thought is part of your makeup, and is something to be celebrated (for those of your type).
As an INFP, I naturally see things a bit differently. That's something to be celebrated, too.
- 17 December 2009 at 15:43
- Steve Martin said...
Hi jonathan,
I think the key point is that personality, as Marlowe pointed out, is not deterministic. That is a good thing for me, since depending on the day-of-the-week I take the MB test, I think I am something between a INTJ and ENTJ – the two quadrants most likely to be SE.
Marlowe: Thanks for the answers to Don's question above. Very interesting that clergy and scientists traditionally both score NJ but have (pretty strong?) differences in the FT category. Makes me wonder how those rare-bird scientist-clergymen like Polkinghorne would score.
Also, you mentioned "genetic propensity" in the OP. Have there been studies that tie specific genetic mappings (biology) to personality mappings (psychology) in some cases?
- 17 December 2009 at 19:27
- Marlowe C. Embree, Ph.D. said...
I'm not aware of any genetic-personality studies other than the connection between the two forms of the D4DR gene and extraversion-introversion, which is well understood. On the other hand, there is good evidence of a neurology-personality link, which is best understood for E-I, but also somewhat understood for S-N (probably related to hemispheric lateralization). Regrettably, those interested in both Jung and genetics are rare indeed. My technical knowledge of genetics is mostly restricted to having my own DNA.
- 18 December 2009 at 07:10
- Marlowe C. Embree, Ph.D. said...
OBTW, in future research I hope to ask members of different type/worldview combinations how they came to the conclusions about origins that they have. Since type is probably more determinative of process than content (content = a combination of data inputs and type-based processing methods), this should prove even more compelling. Those among you who know your type - though comments here seem a bit numerically sparse, sadly - might want to comment about how you see your type as having influenced your own conclusions.
As an F, I'm aware of my tendency to care more about defending core values than about dispassionate weighing of evidence. Naturally I try to moderate that when doing (or assessing) science!
As a P, I'm always scandalized by people's (to me) rigid postures on things. FPs can be rigid, too, but only when a line has been crossed (the violation of a core value).
- 18 December 2009 at 07:19
- Dennis Venema said...
Solidly INTP here. Analyze as you wish...
Thanks for posting this, Marlowe - very interesting indeed.
- 19 December 2009 at 02:04
- Danielle said...
INTJ (female), checking in.
Due to religious background, I was initially a creationist and enjoyed trying to demonstrate how logical my view of origins was. This was reinforced, in part, by a view that the 'establishment' was biased against my worldview, or had their conclusions determined by theirs. That is to say, they were supposedly 'irrational' whereas I imagined myself to applying common sense to problems.
Later I studied the evidence for evolution more thoroughly and concluded that my previous position was untenable intellectually. Thus I am now some type of theistic evolutionist, although I find Richard Dawkin's arguments to be elegant and even compelling at times.
I have over time developed a healthy scepticism about the limits of human knowledge. Thus I crave certainty but despair of obtaining it. However, my NT impulses do make me something of a collector and systematizer of beliefs, data, etc. I want things to make "sense." Thus I wind up making statements that sound like this: "I can know with reasonable certainty that certain knowledge on x topic is impossible. However, by putting different factors together we can see how several elegant belief systems or solutions are possible ... "
Anyway, very interesting findings!
- 20 December 2009 at 20:03
- Anna said...
Interesting line or arguments
- 25 December 2009 at 22:34
It was stated that there is no connection between T-J and IQ, yet many studies show INTJ to have the highest probability of having 130+ IQ out of all types, and indeed T-J types in general have the highest probability, with S-F types having the lowest.
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Following were the triggering factors that prompted me to start this Blog:
- Later after visiting a temple, I came to know about some significances of the temple which I had missed out during the visit. This makes me feel that my visit was a half-baked one. So I started the habit of doing some pre-research in the net and books before visiting a temple. During the process I found that there is no single source of information for a particular temple and there are many different sources giving different information in bits and pieces. So I felt giving all the temple information in one place is the need of the hour. Mainly I wanted to give all the "not-to-be-missed" details of the temples beforehand so that one can feel his/her temple dharshan a complete and fulfilled one.
- I feel heavy hearted to see some of the very ancient temples with great legendary values and significance, deserted now. After so much of hard labour by our ancestors, these temples remain today without any patronage by us which is shameful to us. There are priests looking after these temples without absolutely any income. If my Blog can make at least a few people to visit these temples, I would be very happy.
- After visiting a temple, I find out later that there are more such interesting temples/ places in the same route I just traveled and realised that my energy, time and money were not optimally spent. So I have given the temple details route wise.
- I normally like traveling to new places and have a good spiritual interest as well. Combining, I found a new passion in visiting new temples and also write about them in an useful way for others. Forget about the religious aspect, there are so many temples with beautiful temple tanks, huge trees, sculptures and Rajagopurams in calm and serene atmosphere, which are good weekend spots as well (how long we can go on to the malls and restaurants during weekends?).
- People have not learnt from the history (after all, history is there to get some learnings from the past), how we gave our space to others due to infighting, how our country was invaded, how many thousands of temples had been destroyed etc.,.
- Look at what Lord Macaulay addressed to the British Parliament on 2nd Feb 1835:
"I have travelled across the length and breadth of India and I have not seen one person who is a begger, who is a thief, such wealth I have seen in this country, such high moral values, people of such caliber, that I do not think we would ever conquer this country, unless we break the very backbone of this nation, which is her spiritual and cultural heritage, and, therefore, I propose that we replace her old and ancient education system, her culture, for if the Indians think that all that is foreign and English is good and greater than their own, they will lose their self-esteem, their native culture and they will become what we want them, a truly dominated nation.". Without taking pride in our own culture and belief system, people and press consider it as a fashion to ridicule ourselves.
- François Gautier, a Delhi based French journalist says that the no of temples destroyed by Aurangazeb is counted in 4, if not 5, figures. Many of the records and firmans (edicts) of those destruction orders are still preserved in Indian museums, such as the Bikaner archives. I witnessed an exhibition of "Aurangzeb, As He Was According To Moghol Records" by Mr.Francois Gautier using historical documents, which showed Hinduism as a timeless cultural manifestation, capable of maintaining its unique character and spirit of tolerance amidst sustained onslaught. We don't realise that ourselves but need somebody else to tell that.
