The G1 keyboard is great. All the symbols I need are on the keyboard (including pipe and backtick), the numbers don't require modifiers, and both modifiers (shift and alt for symbols) are on each side of the keyboard. I've been hoping for a newer phone to have a keyboard like this, but I just haven't found anything close.
So that all inbound calls count as being in your Fav5 plan too. Is that really how TMobile tracks it, though? Just on caller ID? If so, I could certainly imagine the caller id info being passed on the data network from Google to your phone so that it could display the 'real' caller ID, while still qualifying for the free call from TMobile.
It allows secrecy, but does not enforce (require?) it.
With absentee ballots, it becomes possible to prove to someone else how you're voting, by having them present with you when you fill out the ballot, seal and sign it, and drop it off at the post office or polling place.
Since it's possible for you to prove how you vote, it's possible for you to sell your vote, or be coerced into voting a certain way.
With in-person voting, there's no way to prove that you voted a certain way, and thus no way to force you to do so.
Here's a quick overview based on my experience, and since it's almost completely dependent on the state, this will vary across the US as well.
The State gives some guidelines about coordinating topics across grade levels (science in 8th grade is physics-oriented, 3rd grade is biology-oriented, etc). The actual details taught in each class, and the assignments and tests that evaluate them are determined by the teacher. Often teachers of different sections of the same class at a school will collaborate, but there is still significant variation.
The grade boundaries are typically set at the school board level (city or county). Mine was A:94-100 B:86-93 C:77-85 D:70-76 F: 69 and below. I believe that F was the only failing grade, though certain classes required a C or better in a previous class. (e.g. you must get a C in Earth Science to take Astronomy). However, teachers often either adjust the score ranges on individual tests to match this scale, or they try to manage the distribution of easy and hard questions to try to fit the scale naturally. The adjustment curve was often based on the highest score in the class (The best pre-curve score was 92, so everyone add 8 to get your grade), but sometimes based on the teacher's individual perception of the test and students' performance (That was a little tougher than I thought - add 12 points to your score). If the grades still don't look right, they'll offer extra credit.
If a child has special needs, they may be allowed extra time on tests, or be allowed to take it in a quiet room away from the other students, etc. Otherwise, any extra credit they offer is typically available to all students in the class. Often, one way teachers mitigated the "I blew it" scenarios is by allowing students to correct their mistakes on tests as homework for half credit. Thus, someone who got a 50% on a test could use their book, notes, etc to correct the questions they got wrong, and bring their score potentially up to 75%.
All told, the technical grade scale is pretty meaningless. As long as they have some demonstrable method of evaluating students, they can scale everything so that the scores they think should be B's are B's, and the ones they think should be C's are C's. Teachers get to choose what percent of the grades for the class come from tests, from homework, from projects, attendance, etc. Some don't count homework towards grades, others just count homework as 'done' or 'not done' - 100% or 0% for each assignment, others grade every assignment.
Many teachers allow students to see their class grades at any time throughout the year, but there are typically only 4 official grades recorded (and reported to the parents) per class, and those are just the letter grades, not numeric grades.
Some states are starting to introduce statewide standards, where students all over the state take the same test near the end of the year. Passing this test is required to pass the class. Some teachers take the score on this test as a test score when calculating their final grades, but others just ignore it - the ones who fail it fail the course, and the others take the grade they had in the course (maybe even failing as a result of the regular tests). The pass rate on these tests is often very important to the schools whose students take them - it is used to evaluate the performance of the teachers.
The only possible reason that the Bush Administration does not want any judicial involvement or even records kept of the secret wiretapping is that there is something seriously wrong about what they're doing.
Because if they had nothing to hide, they wouldn't mind the Judicial branch watching, right?
Perhaps TFA has something to say about this line of reasoning...
I was in a server room for "Take your kid to work day". It wasn't the bolt-through-the-power-line kill switches like those in the story, but I did manage to shut down all of the tape machines. That was actually the lesser of two evils, as the halon release fire control button was very close to the one I pushed.
Except for the fact that many people tried to help him all along the way: College suitemates inviting him to dinner and trying to talk to him, one on one attention with professors, etc. Society repeatedly tried to reach out to him, and he coldly ignored us. I'm really at a loss for where you're getting this idea of him being ignored, or even picked on, when all of the reports have shown the exact opposite - someone who forcefully ignored the rest of the world's attempts to include him.
Many intersections in the US have this feature too, but it isn't widely known, and may not be in place everywhere. I was taught about it in driver's ed, but I have noticed some intersections where it wasn't painted that way.
Except the "without empathy or remorse" part applies to the entire list of modifiers to behavior, not just the amoral part.
It's "manifested in (aggressive, perverted, criminal, or amoral) behavior without empathy or remorse"
Unless your ISP doesn't take the same approach towards power outages.
I bought a UPS for my networking hardware just for this reason. Unfortunately, I found out that every time I lose power, whatever my cable modem is talking to does too.
