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- T. Emrich
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- 1.93 Gigapixels
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- 196155
- Date added
- Jun 19, 2008
- Date taken
- Jun 18, 2008
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GigaPanBot motorized pan/tilt ...
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- Munich, Angelko's Test Gallery
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- alps, germany, airport, lufthansa, munich, panorama, gigapanbot, flughafen, muc, münchen, gigapixel, bmw, bavaria
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Munich International Airport (IATA: MUC, ICAO: EDDM), officially named Franz Josef Strauss International Airport (German: Flughafen München Franz Josef Strauß) is located 28 km (17 mi) northeast of Munich, Germany, and is a hub for Lufthansa and Star Alliance partner airlines. It lies in direct proximity to the old city of Freising and is named in memory of politician Franz Josef Strauss.
Panorama size is 430 pictures at focal length of 600mm, 150° view.
Printed size would be 13.5m!
Taken with Olympus E-510 and the GigaPanBot.
Any commercial use or publication of the image, in whole or in part, without prior written authorization of the copyright holder is strictly prohibited.
Gigapan Comments (12)Toggle Minimize gigapan_comment
Finally I found a printing service which was able to print the panorama at a reasonable price of around 100 Euro. The printed panorama is 5m and looks great. Would love to print it in full size of 13m, but I would not know where to display it. I hope one day the airport will contact me to get a printout of it.
Did you finally print the panorama? I would love to see it on paper!
hi, i would also like a copy of the panorama, i work for a large format printing company in the uk and could print these large panorama's. contact me if you want anymore details.
Hi, may I ask for what reason you need a copy of the panorama? gigapan does not offer a printing service yet, maybe this could be a future business model? Send me an email and we will figure out the details...
Is it possible to get a copy of this panorama? Is there a service where you can print such a huge image?
Hi Infonatal, sorry to hear this, even it is not related to me and my pictures I hope you get the issue sorted out with Gigapan Systems.
If you wait a few minutes you will see many airplanes taking off or landing ...
Still 'I have no idea how you made it, could you tell me your secret?
this is a well known secret ;-) it is a very busy airport
Wonder how you managed to shoot all those planes right at the moment they heading off the runway?
Really is


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This study examines the effects that different kinds of school improvement strategies have had on student achievement in Chicago Public Schools over the past fifteen years. The study found that elementary and middle schools that went through significant school reform strategies, similar to the federal School Improvement Grant "turnaround" model, made significant improvements in test scores compared with similar schools that did not. However, large improvements did not occur immediately in the first year and high schools that underwent certain reform efforts did not have fewer absences nor did they have a higher percentage of students on track to graduate by the end of ninth grade.
This study highlights the positive impact of organizational change on student achievement. These changes include starting school later in the day for middle and high school students; shifting from a system with separate elementary and middle schools to one with schools that serve students in kindergarten through eighth grade; and managing teacher assignments differently such as allowing teachers to teach the same grade level for multiple years or having teachers specialize in the subject where they are most effective.
This article examines how technology could expand the reach and impact that great teachers have through "time swapping." "Time swapping" uses technology to capture a teacher's effective instruction so that the teacher can impact more students without physically being in a room. This method allows more students to receive both the lecture and one-on-one attention of a great teacher. They examine policies affecting teachers—from professional development to compensation and class size restrictions— that require change in order for digital instruction to have a wider and more positive impact on student learning.
John Chubb looks at how local school district control prevents the widespread use of instructional technologies. He argues that the surest way to break down the system's inherent resistance to technology is to shift control from the local district—oftentimes the school board—and put it in the hands of states. He then outlines ten steps toward making this happen, including establishing a K-12 online learning policy at the state level, creating a public market for K-12 online learning and ensuring that student learning serves as the foundation for online school accountability systems.
This site highlights the nine winning applications of the U.S. Department of Education's Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge grant program. The grant program aims to increase the number and percentage of low-income and disadvantaged children in each age group of infants, toddlers and preschoolers who are enrolled in high-quality early learning programs; design and implement an integrated system of high-quality early learning programs and services; and ensure that any use of assessments conforms with the recommendations of the National Research Council's report on early childhood.
This study seeks to debunk the myth that traditionally collected measures such as class size, per-pupil expenditure and teachers with advanced degrees are correlated with school effectiveness. Instead, the authors find that frequent teacher feedback, the use of data to guide instruction, high-dosage tutoring, increased instructional time and high expectations increase student achievement. These interventions explain approximately 50 percent of the variation in school effectiveness and student learning in schools with similar demographics.
This primer aims to provide policymakers with information and recommendations to propel states' progress toward using P–20W (from pre-K through college and into the workforce) data to prepare individuals for today's economy. The primer recommends policymakers make the P–20W linkages possible by establishing P–20W governance structures and processes. They also recommend ensuring that data systems are both interoperable across the educational spectrum while also protecting personally identifiable information. Lastly, they recommend providing appropriate access to data and building the capacity of stakeholders to use the data.
The Center for American Progress and Education Sector teamed up to lay out recommendations for how to make sure that ESEA encourages great teachers in every state.
This report by the Education Trust outlines recommendations for crafting a federal accountability system that responds to local criticism of the current law, but also makes sure all schools are advancing.
This article offers a summary of the types of waivers to current NCLB language that the US Education Secretary has proposed offering to states pending congressional reauthorization of ESEA.
For this report, the GAO analyzed R2T applications for 20 states, interviewed state officials, visited 4 grantee states, analyzed states' planned uses of grant funds, and interviewed Education officials. The summary examines actions states took to be competitive for R2T grants; how grantees plan to use their grants and whether non-grantees have chosen to move forward with their reform plans; what challenges, if any, have affected early implementation of states' reform efforts; and USED's efforts to support and oversee states' use of R2T funds.
This blueprint, developed and released by the US Department of Education under Secretary Duncan and President Obama, recommends reforms to the current NCLB language or additions to ESEA within four areas: improving teacher and principal effectiveness; providing information to families to help them evaluate and improve their children's schools, and to educators to help them improve their students' learning; implementing college- and career-ready standards and aligned assessments; and turning around America's lowest-performing schools.
In this "briefing book," authors from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute identify the ten key issues that policymakers must resolve in order to get reauthorization across the finish line, and explore the major options under consideration for each one. The ten issues fall under the areas of standards and assessments, accountability, teacher quality, and flexibility and innovation
This report, updated annually by The College Board, presents detailed evidence of the private and public benefits of higher education. It also sheds light on the distribution of these benefits by examining both the increases and the persistent disparities in college participation and completion.
This summary, published by the US Department of Education, summarizes the impetus, statutory authority and funding for the Race to the Top Fund; outlines the timing of competitions and awards; and provides a summary of the application requirements and selection criteria used to make awards to states.
This report examines the dimensions of four distinct gaps in education: (1) between the United States and other nations, (2) between black and Latino students and white students, (3) between students of different income levels, and (4) between similar students schooled in different systems or regions. The report finds that the underutilization of human potential as reflected in the achievement gap is extremely costly. Existing gaps impose the economic equivalent of a permanent national recession—one substantially larger than the deep recession the country is currently experiencing. For individuals, avoidable shortfalls in academic achievement impose heavy and often tragic consequences via lower earnings, poor health, and higher rates of incarceration.
Simultaneous pressures to reduce costs and increase student achievement have made cost-cutting essential as well as eliminating inefficient spending. This book includes chapters by scholars, consultants, journalists, and entrepreneurs in education who offer insights for school and district leaders in tight budget times.