- The political forces are trying their best to destroy our religion – the so called secular parties disgrace our country's ancient spiritual and culture values just for the sake of vote banks. The Tamilnadu politician graduated from Cambridge questioned where was Lord Rama graduated for engineering to construct the Sethu Samudhram bridge and described Him as a 'drunkard' (but of course he got back severely enough of what he deserved). As a person from Tamilnadu, in a bit of anger, I wanted to do something and that too immediately since the offensive on Hindu religion is very severe currently (2007). So, if at all my blog is nice and informative enough, you should thank that Tamilnadu politician from Cambridge who questioned the skills of Lord Rama!
- Look at what Lord Macaulay addressed to the British Parliament on 2nd Feb 1835:
- I understand that only less than about 10% of the temple collections is being brought back for the upkeep of the temples. Only when the temples get out of the hands of our political system, many dilapidated and ancient temples will come to limelight. This can be done only when the group of Spiritual seekers become bigger and stronger enough.
- Last but not the least, I was pained to see how some of my Christian colleagues in my ex company played the dirty religious card in the office. Please be extremely conscience and watchful if you have a Christian guy as HRD or head. Notice that a Christian HRD guy, while changing job, will see to it that a Christian is replaced for that post and be aware that a Christian HRD post is too dangerous for non-Christians to live in a company…
So, for all the above reasons and many more, I wish to contribute whatever little I can to bring back the glory of my religion.
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The lateral placements 2013 at IIM Lucknow, also known as the higher entry placement process (HEPP) began in early January 2013 and will continue for some time before the final placements. The total batch size is approximately 430 and about 50% of the students are eligible for HEPP. Some of the regular recruiters in HEPP include Aditya Birla Group, Amazon, Capgemini, Cognizant, Deloitte, Emerson, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Google, HCL and ICICI Bank among others.
According to Anubhav Jain, member of the placement committee at IIM Lucknow, "about 20% of the companies in HEPP are coming in for the first time. Most of these first- time recruiters are from the e-commerce, pharmaceutical, FMCG, real estate and IT sectors."
Global firms and MNCs from the Middle East, Africa and south east Asia are visiting IIM Lucknow exclusively for their talent needs. Pharmaceutical companies made their presence felt on campus with general management and sales and marketing roles. There was also an increase in the number of entrepreneurial roles offered by start-up companies operating in the e-commerce arena. Most companies opened up additional profiles and higher roles than those offered in the last two years.
Sectors such as consulting, FMCG, pharmaceuticals and IT have been bullish on recruiting IIM-L graduates, says Jain.
At IIM Shillong, all the sectors are bullish on hiring and in this race IT is a little ahead of the other sectors. "Almost all of our past recruiters also participated in this year's placement process.
Apart from that, we also witnessed participation from many first-time recruiters. There was good participation from all the sectors like consulting, general management, finance, marketing IT, etc," says Mukhim. There were challenges this year for Mumbai's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), too, considering its large batch size and multiple MBA programmes all participating together in placements. However, in addition to the support of its loyal recruiters, a number of companies had participated after a gap and some new names had also jumped into the fray.
"Companies across sectors that have visited are from BFSI, consulting, IB, FMCG, FMCD, consulting, manufacturing, telecom, media, pharma etc. Around 60 more are to visit soon. Apart from the pre-placement offers, a good number of students have been selected," says Shobha Pai, head of placements at NMIMS.
At IIM Ranchi, till January 2013, 14 companies visited the institute for the campus placements. "The number of offers, however, has gone down, given the trend so far.
Jobs in the IT sector are substantially reduced while FMCG has seen a marginal drop. However, as a new trend, there are more opportunities in e-commerce, KPOs and the social sector with students looking for chances in social entrepreneurship," says MJ Xavier, director, IIM Ranchi.
E-commerce, IT, pharma and consulting seem to be emerging strong at FMS too. Finance is not very bullish though but it seems to have improved from last year. "There is a good line-up of FMCG, sales and marketing companies with a lot of legacy recruiters coming in as per the early trends. The average salary has gone up by 10-15% and there has been a 20-30% increase in the number of companies in the lateral placements," says Dhruv Mittal, placement secretary at FMS.


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Towed to court: Lethal's busy... with the judge
Should we call Court TV? If Michael Jackson's trial is over by June 6, they might be ready for a change of pace– and what a diverting change of pace Charlottesville circuit court has on tap: That's kickoff day for the City's suit against Lethal Wrecker, which has been brewing since last fall.
The suit claims that Lethal has repeatedly violated the Virginia Consumer Protection Act by overcharging for towing cars from private property. After three Lethal customers were awarded judgments by Judge Robert Downer in Charlottesville General District Court for being overcharged, the City filed its suit in December ["Brass action," January 13, 2005].
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Both Gibsons were injured, and claim that as they were being taken away by the rescue squad, they asked County police at the scene to call Albemarle Towing and to have the truck towed to their business, where they would repair it themselves.
Instead, the County called Lethal. When the Gibsons claimed their truck on April 5, the bill came to $1,750: $1,500 for the tow, $200 for three days of storage, and $50 for releasing the truck on a weekend. The couple claims that Morris refused to take a business check, and insisted on cash.
When they filed suit in Albemarle County General District Court in an attempt to recover part of their costs, however, they were told that since there's no state-mandated tariff for such tows, they had no recourse. That was the same verdict handed down to Fleetmaster Express, the trucking company I wrote about last week ["Lethal Brew"], when Lethal charged over $16,000 to unload a tractor-trailer.
Finally, Emmet Durrette will never have a day in court because the statute of limitations has run out for him. In January 2001, the water pump on his 1987 Chevrolet went out and he left it at a service station along Route 250; Durrette claims the manager understood the situation and said the car would be safe there.
When he went back several days later, however, it had been towed, and no one could remember who had taken it. His own search among local towing services was fruitless– although he admits he didn't try Lethal. On April 15, 2001, he filed a report with Albemarle County Police. Several months later, Durrette claims, Officer Robert Matson found it "in a field near Ruckersville" and traced it to Lethal.
When Durrette called he was told that the storage fees and towing charge came to $6,000. He says he received some bum advice to the effect that if he sued and lost, he might be forced to pay the bill– so he didn't.
What angers Durrette even more than losing the car is losing the contents. He was between homes, and, among other things, had all his children's pictures in the car. When he asked Morris whether he could at least recover his possessions, however, he says Morris said no.
Officer Matson has since left the area, and Morris declined to answer questions about either Durrette or the Gibsons.