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The G1 keyboard is great. All the symbols I need are on the keyboard (including pipe and backtick), the numbers don't require modifiers, and both modifiers (shift and alt for symbols) are on each side of the keyboard. I've been hoping for a newer phone to have a keyboard like this, but I just haven't found anything close.
So that all inbound calls count as being in your Fav5 plan too. Is that really how TMobile tracks it, though? Just on caller ID? If so, I could certainly imagine the caller id info being passed on the data network from Google to your phone so that it could display the 'real' caller ID, while still qualifying for the free call from TMobile.
It allows secrecy, but does not enforce (require?) it.
With absentee ballots, it becomes possible to prove to someone else how you're voting, by having them present with you when you fill out the ballot, seal and sign it, and drop it off at the post office or polling place.
Since it's possible for you to prove how you vote, it's possible for you to sell your vote, or be coerced into voting a certain way.
With in-person voting, there's no way to prove that you voted a certain way, and thus no way to force you to do so.
Here's a quick overview based on my experience, and since it's almost completely dependent on the state, this will vary across the US as well.
The State gives some guidelines about coordinating topics across grade levels (science in 8th grade is physics-oriented, 3rd grade is biology-oriented, etc). The actual details taught in each class, and the assignments and tests that evaluate them are determined by the teacher. Often teachers of different sections of the same class at a school will collaborate, but there is still significant variation.
The grade boundaries are typically set at the school board level (city or county). Mine was A:94-100 B:86-93 C:77-85 D:70-76 F: 69 and below. I believe that F was the only failing grade, though certain classes required a C or better in a previous class. (e.g. you must get a C in Earth Science to take Astronomy). However, teachers often either adjust the score ranges on individual tests to match this scale, or they try to manage the distribution of easy and hard questions to try to fit the scale naturally. The adjustment curve was often based on the highest score in the class (The best pre-curve score was 92, so everyone add 8 to get your grade), but sometimes based on the teacher's individual perception of the test and students' performance (That was a little tougher than I thought - add 12 points to your score). If the grades still don't look right, they'll offer extra credit.
If a child has special needs, they may be allowed extra time on tests, or be allowed to take it in a quiet room away from the other students, etc. Otherwise, any extra credit they offer is typically available to all students in the class. Often, one way teachers mitigated the "I blew it" scenarios is by allowing students to correct their mistakes on tests as homework for half credit. Thus, someone who got a 50% on a test could use their book, notes, etc to correct the questions they got wrong, and bring their score potentially up to 75%.
All told, the technical grade scale is pretty meaningless. As long as they have some demonstrable method of evaluating students, they can scale everything so that the scores they think should be B's are B's, and the ones they think should be C's are C's. Teachers get to choose what percent of the grades for the class come from tests, from homework, from projects, attendance, etc. Some don't count homework towards grades, others just count homework as 'done' or 'not done' - 100% or 0% for each assignment, others grade every assignment.
Many teachers allow students to see their class grades at any time throughout the year, but there are typically only 4 official grades recorded (and reported to the parents) per class, and those are just the letter grades, not numeric grades.
Some states are starting to introduce statewide standards, where students all over the state take the same test near the end of the year. Passing this test is required to pass the class. Some teachers take the score on this test as a test score when calculating their final grades, but others just ignore it - the ones who fail it fail the course, and the others take the grade they had in the course (maybe even failing as a result of the regular tests). The pass rate on these tests is often very important to the schools whose students take them - it is used to evaluate the performance of the teachers.
I'm sure there's a simple explanation.
Perhaps TFA has something to say about this line of reasoning...
I was in a server room for "Take your kid to work day". It wasn't the bolt-through-the-power-line kill switches like those in the story, but I did manage to shut down all of the tape machines. That was actually the lesser of two evils, as the halon release fire control button was very close to the one I pushed.
Except for the fact that many people tried to help him all along the way: College suitemates inviting him to dinner and trying to talk to him, one on one attention with professors, etc. Society repeatedly tried to reach out to him, and he coldly ignored us.
I'm really at a loss for where you're getting this idea of him being ignored, or even picked on, when all of the reports have shown the exact opposite - someone who forcefully ignored the rest of the world's attempts to include him.
Many intersections in the US have this feature too, but it isn't widely known, and may not be in place everywhere. I was taught about it in driver's ed, but I have noticed some intersections where it wasn't painted that way.
Yes.
It may not be appropriate to have the competitor as the top result, but the top ad should certainly be up for bid.
Except the "without empathy or remorse" part applies to the entire list of modifiers to behavior, not just the amoral part. It's "manifested in (aggressive, perverted, criminal, or amoral) behavior without empathy or remorse"
Unless your ISP doesn't take the same approach towards power outages. I bought a UPS for my networking hardware just for this reason. Unfortunately, I found out that every time I lose power, whatever my cable modem is talking to does too.