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...grasping at their elusive live sound to crafting a full-fledged studio album. The differences from 2005’s “Hypermagic Mountain” are small but significant, taking the band beyond mere reproduction of a live show. The wider sonic range afforded by proper mic placement and high-end recording equipment gives bassist Brian Gibson’s densely layered effects a bit of breathing room, revealing a textural intricacy that is lost in live performance. On “The Sublime Freak”, Gibson’s feedback-soaked bass rattles...
...Similar motivation schemes have worked elsewhere in the world. In the U.S., for example, more than a dozen states have started rewarding students with cash for improved test scores and enrollment in advanced-placement courses. In Britain, the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA), which focuses on helping children from lower-income families, awards students with monthly payments if they've met attendance and performance targets. Like its U.S. counterparts, the EMA initiative puts money directly into students' pockets to spend as they wish. In the decade since it began, the program has reversed dropout rates by more than 2% annually. (Read...
...remarks, with more curiosity than regret, "All that poetry, and all those songs, about something that lasts no time at all.") Father Jack should be opposed to David as a suitor, but he practically pimps the girl to him. Jack's rule for courtship is the same as for placement at Oxford: he wants Jenny to consort with the upper class so she can marry well. What else is an education...
...military was drawing down forces after the the Cold War ended, TTT is funded by the Department of Education to the tune of about $14.4 million a year and run by a Defense Department outfit called Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support. Essentially a referral and placement service, TTT provides up to $10,000 for military personnel to obtain their teaching certification; they must be retired or have left their service with at least six years of active duty. Many of the more than 11,000 men and women who have participated in the program are nontraditional first-time...
...addition to aiding researchers, the Review should benefit from placement in this prominent online compendium, said Laura Farwell Blake, interim head of research services in Lamont Library. “This puts the Harvard Review in the company of the journals in JSTOR, and that’s a good place to be. It brings a local resource very much into the global world...