There's news from the County for beleagured towees. According to Lt. Ernest Allen III, Albemarle's towing policies are being reviewed with an eye to making them "more rigorous" by requiring such things as background checks on owners and drivers.
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Let M be a compact symplectic manifold of dimension 8, acted on by S^1, with isolated fixed points, and such that the Betti numbers are the same as the Betti numbers of CP^4. Let "c1" be the first Chern class of the tangent bundle, "x" the generator of H^2(M;Z) and "k" an integer such that c1=kx.
Is there an explicit example of M when k=1?
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The reasons for planting trees on a golf course vary. The course may be newly constructed in an open area, or plant material may have been lost as a result of storm damage, Dutch elm disease or other factors. Many courses simply never bother to budget for a tree-planting program, even though the need has existed for many years. However, no golf course, regardless of how well-planned, has trees perfectly placed in every fairway.
Why plant more trees? The decision to plant additional trees generally stems from one or more of the following needs: * For protection and safety. A careful analysis of play and possible errant golf shots should show you where you can locate trees to protect players on a tee or green from an overshot or a sliced or hooked ball. Trees placed between fairways in general landing areas or slightly off the tee can protect adjacent fairways from a badly sliced ball by catching the ball in the leaves and branches.
* To help the course "read" better. Fairway tree plantings define a golf hole, particularly a dogleg, and tell the golfer on the tee how the fairway plays. Proper design can often enable tree locations to serve more than one purpose. Protective plantings around a green can also serve as a visual backdrop to help players "read" it from the tee or fairway. These are visual placements and provide scale and depth perception as well.
A large open area of parallel fairways often confuses golfers. Trees help make each hole "read" individually in both direction and scale and help golfers judge distances during play.
* To change playing characteristics. Another way you can use trees is to bring them into play in strategic locations. For example, if you use a tree to reinforce the turning point of a dogleg hole, you can provide a golfer with the choice of carrying a shot over the trees for a more advantageous lie or playing it safe by going around the trees. You can make a short, easy hole more difficult by encroaching with trees from both sides of the fairway near the green, requiring a more accurate approach shot. A tree also can take the place of a fairway bunker--planting one at the edge of a fairway can provide a hazard and is much less expensive to maintain than a sand bunker.
* To mark distance on fairways. Trees often serve as 150-yard markers in the edge of the fairway to aid golfers in judging distance. For this purpose, you should choose specimens with colored foliage or bark, or a distinctive shape, so they will stand out better due to their contrast with existing vegetation.
? To provide screening, shade or frame views. Lastly, you can use trees for the more typical landscape purposes of trees: to screen out a service yard; to provide shade and setting for the clubhouse; and to frame good views and screen out bad ones.
Plant with care As you can see, several good reasons exist to plant additional trees on your golf course. However, poorly considered design, placement and species selection can defeat your purpose. Following certain guidelines helps ensure that your tree planting program achieves its objectives. * Plant trees no closer than 20 to 25 feet on centers. This will facilitate maintenance with gang mowers.
* Use trees in odd-numbered groupings, such as 3 or 5, in a random or natural-looking planting. Avoid placing them in rows or other patterns that look artificial.
* Never plant in a straight line down the rough. Nature abhors a straight line and a golf course should enhance nature, not fight it.
* Beware of establishing too much foliage around a green, particularly low-level foliage. It can inhibit air movement and affect the health of the turf on your greens.
* Trees with low-hanging branches or thorns are poor choices for golf courses. Golfers may be able to avoid them, but your mower operators will have to wear a suit of armor.
* Use trees with moderate to small leaf size to minimize leaf-removal operations. Conversely, avoid species that drop fruit, seed pods, branches or that are especially susceptible to storm damage.
* Plant reasonably fast-growing trees that will provide a large mass of foliage in relatively few years. Small evergreens do not have much visual impact, so use them only for accent, variety or screening.
* A large-scale planting program can be costly. If you prepare a master planting plan, you can allocate an annual budget for phase planting and set priorities for each year's work. It is surprising how rapidly you will achieve your goals as each phase adds up to a better and more beautiful course.
Don Childs is a golf-course architect who has been in professional practice since 1970. His firm, Don Childs and Associates, is located in Sylvan Lake, Mich.
When leaves are on trees, we often look at the trees without actually observing the individual character each provides. After the leaves have fallen, however, trees take on a new look. The structure of trees becomes more evident as we are able to view the size of their branches and twigs. The density or openness of branching that we were not able to see in summer suddenly appears. And in winter, the shape of trees becomes more obvious.
The growth habit of trees, such as spruce (Picea spp.) and many other evergreens, is usually quite precise. Most deciduous trees have less dominant shapes, but each is distinctive in its own way. The basic growth habits of trees are columnar, weeping, pyramidal, horizontal branching, vase shaped, round headed or globe shaped.
In selecting trees for your own landscape, consider both summer and winter impact. Try to envision the forms that best fulfill landscape needs. The forms themselves can provide different feelings. * Pyramidal. Pyramidal trees give a feeling of formality or organization. * Columnar. Columnar trees provide a stately feeling. These are more often used in groups or in lines as a series of tall sentries or sometimes as single accents. * Weeping. Weeping trees add grace and movement to most landscapes and are normally used very sparingly as specimen trees. * Horizontal branching. Large, broad horizontal-branching trees are strong and durable and provide many uses without becoming dominant. * Round headed. Round-headed trees provide a similar feel but with more formality. * Globe shaped. Globe-shaped trees also give a formal feel. Globe-shaped usually applies to smaller trees. * Vase shaped. Vase-shaped refers to trees that are narrow at the base and broaden at the top. The American elm (Ulmus americana) was the prime example of a vase-shaped tree. It often lined streets to form a natural Gothic arch. Since it has been killed by Dutch elm disease, no similar large tree exists. However, you'll find smaller trees with this shape.
Many trees fit into each category. With some experience at observing trees, you can identify some trees by shape and branch structure. Among more common pyramidal trees--other than evergreens--is the pin oak (Quercus palustris). Sweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua) generally also has a pyramidal shape as does the smaller-growing Bradford pear (Pyrus calleryana 'Bradford'). Pyramidal trees, as they mature, often begin to broaden at the top, but they hold their pyramidal shape for many years during their development.
A popular small tree with horizontal branching is the flowering dogwood (Cornus florida). Horizontal branching is also a characteristic of the black gum (Nyssa sylvatica), which is known for its striking fall color. Many pines, as well as deciduous trees such as Kentucky coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus), feature this structure.
