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Yesterday writer Mary Jo Melone wrote an op-ed piece in The Miami Herald in response, or lack there of, by Governor Rick Scott of Florida and the recent findings by forensic anthropologists at the Dozier School for Boys. The piece, entitled Gov. Scott, anthropology and Dozier School for Boys is below:
When it comes to bad news, the truth is always inconvenient. And so it was last week, when forensic anthropologists from the University of South Florida reported on the expanding horrors at the now-shuttered Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, where, in the state's name, boys in trouble were sent for over a century.
The anthropologists found that 96 children and two adults died, including two 6-year-olds. Fifty graves have been found on the property, not the 31 that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) reported two years ago. Nothing remarkable about its number, FDLE said then.
Hooey, said the men who still bear the scars of being there.
Agriculture Secretary Adam Putnam has asked the FDLE to review the anthropologists' claims and report to the governor and the Cabinet.
Although the Juvenile Justice Department has said it will cooperate further with the University of South Florida researchers — who suspect the existence of a second burial ground at Dozier — the current occupant of the governor's mansion has been silent as a stone on the subject.
It may be that Gov. Rick Scott still doesn't understand that much of a governor's most important work is symbolic, and that it is vital that the man who represents the state represent its highest moral standards in both action and speech.
Or it could be that Gov. Scott knows that if he speaks about the University of South Florida investigators' findings about Dozier, he'll get tongue-tied when it's time to utter the word anthropology.
Last year, the governor complained about how useless the subject was. He was talking about his desire to shift state university spending away from the liberal arts and put the money into science, technology, engineering and math — the so-called STEM fields — because that's where he believes all the jobs are.
"Is it a vital interest of the state to have more anthropologists?" Scott asked. "I don't think so."
There has been much speculation that the governor singled out anthropology because his daughter holds an undergraduate degree in the field. Perhaps he disapproved and extended his ideas of being a dad and of pleasing a dad to state policy.
Whatever it was, Scott earned the wrath of the American Anthropological Association and anthropology faculty across the state.
Moreover, what came off as his disdain for the liberal arts in general created fear over the future of liberal arts.
Those are the so-called mushy fields, like history, English and psychology, in which people reflect on who we are and what and where we've been — on other words, on the human condition.
It's a subject that also affects the governor, who sometimes needs to be reminded of his own humanity. (Remember testing welfare recipients for drugs?)
Now the University of South Florida department website includes a video response to the governor, in which numerous graduate students detail the kind of work they do in all kinds of fields: healthcare for veterans and farm workers, attendance at state parks, homicide investigations, consumer use of technology, and, the grad students said, the development of statistics he has used to support his argument on behalf of STEM education.
With the Dozier investigation, you could also argue that anthropologists peer into the darkest corners of the human experience and Florida history.
Gov. Scott probably won't send anthropologists any more money. However, given the work the anthropologists did at Dozier, at least he should send the researchers at the University of South Florida a thank-you note.
Mary Jo Melone, a former columnist with the Tampa Bay Times, is a writer in Tampa.
To read the original article, visit The Miami Herald.


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Location, location, location!
This is the famous dictum of the real estate industry to highlight that the location of a property is the dominant and decisive factor for those that invest in this sector. When we talk about the residential market, this concept acquires even greater importance.
The dynamics we are currently witnessing in the residential market in Lisbon have brought new opportunities to areas where only a few years ago it was very difficult to purchase a home with the conditions of quality, convenience and comfort that are available today. This is, for example, the case of Avenida da Liberdade, the prime offices area and privileged location of high-end shops and 5 star hotels of the city. The rehabilitation of an extensive range of buildings underway along this avenue, one of the most central and most important of Lisbon, has brought about renewed visibility for the residential market with the development of various exclusive residential real estate undertakings.
Also located in the city the centre, there are the areas of Chiado/Santa Catarina, Príncipe Real/São Bento and Baixa Pombalina. Chiado,one of the most iconic and trendiest neighbourhoods in Lisbon, it hosts various restaurants and museums. It is also known for being the liveliest street shopping area of the capital. The residential market has found here its address par excellence with various refurbished buildings and apartments full of cachet, many of which offer breath-taking views over the Tagus River, the Castle of São Jorge and the city, making it one of the most exclusive areas of Lisbon, which has attracted the attention of various international investors.
Next to Chiado there is Príncipe Real, which is also one of the most cosmopolitan residential neighbourhoods of Lisbon, characterised by the existence of numerous mansions and by a growing dynamism of alternative street retail. These are the qualities that have sustained a growing demand in this area, not only for private use but also on an investment perspective.
We cannot finish this tour through the main residential neighbourhoods of Lisbon without mentioning Baixa Pombalina and Alfama, the most traditional, historical and iconic areas of the city. From Terreiro do Paço to the Castle of São Jorge, there are many tourists that, every day, roam through the typical streets onthe heart of Lisbon, almost inevitably passing through Rua Augusta, considered by the Spanish edition of the Condé Nast Traveler magazine as "one of the most beautiful in the world". The requalification that is currently taking place in this area rejuvenates and gives life to one of the locations most liked by international investors, especially those that are looking to purchase properties to lease.
Neighbourhood after neighbourhood, Lisbon has gained a new life. Having earned a prominent place on the world's tourism route and on the map of international visibility, investors are looking at the Portuguese capital as a unique opportunity to invest in residential real estate property in Europe.


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A few days ago the printer delivered the last boxes of YAKUZA books to my door (I was able to make a deal with him to stock my books – great guy, by the way). To my surprise – pleasant surprise – he only handed me 8 boxes. "That's all that's left, son".
As you can see each box holds 13 books. And with 4 upcoming exhibitions, in which I want to make sure that people who come to visit can buy a book, you know what this means. Time to declare:
The second edition of ODO YAKUZA TOKYO is now sold out.
Phew, what a ride for this book... I'll be switching off the online orders in a couple of days, so if you're looking to get a last minute order for this edition, do it NOW. Yes NOW.
Or come visit an exhibit of course :) More details on those soon...


