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= = = George Farmhouse = = = |
George Farmhouse is a historic home located near Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware. It built between about 1915 and 1920, and is a two-story, frame dwelling in the Queen Anne style. Parts of the house date to the 19th century, and the one-story and attic kitchen wing may be the oldest section of the house. It features a three-story, offset hexagonal shaped tower with a tent roof and a wraparound porch. |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. |
= = = Ahmad al-Ghumari = = = |
Ahmad bin Muhammad bin al-Siddiq al-Ghumari was a Muslim traditionist and scholar of Hadith from Morocco. |
Ghumari was born on the 27th of Ramadan in 1320 according to the Islamic calendar, corresponding to December 26, 1902 Gregorian. He was the older brother of fellow clerics Abdullah al-Ghumari and Abd al-Aziz al-Ghumari. As a child, he studied in Morocco's traditional madrasa system, memorizing the entire Qur'an by heart, in addition to traditional Islamic texts such as Alfiya, Ajārūmīya and Bulugh al-Maram. |
In 1921, he traveled to Egypt and enrolled in Al-Azhar University, returning to Morocco upon the death of his father. Ghumari went to Egypt a second time in 1931 when his younger brothers Abdullah and Muhammad also enrolled in the university. Due to fears regarding activity of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, his brother Abdullah was sentenced to ten years in prison on accusations of ties to the group in 1961. Ahmad al-Ghumari, upon hearing the news of his younger brother's long sentence, fell ill and died eight months later. |
Ghumari was a prolific writer, having authored more than one-hundred books. He was well known for a debate which acrimoniously began between him and fellow hadith scholar Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani, and later continued with between Ghumari's younger brother Abdullah and Albani. Despite the older Ghumari's attestation to Albani's high level of knowledge and respected status in Hadith studies, the nature of the debate between them became personal and involved character attacks. |
Like the rest of his family, Ghumari was a leader of the Siddiqiyya Sufi order, a branch of the larger Shadhili order. Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali claimed that al-Ghumari had chosen to live a very simple life and eschewed material excess. |
Although a practitioner of Sufism, Ghumari was a strong critic of many Sufis, especially the rival Naqshbandi order. Like Ibn Hazm, Ghumari viewed scholarly difference of opinion as a curse. Like his brothers, he often used harsh language when responding to intellectual opponents. Having originally followed the Maliki school of thought like most of Muslim scholarship in Morocco, al-Ghumari later switched to the Shafi'i school for a period and finally opted for absolute independent reasoning. Unlike most of Moroccan scholarship, al-Ghumari opposed the Ash'ari school of theology. Muhammad Abu Khubza, among other Moroccan scholars, also claim that al-Ghumari temporarily adhered to the Zaidiyyah school of Shia Islam. |
= = = Charles-Étienne Jordan = = = |
Charles-Étienne Jordan (1700 in Berlin – 1745) was a Prussian-born Huguenot refugee, advisor to Frederick the Great and French-language author on literature and history. He is mainly remembered for his "Histoire d'un voyage litteraire" (1735) describing his literary visits in France, England and the Netherlands. |
In 1736 Jordan became the Crown Prince's literary secretary, in 1740 he was appointed Curator of the Universities, and in 1744 Vice President of the Prussian Academy of Sciences. At the Rheinsberg Castle he was the member of a radical intellectual circle including general Heinrich August de la Motte Fouqué. Jordan was an avid collector of banned radical and "Socinian" books, obtaining copies of the "Meditationes" of Theodor Ludwig Lau, Jean Bodin's "Colloque", and Adrian Beverland's "État de l'homme" for his personal library. |
= = = Jewelpet: The Glittering Magical Jewel Box = = = |
The Gameplay is entirely similar to Columns using the same mechanics and rules. The only difference about the game from its other counterparts is the use of cards. The player must scan 1-3 cards into the arcade machine. Each card has a power gem with different power strengths meaning that the higher the number, the higher the power to execute a Lucky Jewel. |
The game takes place inside a tall, rectangular playing area. Columns of three different symbols (such as differently-colored jewels) appear, one at a time, at the top of the well and fall to the bottom, landing either on the floor or on top of previously-fallen "Columns" |
While a column is falling, the player can move it left and right, and can also cycle the positions of the symbols within it. |