Round-headed varieties include many maples (Acer spp.) and flowering crabapples (Malus spp.). Green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) develops into a basically rounded form. One of the best known globe-shaped trees is the globe locust (Robinia pseudoacacia 'umbraculifera'). Weeping trees are usually selections of common trees that also have a normal growth form. This is also true of most columnar trees. Each has a special purpose. The species you select depends on need and availability. The weeping willow (Salix babylonica) is the best-known weeping tree, and the Lombardy poplar (Populus nigra 'Italica') is a familiar columnar tree. Each has problems, however, and better trees with these forms are available.
When selecting tree forms, keep winter in mind and envision the impact of graceful or stately shapes in your landscape.
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When Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase Bank, appeared before the Senate Banking Committee on June 13, he was wearing cufflinks bearing the presidential seal. "Was Dimon trying to send any particular message by wearing the presidential cufflinks?" asked CNBC editor John Carney. "Was he . . . subtly hinting that he's really the guy in charge?"
The groveling of the Senators was so obvious that Jon Stewart did a spoof news clip on it, featured in a Huffington Post piece titled "Jon Stewart Blasts Senate's Coddling Of JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon," and Matt Taibbi wrote an op-ed called "Senators Grovel, Embarrass Themselves at Dimon Hearing." He said the whole thing was painful to watch.
"What is going on with this panel of senators?" asked Stewart. "They're sucking up to Jamie Dimon like they're on JPMorgan's payroll." The explanation in a news clip that followed was that JPMorgan Chase is the biggest campaign donor to many of the members of the Banking Committee.
That is one obvious answer, but financial analysts Jim Willie and Rob Kirby think it may be something far larger, deeper, and more ominous. They contend that the $3 billion-plus losses in London hedging transactions that were the subject of the hearing can be traced, not to European sovereign debt (as alleged), but to the record-low interest rates maintained on U.S. government bonds.
The national debt is growing at $1.5 trillion per year. Ultra-low interest rates MUST be maintained to prevent the debt from overwhelming the government budget. Near-zero rates also need to be maintained because even a moderate rise would cause multi-trillion dollar derivative losses for the banks, and would remove the banks' chief income stream, the arbitrage afforded by borrowing at 0% and investing at higher rates.
The low rates are maintained by interest rate swaps, called by Willie a "derivative tool which controls the bond market in a devious artificial manner." How they control it is complicated, and is explored in detail in the Willie piece here and Kirby piece here.
Kirby contends that the only organization large enough to act as counterparty to some of these trades is the U.S. Treasury itself. He suspects the Treasury's Exchange Stabilization Fund, a covert entity without oversight and accountable to no one. Kirby also notes that if publicly-traded companies (including JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley) are deemed to be integral to U.S. national security (meaning protecting the integrity of the dollar), they can legally be excused from reporting their true financial condition. They are allowed to keep two sets of books.
Interest rate swaps are now over 80 percent of the massive derivatives market, and JPMorgan holds about $57.5 trillion of them. Without the protective JPMorgan swaps, interest rates on U.S. debt could follow those of Greece and climb to 30%. CEO Dimon could, then, indeed be "the guy in charge": he could be controlling the lever propping up the whole U.S. financial system.
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"Reading the Founders' Minds" is the title of a review by Gordon S. Wood in the June 28 issue of the New York Review of Books. The review takes up important questions of historical method, and also a critical question about the vision at the nation's founding. Because of the importance of this review, and also because of the sharpness of the criticism of the reviewed books, I've invited the authors of the reviewed books to provide commentary on the Legal History Blog, and I have invited a couple of other legal historians of this period to join in. Their posts will follow, later today and later this week.
The books at hand are Dark Bargain: Slavery, Profits, and the Struggle for the Constitution by Lawrence Goldstone (Walker) and American Taxation, American Slavery by Robin L. Einhorn (University of Chicago Press), but Wood uses the review to take aim at a broader literature that places slavery front and center at the nation's founding. Other works on his list are Leonard L. Richards, The Slave Power (2000); Don E. Fehrenbacher, The Slaveholding Republic (2001); Paul Finkelman, Slavery and the Founders (2001); Garry Wills, "Negro President": Jefferson and the Slave Power (2003); Alfred W. Blumrosen and Ruth G. Blumrosen, Slave Nation: How Slavery United the Colonies and Sparked the American Revolution (2005); and Gary Nash, Forgotten Fifth: African Americans in the Age of Revolution (2006). These books, Wood suggests, "help satisfy the seemingly insatiable desire of many historians today to place slavery at the heart of America's origins."
This treatment of slavery, he argues, is an improper form of presentism. He agrees with Bernard Bailyn, who "is keenly aware of the present's need to relate to the past and the power of that need in stimulating historical inquiry and writing. 'There is always,' [Bailyn] writes, 'a need to extract from the past some kind of bearing on contemporary problems, some message, commentary, or instruction to the writer's age, and to see reflected in the past familiar aspects of the present.' But without 'critical control,' this need, says Bailyn, 'generates an obvious kind of presentism, which at its worst becomes indoctrination by historical example.'"
Wood sees historians as taking to studies of the founding their present-day concerns. Early in the 20th century, when class struggle was a topic of concern, historians like Charles Beard studied the role class at the founding. In the latter half of the 20th century, Wood argues, race has been at the forefront, and so historians have put race at the center of their work on the founding. Wood finds value in this work, but he asks whether "the historians who have written these works exercised Bailyn's 'critical control' and avoided distorting the past with their present-minded concerns?"
Wood acknowledges that "no one can deny the importance of slavery to the development of early America." He emphasizes that "the fact that slavery had been taken for granted for thousands of years prior to the mid-eighteenth century must be the starting point in any assessment of its influence on early American politics and nationhood. With the exception of some isolated people with strong principles, especially Quakers, few Americans prior to the Revolutionary era seriously questioned the institution of slavery. It was the Revolution and its emphasis on liberty that made slavery a problem for Americans."
From this starting point, Wood turns to detailed and rather sharp critiques of Goldstone and Einhorn, which don't lend themselves to quick summaries. Those with an on-line subscription to the NYRB can find the rest here, or you can purchase one-time access for $3.00. Others can find it in your mailbox, on your newsstand, or in your library. And for Mark Graber's very positive take on Einhorn's book on the Legal History Blog, click here.
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Here's a story of a rich young southern lawyer's bravery and courage in the fight against slavery in the revolutionary war! Yep that's REVOLUTIONARY!
