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1. [Net-Gold] Now's the Time to Test Standardized Tests
From: David P. Dillard
2. LIBRARIES: PUBLIC : LIBRARY: ORGANIZATIONS: MLA Seeks Excellence in
From: David P. Dillard
3. MUSIC: REFERENCE : DICTIONARIES: SUBJECT: MUSIC: Music Dictionary
From: David P. Dillard
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1. [Net-Gold] Now's the Time to Test Standardized Tests
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:30 pm ((PST))
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:44:35 EST
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Now's the Time to Test Standardized Tests
from the February 22, 2007 edition -
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0222/p08s02-comv.html>
Now's the time to test standardized tests
Congress must renew the No Child Left Behind Act
this year, and in the same bipartisan way as before.
The Monitor's View
A five-year federal experiment to boost K-12 schools
by standardized testing is still far from its goal:
making all students "proficient" in math and reading
by 2014. Now Congress will soon weigh whether to renew
the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The review itself
will be a new test of what the US expects from schools.
Holding public educators accountable for the quality of
their work was a noble and necessary aim of the 2002 law.
It was designed to produce better workers for an American
economy struggling to keep its competitive advantage in a
globalized workforce.
But at least 1,800 schools are failing to meet their
state's new targets in math and reading. And too many
states are using loopholes to lower test standards and make
more schools appear to be succeeding when they clearly
aren't, based on the results of separate exams known as the
National Assessment of Educational Progress.
The definition of "proficiency" is being dumbed down.
And such weakening of standards helps many states avoid
remedies set out by the law to give students an opportunity
for tutoring and a choice in transferring to better schools.
This neglect of children's basic needs should not go
unnoticed.
Many problems have cropped up in implementing the NCLB law,
leading to many studies on how to fix them. As House and
Senate committees begin hearings in coming weeks to
reauthorize the law, they'll need to carefully weigh these
diverse recommendations through the same bipartisan lens
that created the law, while strengthening its mandates.
President Bush, who sees this act as his signature
domestic initiative, proposed his own fixes last month.
His ideas lack one of the most needed changes
extending the law to ensure high school seniors meet
minimum standards.
But his call for lifting state bans on the number
of charter schools and for giving federal vouchers
to students in underperforming schools shows the kind
of solutions that may be necessary.
Mr. Bush also wants the law to require proficiency in
science, make it easier for administrators to remove
bad teachers, and provide tutoring and the
school-transfer option only to those categories of
students that are failing.
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2. LIBRARIES: PUBLIC : LIBRARY: ORGANIZATIONS: MLA Seeks Excellence in
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:19 pm ((PST))
LIBRARIES: PUBLIC :
LIBRARY: ORGANIZATIONS:
MLA Seeks Excellence in Public Libraries
MLA Seeks Excellence in Public Libraries
24Dash.com
Publisher: Ian Morgan
Published: 22/02/2007 - 15:59:31 PM
<http://www.24dash.com/localgovernment/16963.htm>
A consultation document to be published by the Museums, Libraries and
Archives Council (MLA) today, marks the beginning of a process for
improvement and innovation in England's public library service.
The MLA campaigns for improved standards in libraries and will be working
with key stakeholders over the next three months to deliver an action plan
for change.
The document is called 'A Blueprint for Excellence - Public Libraries
2008-2011'.
John Dolan, Head of Library Policy, MLA said: "There must be a clear sense
of purpose and value endorsed by current and potential library users;
policymakers; library managers and staff and all stakeholders, on what
communities can expect from their community, urban and city libraries.
This is critical to the future success of the public library service and
positions their worth at the heart of future policies.
"At a time of increased pressure on local authority budgets and with the
Local Government White Paper placing emphasis on improved delivery
arrangements and services shaped around communities, it is time for the
public library service to take a hard look at both its role in society and
the services it can and should be providing to every citizen," said John
Dolan.