If, after a column has fallen, there are three or more of the same symbols connected in a straight line horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, those symbols disappear. The pile of columns then settles under gravity. If this causes three or more other symbols to become aligned, they also disappear and the pile settles again. This process repeats as many times as necessary. It is not uncommon for this to happen three or four times in a row - it often happens by accident when the well is becoming crowded. If the well fills beyond the top of the screen, the game ends. |
An update of the game was released in March 19, 2010, containing compatibility to newer cards. |
= = = Kushnarenkovo = = = |
Kushnarenkovo (, ) is a rural locality (a "selo") and the administrative center of Kushnarenkovsky District of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located on the Belaya River. Population: Since 1941 the International Lenin School worked here under a code name of an agricultural college. |
= = = Kamennaya Steppe = = = |
The Russian Federal Nature Preserve Kamennaya Steppe is located in Talovsky District in Voronezh Oblast in the watershed of rivers Bitug and Khoper (both tributaries of Don River). |
It is a research institute, where the study of Kamennaya Steppe soils began in 1892 by the father of modern soil science Vasily Dokuchaev. |
= = = Moore House (Smyrna, Delaware) = = = |
Moore House is a historic home located at Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware. It built between in 1868, and is a two-story, frame dwelling with Italianate and Gothic Revival style decorative detail. It has an unusual, off-set double-pile, "house-on-house" plan. It has a cross-gable roof with a distinctive cornice and a wraparound porch. |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. |
= = = Institute of History of Nicaragua and Central America = = = |
The Institute of History of Nicaragua and Central America (Spanish: "Instituto de Historia de Nicaragua y Centroamérica", "IHNCA") is an award-winning research institute that is connected to the Central American University in Nicaragua. |
The institute is settled at the campus of the university in Managua. The building has several halls and rooms for lectures, research, documentation, and expositions. |
The IHNCA originates out of a merger in 1997 of the Library of the Central-American Historical Institute (Biblioteca del Instituto Histórico Centroamericano) and the Institute of History of Nicaragua (Instituto de Historia de Nicaragua). These institutes were founded in 1934 and 1987 respectively. |
The institute is dedicated to the research, spread of knowledge on history, and the administration of historical heritage. It has executed thorough research and looks after an archive of more than 50,000 books, many papers, audio recordings, films, video's, maps and collections of paintings, masks and other artifacts |
In 2009, the institute received one of the Prince Claus Awards from the Netherlands. |
= = = Peterson and Mustard's Hermitage Farm = = = |
Peterson and Mustard's Hermitage Farm is a historic home located near Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware. It built about 1863, and is a two-story, "L"-shaped frame dwelling in the Italianate "peach house" style. It consists of a three bay, flat roofed main block with a rear service wing. The front facade features a Greek Revival-style entryway. Also on the property are a contributing granary-loading shed group and stable; both of pegged braced-frame construction, and probably dating from the 19th century. |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. |
= = = 1924 in philosophy = = = |
1924 in philosophy |
= = = 1945 Preston Municipal Borough Council election = = = |
Elections to Preston Municipal Borough council were held in November 1945. |
= = = Yermolayevo, Republic of Bashkortostan = = = |
Yermolayevo (; ) is a rural locality (a "selo") and the administrative center of Kuyurgazinsky District in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. Its population was |
= = = Artyom Shaloyan = = = |
Artyom Shaloyan (born July 31, 1976 in Gyumri, Armenian SSR) is an Armenian-born German weightlifter. He won a bronze medal for the 69 kg class at the 1995 European Weightlifting Championships in Warsaw, Poland. Shaloyan is currently a member of the weightlifting team for AV 03 Speyer, and is coached and trained by Frank Mantek. |
Shaloyan represented his adopted nation Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's lightweight category (69 kg). Shaloyan placed fourteenth in this event, as he successfully lifted 135 kg in the single-motion snatch, and hoisted 165 kg in the two-part, shoulder-to-overhead clean and jerk, for a total of 300 kg. |
= = = Harrisburg High School (Pennsylvania) = = = |