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From the Kaufman County Sheriff's Department:
As of this morning, February 5, 2013, investigators from nine agencies are working around the clock on Mr. Hasse's case: Kaufman Police Department, Kaufman County Sheriff's Office, Kaufman County Constables, Kaufman District Attorney's Office, Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Rangers, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. Marshals.
Chief Chris Aulbaugh, along with Sheriff David Byrnes would like to thank all the surrounding agencies that have offered support and assistance as needed.
Communities from around the County have rallied around the Hasse family as well as law enforcement agencies working on this investigation. Your generous donations of food, service and support have been greatly appreciated.
This is an ongoing investigation; we are actively reviewing and investigating all credible leads. A review of Mr. Hasse's current and former cases is underway and investigators are communicating with his personal and professional associates. A Forensics team is actively processing all evidence collected from the crime scene.
Investigators have also been thorough in their collection and review of area surveillance video and continue to evaluate additional locations for video retrieval.
Investigators continue to look for an older model, Taurus-style sedan; silver or possibly brown in color. Suspect information stands at this time as one or two suspects, possibly dressed in black.
Sheriff David Byrnes and Chief Chris Aulbaugh would like the citizens of Kaufman County to understand and be aware that security is being stepped up throughout the community. They are asking that you be aware of your surroundings, always err on the side of caution, and never hesitate to call 9-1-1 for assistance.
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Opposition presses for weapons as Syria death toll tops 100,000
-- Syria's opposition urged the United
States to provide arms to rebel groups in a
Thursday meeting with Secretary of State
John Kerry in New York City.
"The US commitment of military support ... is
vital, but it needs to happen fast, and in a
way that allows us to defend ourselves and
protect civilians," a statement from the
Syrian National Coalition. "To deny us the
right to self-defense is to risk that the
regime will survive: thousands will be
executed, the repression will continue
without end."
The session between Kerry and coalition
President Ahmad Jarba came as the United
Nations announced more than 100,000
people have been killed in the Syrian conflict.
It occurred at the U.S. mission to the United
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called
for a peace conference to stop the violence
on both sides.
"We have to bring this to an end," Ban said
in remarks before his meeting with Kerry.
In addition to the deaths, Ban noted that
"millions of people have either been
displaced or become refugees in neighboring
A State Department official said Kerry and
Jarba agreed that a "political solution is the
best path forward" in the conflict.
"Secretary Kerry reiterated the ongoing
commitment of the United States to helping
end the bloodshed and suffering of the
Syrian people," the official said.
The conflict
Syria is wracked by a civil war in which a
government dominated by minority Alawite
Muslims is squaring off with rebels
dominated by Sunni Muslims.
This May, the United Nations
reported that more than 1.5
million had fled for other
countries because of the
violence, while 4 million more
had been displaced within
Yet many remain, whether by
choice or necessity, amid the
And -- as has happened very
day for more than two years --
more of them died Thursday.
A car bombing rocked a square
in Jaramana, which is about 5
kilometers southeast of
Damascus, according to both
opposition activists and state-
run media.
The attack left 17 dead and
tens more injured, according to
the opposition Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights.
Syrian state TV put the death
toll at 10, with 70 others wounded, blaming
the blast on an al Qaeda branch operating
within its borders.
Jaramana has a mostly Christian and Druze
population known for backing the regime of
President Bashar al-Assad.
The Local Coordination Committees in Syria,
a network of opposition activists, reported at
least 50 died nationwide on Thursday,
including 19 in Aleppo province and 18 in and
around the war-torn Middle Eastern nation's


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Mathematicians discover patterns, create structures, and transform relationships. Doing mathematics develops your ability to reason logically, organize information, and solve complex problems. Nazareth math majors learn to think creatively, assess options, use multiple perspectives, determine optimal conditions, and clearly communicate technical information.
Math is both an art and a science. At Nazareth, we teach it with an emphasis on pattern discovery, problem solving, and the integration of diverse ideas. We recognize that there are often multiple approaches in solving complex problems, and we use the language of mathematics as a means of sharing those thought processes. We also make use of current technologies and instructional methods to reveal the beauty, symmetry, and power of mathematical concepts.
Nazareth's math degree prepares students for teaching, graduate school, and the professional world. Graduates enter careers in the insurance, industrial, financial, and government fields.
Learn about degrees. See student, faculty, and alumni experiences »
Education: Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, mathematics; M.S., Northern Arizona University, mathematics; B.S., New Mexico Tech, mathematics
Teaching/Research Interests: My research is in algebraic coding theory, specifically the algebraic construction of low-density parity check codes for efficient and robust information transmission across noisy channels. I focus on graph-theoretic approaches to the constructions. I often lead student research projects in graph theory related to vertex colorings. I am also interested in the development of effective discovery learning strategies, especially in introductory courses.
"I moved to Cambridge to work at a software company with no computer science experience, and I can't tell you how many times I've been told that they hired me because of my problem-solving skills. I owe it in huge part to the support of the Math Department."


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Godhuma(Wheat Flour/Atta) - 2 cups
Rava(Sooji/Semolina) - 1/2 cup
Curry leaves - few
Green chilli - 1 no (chopped) - Optional
Pepper powder - 1/2 tspn
For Tempering
Oil - 2 tspns
Jeera(Cumin) - 1/2 tspn
Mustard - 1/2 tspn
Hing - a pinch
Preparation Method
Mix all the above ingredients in a bowl and leave it for 1 hour.
Then Heat a skillet(pan) and pour the batter like normal dosa and spread. Cook both sides till brown with ghee. (You can make it thick or thin however your child likes)
Godhuma Dosai is ready. Serve hot with chutney/sugar n ghee.
This recipe is going out for CFK - Wheat by Sireesha and Sharmi


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Laszlo Andor, EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
Issued on: Modified:
Since the beginning of the crisis, unemployment has risen from 7 to 10% and those figures are expected to rise even further as some European countries plunge back into recession. What can Europe do to tackle unemployment and boost its productivity vis-à-vis the rest of the world?
Presented by Christophe Robeet.
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By Liane Kupferberg Carter Apr 22, 2014 46
Free to Choose
On a trip to Arizona three years ago, my son Mickey asked to visit the airport gift shop. He rummaged through a display of stuffed animals. "Hey there little fella," he said, clutching a small stuffed bear to his chest. For the next hour until it was time to board, he walked through the airport gripping his new toy.
For years therapists have urged us to encourage more "age-appropriate" interests. We have. But at 21, Mickey is still drawn to Sesame Street characters. His bed is piled with so many plush toys there's no room to roll over. He sleeps with a large Sponge Bob pillow.
I've come to wonder if wanting him to be more age-appropriate says more about our comfort level than about Mickey's development.
Professionals tell us he has a "spiky" profile: test scores show an uneven scatter of strengths and challenges. His interests are spiky too. He does have what would be considered age interests suitable to his age: he loves watching sports. He enjoys hanging out the mall, eating at the food court and buying t-shirts at Banana Republic (which he calls "The Gentleman's Store.") He wears Beats headphones to listen to music—Raffi as well as rock. We encourage his interest in championships, players, team rankings and game rules, which gives him conversational currency with peers.
But if carrying a small Sesame Street Grover beanie in his pocket makes him feel safe, why shouldn't he? Don't we all have our transitional objects, or habits and rituals that reassure? How many adults panic at the idea of leaving home without a smart phone? Why do we expect our children on the spectrum to be paragons of age-appropriate maturity, when we ourselves frequently choose age inappropriate activities or interests? One of my husband Marc's favorite movies (sorry hon, I'm outing you here) is the animated Pixar flick "The Incredibles."
Instead of focusing on having age appropriate interests, wouldn't we all be better off focusing on teaching our kids the appropriate times and places to pursue those interests? Listening to Muppet music on an iPod with ear buds is fine; carrying a Muppets backpack is not. I don't want anyone bullying him.
When Mickey was a toddler, he was evaluated by Dr. Stanley Greenspan, the architect of Floortime Therapy, a developmentally-based intervention that stresses following your child's lead. Dr. Greenspan taught us to enter into Mickey's interests. "Those passions are the window to your son's emotional life," he said.
Last night when I poked my head in his room, Mickey was engrossed with his iPad. "I'm watching Snoopy," he told me. "He's for everyone. Come see."
I sat beside him. "Looks like Snoopy is doing his happy dance."
"Yes!" he said. "I'm getting ready for my play date with Jake this weekend. Jake loves Snoopy."
I shared that with Jake's mother. "Aw," she said. "I struggled for years to come to terms with him skipping down the halls and singing Barney songs."
The bottom line is this: Mickey works hard all day to meet other people's expectations of suitable behavior. If he wants to watch blooper reels from "Reading Rainbow" and outtakes from "The Muppets Movie" when he gets home, that's fine. Why shouldn't he seek out things that comfort or amuse him? We all do. Marc and I have watched so many "Seinfeld" reruns we could do a responsive reading of the dialogue. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.)
It's his leisure time, not ours. Mickey gets to choose. I respect his choices because I respect him. I've stopped caring if his interests don't fit someone else's idea of appropriate.
As long as they're appropriate for him.