The MLA is supporting and challenging local councils to develop a
modernised service with three roles:
* Community place: a high quality public place for reading, learning and
discovery, bringing together communities, as individuals and families,
with empowered and motivated staff committed to delivering customer
focused products and services that are responsive to community needs
* Development agency: successful partnerships with core service providers
to offer a wider range of opportunities and services and develop the
skills and knowledge of communities, including vulnerable and
disadvantaged groups
* Online library: 24 hour universal access to online reference services,
through trusted library resources and expert help.
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22 February 2007
MLA Emphasises Library Role In Revival Of Local Democracy
Managing Information.com
<http://www.managinginformation.com/news/
content_show_full.php?id=5530>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://tinyurl.com/23baom>
In a move which is timely, considering the closure threats hanging over
various libraries (Painswick, some Dorset Libraries, Wanlockhead Museum
Library and now the Feminist Library) the MLA is emphasising that the
museums, libraries and archives sector can play a significant role in the
revival of local democracy.
So says a report recently published by the Museums, Libraries and Archives
Council (MLA) in response to Sustainable and Prosperous Communities the
local government White Paper.
The MLA commissioned the report Localism, Governance and the Public Realm
to look at culture in the context of civil renewal, community cohesion and
localism and governance. Through a variety of interviews with museum,
library and archive professionals already delivering against these agendas
and policy analysts, the report shows that the cultural sector can play a
vital part in engaging citizens in civic life at the local level.
Paul Bristow, Local Government Policy Adviser, MLA, said, "This paper
highlights how museums, libraries and archives have huge potential to meet
the challenges of the White Paper and other policy developments. Sector
professionals and local policy makers should be working together to
exploit this potential."
Related Website
Localism, governance and the public realm Issues for the local cultural
sector
Kevin Harris
<http:// www.mla.gov.uk/resources/assets//L/
localism_governance_public_realm_11107.pdf>
A shorter URL for the above link:
< http://tinyurl.com/ytec88>
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3. MUSIC: REFERENCE : DICTIONARIES: SUBJECT: MUSIC: Music Dictionary
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Sat Feb 24, 2007 5:30 am ((PST))
MUSIC: REFERENCE :
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Music Dictionary Online
Music Dictionary Online
<http://www.dolmetsch.com/musictheorydefs.htm>
"The purpose of our Music Dictionary Online is, in the case of non-English
words and phrases, to offer translations for and, in the case of English
and non-English words and phrases and where appropriate, explanations and
comments about general (non-musical) and specialist (i.e. musical, etc.)
terms that might be found in musical scores, books, web sites, CD notes
and concert programmes.
The selection of general words and phrases is such as might be found in
any good pocket dictionary. Our selection of specialist terms include
words and phrases taken from a large number of related fields including
classical and modern dance, art, poetry, drama, cultural philosophy
(including aesthetics), education (particularly as it applies to music),
music history, physics, the physiology and psychology of sound and music,
music technology, musical instrument manufacture, some notable works and
important non-composer figures in music.
We have also added many terms associated with world music traditions,
jazz, rock, pop and related musical genres.
Information about composers will be found in our 'in-progress' Composers
Online.
The entries are usually concise and, where available, we provide links to
supplementary material from Music Theory Online, Musical e-Monographs or
external websites. Where, over time, words have changed their meanings or
usage, we have tried to reflect this."
Content Sections of Introduction to this Online Dictionary
Names and Naming
Music Signs / Musical Symbols
Pronounciation
Abbreviations: s., pl., m., f. and n.
Literal / Figurative
Mea culpa - In Case of Error
New Section on Composers
Acknowledgements
Content Sample of Acknowledgements
(Copyright and) Fair Use
Other online music dictionaries and sources of information may complement
our own dictionary by providing more detailed explanations or useful
illustrations. Where we have drawn information from any site we provide a
link back to it either in the entry itself or below.
about general music-related words and terms: Wikipedia, all text is
available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License
about musical terms in Dutch: Muziek Nederlands - Engels produced by J.