Harrisburg High School (Pennsylvania) is located at 2451 Market Street, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This large urban high school is one of two public high schools operated by the Harrisburg City School District. In 2015, enrollment was reported as 1,165 pupils in 9th through 12th grades, with 97% of pupils eligible for a free lunch due to family poverty. Additionally, 29.7% of pupils received special education services, while less than 1% of pupils were identified as gifted. The school employed 89 teachers. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 14% of the teachers were rated "Non‐Highly Qualified" under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. |
In 2014, Harrisburg High School enrollment was reported as 1,146 pupils in 9th through 12th grades, with 81% of pupils eligible for a free lunch due to family poverty. Additionally, 29% of pupils received special education services, while 0.09% of pupils were identified as gifted. The school employed 117 teachers. According to the PA Department of Education 2% of the teachers were rated "Non‐Highly Qualified" under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. The school is a federally designated Title I school. |
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2011, Harrisburg High School reported an enrollment of 1,318 pupils in grades 9th through 12th, with 861 pupils eligible for a federal free or reduced-price lunch due to the family meeting the federal poverty level. In 2011, Harrisburg High School employed 117 teachers, yielding a student-teacher ratio of 11:1. According to a report by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 29 teachers were rated "Non‐Highly Qualified" under No Child Left Behind. The school was a federally designated Title I school. |
In 2009, Harrisburg High School ranked 636th out of 666 Pennsylvania high schools for the reading and mathematics achievement of its students. In 2007, Johns Hopkins University reported that Harrisburg High School was listed among 47 Pennsylvania schools and 1700 nationwide high schools with high drop out rates. |
The school first opened in 1971 as a merger of John Harris High School, which opened 1926, and William Penn High School. John Harris High School now refers to a campus of Harrisburg High. |
In May 2015, the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) released a report identifying Harrisburg High School as among the lowest achieving schools for reading and mathematics in the state. Harrisburg High School has been included on this lowest achievement list each year since the list was begun in 2011. One hundred four (104) public school districts had one or more schools on the list. Parents and students may be eligible for scholarships to transfer to another public or nonpublic school through the state's Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit Program passed in June 2012. The scholarships are limited to those students whose family's income is less than $60,000 annually, with another $12,000 allowed per dependent. Maximum scholarship award is $8,500, with special education students receiving up to $15,000 for a year's tuition. Parents pay any difference between the scholarship amount and the receiving school's tuition rate. Students may seek admission to neighboring public school districts. Each year the PDE publishes the tuition rate for each individual public school district. Fifty-three public schools in Allegheny County are among the lowest-achieving schools in 2011. According to the report, parents in 414 public schools (74 school districts) were offered access to these scholarships. For the 2015-16 school year, Harrisburg School District had nine of its schools on the lowest achievement list. |
Harrisburg High School achieved 40.5 out of 100. Reflects on grade level reading, mathematics and science achievement. The PDE reported that 23% of Harrisburg High School’s students were on grade level in reading/literature. In Algebra 1, just 18% of students showed on grade level skills at the end of the course. In Biology I, 10% demonstrated on grade level science understanding at the end of the course. Statewide, 53 percent of schools with an eleventh grade achieved an academic score of 70 or better. Five percent of the 2,033 schools with 11th grade were scored at 90 and above; 20 percent were scored between 80 and 89; 28 percent between 70 and 79; 25 percent between 60 and 69 and 22 percent below 60. The Keystone Exam results showed: 73 percent of students statewide scored at grade-level in English, 64 percent in Algebra I and 59 percent in biology. |
Harrisburg High School achieved 39.7 out of 100. Reflects on grade level reading, mathematics and science achievement. In reading/literature - 20% were on grade level. In Algebra 1, 18.6% showed on grade level skills at the end of the course. In Biology, 11% showed on grade level science understanding at the end of the course. Fifty-three percent of schools statewide received lower SPP scores compared with last year's, while 46 percent improved. A handful were unchanged. |