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USA TODAY Sports Introduces New Syndicated Content Module "USA TODAY Sports Plus"
By: Press Release | USA TODAY
McLean, Va. – USA TODAY Sports announced today the roll out of a new content syndication module, USA TODAY Sports Pulse, across more than 100 local Gannett properties. USA TODAY Sports Pulse is also available for syndication beyond Gannett.
USA TODAY Sports Pulse is designed to aggregate, on an ongoing, real-time basis, the best and most timely sports content from across all properties within the USA TODAY Sports Media Group—including breaking news, commentary, video, digital images and social activity.
"The quality of our content will be the key point of differentiation for USA TODAY Sports Pulse," said Tom Beusse, president of the USA TODAY Sports Media Group. "This is content produced by the best writers, producers and voices in the industry, giving fans the most relevant news, opinion and perspective they're looking for at the moment they're looking for it."
USA TODAY Sports Pulse will incorporate content from USA TODAY, Gannett's more than 100 local media brands, Sports On Earth (the joint venture between USA TODAY Sports and MLB Advanced Media) and the hundreds of sites within USA TODAY Sports Digital Properties such as The Big Lead sites and mixed martial arts site MMAjunkie.com, among others.
At debut, USA TODAY Sports Pulse is expected to have exposure to more than 20 million unique visitors each month through inbound traffic to the sites within USA TODAY's Sports Media Group.
The USA TODAY Sports Media Group encompasses all sports initiatives across USA TODAY and Gannett's more than 100 well-known local media brands. It also includes the sports photography service U.S. Presswire, USA TODAY High School Sports and USA TODAY Sports Digital Properties. USA TODAY is owned by Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI).


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Defense gives Butler 69-57 OT win over Marquette
INDIANAPOLIS — Khyle Marshall and Kellen Dunham each scored 18 and Butler allowed just 17 points over the final 21 minutes Saturday to rally for a 69-57 overtime win against Marquette.
The Bulldogs (11-7, 1-5 Big East) snapped a five-game losing streak and earned their first win in their new league. Three of the previous five losses came on their home court — all in overtime.
It was a dramatic turnaround. Butler trailed 40-28 with 16:13 to play, but used a late 15-3 run to take a 49-45 lead with 90 seconds left. Marquette tied the score with 4.6 seconds left when Jake Thomas made two free throws.
But the Bulldogs opened the overtime on a 12-2 run to pull away.
The Golden Eagles (10-8, 2-3) were led by Davante Gardner who had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Jamil Wilson and Derrick Wilson both had 13 points.
It was the latest chapter in this growing rivalry.
Last season, the teams split their two non-league games — Butler winning 72-71 on a buzzer-beating 3-pointer at the Maui Invitational with Marquette taking the rematch 74-72 in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
A lot has changed since they last played.
The Bulldogs' top two scorers, Rotnei Clarke and Andrew Smith graduated. Butler's No. 3 scorer, Roosevelt Jones, sustained a season-ending wrist injury on the team's summer tour in Australia. Head coach Brad Stevens left for the NBA, and, of course, Marquette and Butler now share a conference affiliation.
But the biggest change has been Butler's struggles.
The little school that captured America's hearts as the national runner-up in 2010 and 2011 came into Saturday 0-5 in league play for the first time since 1989-90 and it looked like they were headed for more trouble on their home court.
After taking a 2-0 lead, the Bulldogs spent the rest of the afternoon mostly playing catch-up. They didn't regain the lead until Dunham completed a three-point play to make it 46-45 with 4:04 left. When Marshall made one of two free throws with 90 seconds to go, Butler had a seemingly safe 49-45 edge.
But after Marquette got a fortunate bounce that rolled in after Jamil Wilson missed a dunk, Marshall missed two free throws and Alex Barlow inexplicably committed a foul near the top of the key. Thomas then sank the free throws to tie it, and Dunham's half-court heave to win in it regulation was well off the mark.
This time, though, the Bulldogs answered the challenge by scoring the first seven points of overtime and Marquette never challenged again.


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Hawthorn - Getting Started in Free and Open Source
Source: BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference
Added: 25 May 2009
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Getting Started in Free and Open Source
Interested in getting involved? But don't really know where or how to start?
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We cover the basics of: -why you might want to get involved -what you can get out of participating -more than coding is needed -how to chose a project -how to get started -etiquette of lists and other communication -dos and don't of joining a community