Krammer
about musical terms in European languages: Musical Terms A-Z - part of the
Lilypond resource
about musical terms in Catalan: Terminologies del Gabinet de Terminologia
UIB - Oficina d'Informaci
about musical terms in Portuguese: Dicionrio Ingls-Portugus by Paulo de
Tarso Salles
about bibliographic terms in non-English languages: Glossary of
bibliographic information by language
about medieval musical terms: ORB - Medieval Music Glossary, copyright
1997 Cynthia J. Cyrus
about thematic catalogues: Abbreviations used in Composer Works Lists &
Thematic Catalogs, copyright 1995-2004 by Classical Net
about general musical topics: Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary,
copyright 2003 Virginia Tech
about jazz terms: Glossary from A Jazz Improvisation Almanac copyright
2000 Outside Shore Music
about popular music: MusicWeb Encyclopedia of Popular Music edited by
Donald Clarke
about jesters & entertainers: Jester's Mask
about traditional music terms: Rod's Encyclopedic Dictionary of
Traditional Music copyright 2000 Rod Smith
about the culture of Louisiana: Louisiana Voices 1999-2003 Louisiana
Division of the Arts
about world music: World Music Central, copyright 2003 World Music
Central
about ancient Greek music: Ancient Greek Music, by Michael Lahanas
about modern Cretan and Greek music: Glossary of Greek terms by Tullia
Magrini
about African music: The African Music Encyclopedia copyright 1995-2001
Janet Planet
about African traditional dance: Popular African Traditional Dances
about Hindustani classical music: ITC Sangeet Research Academy 2001 ITC
Sangeet Research Academy
about performing and ritual arts of Kerala: Arts of Kerala 2002
Department of Tourism, Government of Kerala
about the instruments and music of India: chandrakantha.com, copyright
1997-2004, David and Chandrakantha Courtney
about world music instruments: World Instrument Gallery
about less common musical instruments: Instrument Encyclopedia by
Community Outreach (CHICO) based at the University of Michigan School of
Information
To see the complete list, please go to the URL cited above.
Content Sample of Definitions from this Dictionary
Be (German n.) or B, the flat sign
be. abbreviation for bezglich, (German) 'regarding', 'with reference to'
b.e. abbreviation for 'binding edge'
beabsichtigen (German) intend
beabsichtigt (German) intended, intentional
Beach music also known as 'Carolina beach music', a regional genre which
developed from various musical styles of the forties, fifties and sixties.
These styles ranged from big band swing instrumentals to the more raucous
sounds of blues/jump blues, doo-wop, boogie, rhythm and blues. rockabilly
and old-time rock and roll
Beach music from which this extract has been taken
beachten (German) take notice of, observe, follow
beachtlich (German) considerable
Beachting (German f.) observance
Beam horizontal line linking two or more notes that individually would
have flags
see 'note'
Beam (music)
Beamter (m.), Beamtin (f.) (German) official, civil servant, clerk
bengstigend (German) alarming
beanspruchen (German) claim, demand, take up, stress (engineering)
beanstanden (German) find fault with, make a complaint about
Beanstandung (German f.) complaint
bant (m.), bante (f.) (French) gaping
beantragen (German) apply for
beantworten (German) answer
Beantwortung (German f.) in a fugue, answer, response or comes
bearb. abbreviation for bearbeitet, (German) 'revised', 'compiled',
'arranged'
bearbeidet (Norwegian) revised, arranged
bearbeiten (German, literally 'to rework') arrange, revise, process,
treat, adapt (theatre), pester, pummel
[corrected by Brian A. Jefferies]
Bearbeiter (m.) Bearbeiterin (f.) (German) arranger, compiler, author,
reviser, editor
bearbeitet (German) worked, elaborated, arranged, revised, adapted
Bearbeitung (s.), Bearbeitungen (pl.) (German f.) arrangement, revision,
compilation, edition, reworking, transcription
bearbejdet (Danish) revised
bearbetad (Swedish) revised
Bear dance (Great Basin Native Americans) a dance performed to request
enough food for the tribe
Bear-pipe see Brpfeife
bearsi (Italian) delight
bearsi di (Italian) delight in
Beat rhythmic pulse in a piece of music
the motion of a conductor's hand or baton when beating time
a musical ornament variously described as being like a mordent, a
battement or a rising appoggiatura
Beat (music)
Composers Biography
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"Our Composers Biography Online offers information on those who create
the notes on the page, composers. It has been made more useful by
providing links to supplementary material from a number of valuable
non-Dolmetsch websites."