This new policy brief lists fifteen concrete ways that states can "stretch the school dollar" in these difficult financial times. It argues that budget cuts alone, without concurrent reforms, could set our schools back years. But by addressing state mandates around teacher tenure, "last hired, first fired" policies, minimum class sizes, and more, states can free local leaders' hands to make smart, courageous cuts and do more with less. In other words, this challenging climate is an opportunity to make some real changes in education.
This guide was developed to help states consider the various issues in developing a coherent college- and career-ready policy framework. The major recommendations in the report call on state policymakers to align standards with the demands of college and careers, ensure all students are enrolled in a college- and career-ready focus of study, provide high-quality curricula and teacher support materials, and build better assessments to measure student learning. This last section focuses on the design elements that should be present in a strong assessment system, across grade levels.
Based on interviews with ten executives from a range of EMOs and CMOs, this report finds that replicating successful charter schools has been tougher and more costly than expected for both for-profit and nonprofit charter management organizations (EMOs and CMOs). The report analyzes why this is so and offers strategies to help new management organizations shorten their learning curves and avoid problems encountered by pioneering management organizations.
This report analyzes 2009 and 2010 data on states' funding of pensions and retiree health care to show how states' retirement systems—many of them already on shaky ground—were affected by the Great Recession. Key findings show that pension funding shortfalls accounted for $660 billion of the $1.26 trillion gap, and unfunded retiree health care costs accounted for the remaining $607 billion; states had only about $31 billion, or 5 percent, saved toward their obligations for retiree health care benefits; and state pension plans were 78 percent funded, declining from 84 percent in 2008.
This report explores the potential impact of policy initiatives designed to improve student access to great teachers. Current policy initiatives overlook the most obvious, immediate source of improved teaching effectiveness: the great teachers we already have. The top 25 percent of U.S. teachers—more than 800,000 of them—already achieve results that would enable all of our children to meet and exceed standards. Top-quartile teachers are so much better than their bottom-quartile peers, they could close our nation's achievement gaps and raise our bar to internationally competitive levels in less than half a decade. The report projects the payoff of different strategies for giving more children access to great teachers, including recruitment of high-potential teachers, dismissal of ineffective teachers, retention of proven top-quartile teachers, and extension of top-teacher instruction to more children.
The first of these two publications provides a definition of blended learning and a typology of six types of blended learning models; discusses the potential of blended learning to drive productivity and personalize learning; examines the maturing technology used in blended learning models; and highlights policies that support the creation and growth of blended models. The second publication offers forty profiles of existing blended-learning programs. For each, the authors provide history and context, an overview of the operator and the blended program, and results (where available).
The Department of Education reviewed more than 1,000 empirical studies of online learning and conducted a meta-analysis of 45 studies that compare online or blended and face-to-face conditions. Researchers found only a small number of rigorous published studies contrasting online and face-to-face learning in K-12 education; they therefore drew their conclusions primarily from studies in other settings, including higher education. Researchers found that students in online learning conditions performed modestly better than students learning the same material through traditional face-to-face instruction. They saw a larger difference when comparing students learning face-to-face with those learning in blended environments.
This report aims to help educators and policymakers understand the essential elements of online learning so they can make informed decisions about implementing online and blended programs. It provides basic information on online learning terminology; the growth and costs of online learning; how teaching, learning, and curriculum differ in online environments; the technology necessary for online programs; research on the effectiveness of online learning; and emerging trends.
This publication, updated annually, reviews online learning policy in all 50 states. It includes detailed state policy profiles that capture recent changes to state law and policy. It also summarizes key numbers (including enrollment figures by state), issues, and trends across the country, and provides introductory sections on online learning background, categories, and definitions. The 2010 update includes sections on blended learning, competency-based learning, and mobile learning.
Researchers argue that value-added analysis, when used with other measures such as feedback and observation, can improve teacher evaluation and raise the standard of effectiveness for teacher advancement and retention. While acknowledging the imperfect nature of using value-added data to evaluate teachers, researchers assert that value-added information is as reliable as measures used to make decisions in other professional fields. The authors also show that while basing layoffs on seniority or certification status will have no effect on average teacher effectiveness, targeting layoffs on teachers with low value-added scores would leave systems with higher average teacher effectiveness overall.
The Measures of Effective Teaching project studies nearly 3,000 teachers in six urban school districts to test various methods of teacher evaluation and analyze their effectiveness in predicting teacher performance over time. First, the report establishes that there is huge variance in student achievement gains among teachers: value-added by teachers in the top quartile can close more than one-third of the black-white achievement gap, while the lowest quartile of teachers actually widen it. The project analyzes two measures for teacher evaluation: student achievement gains and student feedback. Initial data confirm that growth on standardized tests is a reliable indicator of growth on other assessments that require demonstration of deeper conceptual understandings, contradicting the frequent criticism that teachers whose students attain high growth only "teach to the test." Evidence also shows a strong correlation between student achievement gains and students' perception of teachers' effectiveness, leading researchers to believe that the most effective teacher evaluation "package" may require more than one measure. The project will also examine other potential predictors of teacher performance, including multiple classroom observation rubrics, a test of teachers' content pedagogical knowledge, and teacher perceptions of working conditions.
This report outlines six design standards for new evaluation systems that should be implemented and continuously improved upon: (1) be an annual process for both new and experienced teachers; (2) set clear, rigorous expectations, placing greater weight on student learning than on teacher behaviors or routines; (3) use multiple measures such as value-added models, standardized assessments and observations, and give specific weights to these measures based on accuracy; (4) use clear, multiple (not binary) ratings; (5) include regular feedback through observations and debriefs; and 6) hold significant implications when it comes to employment decisions.
This report uses survey results from 12 districts in 4 states to examine systems of evaluation for teachers. Findings state that district evaluations do not distinguish between effective and ineffective teachers, and as a result see teachers as "widgets," or interchangeable parts of an education system that are all equal in performance. This indifference offers no consequences for poor teaching, nor benefits for excellent teaching. The authors suggest that districts adopt more comprehensive performance evaluation systems that differentiate teachers; train administrators, and hold them accountable for using evaluation systems; and base important decisions such as tenure, assignment, compensation, professional development, retention, and dismissal on evaluation results.
This report, funded by groups historically opposed to charter schools, uses data from a federal finance survey to examine charter school revenues and expenditures. The authors find that charter schools receive less and spend less than traditional public schools.
In the most comprehensive study of charter school finance to-date, researchers compared federal, state, and local revenues in charter schools and traditional public school districts across 25 states and within the largest district in each state. The report examines outcomes in each state individually, and finds that, on average, charters are significantly underfunded compared to traditional public school districts.
This report makes recommendations to state policymakers about how to structure charter school accountability in state law. The author's recommendations include: require authorizers to use performance contracts that outlines expectations,; define minimum standards for schools, but allow authorizers flexibility to set specific expectations; and set basic standards for the data (including growth data) that authorizers must use to evaluate charter schools.
This report suggests measures to evaluate charter school performance across three areas: financial performance and sustainability, board performance and stewardship, and parental and community engagement. The report includes example measures in each area as well as suggestions for implementation.
This report analyzes charter laws in 26 states that are home to more than 90 percent of all charter schools, and 100 charter contracts from authorizers that oversee nearly half of all charter schools. Researchers examined the level of formal autonomy schools received in four areas: staffing, financial/governance, instruction, and vision/culture. The review found that state laws were the primary source of restriction to charter autonomy, but that authorizer contracts can impose a significant level of restriction as well. The most common restrictions on autonomy were in teacher hiring; the ability to make changes to the charter contract, select members of the governing board, and choose a special education service provider; and flexibility over teacher compensation. Schools were most likely to experience autonomy over curriculum, school calendar, teacher work rules, procurement policies, and staff dismissals.
