OF COURSE poverty is the problem, but that is all the more reason for charter schools. The tragedy of this years’ Seattle School Board election illustrates the fallacy of those who oppose charter schools. In my District, District 5, we had three candidates. None of these had the credenti[...]
Archive for October, 2013
October 20th, 2013 - 3:31 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
The Role of Poverty in The School Board Election
October 19th, 2013 - 8:48 am § in Misc.
THE-Ave.US Challenge
Who Signed The Smoot-Hawley Act? A. FDR B. Hoover C. Harding D. Truman E. None of the above. [...]
October 19th, 2013 - 12:22 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Terrorist attack on US
From HorsesAss Breaking: Terrorist attack on Washington D.C. An anti-American terrorist group struck down the U.S. Government early Tuesday morning. The Government is now shut down for an indeterminate period that could last from mere hours to, perhaps, weeks. The terrorists, who go by the name Rep[...]
October 18th, 2013 - 2:43 pm § in Misc.
!2 Years a Slave
The reviews of this movie are awesome, Opens Friday, October 18, 2013 (Limited) In the years before the Civil War, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York, is kidnapped and sold into slavery in the South. Subjected to the cruelty of one malevolent owner (Michael [...]
October 17th, 2013 - 11:38 pm § in Science, The Ave Scene
Welcome to Seattle, How Mulally was chosen ….
The Inside Scoop on Alan Mulally …. Alan Mulally’s selection as CEO of Microsoft occurred only after directors on Microsoft’s CEO search committee approached internal candidates and at least eight outsiders. The Wall Street Journal reported that the outsiders included candidate[...]
October 17th, 2013 - 11:34 am § in Misc., The Ave Scene
Balmer Blues: Windows 8.1 … C-.
Microsoft’s release of 8.1 is a near failure. The biggest single issue for most users was the Start Menu … IT IS STILL NOT THERE! C- is a generous score! What Balmer’s buddies did is insulting to users who wanted the Start Menu to .. START PROGRAMS! Instead the bunglers at MS have [...]
October 17th, 2013 - 9:52 am § in Politics
What will Washington’s DEMOCRATS Do About Cruz?
The far right of the Republican party, what I call the Repricans, refer to moderate Republicans as Rhinos. After Crus, it seems to me the Dems need to make that label stick! Two Washington Republican Congressmen (the Repricans still have not figured out the gender issue) live and run in districts[...]
GMO Discovery Awarded World Food Prize
While Voters Here Must Decide on Initiative 522 to Require Labeling Any Genetically Engineered Food, three Monsanto scientists, Marc Van Montagu, Rob Fraley, and Mary Dell Chilton received this year’s prestigious Norman Borlaug Lecture and World Food Prize, Thursday, Oct. 17 in Iowa. They r[...]
Read The Great Books: Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe was buried in Nigeria, last June. Have you read his books? He is one of my favorites. I will miss him.[...]