How to Find a Name
A Note About Dates
A Note About Names
Music Theory and History Online
Dr. Brian Blood
Contents
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Index
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Content Sample from Music Theory and History Online Index
Accents, Variety of
Acciaccatura (see Grace Notes)
Accidentals, Using
Alla Breve (see Common Time)
Alla Cappella Time (see Common Time)
Alto Clef (see Clef, Alto)
Ametric Music
Anacrusis
Analysis, Musical - 20th century History of Music
Antecedent & Consequent
Anticipation
Appoggiatura, Non-Harmonic Note
Appoggiatura, Ornamentation
Appoggiatura, Passing (see Nachslag)
Arezzo, Guido d' (see Ut Queant Laxis Resonare Fibris)
Arpeggiation
Articulation on Stringed Instruments
Articulation on Wind Instruments
Asymmetrical Time
Augmented Triads (see Triads)
Auxiliary Note
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Dr. Brian Blood
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Contents
a brief history of the physics of sound - completed
an introduction to vibrations - completed
combining vibrations - in progress
sound waves
how sound is produced
cylindrical versus conical bores
tone holes
the role of the thumbhole
'over-blowing' and harmonics on the recorder
recorder tuning
the role of the player
overtones and 'timbre'
turbulence and sound quality
the properties of materials and their influence on 'timbre'
can physics make better instruments?
hearing and listening
Dictionary of Physics - available
Acoustics - An Unofficial Introduction - currently unavailable
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So that you know where we are, the sections have been 'flagged' in three
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Type of Document Thesis
Author Brown, Jennifer Robin
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URN etd-12302004-111046
Title The effects of stressed tempo music on performance times of track
athletes
Degree Master of Music
Department Music, School of
Advisory Committee Advisor Name Title
Clifford K. Madsen Committee Member
Dianne Gregory Committee Member
Jayne M. Standley Committee Member
Keywords track and music
alternative athletic training techniques
Date of Defense 2004-12-08
Availability unrestricted
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Effects Music Has On Lap Pace, Heart Rate, And Perceived Exertion Rate
During a 20-minute Self-paced Run
Authors:
Brian C. Matesic
Candidate of Masters Degree
United States Sports Academy
Daphne, Alabama
February, 2002
Fred Cromartie, Ed. D.
Chair of Sports Medicine & Fitness
Department of Sports Medicine
United States Sports Academy
The Sport Journal
<http://www.thesportjournal.org/2002Journal/Vol5-No1/music.asp>
Training & Testing
Int J Sports Med 2004; 25: 611-615
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-815715
Effects of Music on Work-Rate Distribution During a Cycling Time Trial
G. Atkinson1, D. Wilson2, M. Eubank2
1 School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Loughborough University,
Leicestershire, UK
2 Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John
Moores University, UK
<http://www.thieme-connect.com/ejournals/abstract/sportsmed/doi/
10.1055/s-2004-815715;jsessionid=
B01B9B3D3039E8CBD6DB3674F7C4CF49.jvm2>
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Sad News:
As time passes, less and less of the works of Ludwig von Beethoven are
available for performance and study. This tragic decline in resources
stems from the fact that since Beethoven died, he was buried and since has
been decomposing.
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