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If you haven't noticed, Spotify just updated and changed its interface in a big and rather good way. You'll see a fresher, cleaner interface with a predominantly black theme going on. There've also been tweaks to the fonts, and while the basic design is the same, you'll see that Spotify has polished the overall look, with a more generous use of stylised icons.
The designer seems to have gone crazy with the opacity slider though, as most of the background images used are semi-translucent. Not a bad look, honestly, and you might notice the app loads slightly faster perhaps due to better image size optimisation.
Your Spotify apps still work as they used to, but you'll be most pleased by two new additions: the 'Your Music' feature and tweaks to how 'Browse' works.
No time for playlists? No problem
There are days where you like a particular song and want to set it aside, but adding it to a playlist seems too much work. Spotify anticipates that by creating a Your Music section where you can tag an album or specific track so you can get back to it later.
The Browse feature will now no longer be static, changing recommendations according to the time or specific day. It's a Monday morning? Then Spotify will offer some commute-friendly music, or offer a party jam for those Friday evenings.
New users will automatically see the new look while those who don't see it yet, patience. It'll come your way soon-ish.
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Kudos for your column in the October issue of ASBMB Today. For someone of your stature to write 2.5 pages on science education issues marks a major step forward for the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. We've come to expect columns about God, tales of your training background or ideas for the next research challenge and how to attack it, so this was a nice change of pace.
It may be a symptom of my advancing years, but the issue of training the next generation has become very important to me. I attended the ASBMB-sponsored Colorado College conference, "Student-Centered Education in the Molecular Life Sciences," for two reasons: First, I had a renewal application due for our Howard Hughes Medical Institute Science for Life Program for undergraduate research and education, and, second, because I promised myself that I would attend one conference per year that was not entirely focused on my personal research interests. While the plenary lectures were interesting, the best part of the conference was the morning and afternoon workshops that explored new approaches to teaching topics in biochemistry and molecular biology. For me, these were real eye-openers, and they fulfilled my goal of coming back with new ideas.
It's only a small point, but I want to mention that our HHMI program here is designed to get early undergraduates into research laboratories of all kinds as soon as possible. We believe that many freshmen coming out of high school today are prepared to handle complex research questions and to utilize challenging laboratory techniques with a minimal amount of training by graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty mentors. I find over and over that the details of chemistry and biology related to the projects under way in my own laboratory are not difficult for these young students to master. Thus, the age-old bias of faculty in general, and especially senior faculty, to avoid undergraduates in their labs "until after they've had two semesters of organic chemistry" no longer holds true. The advantage of having students start early in the research laboratory is that frequently they are able to accomplish more than enough to merit getting their names on at least one publication from the lab, which helps them in all future steps in their careers.
I was pleased to read your President's Message this month ("A Teachable Moment"), which described the findings and directives of the Teagle working group and proposed a role for the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the revitalization of biochemistry and molecular biology education. I was especially struck by your observation that "there's a disconnect between what we believe and what we are doing" with regard to the importance of skills in BMB education.
I would like to propose that one of the most powerful changes we could make as a society to help improve student preparation in speaking, writing, teamwork and other skills is to change how each of us views ourselves as teachers in these areas. As a group, scientists who teach at colleges and universities tend to regard the teaching of these essential professional skills as someone else's domain. For example, few of us received formal training in English composition and, therefore, we are most comfortable leaving the teaching of writing to our colleagues in the humanities. Yet, what many of us fail to recognize is that most of us who have reached the position of professor know a lot about what it takes to be a good writer, speaker or team player in the sciences.
Once we realize that having these skills is a small step from being able to teach these skills to our students, our outlook on what is possible in the science classroom becomes radically different. Seeing ourselves as experts not only in our area of scientific interest but also in scientific writing, speaking, etc., empowers us to consider how to blend the teaching of content and the teaching of skills so that learning of both happens simultaneously.
Thanks for your interest and creative perspective on teaching. Improving student learning in BMB is the only guaranteed way to ensure a bright and productive future for our field.
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What had been all the rage among the Lawrence Welk generation of beehives, ball gowns and black-and-white TVs is now trending with the iPad-toting, ear bud-wearing, hip-hop generation of today. Ballroom dancing, in the wake of the TV show "Dancing with the Stars," is booming in popularity, and one class at the University of Alabama at Birmingham is feeling the effects.
Each week, PE 116 – Ballroom and Latin Dance – is packed to the gills with folks ready to learn to waltz, rumba and salsa. In addition to 60 students, professors, former pupils and UAB alumni take the 50-minute, one-credit-hour course again and again.
"It is a fabulous form of exercise," says Tamilane Blaudeau, Ph.D., an assistant research professor of human studies in the UAB School of Education. The class is offered as a physical education elective under her supervision as an exercise physiologist and competitive dancer in conjunction with veteran dance professional Sterling Burroughs. "You get lost in the enjoyment of it."
Blaudeau credits the TV show – which features famous musicians, actors and athletes vying for a trophy – with popularizing the dance. Plus, who wouldn't want to drop a few pounds and get a dancer body, she says.
"It opened up a platform to another form of exercise," says Blaudeau who notes that there are many studies that show a multitude of positive effects of dancing. "I can't say enough about what it does for the body. It helps with memory, weight loss. It's fun and there is the social component to it."
On a recent Wednesday, several students mill into UAB's Bell-Wallace Gymnasium sporting backpacks, sweatshirts and high heels. Blaudeau, escorted by Burroughs, prances onto the floor in full gazelle fashion; her back is slightly arched, toes pointed and arms extended.
"Let's do it," says the mother of five and grandmother of six to the class. They then fan out onto the gym floor and form lines.
The students move to a hodgepodge of musical genres from Italian folk song "Santa Lucia" to Harold Melvin and the Blue Note's "If You Don't Know Me By Now."
Among them is 20-year-old Devin Broadwater who, before this class, steered clear of any kind of dancing. He had a botched attempt at boogie in an eighth grade dance class and swore off the sport, he says. But, when a friend told him about his experience in the class and said that he planned to take it again, Broadwater thought he'd try it out.
"On the first day I was very nervous," says the pre-med student from Enterprise, Ala. "I didn't know what to expect."
But, he quickly got into it.
"It was a smooth transition," he says. "They make it so easy. You flow right into it."
After a semester in the class, Broadwater now can rumba and salsa with the best of them, he says. And, his Pandora radio stations, which had been strictly hip hop, rock and pop, are now loaded with waltzes and salsas.
Broadwater and a group of students formed an official ballroom enthusiasts club. The Competitive Ballroom Dance Society of UAB got its start in fall 2011 and meets at 7 p.m. Fridays. During the meetings, members learn routines and get help with their techniques. So far, they have about 13 members.
"We definitely want to take the dancing to another level," Broadwater says. "Many of the students watch 'Dancing with the Stars' and want to compete."
Blaudeau knows something about that. With just four years of dancing under her belt, she is a national dance champion, winning two 2011 United States Dancing Championship's U.S. Open Pro/Am Rising Star American Rhythm titles.
"I really hope we will be able to develop a competitive team for UAB," Blaudeau says. "We have the interest there so, we'll see."