One thing this story doesn't tell you is that John Laurens made it very clear that this wasn't some pipe dream. He really hatred slavery and thought those who used the excuse that it was necessary for them to make a living were full of hot air.
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Enough ground beef for 4 burgers (assuming you are making 4) I made mine super hefty : )
About 1/4 cup finely diced onion...I like red because it's pretty
1/2 cup Feta cheese
Worcestershire Sauce (Can anyone actually spell that word???)
1 egg
Burger Mixing Tips:
- Don't overwork them, it makes them tough.
- Adding a little onion makes them super juicy!
- Egg binds 'em together.
- Shape your burgers a little bigger than you actually want them to be because they shrink up on the grill.
- Also, make them thinner in the middle than on the edges so they will be an even thickness when they are cooked.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- As the stragglers stumbled into the visitors clubhouse, some New York Mets players hollered and high-fived teammates as they passed through the door. This was just the kind of celebration that had escaped them before. Eric Young Jr. scored on shortstop Brandon Crawfords fielding error with two outs in the 16th inning, and the Mets outlasted the San Francisco Giants 4-3 in a game that ended early Tuesday morning. The Mets already had played three games of at least 15 innings this season -- and lost each one. "Ive never heard of anything like this. Its unbelievable," manager Terry Collins said. "At least were used to it." Young singled with one out and stole second to start the final rally. After he advanced to third on Daniel Murphys groundout, lefty Javier Lopez entered and intentionally walked David Wright. Crawford couldnt handle pinch-hitter Anthony Reckers grounder, allowing Young to score and handing New York the victory. The game lasted 5 hours, 26 minutes. 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Chelsea Winter is a popular food columnist in New Zealand's Woman's Day magazine. She recently appeared on TV1's Good Morning show with this spiced maple-sweetened pie that has winter comfort written all over it.
If you missed the mag, the recipe features on the Good Morning website. Search for feijoa to discover other wonderful recipes.
Serves 6
Preparation 15 minutes
Cooking 35 minutes
- 75g butter
- 1½ teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- 1.5kg feijoas, flesh scooped out and chopped
- 4 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and chopped
- ½ cup pure maple syrup
- ¼ cup cornflour
- 2 x 400g puff pastry blocks*
- 1 egg, beaten with 1 tablespoon milk
- ice cream and cream to serve
- Preheat oven to 180°C fan bake.
- In a large saucepan, melt butter and all the spices over medium heat. Cook for a few minutes to warm the spices.
- Add feijoas, apples, maple syrup and cornflour. Stir gently with a wooden spoon until everything is combined. Simmer for 5-10 minutes or until slightly thickened. Leave mixture to cool to room temperature if possible.
- Roll out each pastry block to about 3mm thick to fit your pie dish. Line dish with one piece of pastry so it goes over the edges. Add the filling, brushing the outer pastry edge with some egg wash, then cover with the other piece of pastry as the lid. Press the pastry in snugly around the sides of the dish, then press the two layers together firmly to seal. Trim away excess pastry. Brush the top of the pie with leftover egg wash.
- Bake in the lower half of the oven for 35 minutes or until the pastry is dark golden brown. Serve with ice cream and cream.
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Over 100,000 Americans call for government to deport Justin Bieber
Do you belieb that one of Canada's biggest exports could be deported as a result of his recent Miami arrest?
The possibility is slim. Nevertheless, less than a week after it was first posted to the government's "We the People" platform, over 100,000 Americans have signed a petition asking the Obama administration to revoke Bieber's green card. (Why? Because "he is not only threatening the safety of our people but he is also a terrible influence on our nations youth.") And according to the site's terms of participation, this means that the White House must now respond to the petition "in a timely fashion."
Just don't expect that response to come soon — or to affirm that Bieber really will be kicked off our amber waves of grain.
Facetious pop culture petitions aren't exactly a top priority for the White House; in the past, they've taken two months to respond to calls for the construction of a Death Star ("The Administration does not support blowing up planets") and the cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel Live! following an offensive segment ("The First Amendment of the Constitution protects free speech, even if individuals might personally find it offensive or distasteful").
And perhaps more importantly, DUIs and drag-racing aren't deportable offenses. As The Hollywood Reporter points out, immigration visas can only be revoked in the event of a violent crime or a prison sentence that exceeds one year; Bieber faces an array of potential consequences, but if he is sentenced to prison, he'd only get up to six months for drag racing and up to six months for the DUI.
Bieber's arraignment is scheduled for Feb. 14. In the meantime, he'll be kept busy with his Los Angeles egging charges and, perhaps, the sale of his Calabasas mansion. Oh, and maybe making music as well — his next music video debuts on Vevo today at 7 p.m. ET.


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French Hadopi Scheme Gutted; Other Bad Ideas To Be Introduced Instead
from the three-strikes-is-out dept
France's Hadopi graduated response approach, also known as "three strikes", occupies a special place in the annals of copyright enforcement. It pioneered the idea of punishing users accused of sharing unauthorized copies of files, largely thanks to pressure from the previous French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, who seems to have hated most aspects of this new-fangled Internet thing. Sadly, other countries took up the idea, including the UK with its awful Digital Economy Act, New Zealand, Spain and, more recently, the US.
Hadopi hasn't been going too well. Despite putting out some dodgy statistics, the Hadopi agency hasn't really been able to show that the three-strike approach is doing anything to reduce the number of unauthorized downloads. In the two years that Hadopi has been running, only one person has been brought to court -- and he was innocent, but fined anyway.
As we reported, with Sarkozy gone, the new French President and his team are looking for ways to cut the cost of this scheme. Numerama has details of a recent presentation from the French Minister of Culture and her advisor, Pierre Lescure, about the future of Hadopi (original in French) that confirms the "three strikes" approach is likely to be dropped:
[Lescure] strongly suggests that the graduated response will be abandoned, because it is considered illegitimate and ineffective. "It is likely that a significant proportion of Internet users who have stopped P2P downloads have turned to other types of unmonitoried methods (streaming, direct download) rather than legal offerings, whether free or paid," writes Mission Lescure. Sending out e-mails may be not stopped, but it seems certain that the criminal sanctions will be shelved.