This paper discusses the mismatch between research on the one hand, and political and public perceptions of class size on the other. According to the author, research suggests that class size reduction can improve student achievement if implemented in a focused way under certain circumstances, but policymakers generally pursue and the public strongly supports broad across-the-board reductions that are unlikely to have positive effects.
Based on six years of research, including over 30 studies on school finance, this report concludes that the current funding systems most states and districts use today are hopelessly outdated. In response, the authors make four recommendations for a new school finance system: (1) drive all funds to schools based on students counts; (2) keep linked data about uses of funds and results; (3) encourage innovation and experimentation; and (4) hold schools and district accountable or student performance and continuous improvement.
This primer proposes seven priorities to guide states' allocation of resources during tough budget times, and offers policymakers concrete action steps to reallocate funds. Topics include organizing people and time, state and district funding systems, and district data and reporting.
This report argues that the way most schools are funded does not work, and that weighted student funding (WSF)offers a better alternative. It outlines how a WSF system would works, implementation challenges, and opportunities. This report, often considered the "manifesto" on WSF, is also notable for the dozens of signatories from education, politics, and the policy world who backed it.
This paper notes the paucity of high-quality, relevant studies of class-size effects on academic achievement. The authors summarize the few available noteworthy studies and conclude that they collectively suggest that very large class size reductions (7-10 fewer students per class) can produce meaningful student achievement gains and other positive outcomes, especially when introduced in early grades and for students from less advantaged backgrounds. However, the authors note the large cost associated with class size reduction and suggest that it might not the most productive use of available educational dollars.
This policy brief outlines some of the most critical challenges facing states and districts as they develop and implement policies based on the student-teacher data link; and provides guidance on emerging best practices or effective implementation. Recommendations include: guiding the design of student-teacher links by how the data will be used, helping policymakers and educators own the process from the start, providing teachers with means to periodically review rosters, to ensure that they are linked to the correct students, and fostering collaboration between district and state leaders.
This report compares standards in all 50 states to the rigor of those included for ELA and math in the Common Core standards to help state officials determine whether their students might be better off under a standards aligned with the common standards, or whether they may be wise to keep those they already have. Analysis shows that Common Core standards are clearly superior to those currently in use in 39 states in math and 37 states in English. For 33 states, the Common Core is superior in both math and reading. Three states have ELA standards that are clearly superior to the Common Core: California, the District of Columbia, and Indiana. Another 11 states have ELA standards that are in the same league as the Common Core (or "too close to call"). Eleven states plus the District of Columbia have math standards at least as clear and rigorous as the Common Core standards.
This working paper for the National Charter School Research Project collects lessons from districts and charter authorizers that have carried out several school closures to help other districts and authorizers better manage their own closures. Major recommendations include: working to minimize the political and emotional impact of closure (such as by providing early notice, using objective criteria to choose and justify closures, using external evaluators, and involving the community in a well-defined role); and (2) avoiding legal and procedural pitfalls during dissolution (such as by carefully considering timing, developing detailed dissolution plans, and assisting students and families with alternative placements).
This paper describes why and how four urban districts—Denver Public Schools, Chicago Public Schools, Hartford Public Schools, and Pittsburgh Public Schools—closed schools for low performance. It discusses the lessons district officials learned from their experience with school closure and the changes they made to their closure process as a result of these experiences. Written for state and district officials, the report is designed to help decision makers who are contemplating closing schools for performance reasons learn from districts that have already tackled this difficult challenge.
Using detailed case studies from two high-profile turnarounds, this article explains what we know from cross-sector research about how to engineer rapid and dramatic improvements within existing organizations. It then identifies two critical policy issues that states and districts must address to accelerate the prevalence of real, successful turnarounds in education: increasing the will to try more turnarounds at the local level, and fueling the pipeline of turnaround leaders.
Despite steadily increasing urgency about the nation's lowest-performing schools, efforts to turn them around have largely failed. This report draws upon research about high-performing high-poverty schools; experience with successfully scaled school interventions; and interviews with practitioners, researchers, leading policymakers and reform experts to explore the types of changes, environment and support that successful school turnarounds entail. Recommendations for state and district leaders include providing a "protected space" where schools are given the flexibility, resources, and support true cultural and system change requires.
If the U.S. is to transform thousands of its chronically underperforming schools, multiple actors must work together to identify and spread effective practices, create the policies and conditions for success, build capacity, and ensure the sustainability of turnaround work at scale. This report provides an overview of the school turnaround issue, identifies measures of success, surveys the policy and funding environment, compares major turnaround models, and provides a guide to important actors in the field and a visual map of their interrelated roles and funding. It is designed to increase education reformers' awareness of the issues involved in school turnarounds and suggest a set of actions that a broad group of stakeholders could take — collectively and individually — to ensure that turnaround succeeds at scale.
One promising strategy to dramatically improve chronically low performing schools is known as a "turnaround" – a quick, dramatic, sustained improvement in performance brought about by a highly-capable leader. This brief offers seven steps for district leaders to support the dramatic change required to turn around chronic low performance, including (1): making a commitment to dramatic change, (2) choosing turnarounds for the right schools, (3) developing a pipeline of turnaround leaders, (4) providing leaders extra flexibility, (5) holding schools accountable, (6) prioritizing teacher hiring for turnaround schools, and (7) proactively engaging the community.
This guide is designed to help chronically struggling schools make major, rapid changes that affect how a school is led and how instruction is delivered. The focus is on translating the best education and cross-industry research available to help state and district education leaders choose strategies – turnaround, transformation, restart, state takeover, or closure – that are most likely to result in rapid improvement, based on realistic consideration of strengths and weaknesses in individual school districts.
A handful of state and district leaders across the U.S. have begun to try new approach to radically improve schools where too many have failed for far too long. By beginning anew with the freedom to do things differently – such as through the "restart" or "contracting" options under NCLB, education leaders have a real opportunity to improve student achievement. This publication from the National Association of Charter School Authorizers explains why education leaders are empowering schools to "start fresh" with a new leader and staff, and gives an overview of the major components of a successful start fresh strategy.
In the end, if the charter school movement fails to prove itself as a viable source of higher quality public schools, bad authorizing and oversight will probably be a major reason. This paper takes on the question of whether and how school authorizers should be held accountable for their own performance. It presents reasons why scrutiny and accountability are needed not only for schools but also for chartering agencies; identifies what types of accountability are present now; and offers ideas for how accountability could be improved via private and government initiative.
These principles and standards, developed by the membership organization for charter authorizers nationally, are intended to serve as a guide to formative development for authorizers at all stages and levels of experience: as a road map to guide planning and organizational development of initial practices, and as a resource for identifying areas for improvement or refinement to achieve stronger outcomes. It is also designed to anchor state policy concerning charter authorizing.
Charter schools and successful charter management organizations that run them have grown significantly over the past decade but they must dramatically increase their scale in order to meet the demand for high-quality public school options for America's children. The limited supply of effective leaders and teachers is one of the key barriers standing in the way of more rapid growth for CMOs. To learn more about CMOs' human capital initiatives aimed toward overcoming this barrier, we conducted case studies of CMOs that have dealt with issues of growth to offer lessons for other charter leaders, including strategies for finding and keeping the best talent, growing in-house talent, and extending the reach of teachers to more children.