Compared with 2013, the percentage of schools that earned below 60 declined by nearly 1 percent per Secretary of Education Carolyn Dumaresq. She reported that this is an indication that student achievement is improving as school resources are being used better. |
Harrisburg High School achieved out of 100. Reflects on grade level reading, mathematics and science achievement. In reading/literature - 27.48% were on grade level. In Algebra 1, 12.21% showed on grade level skills. In Biology, 10.45% showed on grade level science understanding. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 2,181 public schools (less than 73 percent of Pennsylvania public schools), achieved an academic score of 70 or higher. Pennsylvania 11th grade students no longer take the PSSAs. Instead, beginning in 2012, they take the Keystone Exams at the end of the associated course. |
In 2012, Harrisburg High School declined to Corrective Action II 9th Year due to achieving only 4 of 14 metrics measured. |
Under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, the Harrisburg HIgh School administration was required to notify parents of the school's poor achievement outcomes and to offer the parent the opportunity to transfer to a successful school within the district. Additionally, the Harrisburg High School administration was required by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, to develop a School Improvement Plan to address the school's low student achievement. Under the Pennsylvania Accountability System, the school district was required to pay for additional tutoring for struggling students. The High School is eligible for special, extra funding under federal School Improvement Grants which the school must apply for each year. |
Pennsylvania System of School Assessments, commonly called PSSAs are No Child Left Behind Act related examinations which were administered from 2003 through 2012, in all Pennsylvania public high schools. The exams were administered in the Spring of each school year. The goal was for 100% of students to be on grade level or better in reading and mathematics, by the Spring of 2014. The tests focused on the state's Academic Standards for reading, writing, mathematics and science. The Science exam included content in science, technology, ecology and the environmental studies. The mathematics exam included: algebra I, algebra II, geometry and trigonometry. The Commonwealth's Academic Standards were first published in 1998 and were mandated by the Pennsylvania State Board of Education and the Pennsylvania General Assembly. |
In 2013, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania changed its high school assessments to three Keystone Exams in: Algebra 1, Reading/literature and Biology1. The exams are given at the end of the course, rather than all in the spring of the student's 11th grade year. Schools are required to provide targeted remediation to students who do not pass a Keystone Exam. |
According to a Pennsylvania Department of Education study released in January 2009, 67% of the Harrisburg High School graduates required remediation in mathematics and or reading before they were prepared to take college level courses in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education or community colleges. Less than 66% of Pennsylvania high school graduates, who enroll in a four-year college in Pennsylvania, will earn a bachelor's degree within six years. Among Pennsylvania high school graduates pursuing an associate degree, only one in three graduate in three years. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, one in three recent high school graduates who attend Pennsylvania's public universities and community colleges takes at least one remedial course in math, reading or English. |
In 2015, 132 Harrisburg High School students took the SAT exams. The average reading score was 402, the average math score was 411 and the average writing score was 383. The composite average of the 2015 school year was 1196. |
In 2014, 179 Harrisburg High School students took the SAT exams. The school's Verbal Average Score was 388. The Math average score was 400. The Writing average score was 371. Statewide in Pennsylvania, Verbal Average Score was 497. The Math average score was 504. The Writing average score was 480. The College Board also reported that nationwide scores were: 497 in reading, 513 in math and 487 in writing. In 2014, 1,672,395 students took the SATs in the United States. |
In 2013, 164 Harrisburg High School students took the SAT exams. The school's Verbal Average Score was 398. The Math average score was 407. The Writing average score was 359. The College Board reported that statewide scores were: 494 in reading, 504 in math and 482 in writing. The nationwide SAT results were the same as in 2012. |