That's probably as close as the French government will ever come to admitting that Hadopi is a failure. Unfortunately, it seems that it will be bringing in three other bad ideas instead:
To put pressure on intermediaries. It is necessary "to make hosts more accountable by forcing them to remove promptly illegal content and to prevent their reappearance, and by strengthening international cooperation in order to punish sites that refuse to comply";
We've seen all these idea elsewhere -- the first time in ACTA, the second in efforts to make Google skew its search results, and the last in SOPA. They're all terrible in their own ways, but it's good to see France apparently realizing that punishing the public is even worse.
De-list illegal offerings. It is necessary "to reduce the visibility of illegal offerings by acting on the listing in search engines, if necessary through legislation";
"Turn off revenue sources for infringing sites (the "Follow the money" approach), by making intermediaries (advertisers, online payment services) liable."
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Filed Under: copyright, france, hadopi, intermediary liability, search engines, three strikes


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Good news everyone. tRA has made its way to FanGraphs thanks to Graham MacAree of Lookout Landing and statcorner.com. tRA is currently located in the player pages under the batted ball section of stats. Directly from the StatCorner glossary: tRA involves assigning run and out values to all events under a pitcher's control and coming up with an expected number of runs allowed and outs generated in a defense and park neutral environment. tRA is on a R/9 scale and does not involve any regression of the rates.
some tRAs for 2009: Mark Buehrle (5.15), John Danks (4.50), Jake Peavy (3.17), Gavin Floyd (5.01), Jose Contreras (4.24), Bartolo Colon (6.01), Clayton Richard (5.01)
Fangraphs' tRA is different than statcorner' tRA though:
There are a couple things which are different between the StatCorner version of tRA and the version implemented on FanGraphs. The main difference is we're using Baseball Info Solutions batted ball stats instead of Gameday batted ball stats. The other difference, though probably not as major is we're using different park factors.
the statcorner values: Buehrle, Mark (4.50), Danks, John (4.00), Peavy, Jake (3.17), Floyd, Gavin (4.26), Contreras, Jose (3.65), Colon, Bartolo (4.70), Richard, Clayton (5.01)
BTW, here's a more detailed introduction to tRA. And here.


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The micro mtt sng turbos are still kicking my ass. I've taken to pushbotting and have gotten deep in a few. The chat goes crazy though with guys calling me donkey and bingo player... etc etc lol. As a result i get alot of spite calls later in the tourny when blinds become huge relative to stacks and i get call down lite alot. meh.
So lastnight i did two things I haven't done in a long time;
1. Played in a $12 180 man turbo sng. I wanted to play lastnight after work, around 12:30am, my normal $4/180s would take 4hrs... just too long. I decided to play the higher buyin turbo because i saw they take about half the time.I really enjoyed the game, it was soft and i got deep before making a questionable AI shove with M=9.5 to bust 40th. I normally shove around this M but with an EP limper in and my image perhaps i couldve chosen a better spot.
2. Played 25NL full ring cash for the first time in a year. I've been feeling interested in ring again recently. But i'm not gonna get involved with 6max or regular grinding. An hour four tabling 25nl now and again would not be bad. I quickly realized that i was way off that game, and was not sure what to do in several spots... especially post flop. still i managed to come away with a little profit... only making one major mistake with KK that cost alot.
I will study some on playing ring to refresh my skills at that game. I suspect it won't take long to get up to speed on standard play. Am also considering playing more $12 180 man sngs, after all i have the bankroll for it.
- Isgrinder
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Micro stakes update
2 comments:
- Defender said...
My name is Mike. I have like your site and have been visiting for a while now. Recently I started my own poker blog and was wondering if we could link our sites? I already have your site listed under my "favorite poker blogs section". Anyways my site is :
My main site already draws a good amount of visitors. Best of luck to you.
- Game101 said...
thanks mike... link added.
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Sudden resignation: Venable principal steps down mid-year
The suddenly-announced meeting at Venable Elementary School had some parents concerned, coming just 21.5 hours after it's emailed announcement.
"It seems strange that the principal is neither calling nor leading a meeting that was called on such short notice," said one parent who asked not to be named. Indeed, the principal–- a man named James "Jamie" Mathieson–- was not part of the meeting. His sudden resignation was the subject of the 3:30pm confab on Friday, September 17 and the prior night's meeting of the Charlottesville School Board.
Outside the Venable auditorium where school officials announced but did not explain Mathieson's resignation one parent pointed to a display of recent principal names. Including two retirements and another hasty resignation, Venable was getting its fifth principal in just eight years.
No stranger to students, the interim leader is longtime city schools official Kenneth Leatherwood, who currently serves as the Coordinator of Human Resources. A five-year veteran of the top job at Charlottesville High School, Leatherwood is also a former history teacher and varsity basketball coach. He takes charge of a K-4 school known for a student body diverse in nationalities and socio-economic standing.
"This will be a different kind of situation for me," says Leatherwood, "but I look forward to it."
Parents who attended the meeting say that Charlottesville School Superintendant Rosa Atkins was peppered with questions in the school auditorium about the reason for Matthieson's departure which came just three weeks into the term.
"I support the decision," said one woman who identified herself as Venable employee and parent to a child bullied at Venable. "Bullying is a big thing; nothing got done," said the woman.
Mathieson, who could not be reached for comment, came to the UVA-area public school in the fall of 2008 after several years as the principal of Madison Primary School in Madison County.
–the version above was rewritten for print publication at 11:20am, Tuesday, September 21
4pm update: According to City schools spokesperson Cass Cannon, the school board accepted the resignation of Venable principal Jamie Mathieson last night.
5:30pm update: The interim principal will be longtime city schools official Kenneth Leatherwood, who currently serves as the Coordinator of Human Resources. A five-year veteran of the top job at Charlottesville High School, Leatherwood is former history teacher and varsity basketball coach. "This will be a different kind of situation for me," says Leatherwood, "but I look forward to it."
Original story:
Less than a day after a closed-session personnel meeting by the Charlottesville City School Board, a suddenly-announced meeting at Venable School has some parents concerned.
"It seems strange that the principal is neither calling nor leading a meeting that was called on such short notice," says one parent who asked not to be named.
The meeting, slated for 3:30pm Friday, September 17, will bring together Venable parents and Charlottesville School Superintendant Rosa Atkins in the school auditorium.
The principal is Jamie Mathieson, who came to the UVA-area public school in the fall of 2008 after several years as the principal of Madison Primary School in Madison County.
A telephoned request to the Venable School found that Mathieson is "not available today."
Schools spokesperson Cass Cannon tells the Hook she doesn't know what the meeting is about. Ditto for the official who sent the meeting announcement to parents with just 21 hours notice.
