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Test, Test, Test: California 5th Grade Science STAR test
So often when we talk about standardized testing in public schools, we end up talking across one another. Us grown-ups remember the tests we took, either with the sensation of quivering goo inside or...
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DK4 Updates: Recent Edition
Today's Exciting UpdatesI think this is the last we'll see of the snow this year.There's a theme in this set celebrating the recent. We return to the plain vanilla Recent Diaries sidebar, and your...
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The Importance of Internet to a Rural Community
Point Arena's iconic lighthouse is the tallest lighthouse in the western United States.You never know what you've got 'til it's gone...The internet has become a lifeline to rural communities, and a...
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dk4 Updates: Post-Chocolate Bunny Edition
I know, I know: you can't believe you ate the whole thing. But it mocked you, with its bland, milk chocolatey ears, and crazy construction. You can't just leave an orphaned haunch for tomorrow! It has...
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DK4 Update: in which elfling returns from the woods
Mendocino Woodlands State ParkA Wee Little UpdateUpdates were sparse last week as I went off the grid for a bit. The weather was spectacular and I had a chance to appreciate the importance and value of...
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DK4 Updates: Search!
Pt. Cabrillo Light Station, between Mendocino and Fort Bragg in California is one of the California State Parks slated for closure.In Today's Exciting Edition, significant changes to search:Your Back...
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DK4 updates, on updates
A Few Small RepairsFlamingo at Safari West in Santa Rosa, CA Nothing terribly exciting tonight. Contributors can now view items they republish to the queue, in the queue, as well as items they author....
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DK4 Update: Happy June
In this exciting edition:Crossing the Mississippi by Rail, coming home from Chicago in '07The RSS link that is at the bottom of each blog page and easy to miss is now also in the "See More By" box,...
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DK update: NN Day 2 edition
In today's low key updates:Solar view of San Francisco from Bernal Hill. (Sven Eberlein/Daily Kos Photo Cooperative)All hail the Daily Kos Photo Cooperative, a new source for images by Kossacks for...
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DK updates: pre-Independence Day edition
These are the kinds of fireworks I like best. Happy first of July, the beginning of a long summer weekend. We here at Kos Central are settling into a new post-NN rhythm with our new staff coming on...
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DK4 Update: Fun stuff!
In Today's Exciting Update:Today we have a change that should make the place feel a little nicer to newly trusted users, which is the ability to hide hidden comments if you'd rather not see them.A...
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DK4.1 updates
Chickens love bugs. The new Daily Kos Helpdesk seems very successful, with quite a few people dropping questions, suggestions, and bug reports there. With this site update, I'll be able to close out...
View ArticleThis beautiful collaboration started with a copyright violation
Recently, I was visiting with a friend. He was very excited to show me a video about an amazing new virtual choir project. The video is 17 minutes and is well worth that time:http://www.ted.com/...
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DK Tag Character Set Update
DK Tech Team UpdateShe's a Character, and she's wearing Tags. It's the perfect stock photo for an otherwise dry bit of technical trivia! Kos announced a while back that we're working on a new image...
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This diary is even more boring than last night's
Slogan from the side of an electric trolley you too can ride at the Western Railway Museum in Rio Vista, CA. and hopefully will be deleted much sooner.
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Late Night Wacky Test Diary
You too should visit the Western Railway Museum in Rio Vista, CA, and ride this very electric car on their 10 miles of track. Please feel free to post comments here, willy-nilly, as you will, whatever,...
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Fun-in-the-sun, friday afternoon, random diary test-a-palooza
This is a real sign from a Colorado motel room. I need a place where I can make some nonsensical comments that won't bother anyone else. This is that place. Feel free to join me if you dare. Or not.
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Sunday Morning Test-o-Rama & Technological Open Thread Of Doom
You can see and ride on the rail car that contains this sign at the Western Railway Museum in Rio Vista, CA. We're going to insert some code now that should give us some better performance on Tuesday....
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A Little Late Night Practice, with pooties
All Ahead Full on the DK Election Day Express!skittery orange kittens, color coded for excellence! Let's face it, there's nothing cats like better than nighttime and something skittery. I'm not sure if...
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