In 2012, 128 Harrisburg City School District students took the SAT exams. The district's Verbal Average Score was 473. The Math average score was 481. The Writing average score was 439. The statewide Verbal SAT exams results were: Verbal 491, Math 501, Writing 480. In the USA, 1.65 million students took the exams achieving scores: Verbal 496, Math 514, Writing 488. According to the College Board the maximum score on each section was 800, and 360 students nationwide scored a perfect 2,400. |
In 2011, 224 Harrisburg High School students took the SAT exams. The school's Verbal Average Score was 392. The Math average score was 392. The Writing average score was 350. Pennsylvania ranked 40th among states with SAT scores: Verbal - 493, Math - 501, Writing - 479. In the United States, 1.65 million students took the exam in 2011. They averaged 497 (out of 800) verbal, 514 math and 489 in writing. |
The Harrisburg School Board requires that students earn 24 credits to graduate, including: English 4 credits, Mathematics 4 credits, Science 3 credits, Social Studies 3 credits, Humanities 2 credits, Electives 5 credits, Physical Education 1 credits, Wellness 1 credits, and Senior Project 1 credit. |
For nearly two decades, all Pennsylvania secondary school students were required to complete a project as a part of their eligibility to graduate from high school. The type of project, its rigor and its expectations are set by the individual school district. Effective with the graduating class of 2017, the Pennsylvania State Board of Education eliminated the state mandate that students complete a culminating project in order to graduate. |
By Pennsylvania State School Board regulations, beginning with the class of 2019, public school students must demonstrate successful completion of secondary level course work in Algebra I, Biology, and English Literature by passing the respective Keystone Exams for each course. |
The exam is given at the end of the course. Keystone Exams replace the PSSAs for 11th grade. |
Students have several opportunities to pass the exam. Schools are mandated to provide targeted assistance to help the student be successful. Those who do not pass after several attempts can perform a project in order to graduate. For the class of 2019, a Composition exam will be added. For the class of 2020, passing a civics and government exam will be added to the graduation requirements. In 2011, Pennsylvania high school students field tested the Algebra 1, Biology and English Lit exams. The statewide results were: Algebra 1 38% on grade level, Biology 35% on grade level and English Lit - 49% on grade level. Individual student, school or district reports were not made public, although they were reported to district officials by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. Students identified as having special needs and qualifying for an Individual Educational Program (IEP) may graduate by meeting the requirements of their IEP. |
The Classroom for the Future state program provided districts with hundreds of thousands of extra state funding to buy laptop computers for each core curriculum high school class (English, Science, History, Math) and paid for teacher training to optimize the computers use. The program was funded from 2006 to 2009. The School District applied to participate in 2006-07 and was denied funding by the PDE. In 2007-08, Harrisburg City School District applied again receiving $585,907. The district received $136,749 in 2008-09, for a total funding of $692,809. Among the public school districts in Cambria County, the highest award was given to Greater Johnstown School District which received $463,166. The highest funding statewide was awarded to Philadelphia City School District in Philadelphia County - $9,409,073. The grant program was discontinued by Governor Edward Rendell, as part of his 2009-10 state budget. |
Project 720 was a high school reform program implemented for three years under the Rendell administration. The intent was to increase academic rigor and improve the instruction of teachers in the Commonwealth’s high schools. Teachers were expected to use data driven instructional practices and to meet the needs of diverse learners. The 720 in the name referred to the number of days a student was in high school in ninth through 12th grades. High schools applied for funding and were required to agree to report to the PDE their plans, their actions and the outcomes. In 2007-08 budget year, the Commonwealth provided $11 million in funding. Harrisburg City School District was one of 161 PA public school districts to apply, receiving $327,000 funding over three years. For 2010-11, Project 720 funding was decreased to $1.7 million by Governor Rendell. The grant program was discontinued effective with the 2011-12 state budget. |