"The staff is meeting at 3:15, and Dr. Atkins is meeting with parents at 3:30," says assistant principal Valeta Paige, "but as for the content I have no idea."
Original headline: Sudden confab: Surprise Venable school meeting has parents worried
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They need a landing pad outside that school for all the helicopter parents.
Au contraire, my Curious friend: The former Quest educator at Venable was promoted to a curriculum writing position for Charlottesville City Schools.
"Šyuppie parents who are excessively concerned about the minutiae of their prized children's education."
ââ?¬â?? reads like a stereotyped, self-righteous definition to me.
vinnibel apparently cannot differentiate between a definition of a Venable parent (which would be, oh I don't know, a parent of a child attending Venable?) and a description of a more general social phenomenon. Oh well, I assume that he or she is of elementary school age.
Is Jamie mathersion a guyt or a girl?
For those who would like to attend this meeting, of course it's newsworthy.
Ummm, is this really a story until the meeting has taken place?
Do you mean the parents who have already been invited? Who else goes to school meetings where the departure of a principal is announced?
Uh oh. There's that recommendation from a bunch of eggheads saying the city should close a school. And no word what the subject of the meeting is...
This counts as smoke, no?
Well, "closed-door personnel meeting yesterday" and "today's meeting called on short notice but not by the principal" suggests to me that the principal was sacked.
Maybe Scottie Griffin is coming back as Principal.
Oh. Wish I'd read the article better. Also wish my comment would be deleted.
"Yes" is probably right. the venable story right now is totally messy and sordid and gross and sad, and involves many different people. yuck.
the adminstration at this school is mess right now. mathieson is the third principal in the past six years. they sacked the last person after two years for unknown reasons. they will now have some interim person take over for a year, and start over again. the one big positive is the teachers, who are for the most part great.
So, Morris: You got a house or a trailer?
Never has so little been said in a Hook article...
Maybe Blinky on crime knows what has really happened at this school??
Dave, I agree with you 100%. But in order for the public to have access to personnel and disciplinary files, you need to have a few laws changed. There's nothing in the world I would enjoy more than creating an online site with a mission of exposing many of the scandals that take place in local governments. In many of these scandals, the citizens would then ask the governments why criminal charges were never placed against those involved.
I am intrigued by the comments from "Perplexed Educator & Venable Parent" (aka "bereal"). You are obviously the best-informed of anyone -- including the press. I am certain that the Charlottesville populace will appreciate your highly-respected, anonymous insight.
Explain please how public parental name-calling serves a positive, nurturing and constructive benefit to the Venable student body, community and culture which you are professionally obligated to cooperatively champion?
Honestly, this passive-aggressive/gossip-creation thing doesn't work for you. Rather than publicizing your personal agenda-driven swan song, perhaps your interests might better be served through fulfilling your brief and remaining professional committment through actively encouraging some semblance of dignity and respect to the school community.
Despite bereal's misgivings, teaching is still an honorable profession. And Venable deserves better.
btw Anyone who knows anything about modern American education these days should be fully aware that ANY involvement of parents is a positive situation. Do your homework.
Ubermommy and educator with a conscience
i'd bet that wasn't really a promotion.
What happened? Do tell.
"...yuppie parents who are excessively concerned about the minutiae of their prized children's education."
-- reads like a stereotyped, self-righteous definition to me.
Oh, 'Yes'...the gals just adore your spunky spirit. And everybody at PTO raves about your gluten-free brownies. Simply delish! (I don't care what the other ubermommies say about you -- you're the tops, sweety [wink wink])
Gasbag is right...something naughty happened...and publicizing that would encourage a lawsuit to make matters worse for taxpayers. Continued silence does however create a challenge to forming an informed decision about a re-replacement. I am certain that CCS HR has it all under control(see Debra Duncan, Scottie Griffen, Lacey Peale).
Nature abhors a vacuum. In the absence of any information regarding the reasons for Mathieson's resignation, it will be invented through speculation. Most Venable parents (myself included) wholly support Dr. Atkins and the board in their efforts to provide for the students, search for a principal, and support current staff. Keeping parents completely in the dark is not only a bad idea, it's an improper and reflects a remarkably small buireaucratic attitude toward administration of public resources generally.
I seriously hope they revisit this posture and choose to keep parents informed.
Why, when was Quest teacher relocated? Does this have something to do with the principal's resignation? I wonder if the climate at Venable will ever be the same...
One more interesting detail: at the parents meeting Dr. Atkins mentioned that the board had accepted Mathieson's resignation at 8 p.m. Thursday.
The call notifying parents went out at 6:02.
'sad' I think some people think the two facts are related, the relocation was announced at the same meeting but as everyone points out there is no information about anything so its all gossip/speculation at this point.
Everyone knows what really happened by now. Just ask one of the Venable "ubermommies" at your kid's next soccer game. I did. The school can't comment on personel matters, or they get sued. That is the truth, you can't even give someone a positive reference anymore. All you can say is that they either did or didn't work for you. Anything else you risk being sued. Aren't lawyers great! Postings on here or any other site aren't truly anonymous either unless you do it from a library or internet cafe in a third world country. The agrieved party can still get the ISP address of the poster if they get a court order. That's why I don't put a password on my WiFi, cause then I can claim somebody parked in front of the house...
Sounds like you know what happened, so you know you can't expect the School Board to release more info. Its just not even that interesting or newsworthy or even instructive.
The main thing now is to pick a great new Principal, which along with supporting the teachers and the Interim is the most important job at the moment. But I agree its really frustrating to lose 2 Principals in 4 years.
@frustrate parent, well said.
re "Yes":
According to your own definition, you MUST be a Venable parent.
Well, except that I didn't offer a definition of a Venable parent, your post might make some kind of sense ....
The really frustrating thing is that we are back to where we were less than three years ago. The principal before Mr Mathieson also had resigned under mysterious circumstances. We all hoped that the hiring of Mr Mathieson would start a new era of stability at the school. Just a couple of years later it looks like a fiasco, and we have to start the process all over again. Dr Atkinson told Venable parents that they would have a say in the selection of the new principal. This is great, but how can we provide meaningful input, if we have no idea what went wrong last time?
I do not need to know the saucy details of what happened and the names of the various people involved. But I do think we the parents have the right to know what the problems were, so that we can try to avoid repeating past mistakes.
I just wanted to clarify that I have not written any comments on this page. Apparently, the latest rumor around the school is that I have. If I were to write a comment, I would not hide behind a cloak of anonymity.