To develop fresh insights to spur growth of the charter sector's best, the authors researched the distinguishing characteristics of organizations in other sectors that have grown at sustained exponential rates. The report summarizes lessons that emerged from that research and initial recommendations for the charter sector, including (1) committing not just to excellence, but to reaching large numbers of students with excellence; (2) negotiating performance-based contracts in charter contracts; (3) importing management talent; (4) providing opportunities and rewarding charter leaders and staff for reaching more students with excellent outcomes; (5) using branding to enable innovation; (6) investing in systems for scale; (7) acquiring other organizations strategically; and (8) pursuing operational alliances.
This brief examines the factors influencing charter school quality and points out the shortcomings of charter caps –statutory limitations on the number of charter schools or the number of students they can serve – as a method of ensuring high-quality charter schools. It presents instead a proposal for "smart" caps, which would focus on growth and quality to help states expand access to high-quality charter schools for underserved students. It also examines the political climate around charter schools and explains the basics of how "smart" caps could work.
Educa¬tion has been slower than many other fields in developing and widely adopting well-crafted, reliable ways to assess the performance of its leaders. This brief discusses the elements of an improved system of principal evaluations, including what should be assessed, and how. It highlights several newly-developed instruments: the Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education (VAL-ED), designed to assess instructional leadership; and two others designed for more targeted purposes. It also discusses the potential and the unknowns involved in using evaluations as a key strategy for promoting better leader performance as well as system-wide improvements.
This report, by leaders of the non-profit principal training program New Leaders for New Schools, provide policymakers with recommendations for the design and implementation of strong principal development and evaluation systems. Recommendations include: (1) making student outcomes and teacher effec¬tiveness outcomes 70% of a principal's evalu¬ation, and basing the remaining 30% on the leadership actions shown to drive better results; (2) basing the evaluation of principal manag¬ers and other central office staff primarily on student outcomes and principal effectiveness, and giving principal managers the tools and skills they need to effectively balance princi¬pal accountability with professional support and development; (3) developing performance expectations that are universally high and differentiated in ways that drive continuous improvement; (4) ensuring that the evaluation system is informed by principals and other experts and is adapted over time to reflect new understandings of the practices that contribute to increased student achievement.
This brief draws upon available research to describe the challenges that school superintendents and hiring committees face when trying to hire a school principal. It also offers emerging practices that school superintendents and hiring committees have implemented to address challenges, such as recruitment planning and research-based selection processes and criteria.
This guide is designed to help schools attempting turnarounds understand the underlying characteristics of leaders likely to succeed by clarifying the critical competencies – or patterns of thinking, feeling, speaking and acting – that enable candidates to successfully lead a turnaround. The guide includes definitions of each competency, detailed levels of increasingly effective competence, and examples of various levels as they may play out in a turnaround school.
Building on the success of its 2003 study, Missed Opportunities, The New Teacher Project investigated the methods that urban school districts use to recruit, select and hire principals. This working paper presents the basic findings of that investigation along with recommendations for how urban districts and schools can build model recruitment, screening, selection and hiring processes to obtain quality principals. Specifically, it addresses the following questions: what obstacles do urban schools and districts face in hiring principals? how is principal quality affected as a result? It offers solutions to help districts hire higher-quality principals related to recruitment, initial screening, full competency screening, and school panel fit interviews.
This paper highlights current state and district efforts to address longstanding weaknesses in principal training. It describes key attributes of effective training identified in new research and offers four action-oriented lessons to help guide states, districts and universities in better preparing principals: (1) principal training programs should be more selective, more focused on improvement of instruction, more closely tied to the needs of districts, and provide more relevant internship experiences; (2) leadership preparation should not end when new principals are hired, but should continue with high-quality mentoring and career-long growth opportunities; (3) resources for improving preparation should be directed at programs with proven benefits; and (4) state and districts should also address the conditions that support or undermine leadership.
This report brings together lessons learned from members of the Rainwater Leadership Alliance (RLA) to provide a vision for making principal preparation programs more systematic and rigorous, and offer a new path forward using illustrations of RLA approaches. Key lessons include: (1) defining a Competency Framework—the set of skills, knowledge, and dispositions that a principal must have in order to drive high levels of student achievement; (2) relying on strategic, proactive, and targeted recruiting strategies; (3) establishing clear criteria and rigorous processes for evaluating applicants; (4) providing experiential training and intensive support; and (5) using data to assess the effectiveness of their program and principals' work in schools. Members providing input include Gwinnett County Public Schools, Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) Foundation, Long Beach Unified School District, New Leaders for New Schools, NYC Leadership Academy, Rice University's Education Entrepreneurship Program, School Leaders Network, The University of Illinois at Chicago, and The University of Virginia's Darden/Curry Partnership for Leaders in Education.
Authors Rick Hess and Juliet Squire analyze two persistent challenges of teacher pension systems: incentives for politicians to make short-term commitments to public employees without fully attending to long-term costs; and the politics of altering longstanding teacher benefit systems. The article suggests political strategies to make these challenges more tractable and pave the way for reform.
Researchers analyze incentives embedded in teacher pension systems by examining the pattern of pension wealth accumulation over a teacher's career. They show the "pull and push" of most pension systems - pulling teachers to remain in the profession for many years until large benefits start to accrue, and then pushing them out at relatively young ages even if they are still effective. They propose two solutions (defined contribution systems and cash balance plans) that restore the broken link between benefits and contributions, and propose four principles for reform (neutrality toward longevity; transparency; portability; and sustainability).
This report details the financial pressures building in states across the country that have failed to make adequate payments for pension systems while expanding benefits and neglecting long-term price tags. The report details the roots of the problem, factors driving change, and promising roads to reform.
The authors discuss steps to modernize pension systems, from addressing technical aspects or basic structural elements of the systems to tackling political or legal obstacles. "Guideposts" for pension reform include (1) acknowledging both the fiscal realities and the human capital challenges that must be confronted for any solution to work; (2) rethinking pension systems in light of increasing mobility and steep learning curves in the early years of teaching; (3) reforming the political process to make it harder to use pension plans for short-term gain at the expense of long-term sustainability; (4) protecting current beneficiaries; and (5) increasing transparency.
This report builds existing research and labor-economic theory to offer four recom¬mendations regarding teacher equity. These include: (1) creating and maintaining state data systems that allow analyses of teacher distribution and the efficacy of policies designed to address that distribution; (2) implement new teacher policies simultaneously with a plan to study their effects; (3) require school districts to report spending at each school on a real-dollar basis, so that the public can perceive any inequities in school spending that result from teacher quali¬fication disparities; and (4) develop and tap into new high-quality sources of teachers that are specifically targeted toward schools serving disadvantaged students.
This report summarizes three studies of teacher compensation to underscore both the importance and the difficulty of redesigning teacher pay incentives in public education. The first study looks at teacher attitudes about pay reforms and provides a sense of what teachers think about particular incentive proposals. The second and third papers examine how high incentives would have to be to attract people with technical skills to teaching and to make working in high-needs schools more attractive. Together, these papers suggest that incentives are already in play in public education, and education leaders can make them more strategically aligned with their goals by undertaking more trials and paying close attention to the results.
This paper uses data from salary schedules North Carolina to examine the structure of teacher compensation in the state. The author finds that pay peaks near the end of a teacher's career (around the age of 55), despite research suggesting that effectiveness tends to peak in a teacher's third to fifth year. Drawing on experience in other sectors, the author notes that compensation for other professionals such as doctors and lawyers traditionally peaks much earlier (between the ages of 42 and 45) and calls for an "evidence-based salary schedule" in education to focus the rewards on the early rungs of the experience ladder.