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Clinton Portis joined 106.7 the Fan in DC to talk about what kind of sense he got from the rest of the locker room when they heard Donovan McNabb was benched for the rest of the season, whether the players play scared once they get out onto the field, and whether coaches should treat players with respect instead of thinking players are a bunch of nobodies.
What kind of sense he got from the rest of the locker room when they heard Donovan McNabb was benched for the rest of the season:
"In the locker room, I think that would scare a lot of guys, you know, that Donovan McNabb who has proven to do so much and has done so much in the NFL gets benched. I think it becomes a thing in the locker room, like, man if they benched Donovan anybody can be benched or 'Am I next' or 'what's next?' so I think guys are playing for safety. That has really been a big part of the problem around here, people start playing for safety so it's like, and 'I got to play safe and sound.' Instead of going out on the limb and making plays, you know its like, 'I need to do what they say. I don't want to be outside the box, I want to make sure I did everything I possibly could to save myself. Instead of just laying it on the line and dealing with it at the end of the season, if they are done with you there isn't much you can do. If you go out there and leave it on the line and I think Donovan did that, banged up and all every day. Since training camp Donovan has been in that training room getting worked on. Has not missed a snap in practice and hasn't taken a day off. Then all of the sudden you get to this point and it's like he is kind of beat up and he ain't moving well, but I mean he hasn't been moving well all season long. I think the positive that came out of that is Rex got an opportunity to go out there and play and showed he is capable of playing and capable of leading the team up and down the field and guiding the team up and down the field, and actually began a great comeback. You know you give players a chance but at the same time you put so much insecurity in some players in the locker room that becomes worries who can't take on the idea of this is a game. If they are going to change, they are going to change. There isn't much you can do."
Whether the players play scared once they get out onto the field:
"I mean if a guy is scared in the locker room he is going to always play scared. He is not going to go out and just let go. You don't see the flying around. You don't see the gelling. You don't see the people fighting, you know. If Donovan is in a position to get benched, you know, or you hear the talk that you did all you could to go out and help Donovan not caring about myself, just making sure I can help him perform to the best of his abilities no matter what I was doing. If I am a receiver, I am going to try and focus and catch Donovan's balls. If I am a lineman I am going to keep my man off of me. If I am a running back I am going to do all that I can to take the pressure off. I think when guys playing scared it is more based upon, well I got to make sure that I am straight instead of worrying about Donovan. As much as Donovan has given and as much as Donovan has done, instead of saying, well I got to go out here and make sure I help him, I think it becomes, I need to go out here and take care of myself."
Whether coaches should treat players with respect instead of thinking players are a bunch of nobodies:
"I don't think, for myself, I don't think Coach Shanahan would just have been disrespectful. We don't know what led up to it or what information was given amongst them or how their conversation went so I really couldn't comment on that, but I think all coaches should show players respect and I think players should show coaches respect because at the end of the day you are just a grown man. Unless you are the owner of the team, and he is still a grown man, I think when you step into that situation its respect. Having respect for the people that you work around. Have respect for the people that you work with and even having respect for your teammates. I think that is the one thing that separates our locker room because there are so many people who don't know other work that guys put in like a Rock Cartwright, you know just using Rocky as an example, if you had seen the work that Rock did when I was out of practice and participating on all the special teams, taking the snaps at running back up and down the field hard every day I think he has the respect of everybody in our locker room. James Thrash had the respect of everybody in our locker room but when you have got constant change it is kind of hard. The people going in don't know how hard this guy worked for what this guy put in and by the time they do I think it is at that point where I have got to take care of myself. I can't worry about him, so that keeps the locker room separated."
This post, written by Tim Gunter, appears courtesy of Sports Radio Interviews. For the complete highlights of the interview, as well as audio, click here.
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Online voice of customer data adds to complexity of hotel pricing
Jun 26, 2013
Which is more influential when choosing a hotel room? Is it guest reviews and ratings or price? In a highly competitive market factors influencing consumer's buying decisions are important for revenue managers to understand when setting room rates.
New information from a recent study from SAS and The Pennsylvania State University, "Effects of Price and User-Generated Content on Consumers' Pre-purchase Evaluations of Variably Priced Services [1]", looked at how user-generated content (UGC) works alongside price to affect perceptions of quality and value, which influence purchase behavior. Key findings from the study include: Price is not an indication of quality for consumers Reviews had a far stronger influence on consumers' perceptions of the quality of the hotel purchase than price. This means hotels can vary price to suit demand patterns (within reasonable boundaries), without damaging consumers' quality perceptions. However, all things being equal, consumers prefer to pay less. Competing on price alone is not a winning strategy Merely benchmarking against the competition's price isn't enough. Monitoring UGC about competing service offerings enables management to better evaluate where a service offering stands vis-à-vis its competition – or how consumers perceive the value of their intended purchase. Using these data together helps develop both pricing and operations strategies to gain competitive advantage. Reviews are preferred for evaluating a hotel purchase Ratings influence quality and value perceptions. But consumers are much more reliant on reviews to determine the perceived quality and value of a hotel purchase. When review sentiment conflicts with ratings, consumers rely on the sentiment, ignoring the ratings. Discounting poorly-rated properties doesn't build perceived value When reviews are negative and ratings are low, consumers perceive no difference in value between low and high price. Therefore lowering the price of a poorly-rated property will not create any additional value in the minds of the consumers. Managers should work on fixing the problem, rather than playing around with pricing. Social media is part of a powerful shift in consumer buying patterns in the hospitality industry. So how should revenue managers account for UGC in their pricing decisions? "The power of the consumer review cannot be underestimated in today's market," said Kelly McGuire, PhD, Executive Director of the Hospitality and Travel Global Practice at SAS. "Hospitality managers need to pay particular attention to the sentiment, and content, of reviews, not just for their own service offerings but for their competitors too. Applying SAS Text Analytics to UGC data will help managers evaluate how a service offering compares to its competition in terms of consumer perception. It's clear from this research that UGC is not just the domain of marketing. This intelligence can also be used to help develop pricing and operations strategies to gain competitive advantage." "Social media has added another layer to the already complicated job of pricing hotel rooms," said Breffni Noone, PhD, Associate Professor at the School of Hospitality Management at The Pennsylvania State University. "The advent of online travel agents (OTAs), such as Travelocity.com and Expedia.com, ushered in an era of price transparency, forcing revenue managers to pay close attention to their price position relative to competitors. With reviews and ratings readily available at the point of purchase another element is interacting with price to influence the purchase. "Predictive analytics can factor UGC into pricing decisions such as whether to match or undercut competitors' rates on the OTAs. Insights yielded from analyzing the effects of price and UGC on pre-purchase evaluations can inform channel-wide pricing and positioning strategies," added McGuire. Read also "Pricing in a social world: Five tips for revenue managers" at the SAS blog