Colleen Tuite
proud Venable teacher and parent
haha Great photo caption. I'm just wondering how the fact that there's royalty and poor peasants mixed up together in the same classroom has to do with anything, or this mysterious last minute meeting....
"Mid-year"? Didn't schools start two weeks ago?
Venable is (still) a great school regardless of it's recent management difficulties. The involved parents,pricks they may be at times, do have the students(theirs first)best interests at heart. The teachers for the most are great. There are a cliquish few who are painfully insecure regarding their own qualifications and they are always fighting any change. I believe some may not even be able to write a sentence without a typo. That small group, along with some uneducated aides,are continually creating issues. As a parent, I have had these toadies complain about their issues to me, basically sharing information that should be addressed in staff meetings, and hoping that I would spread their mumbled ill will. I hope that Leatherwood will not fall prey to these types.
Leatherwood won't put with / respond to the Venable Uber-Mommies like the previous administration. This is a great thing for the kids who need more from this school and from our limited public resources. I believe that the focus of elementary education in this City outpost will move away from the Quest kids, the hand-picked "student government", and from parents frothing for more plans for their kids who are already on the 10th grade reading level.
I'd LOVE to see a published transcript of the parents meeting for community review/comment; I was impressed with Dr. Atkins and shocked/embarrassed/humored by many of the comments from parents.
This morning's cup of coffee is a great one.
-Perplexed Educator & Venable Parent
Bereal there is such emphasis on Quest at Venable that they haven't had much of a program last year as the teacher was on leave a lot of the year, this year the program was rolled into a whole class program for all kids. Added to that they currently have no Quest teacher she has been relocated. So I don't get your point.
I double checked my facts. There was a closed door session prior to Wednesday's meeting and the only thing on the agenda was "personnel matters". Thursday's closed door session took place after the meeting. I'm still going to guess that after Wednesday's meeting everything was in place to formally accept the resignation on Thursday.
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The school board officially accepted his resignation at 8 p.m., but there was a closed door session of the school board that started prior to the public meeting. I imagine most of the details were ironed out in that meeting, allowing the robo-call to go to parents as soon as the closed door session ended and before the public meeting started.
Everyone knows what really happened by now. Just ask one of the Venable "ubermommies" at your kid's next soccer game. I did. The school can't comment on personel matters, or they get sued. That is the truth, you can't even give someone a positive reference anymore. All you can say is that they either did or didn't work for you. Anything else you risk being sued. Aren't lawyers great! Postings on here or any other site aren't truly anonymous either unless you do it from a library or internet cafe in a third world country. The agrieved party can still get the ISP address of the poster if they get a court order. That's why I don't put a password on my WiFi, cause then I can claim somebody parked in front of the trailer...
Article was pointless for most of Charlottesville and in general didn't offer up a lot of information. This is a blurb. The comments are hysterical though, made this school sound like some elitist, gossip center full of overly-involved parents. Hope everything works out for the sake of the children.
Morris is trying to cover all of his bases. He probably subscribes to Town AND Country.
On a related note, free WiFi outside the old Shifflett places! Morris is buying, so be sure to drop to download your favorite copyrighted music and movies and to share your recently produced cockfight videos and snuff films.
Come on Spencer,
You've got a good publication... BUT...
This is only a small piece of the story- where's the rest?
This is like when the Hook and other news outlets wrote about Albemarle County Police being disciplined but then decided not to mention what they were disciplined for doing, and then actively edited/deleted the comments when people in the know started connecting the dots. Especially because a local media figure's spouse was a part of the story.
This like that article- smacks of a media cover up.
Unfortunately in this situation the comments have all been too vague about what's actually been going on.
So you can dish the dirt when it's a Real Estate Developer, but not when it's a public school scandal?
I'd really like to hear a full story, and not just a fraction of one, like what's been printed in the short blurb above.
Oh, ââ?¬Ë?Yes'"Šthe gals just adore your spunky spirit. And everybody at PTO raves about your gluten-free brownies. Simply delish! (I don't care what the other ubermommies say about you ââ?¬â? you're the tops, sweety [wink wink])
Well, apart from the fact that I don't have children, or refer to anyone as a "gal," or believe that being gluten-intolerant is a slur, this almost made some kind of sense.
DEAR HOOK: i come to you first for local news. are you still investigating this story? what about this teacher reassignment? who, WHY, what the hell is going on over there???? don't let me down on this one - it's important!!
Anyone who knows anything about modern American education these days should be fully aware that ANY involvement of parents is a positive situation. Do your homework.
Ubermommy and educator with a conscience
Yeah, right, "Educator." No one has ever complained about yuppie parents who are excessively concerned about the minutiae of their prized children's education. Or self-professed "educators" who lack intellectual sophistication.
Nice redundancy of "modern" and "these days," however.
chris, the story has been brewing since thursday.
A lot of you people are mistaken. You have NO right to know what took place. If a child was involved, the parents of said child have a right to know, but the whole world doesn't. If everybody had a right to access personnel issues and disciplinary actions, you would all be surprised at what goes on in police departments, fire departments, public works, etc... Several well known scandals in city/county management offices alone would knock your socks off!
I guess now that bel rio is closed the jackals have found a new chew toy....
I agree with local girl. I always check with The Hook concerning news on Morgan Harrington, Kevin Morrissey, etc...
Please find out what is going on in the school system.
We do have a right to know.
local girl: you wrote at 6:23 on a Monday morning. I'm not sure the people who need to be talked to in this case are anywhere that they'll talk to a reporter. Give them a few hours to get in touch with the key players.
Someone claiming to be a teacher has posted. Can't be real, there weren't any misspelled words or gramatical errors....Another wannabee. If anyone wants to post what happened feel free to park outside my trailer and use my WiFi, you can find my address by googling any court records in Central Virginia.
Gasbag - as we taxpayers pay the salaries, it would seem that we do have a right to know why one of our employees left suddenly. One of the reasons we have such a distrust of government at all levels is the secrecy. Governments at all levels must stop sweeping problems under the rug.
Is there more to this story or is this just the result of the revolving door for principals at this school?
After reading through this article, I have no idea why the Prinicipal was sacked.
C'mon Hook commenters, where are those irresponible and shocking rumors that I have come to know and love?
The Quest teacher is also gone now, and her position at Venable is now listed as a new employment vacancy/opportunity on the City schools website.
Monty Hall could ask everyone to guess what's behind curtain number two.