This report explores cross-sector research about pay policies to provide insights for states about how to pay teachers in ways that enhance teaching effectiveness and, thereby, improve student learning. Summarizes research and offers recommendations for states related to pay for performance, positions in hard-to-staff schools pay, skill shortages, advanced roles, skills and knowledge, advanced degrees, and retention.
Research indicates that top-quintile teachers produce learning gains three times that of bottom-quintile teachers. But the supply of these top teachers is limited – and they affect only a small portion of children each year. This white paper examines potential results if instead of trying to recruit more great teachers, schools chose to reach more students with the great teachers they already have. It poses several potential forms of "reach extension," such as redesigning jobs to concentrate teacher time on instruction, putting star teachers in charge of more children's learning, and using technology to extend teacher reach and meet their standard. Star teachers whose reach is extended could then have unprecedented opportunities for achievement and could be paid more from existing per-pupil funding streams.
This paper summarizes key features of layoff policies in 100 districts across the country, noting that in 75 of 100 districts surveyed, seniority alone determines whether a teacher is laid off. The authors note that inadequate evaluation systems frequently hinder layoff policies that incorporate evidence of teacher effectiveness, and recommend improving these systems to strengthen layoff policies based on multiple factors. Even in the absence of strong evaluation policies, however, the authors recommend removing some seniority preferences or creating systems where star teachers can earn exemptions from layoffs based on performance.
This brief examines the disproportionate impact of seniority-based layoffs on high-need schools. These schools have less experienced staffs, so a greater proportion of their teachers are laid off under seniority-based systems, leading to higher staff "churn," which has numerous negative consequences for teachers and students. The authors briefly discuss current efforts to replace seniority-based policies with layoff systems that incorporate additional factors.
This brief, authored by Marguerite Roza, highlights an important but often ignored consequence of seniority-based layoffs: more people lose their jobs under these systems than under alternative systems. Cutting the most junior staff, who tend to be the lowest paid, saves less money per laid-off employee. The result is that more junior employees need to be laid off to meet budget requirements, as well as program cuts and increased class sizes. The brief uses financial modeling for a sample district to project the number of teachers who must be laid off under a seniority-neutral layoff policy versus a seniority-based policy.
This policy brief highlights evidence of the negative impacts of quality-blind layoff rules and poses reasonable alternatives. Results of a 2009 survey reveal that three-quarters of teachers (and a majority at every experience level) favor considering factors other than seniority in layoff decisions, such as classroom management ratings, teacher attendance, evaluation ratings, and other factors. The brief includes a sample scorecard for a quality-based layoff system.
This report asks what lessons the US might learn from nations that succeed in delivering world-class educational outcomes with top talent in teaching – Singapore, South Korea, and Finland – and what an American version of such a strategy might entail. The authors' research among teachers and top-third college students suggests what it might take to attract and retain such talent, how to do so cost-effectively, and what other systemic changes would make the strategy most effective.
The Teacher Follow-up Survey is a follow-up of a sample of the elementary and secondary school teachers who participated in the previous year's Schools and Staffing Survey, designed to provide information about teacher mobility and attrition among K–12 teachers in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The TFS addresses questions such as: what percentage of teachers leaves the profession between one year and the next? what factors contribute to teachers' decisions to move to another school or to leave the profession? how many teachers move from one school to another? where do teachers go when they move or leave? Offers a summary of major findings as well as detailed data tables.
This report examines the research and case studies outside education – such as private businesses, non-profits, and government and health care organizations – to reveal four key strategies to boost high-performer retention in K-12 schools: pay with purpose, give high-performers mountains to climb, design flexible and challenging work roles, and build lasting teams. The report also examines individualized strategies that education leaders can use to go to the mat for individual employees they do not want to lose, such as retaining relationships beyond direct employment, generating positive non-hires, and using short-term contracts to keep a high-performing team member who might otherwise leave.
This report summarizes six steps that research and experience from across sectors — including government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and for-profit companies — show are critical for designing an outstanding performance measurement system. These include: (1) determining the purposes of performance measurement; (2) choosing job objectives that align with the organization's mission; (3) designing performance measures; (4) setting performance standards; (5) designing the performance measurement system; and (6) using measurement results to take action. It concludes by offering implications from each of these steps for use in teacher and leader performance evaluations in K-12 public education.
This guide aims to help schools attempting turnarounds understand the underlying characteristics of teachers likely to succeed by clarifying the critical competencies – or patterns of thinking, feeling, speaking and acting – that enable people to be successful in the turnaround context. The guide includes definitions of each competency and examples of various levels as they may play out in a turnaround school.
This paper reviews various observable characteristics (e.g., certification, experience, education level) and discusses relevant research about their relationship to teacher quality. Findings suggest only weak evidence of a consistent and positive influence on student learning for degrees and experience. But subject-matter knowledge, as measured by degrees, courses and certification, is related to higher performance in math and science, but outside of these areas there is weak or inconsistent evidence of positive effects. Teachers' pedagogical knowledge, measured by certification exams and certification type, may be weakly related to a teacher's effectiveness in some instances, but the research is inconclusive. Finally, the author finds that other teacher attributes, such as academic skills (e.g., ACT scores, tests of verbal ability) may be the most predictive characteristics of effective teachers.
The authors examine two other sectors that have long histories with tenure or tenure-like job protections – the civil service and higher education – to recommend reform options for K-12 education leaders. The authors describe five "design elements" that determine who receives tenure and what protections it affords: the number of years required to earn tenure, the criteria used to determine whether to award it, the process for conferring tenure, the specific protections it affords; and tenure's place among other career and reward opportunities. Tenure reform options include redesigning the tenure system – either to grant more meaningful tenure to a large number of teachers, or to grant it only to consistent high-performers – or to eliminate it altogether.
This report provides an overview and history of tenure, analyzes the nature of current and past reform proposals, and highlights recommendations for policymakers. Authors found little variation in tenure policies across states, but voices calling for reform that are loud and growing. Recommendations are for the federal government to leverage education funding to incent states to develop more meaningful teacher evaluation systems; for states to mandate that retention and dismissal decisions incorporate effectiveness data (or give districts flexibility to experiment with new approaches to evaluation and tenure), and to incorporate effectiveness data into the teacher licensing process.
The authors interviewed directors of alternate route programs across the country. Findings suggest that while nearly all states have something on their books labeled "alternate route to certification," most alternate route teachers have had to jump through many of the same hoops—meeting the same "traditional" academic requirements and undergoing much the same training—as typical education school graduates.
Researchers explore the relative effectiveness of recently hired New York City public school teachers who entered the profession through alternate routes. They analyze student test scores as well as information about the students, their teachers, classrooms, and schools to compare the effectiveness of recently hired alternatively certified and uncertified teachers to that of their traditionally certified counterparts in improving student learning in math and reading. Results suggest that some teachers are considerably better than others at helping students learn, but very little of this difference can be explained by the route through which they enter the classroom.
This booklet summarizes findings from well-designed and well-executed research studies about the connection between several characteristics of a teacher and his or her success in the classroom. Summary indicates that subject area knowledge adds significant value to a teacher's classroom effectiveness, particularly in the upper grades; literacy levels appear to be correlated with teachers' effectiveness; and colleges that are more selective in their admissions generally produce more effective teachers. Research also suggests that a few years of experience helps teachers improve, but after that the evidence is unclear; on the whole, master's degrees do not make teachers more effective; education courses taken before teaching have little effect on classroom effectiveness; and traditional routes to certification do not appear to yield more effective teachers than alternative routes.
