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Archive page for Thursday, 13 March 2008



 Th, Mar 13, 2008
Socks, sandals, dudes
socks sandels The answer was right there in front of me and I never saw it. I've been wearing sandals without socks for so long and I have, at times, been vaguely aware of my feet being cold. (Only joking!)

I know, I shouldn't have linked to socks, sandals and dudes here—I don't think it's some kind of porn, I hope it isn't. Nor a new fashion. But this was so jarring, so bone rattling shocking, I needed, really needed to tell the world.

There's just no cool way to make your feet look like ninja turtle feet.

Never, ever do it!

P - leeaeeze!
# Posted by Steve Hooker at 13/3/08; 11:59:05 AM to the Off topic dept.
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Convert PNG to JPG
Batch convert PNG to JPG:
"This is a command line script to convert all .PNG-files to JPG. We will show you how to convert .png-files by right clicking on a folder. All the png-images will then be converted to jpg and saved in a sub folder (named ´jpg)"

I had this one my Apple Mac... Needed it on a PC and instead of paying £25 for some software I followed the instructions and it worked perfectly. Just adding this here for others who may need it and for me to find again easily later.

# Posted by Steve Hooker at 13/3/08; 11:34:51 AM to the How tos dept.
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Only the best will do
Religious state schools accused of fuelling social segregation:
"Anne West of the London School of Economics told MPs, "where schools are responsible for their own admissions ... Some are likely to use whatever means they can to select their own intake." Some schools were circumventing the rules by "renaming" interviews as "admissions meetings".

Church leaders addressing the same committee challenged the findings and hit back at claims by MPs that faith schools "are adept" at keeping out children from low income families and those with special educational needs."

Research by Rebecca Allen, from the Institute of Education, submitted to the Commons education committee yesterday suggests that schools which used six or more "potentially selective" criteria admitted over 50% more pupils in the top quarter of the ability distribution in Key Stage 2 tests than they would if they recruited a locally representative intake. They also admitted half the number of pupils on free school meals than a locally recruited representative intake.The criteria the researchers are concerned about include vetting siblings' academic achievement, assessing family connections, religious criteria and interviewing pupils.

# Posted by Steve Hooker at 13/3/08; 10:31:44 AM to the Education news dept.
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