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Globe and Mail Series Uses Multimedia to Engage Readers
By: Nu Yang
When The Globe and Mail in Toronto launched its redesigned print edition in 2010, it also introduced its readers to a new series titled Canada: Our Time to Lead (ourtimetolead.ca). The series focuses on topics such as multiculturalism, healthcare, and education that define the country and challenge readers.
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Arthur Laffer is back as GOP tax man
Four decades ago at the Washington Hotel, a quirky economist made a pitch on the back of a napkin to Ford administration officials Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld: Cutting taxes would create an economic boom.
Back then, many Republicans opposed tax cuts, but that famous "Laffer curve" chart made young Arthur Laffer a conservative legend and spawned a generation of tax-cutting revolutionaries — while Laffer went on to make a fortune in the private sector.
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Now, Laffer is back. The 73-year-old helped Gov. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) sell his tax reform idea to Kansas, pushed Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam to ditch the estate tax and gave momentum to North Carolina lawmakers desperate to slash rates. All told, Laffer has advised about a dozen GOP-run states on taxes in the past couple of years.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry attributed his state's economic success to "a formula based upon the sound principles outlined by Dr. Arthur Laffer," while Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead wrote that Laffer's work helps states "up their economic game."
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"Laffer is certainly experiencing a renaissance in his popularity," said Jonathan Williams of the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council, who occasionally works with Laffer. "He's just as effective today as he was 30 years ago."
He still has his critics, of course; there are entire websites devoted to "debunking Laffer." Still, he seems to have found a new sweet spot. While tax reform is stuck in neutral in Washington, one-party-controlled state capitals throughout the country are looking to cut rates.
"Art Laffer is one of the most influential economists in the business," said Vice President Joe Biden's former chief economist Jared Bernstein. "If you ask a lot of people how relevant he is today, they'd say: 'He's an '80s story.' They're wrong. … If you have any doubt about that, listen to the economic plans of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan — very much supply-side, trickle-down Laffer-esque ideas."
Bernstein and other critics say Laffer's theories don't hold up under scrutiny, pointing, for example, to deficits after President Ronald Reagan's tax cuts.
( Also on POLITICO: Full finance policy coverage)
Other critics say he is running a business, pure and simple.
"He's got a shtick where he's able to get right-wingers, wealthy people, investment managers to pay him a lot of money to be an entertainer and tell them what they want to hear — that they are vital to the economy and their taxes must be reduced," complained former Reagan adviser Bruce Bartlett, who worked with Laffer on the 1981 tax cuts but is now disenchanted with supply-side ideas he says don't fit today's economic reality.
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A Youngstown, Ohio, native, Laffer is a pack-rat antique collector who's raised 130-pound African tortoises, Arctic foxes, water deer with fangs and all sorts of odd animals at his multithousand-acre homes.
Laffer explained his controversial theories to POLITICO a few weeks ago in Nashville: "If you raise taxes, … some people may actually leave your state. Some people … leave the labor force and stay home. Others may choose to not employ people, so unemployment rates go higher."
That's the basis of the Laffer curve: Tax increases have behavioral effects that can mean less money for Uncle Sam. The theory also holds the impact is bad for the needy. "If you tax the rich, you hurt the poor," he argued, amid an office scattered with Chinese art and bobble heads of himself but no computer.
( Also on POLITICO: WSJ's Gigot: 'Economic nonsense' creeping into the right)
When first introduced, the GOP resisted tax cuts for fear they would increase the deficit.
Many mocked his rosy budget projections when he first came to Washington around 1970 to work at the Office of Management and Budget. The New York Times editorial board printed a famous cartoon-poem duo mocking "Laffer's new magical money machine."
But his supply-side ideas caught on, inspiring California's Proposition 13, the landmark 1978 ballot initiative to limit property taxes. Reagan hired him as an economic adviser, and he helped Reagan slash top income rates nearly 60 percent. His reputation eventually spread across the pond, where British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher called on him to help her lower rates there.
Laffer disappeared from political life for a time during the 1990s. The reason, he tells POLITICO, is because someone — never caught or identified — "butchered" his exotic pets and laid their bodies on his front porch with death threats.
Despite removing himself from the limelight, his theories lived on as "tax cuts" became the GOP mantra.
By 1999, Time magazine featured Laffer's work in an issue dubbed "The Century's Greatest Minds."


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The reform of the European air traffic control system aims to meet the challenge of large increases in air traffic expected in the coming years. It also aims to increase security, reduce costs, delays and the impact of air traffic on the environment.
Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions of 25 June 2008: "Single European Sky II: towards more sustainable and better performing aviation" [COM(2008) 389]
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First pillar: regulating performance
The Commission proposes three measures under this pillar:
- Driving the performance of the air traffic control system: an independent performance review bodymonitors and assesses the performance of the system and proposes Communitywide targets for delays, cost reduction and the shortening of routes. These objectives are then approved by the Commission and passed on to national supervisory authorities who organise consultations to agree binding national and regional objectives.
- Facilitating the integration of service provision: the aim is to turn the current initiatives for functional airspace blocks into genuine instruments of regional integration to achieve performance targets. These blocks must be created by the end of 2012 at the latest.
- Strengthening the network management function: this function completes the performance framework and comprises a range of tasks, including European route network design, slot coordination and allocation and management of the deployment of the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) technologies, to be carried out by different actors.
Second pillar: a single safety framework
The Commission stresses that the growth in air traffic, the congestion of air space and aerodromes, as well as the use of new technologies justifies a common approach to the development and application of harmonised regulation in order to improve safety levels in air transport. Following this approach the Commission proposes to extend the competence of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to the remaining key safety fields: aerodromes, air traffic management and air navigation services.
Third pillar: opening the door to new technologies
The Commission notes that the present air traffic control system is being pushed to its limits, working with obsolescent technologies and suffering from fragmentation. As a consequence, Europe must accelerate the development of its control system by implementing SESAR in order to increase safety levels and traffic control capacity.
Fourth pillar: managing capacity on the ground
The Commission insists that investment is necessary to ensure that airport capacity remains aligned with air transport management capacity and to preserve the overall efficiency of the network. It reiterates the measures proposed in the action plan for airport capacity, efficiency and safety in Europe.
The Community observatory on airport capacity
The Commission will set up an Observatory, composed of Member States, relevant authorities and stakeholders, to exchange and monitor data and information on airport capacity as a whole, as well as to provide advice on the development and implementation of Community transport legislation.
EurocontrolFurthermore, an internal reform of Eurocontrol should align the government structures of this organisation with the Single European Sky. Assuming the reform is effectively carried out, the Commission intends to enhance cooperation with Eurocontrol to implement its policies.
The Commission states that the Single European Sky, created in 2004, has not delivered the expected results in some key areas such as the process of integration within functional airspace blocks, air traffic control, cost-efficiency and the efficiency of the European air network as a whole. Airspace users and passengers pay an unnecessary costin time, fuel burn and money for the existing inefficiencies.
As a consequence the Commission considers it necessary to amend the four regulations (549/2004, 550/2004, 551/2004 and 552/2004) on the Single Sky to improve aviation performance, to adapt the legislation to changes which have arisen over the last few years and to succeed in creating a unified air space, a truly "Single" Sky.
Source: Summaries of EU Legislation


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The pop star is set to wed billionaire businessman Wissam Al Mana after accepting his marriage proposal earlier this year.
A source tells UsMagazine.com, "(He) gave her a huge, expensive ring. She's afraid it will get lost, so she keeps it locked up."
The couple hope to exchange vows in Mana's native Qatar next spring, and the 37 year old plans on sparing no expensive for his bride-to-be.
An insider adds, "He is flying in all of Janet's friends and family on private jets… (and) he wants to get a top chef to create a custom menu."
If true, this will be Jackson's third trip down the aisle – she was previously married to James DeBarge and Rene Elizondo.