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Opened the bikes up. Here are some thoughts:
Snake Eyes: The figure itself is frustrating. The detail in the figure is pretty incredible. Unfortunately, as has been known for a while, the articulation is crap, barely better than 1978 Kenner Star Wars figures. And he's severely bow-legged. If not for those shortcomings, this would actually be a stellar Snake Eyes figure, since it's pretty tough to make a decent unique figure of a guy who pretty much wears solid black. There's one other flaw, which I'll mention later.
The bike is nothing fancy, but looks pretty decent. Black, red, and silver is a decent color scheme, but the application of them here is a bit weird (things like a bright red seat on a black motorcycle). I could do without the Arashikage hexagram emblazoned on the windshield (?). There's a pull-back motorized gimmick, but that's neither here nor there for us adult weirdos. The set comes with a missile (which is nicely concealed as a headlight, with a concealed launch button behind the seat) and two swords. The swords are unique (so far as I can tell) to this set, and decently-sculpted aside from a noticeable post sticking out from the hilt; this snaps into a connector piece (that looks like a pretty practical hand shield of some sort), which affixes to the handlebars. Unfortunately, the positioning of Snake Eyes' hands makes him look absolutely ridiculous holding the sword (even allowing wrist movement would have helped here tremendously).
The serious flaw in this set lies in the way the figure attaches to the bike. Yes, attaches. It's not clear in the package, but Snake Eyes has a hole in each calf, where a post on either side of the motorcycle inserts. I haven't tried other figures on the bike, but it looks like it's just big enough to cause minor issues in letting other figures borrow his ride. (Sure, this can be dealt with, but I like the vehicles to be usable by multiple figures without having to saw pieces off.) It keeps the figure on the motorcycle, but it also limits how he can be positioned when on it (which is pretty limited already by the position of his arms and his limited articulation).
All in all, for less than $7, I think the good outweighs the bad, but I wouldn't army build it until it drops to $4 or lower. B-
Flint: If I said too much about Snake Eyes, here's where I make up for it. Aside from the head (and I'm not sure if this is the head from the carded Flint, since I don't have that figure), his sculpt is identical to Snake Eyes. The colors border on garish, but are dulled enough to look believable. If not for the stupid Arashikage logo on his chest, I'd probably slap a new head on him and put him on the bike in the background as one of the Eco-Warriors or some other forgotten Joe from the 1990s. The bike is a bit more colorful, with green, silver, orange, black, and gold, and it's like Flint--over the top for a real-world military vehicle, but plausible in the Joeverse. The swords this time are a translucent, almost pink, orange, so they're essentially worthless. All in all, it's close enough to Snake Eyes in quality to also get a B-.
[Since I don't want a Snake Eyes running around on a motorcycle in any scene when there are dozens of better Snake Eyes figures that also better suit his role as a ninja commando, I did a simple headswap between Snakes and Flint. The result looks pretty damned sweet, though I haven't figured out who he is now. ]
Firefly: This one was a surprise, especially after skimming reviews online. I was on the fence about it, since it's so different from the motorcycle in the movie and I wasn't sure how the gimmick would affect it. But picking it up was a wise choice.
Firefly is completely unique from the Snake Eyes/Flint mold, but with the same level of detail and lack of articulation. The hole in his legs is even situated further down and his hands are positioned at a different angle, so you can't easily switch him to one of the Joe bikes (well, you can, but he's clearly designed for this one). Unless my figure is really jacked up in a way that works to his advantage, there's a pretty cool paint effect that makes his torso look dusty. And, like the others, he's bowlegged enough that he borders on useless in a standing position.
Firefly's bike (trike, really, since it has three wheels) has a gimmick that I can't judge. Mine doesn't work. I'm not sure if it's broken inside (there's something I can hear jangling around) or it's really bad design, but I pushed back the attached wheel and inserted the launching wheel, and it won't launch. No biggie; I'm not going to be launching it around anyway.
The triike's design is quite good. It's got that slight science fiction feel that so many Cobra vehicles have, with an appropriate color scheme (grey with silver and orange details). It actually would fit in really well with the Iron Grenadier tech, if any had been produced in the modern line. There are also two side-mounted guns (each of which looks sorta like two upside-down Biker Scout pistols) that are removable for some reason (they're entirely useless otherwise).
Firefly lacks the trademark camouflage pattern on his suit. But that's a plus--if you don't mind Cobras wearing less distinctive uniforms, he makes a great generic. Which means this sweet-looking vehicle can be army-built. As I fully expect this to wind up at some ridiculously low price like $3, I'll probably get a few extras.
FireflyThe "Chopper Viper" looks damned good on the vehicle, so I can forgive the lack of articulation here. I really think they'll look great as escorts for some of the larger vehicles. A


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Binghamton University to host simulator update course
The Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science at Binghamton University will host the 20th annual Flight and Ground Vehicle Simulation Update course January 12 – 16 on the University campus.
The 40-hour non-credit course concentrates on the technologies required to design and use vehicle simulators including aircraft and ground vehicles such as cars, tanks and locomotives. Eleven nationally recognized experts will take the students through such areas as simulation fundamentals; motion and force cueing; visual display system design; simulator qualification; image generators; and simulator system integration.
The program also provides a module on distributed simulation and high-level architecture. This process links simulators from many locations together to allow mission rehearsal, a very important tool used by the military prior to large-scale operations.
Originally developed to meet on-going training needs among Binghamton area simulation companies, the update program has gained an international reputation enrolling more than 1,600 simulation specialists from 38 countries over its lifetime. Each January, the Binghamton region and its simulation companies are spotlighted to the world as military, government, industry and researchers gather for the course.
The course also marks the 75th anniversary of Edwin Link's invention of the original flight simulator. The Greater Binghamton region, the birthplace of simulation, is now home to more than a dozen firms directly involved in the design and manufacture of simulation equipment.
For more information about the course visit the Watson School Professional Development Office web site at www.wtsn.binghamton.edu/coned or call 607-777-2154 for a program brochure.


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Roland GR-500
Thanks to Roland, guitars and synthesizers have had a long working relationship together. The GR-500 is a vintage guitar controlled synthesizer - before there was MIDI too! It was the first synth of this kind that Roland had ever produced, back in 1977. The synthesizer module itself was a simple analog affair with Bass, Solo Synth, and String sounds based on previous Orchestral and analog mono-synths from Roland. There are plenty of sliders to adjust the VCO, VCF, VCA, and LFO sections, but no memory to store your edits.
The synth module is controlled by a "highly modified" guitar. Notice all those knobs on the guitar pictured above. It utilized a special pickup system that connected to the synth module via Roland's own 24-pin interface and controlled it using CV/GATE signals generated by the guitar's pickup system while playing the guitar. In addition to the modified pickup, there were magnets under the face of the guitar that could increase its sustain. Performance accuracy was "iffy" but good for 1977 and pre-MIDI. As a piece of guitar-synth history, the GR-500 makes an excellent collectors item and may come in handy for the occasional growl or a strummed analog sound effect. It has been used by Tangerine Dream, Mike Rutherford of Genesis and Alex Lifeson of Rush.
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Posted on February 1, 2010 12:53PM by Thegodofskins
my fav Pistol now in GTA IV THX!
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good file
Posted on February 6, 2010 5:42AM by ztcwin
@boow, dude make a pirate pistol like this: http://www.piratemerch.com/images/pirate_pistol_Image.jpg
Posted on February 7, 2010 6:10AM by Vanya007
model is good... but i had to improve the skin until it looked that great than now... xD
Posted on February 13, 2010 12:56PM by Scroshi112
1911 gun for retarded noob kurwa xD
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thx i owe u one
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Hi How Do You Get Unlimited Ammo I Do Have But It Still Go's Down In This Video The Ammo D Not Go Down Help Thankyou Dante :(
Posted on July 10, 2011 6:47AM by Dante13
Doesnt even look like a real 1911 there is no beaver-tail or hammer
Posted on July 27, 2012 6:06PM by EpiiicVmodz
Sick. 10/10
Posted on August 19, 2012 10:53AM by Naruto 607
More of a Browning FN 1903 than a 1911.
The "hi-power pistol" from Red Dead was based on this gun
The "hi-power pistol" from Red Dead was based on this gun
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Love it nice work
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The Cumberland hotel - Farnborough Airshow
Dates: 19th - 20th July 2014
Ever since it's inception, the Farnborough Air Show has not just attracted trade visitors, but has also developed a huge following of aviation enthusiasts, children and families. FIA's appeal is in its ability to keep everyone entertained, which is why it is immensely popular with business visitors as well as families. The Cumberland hotel near Oxford Circus offers fantastic travel options to Farnborough Air Show. It is the one of the few hotels in London which offers the best of London from Shopping to Sightseeing. Now, you could couple this unique opportunity and enjoy a visit to Farnborough's fascinating Air Show. Book your stay at The Cumberland hotel today!
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"Genetic analysis of endometrial lavage fluid may be a way to identify early-stage endometrial cancer, and it could also identify a precancer or a cancer-prone uterine environment, researchers suggest. But the test is not yet ready for the clinic,"...
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LEUKERAN (chlorambucil) was first synthesized by Everett et al. It is a bifunctional alkylating agent of the nitrogen mustard type that has been found active against selected human neoplastic diseases. Chlorambucil is known chemically as 4-[bis(2-chlorethyl)amino]benzenebutanoic acid and has the following structural formula:
Chlorambucil hydrolyzes in water and has a pKa of 5.8.
LEUKERAN (chlorambucil) is available in tablet form for oral administration. Each film-coated tablet contains 2 mg chlorambucil and the inactive ingredients colloidal silicon dioxide, hypromellose, lactose (anhydrous), macrogol/PEG 400, microcrystalline cellulose, red iron oxide, stearic acid, titanium dioxide, and yellow iron oxide.
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The Gulf Aide benefit concert went off this weekend, raising money for the people and places affected by the on-going oil leak. Big name celebrities like Lenny Kravitz and Tim Robbins joined locals like The Voice of the Wet-Lands Allstars at the concert grounds near New Orleans.
My friend (and favorite DJ) Ben Berman at Offbeat Magazine, told me about a great moment where Mos Def and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band collabo'd on a timely cover of the Crescent City classic, "Ain't My Fault."
Mos Def's lines could've been lifted right from last week's BP, Haliburton and Transocean senate hearings; "BP: big pimpin'/ big pile of BAD presses/ boiling point/ billionare point pressures/ Awwwww, it ain't my fault."
…Well maybe just the last line.
Read more about the Gulf Aide from local music magazine Offbeat.
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By NEMS Daily Journal
OXFORD – Kendall Graham of Decatur will be sentenced April 8 for his part in a regional cocaine sale scheme.
Graham, 38, pleaded guilty Nov. 13 to failure to tell law enforcement about the crimes in Union and Monroe counties from January to July 21, 2011.
He also admitted counting and concealing proceeds from the drug distribution activity.
Conviction is punishable by up to three years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Senior U.S. District Judge Neal B. Biggers will sentence him in Oxford.


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I wonder if when the new Clone Wars assotment starts to show up we will see cases of the last CW wave being purged from warehouses and showing up at Target.
I can see legacy being clearanced and the DPCI changing for the Vintage cards, but Legends and Clone Wars might stay the same. I can't believe Target never received any of the snow themed wave. They are in the system somewhere, just backed up in distribution.
I am addicted to the Artbox (Kotobikya) magnets at Target. Only 5 or so more to a full set, and so far not too many repeats that I can't find somewhere to stick. Now lets hope Valley Target restocks, I bought most of em.
that CW wave is arguably harder to find than the EU wave
Went up to disneyland yesterday and snagged one of the star tours boarding sets. The employee decided to tell me how lucky i am because the set was limited to 1,980 the year empire came out. I just kinda looked at him baffled of his lack of attention mainly because in a big circle on the front of the package it says limited to 15,000. Explains his minimum wage i guess. They had plenty in stock to just so your not worried about getting one. two shelfs full and plenty behind the counter. Its a pretty cool set and with our season pass it took off 25% taking it down from $40 to $30 so all in all a decent deal.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
There may be 15,000 but I would bet that over half, maybe even 65 to 70 percent of those are for WDW as they need enough for the SW Weekends crowds and maybe even for CV.


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Xmldoom (the XML Database Object-Oriented Model) - News
posted by dsnopek, Thu Feb 8 22:52:29 2007 - 0 replies
Well, there hasn't been a release for a while. So, I figured that I may as well push out the small collection of changes made since. A quick look at the code reveils:
- Better support for threading.
- Unit tests for Javascript implementation.
- Little bitty bug fixes.
posted by dsnopek, Tue Aug 29 16:32:18 2006 - 0 replies
Best Xmldoom release ever! This release should fix all the major bugs on my bug list, have improved documentation, cleaner code, as well as sport some new features, including:
- "Many-to-many" link support in Criteria.
- Can find "inferred links" between tables where keys are shared. ...
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posted by dsnopek, Mon Aug 21 20:19:42 2006 - 0 replies
A new release today! The biggest user visible change in this release is the integration with SQL::Translator which allows us to convert database.xml schemas to and from SQL without using the Torque tools. Otherwise, this release is packed with internal changes which start us on the road to fixing the biggest remaining design bugs. The next release will be much more notable.
posted by dsnopek, Tue Jun 20 17:02:35 2006 - 0 replies
This very lucky release contains some bug fixes and more documentation, in the form of some POD tutorials. Still what is needed is detailed API documentation on the public interfaces, such as Xmldoom::Criteria and the generated objects, and indepth explanation of the XML formats. Should be on the way!
posted by dsnopek, Thu Jun 8 17:46:48 2006 - 0 replies
There are many bug fixes in this release and I was able to reduce the dependancies some. Its in the download area on Gna! and should be on CPAN soon. My main goal for the next release is documentation, so expect that and some more bug fixes, as Xmldoom undergoing very extreme testing right.
posted by dsnopek, Wed May 31 20:25:25 2006 - 0 replies
I have in the files area what I consider to be the first real Perl release! I have gotten all my namespace registered and packages uploaded, so it should be available on CPAN soon. There is currently no documentation but that will be changing soon as documentation is becoming a necessity at work. Enjoy.
posted by dsnopek, Fri May 26 16:53:04 2006 - 0 replies
The version numbers got artificially jacked up while dealing with the CPAN situation, but I do now have tarball available for download from Gna!. The next version should be available from CPAN, which will hopefully come together sometime next week.
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posted by dsnopek, Tue May 9 18:30:21 2006 - 0 replies
Well, I haven't gotten much word out of the PAUSE/CPAN people on any of my concerns, so while I waiting for that to work out, I have begun full-swing the Javascript stuff. When that is finished, no matter what, I will make a tar-ball release.
posted by dsnopek, Wed May 3 14:18:28 2006 - 0 replies
I pleased to say that the Perl version is finally in a state where it is ready to be released!
However, in true Perl fashion, I don't intend to release a tarball, but to get it uploaded on CPAN. Therefore, the next stage of development is ...