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Ambulance company under investigation
Nelson Ambulance, which provides non-emergency patient transport services for hospitals and medical facilities throughout Fairfield County, is the subject of an investigation by state health officials, Hearst Connecticut Newspapers has learned.
A former supervisor of the company said he has told the FBI that Nelson Ambulance is falsifying bills submitted to Medicaid and Medicare for payments. The ex-employee said the FBI also is investigating the company, which provides services to patients at a number of hospitals in the region, including in Danbury, Bridgeport, Stamford and Greenwich.
In an undated memo from a manager to ambulance crews, obtained by Hearst, a Nelson supervisor told employees that "we are not able to bill some of our medicare and Medicaid patients due to poor documentation."
"Medicare WILL NOT pay for ambulatory patients or DOCTORS appointments," wrote Denise Markavich, Nelson's director of operations. "As this effect a good portion of our ambulance patients we ask the following. Please document that ALL patients were moved by sheet lift to our stretcher, even if the patient was ambulatory writing such will make medicare denie the claim. Also for doctors appointments please document it as a Procedure, not a follow up or Doctor appointment. This will secure billing rights for these calls."
A Nelson official Friday said the company does not believe the memo is authentic. Phil Onofrio, a Nelson vice president who became operations director a few weeks ago, said company officials had never seen the memo and that there have been previous issues with a former aggrieved employee who was forging documents. Onofrio did not name the former employee.
"We need to do our own internal investigation on this (to authenticate the document)," he said.
Onofrio added that the billing practices outlined in the memo, "are not in line with the company's billing practices, both past and present."
Bill Garrish, a spokesman for the state Department of Public Health, confirmed last week that the department is investigating Nelson Ambulance, whose main office is in North Haven.
He declined, however, to specify the nature of the probe.
Onofrio said Friday that Nelson has been contacted by state health officials about an inquiry and "we complied with all the information they requested."
"They did not advise us of the nature of the inquiry, but we have no reason to believe at this time that it's a patient-care issue," he said.
The non-emergency medical transport business in southwestern Connecticut is a fiercely competitive, multimillion-dollar industry. Reimbursements by Medicare and Medicaid -- for taking patients to a nursing home or for a dialysis appointment, for instance -- are a substantial part of that business.
George Previs, a former supervisor with Nelson, told Hearst he reached out to the FBI last fall after he was fired from the company. Previs said he was fired for refusing to tell employees to lie on patient "run forms" so that the company could get Medicare reimbursements to which it wasn't entitled.
"Medicare and Medicaid have very strict rules about what they'll pay for," Previs said.
Medicare won't, for example, pay for patient transports if individuals are not ambulatory -- capable of walking to the ambulance under their own power. In such instances, an ambulance isn't considered a medical necessity.
Previs said company officials would routinely tell employees to lie on patient run forms indicating that patients were "non-ambulatory," even if they could walk under their own power, so that the company would get paid by Medicare for the calls.
"If you didn't follow suit and do what the company wanted, you'd be disciplined for it," he said. "They use strong-arm tactics to keep their employees in line."
Onofrio denied the allegations, stating that billing paperwork goes through a great deal of "internal scrutiny" before the company bills Medicare for services and that a doctor has to sign off on the claim.
A spokesman for the FBI said he could neither confirm nor deny the existence of an investigation Friday.
But Previs said when he was interviewed by the FBI, investigators already had a wealth of information on Nelson Ambulance and confirmed the existence of an ongoing investigation into the company's activities.
Christopher Godialis, director of the state's Medicaid Fraud unit, said last week that the office has a copy of the Markavich memo, but he declined to comment on whether the document is part of an investigation.
"We routinely receive allegations such as these regarding many types of providers," he said, "and treat each one of them very seriously."
Federal officials in recent years have cracked down on billing irregularities by ambulance companies across the nation as part of their overall investigation into Medicare and Medicaid fraud.
Professional Ambulance Services of Norwich pleaded guilty in 2004 to one charge of federal health-care fraud. According to court documents, the company was accused of submitting clams to Medicare when the services were not medically necessary, including claims that patients who were ambulatory required the use of a stretcher.
The company was fined more than $1.5 million by state and federal authorities.
Donald White, a spokesman for the U.S. Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General, said fraud in government health care programs costs taxpayers more than $75 billion a year.
"Obviously we take these kind of cases very seriously," White said.
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Photographer's Note
Venezuela -- late evening and the sundown. What I remember the most of my trip is the light and colors. I never seen before so much red colors when the sun was low, and so magnificent dark clouds when the storm was coming. That was taken in my special place I really liked to visit after day of climbing.
Tech info: f13, 1/50s, IS of cos the camera was on tripod -- Canon 5D Mark II.
We established new sport climbing root in Acopan Tepui, Venezuela -- if you wont more details please fallow link to description of the expedition blog
Wojciech Wandzel
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mugush (2104) 2010-04-08 16:01
Awesome work dude.. I like the silhouette of mountains,shades of orange and your composition.
thanks for sharing
inbaragmon (21) 2010-04-09 3:46
What a wonderful photo, must be great to see such view after a long climbing day!
smash2707 (3320) 2010-04-16 11:01
I can't understand why you only have 4 points. The colors and the light and the different layers in your picture are beautiful
vjmite (4216) 2011-04-21 4:06
Hi Wojciech,
Wonderful colours and excellent composition, with the imposing cliffs on the right.
kelo (523) 2012-05-21 0:53
Wow!, very good light and a impressive view. Good work, you did the photo in the perfect moment. Thanks.
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- Copyright: Wojciech Wandzel (LinKuei) (3609)
- Genre: Lugares
- Medium: Cor
- Date Taken: 2010-01-26
- Categories: Natureza
- Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EF 70-200 F/4 L IS USM, Digital ISO 100
- Exposição: f/13.0, 1/50 segundos
- Details: Tripod: Yes
- Versão da Foto: Versão Original
- Relato de Viagem: Venezuela Climbing Expedition
- Date Submitted: 2010-04-08 14:31
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Many students can write simple sentences, and run-on sentences, but they struggle with writing solid complex sentences.
This written activity is a fun way to get students to sculpt more complex sentences using relative clauses and transition words.
Before ANY of this, my students have learned different transition words, how to use them where to use them relative pronouns, etc.
I usually start by drawing a few random doodles on the board. describe what a doodle is. If students guess scribble, I also accept this word as appropriate.Then, I ask what they see in the doodles. Once they see how doodles can be changed into different forms, we are ready to start!
Activity: This can be arranged in many ways, but I like to have students sit in circles.
|Step One Doodle on different pieces of paper and
STEP TWO Each student expands on the picture. I know the picture below vague, but notice how the student turned the doodle into a rabbit!
STEP THREE (optional) Have the students write one or two words describing their picture. Again looking at the picture to the below, the student could write something like, "An animal," or, "A rabbit,"
|Have a box of transition words and relative prnounouns
STEP FIVE Pass the paper again. This time students also take (or are given) a piece of paper with a random connecting word. They are told to find a way to make the sentence longer using that word, "The rabbit is tall; however, he is fat."
STEP FIVE There are multiple ways to do this. I like having students pass the doodling paper to the right, and their connecting word to the left. The students then needed to add another word to the sentence, "The rabbit, who is furry, is tall; however, he is fat."
STEP SIX At this point you can continue having the students pass connecting words to the left and doodles to the right, or you can give out new connecting words.
STEP SEVEN Continue step six until students become bored you you have had them make at least four rotations.
STEP EIGHT Finally, the last time students don't add to the sentence. Their job is to read through the sentence, which at this point can be quite complex, and make it coherent.
STEP NINE Students present the final pictures to the class as well as the final description of the picture.
Why it Works
Students could get bored by this, but because the pictures are so random almost every time it goes like this:
Teacher: OK pass the paper to the next student please.
Student 1: What is that?
Student 2: What did you draw?
Student 3: Oh my god this sentence is ridiculous.
They are ALWAYS entertained!
This is also a great activity to use with adjectives or any other clauses. Basically, anything where students add onto a basic sentence. If you want students to practice speaking you can have them do this in partners.
This activity isn't directly humorous, but I PROMISE you that your students will laugh at some of the doodles created and sentences written. On August 2nd the deadline for submitting your blog to be part of the ELT Blog Carnival on Humor will CLOSE! Don't miss out!