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posted by dsnopek, Thu Jan 5 20:45:48 2006 - 0 replies
After much inactivity, I am happy to announce that there is some new code available for Xmldoom. Since my last postings, I have gotten a new job coding in Perl now, instead of Python. I am in the process of porting Xmldoom to Perl. While Perl is ...
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Since I am a gear junky and live by the axiom that "If you take care of your gear, it will take care of you", I am always aware of where my gear is. Particularly when it comes to the Friday nights that we are departing on camp outs.
We have a tool called a shake down, where we inspect and inventory all our gear for a particular camp out. It is pretty effective, but there has to be some level of understanding of the importance of the process in order for it to be truly effective. Scouts that think it is yet another drill or a forced activity will not grasp the importance of the shake down and will not take it serious. Those are the same Scouts that will fail to have certain gear or leave behind something important to themselves or the Patrol.
The shake down for the Scouts and Scouters that understand it's importance however gain time well spent going through gear, refining packing lists, cross leveling gear, inspecting and repairing or modifying the load. They go into the camp out prepared and have familiarity with their gear. They know where everything is and are able to retrieve gear in the dark and when its cold better than the Scout that is unsure if he brought it and has no idea where it is.
The shake down allows for the Scout or Scouter to know where his gear is. Friday night is not the time to figure it all out.
The Boy Scout Motto is BE PREPARED. The Shake down is a tool for preparedness and should be used each and every time you get ready for the next adventure.
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for all of those looking at building a multi-piece rod.Basically you are adding a few wraps which when you have built a few rods will only add 5 to 10 minutes and as far as finish goes.You must remember when adding things to varnish for example Thinners,alcohol and such you are contaminating your finish and it will not last.It causes finish to crack,cloud etc and all prematurely.So if you want one to last a lifetime do it right Heat the finish under a heat lamp to thin it.This will allow you to put on 2-3 coats without ruinning the integrity of the finish.A 5 piece 10' rod takes me about 20 minutes to apply the finish on X three coats so a total of an hour and a 3 layer high gloss FLEX COAT build.1st coat just threads no overlapping onto blank.Next 2 coats overlapping onto blank,surely behind the guide feet so that grime and water do not break down you finish.Look at the factory rods they are designed to fail after 3 years.The varnish will crack,threads will protrude and they will have the guides feet falling from a rod that is fished Moderately so take the time do it right one time, smooth and neat.Lrods
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text: 8 fantastic crowdfunding projects every techie ought to love By Luke Dormehl • 5:00 am, July 22, 2014 NewsTop stories FULLSCREEN Build it and they will come! Crowdfunding has been one of the best things to happen to entrepreneurs since the invention of the IPO. It's been pretty great for technophiles, too, giving us the chance to get involved with exciting projects at the earliest stage possible. Scouring through the pages of Kickstarter and Indiegogo, we've put together a list of the eight most tantalizing projects we've seen so far. What are they? Peruse our gallery to find out.Picture: William Hall Raine/Flickr SITU smart food scale SITU is an attractive Bluetooth food scale that talks to your iPad. Created by former Apple employee Michael Grothaus — who came up with the idea while sitting in Apple's Caffè Macs cafeteria — the device lets you see the exact nutritional content of any food you place on it, based on the food's weight and broken down into calories, sugar, salt, protein, vitamins and minerals. The device itself is beautiful, too, with a simple but pleasing design that could have come straight out of Jony Ive's workshop.Preorders will be available on SITU's official site next month. Lunecase smart iPhone case "This one weird trick" is usually a cue you're in a part of the Internet where somebody is trying to convince you a British woman figured out a way to nab a new iPhone for just $10, or a guy worked out a totally safe steroid substitute doctors don't want you know about. Not so in the case of Lunecase.This iPhone case's one weird trick isn't massively useful, but it is pretty cool nonetheless: Lunecase uses your device's electromagnetic radiation to tell you of alerts you receive, then lights up the appropriate symbol on back to show if you're getting a phone call or text message. Currently available for pre-order. Elevation iPhone Dock Milled from solid aluminum, the Elevation is the iPhone dock we wish Apple would make. What does it have over other docks? Attractive design, physical weight and an easy docking/undocking function, to name a few positives. There have been several versions since the first iteration of the Elevation Dock, but this is one crowdfunding project that definitely connected with the crowd needed to support it. Currently available for sale through its official website. Pebble smartwatch Apple is looking to out-feature this smartwatch with its long-awaited iWatch, but the Pebble is still a great device that works perfectly with your iPhone. Originally asking for just $100,000 on Kickstarter, the Pebble project ended up raking in a massive $10,266,845 in backer support. From its seamless integration with iOS — for notifications and easy control of iTunes and the like — to its own dedicated watch apps, Pebble is one of the best smartwatches to date.How good is it? Even if the iWatch can do everything it's rumored to do, I can still see why some users would stick with the Pebble. PonoPlayer Have you heard the one about Neil Young's high-definition iPod? I'll admit I chuckled when I heard about the PonoPlayer, as did a lot of people, but few were laughing when the project racked up $6,225,354 in backer support against a stated goal of $800,000. With "Pono" being a Hawaiian word for "righteous" or "pureness," the PonoPlayer hopes to deliver the same kind of leap from today's MP3s that we saw when cassette tapes made way for CDs. Young's goal is that our "cultural history should be preserved for enjoyment of the people in its highest possible form forever." And despite the PonoPlayer's slightly wacky design, he's convinced it's the tool to accomplish it. Pono will soon begin shipping more than 15,000 PonoPlayers to its Kickstarter backers. MagBak iPad mount Is there any more obvious sign of the increasing role computers are playing in our lives than the fact that we now use them in the kitchen? Even 20 years ago, the idea that we would want to expose our laptops or desktops to the same surface we were chopping meat and onions on would have seemed preposterous. If you're anything like me, that changed the moment the iPad came along, and you got used to being able to watch TV or check out a recipe while you were cooking. The MagBak, a super-thin iPad case that lets you magnetically stick your tablet to your fridge door, is particularly great for this application. It's a neat design and works excellently.Available in several versions for Apple's various iPads, the MagBak is available for sale through its official website, priced at $39. Advertisment Oculus Rift One of the biggest — and arguably most controversial — crowdfunding campaigns was for the Oculus Rift virtual-reality headset. One of the biggest because it saw backers pledge $2,437,429 against a $250,000 goal; one of the most controversial because after that influx of capital from the well-meaning public, the Oculus' creators promptly sold pit to Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook empire for the grand sum of $2 billion.Everyone, with the conspicuous absence of Apple (for now!), is announcing VR projects today. With possible applications in everything from video games to movies, it's looking like one of the most exciting paradigm shifts to hit tech in years.As for Oculus' current status? We're waiting for the second big iteration, but Oculus VR is currently cracking down on people looking to turn a profit by selling their preordered devices before they even ship. Duet Bluetooth tag Compared to the world of virtual reality promised by Oculus, a device that makes your phone beep when you lose it sounds pretty minor. But just because a device solves a relatively run-of-the-mill, commonplace problem doesn't mean there's no demand for it. The Duet's Indiegogo campaign proved that perfectly, when it surged past its $5,000 goal by 2,137 percent to raise $106,830.The Duet is a smart Bluetooth tag that watches out for your iPhone. Working with the PROTAG app, the tag attaches to your key chain, bag or wallet and then searches for your smartphone (or vice versa), allowing you to quickly and easily find whichever of your precious personal belongings have been misplaced. At time of writing, backers have started receiving their devices. Leave a comment .