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"Grow Up" - Inspiration from Japan
The new limited "Grow Up" collection is inspired by my trip to the Japanese capital Tokyo last fall.
The first thing I noticed when I came to Tokyo was all the green plants growing from every little spot in the city. Walking down the streets it seemed like everyone living in the city had their own small micro garden in front of their property.
I like the random and messy green look that blurs the line between public and private space. Also, I love the idea that every little property contributes to a greener world.
These beautiful green streets of Tokyo harmonize with my fascination of the Japanese aesthetics and the Wabi-Sabi world view based on the beauty of the imperfect, incomplete and ephemeral. An appreciation of asymmetry, simplicity and the ongoing processes of nature are also important aspects of the Wabi-Sabi aesthetics. Something I find very inspiring in my work too.
Growing Into a New Collection
In the new "Grow Up" collection the twenty-two unique art pieces are created by combining both water coloring and sewing. It is the blend between the natural and organic shapes from the watercolor together with the imperfect, asymmetric and incomplete in the sewing thread that complies with the Japanese aesthetics. Each creation in the collection is unique with its own special illustration. The art pieces all represent the diversity of plants and the different shades of green you will find in the botanical universe.
Size 26x18 cm. 300 g rough art paper. 100 % cotton paper.
The exclusive "Grow up" collection is available in the shop right here.
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I get it, you're tired of your iPhone dropping calls. Heard it, lived it. But in light of the WHO report that cellphones are maybe sort of kind of a little bit possibly cancer-causing, Funny or Die suggests that's maybe that's not the worst thing?
And yes, okay, that report was probably overblown given how many other things are assigned the same carcinogenic threat level. But hey, if you're a stickler like that you can still enjoy the video below making fun of Apple commercials, can't you? I know you can.
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We had the opportunity to take a first hand look at the Outdoor Greatroom Company Pergola this year. In addition we got several other items from them that really set the look off and completed the entire outdoor room experience. While you might be thinking the season is over, with the setup we have here you can really enjoy this through the fall and if you live in a warmer climate you are definitely lucky enough to be able to use this all year around.
Tuscany II Pergola:
The fiberglass Tuscany II Pergola from The Outdoor Greatroom Company gives your entire outdoor room this great Roman look and sets the tone for everything else in your yard. Standing 8 feet tall and measuring out 14' x 14' (roughly) you have plenty of room to fit just about anything else you would want to make your outdoor room experience perfect.
The beams you see in the picture are made of fiberglass, and attach to the columns with anchor screws. The entire setup is a breeze and can be completed easily by a first time team of two people in less than an hour.
Balsam Collection Outdoor Furniture:
The Balsam Collection is a very nice and very well constructed PVC Wicker set. It holds up to people of size easily and cleaning them is as easy as getting your garden hose. The cushions that The Outdoor Greatroom Company sells are nice as they can be left out in the rain, they dry in about an hour simply by tipping them up so the vents are on the bottom allowing the water to escape. What you see in the first picture in this article is what I have listed below:
Loveseat w/4pc Cushions
Chair w/2pc Cushions
Glider w/2pc Cushions
Ottoman With Cushion
Balsam End Table w/Glass Top
Balsam Coffee Table w/Glass Top
Unfortunately in order for you to get this fireplace you will have to ask for a custom build. It is very nice, weighs about 800 pounds and runs on Propane or Natural Gas. This fireplace gives off some heat and will make your outdoor room toasty during the fall months allowing you to really enjoy your backyard and the fall leaves.
The Venturi Flame Table Top Fire Pit (Ledgestone Finish) is a table top fire pit that is really great if you don't have kids. It's tippy and cumbersome (because it gets hot and is difficult to handle/deal with). In addition the Venturi Flame Gel Fuel cans are expensive and only last several hours.
French Colonial Lantern:
The French Colonial Lanterns provide an outstanding look to the room. The version we got uses small disposable LP canisters that run about 4 bucks for a set of 2. If you are looking for anything other than small ambient light then you need to look elsewhere. These lanterns are really just for show and they do a great job.
Custom Outdoor Kitchen w/Cook Number Grill and Refrigerator:
The Outdoor Kitchen we got was also custom, but they have quite a few selections on their website. The top of the kitchen is a stone tile and the metal frame covered with breaker board and a stucko type material really looks nice together. It has a Cook Number Grill and a Magic Chef refrigerator built into the unit.
My favorite part of this Outdoor Kitchen is the Cook Number Grill. It has a searing plate, you grill the first side of your meat, then flip it… then you put the built in thermometer in your meat, turn the dial pad to how you want your meet cooked (Rare, Medium, Medium Well, Well, etc…) flipped the on switch and leave. The grill will start BEEPING when your food is done and a light pattern lights up around the dial pad to let you know what the current status of your meat is.
All in all this is a great way to spend your days outdoors. If you have slightly over $30,000 (with tax and shipping) you can enjoy this exact setup. You can check this stuff out at their website. All in all I have to say this review has been a lot of fun. We did have some damage happen when it was shipped to us, the Outdoor Greatroom people were pretty fast to send a new grill replacement, although there was some structural damage on the Outdoor Kitchen, and one of the fiberglass beams that never got addressed. I'd give them 4 out of 5 stars.


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Sometimes when you have almost forgotten your dreams you can find them deep inside and remember. All the promises of God are yes and amen... and He promises us a hope and a future. (Ref. used/changed for drawing)
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Wow! The vines are so realistic and so is the tree - and everything else! Wonderful Draw! The details are awesome! 5 hearts and fav! XD
what a lovely moonlit environment !
beautiful colors!!!!!!!
rich, and beautiful.
magical, enchanting indeed...wow...5/5..
I love it! Amazing!
Beautiful draw..& beautifully detailed.. Love this one 5 hearts
waaah~ so enchanting... I LOVE THE PURPLE TREE! 5h!
I love it Salita, such a beautiful draw and so inspiring description..5h, fav