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Guys, there is (I see) a little misunderstanding, donations are asked to you (I think I'll not in the future) for server's cost, not for earning money...I personaly think if you (speaking about all btit's users) like the script and have little money, it's good and help to donate, else no problem, I'll think for different thing
I can suggest something else rather simple for collecting donations.The PayPal donate page is in a language I don't understand. That doesn't mean it's wrong, but rather maybe is there a way to make offer a choice of various languages?I suggest this because to have to figure out what is going on is difficult and somewhat discouraging. When I tried to login, hoping it would switch languages (in what I can only assume is the login fields) I got an error that I cannot read!Anyway, since I suspect most of your users are English, you might want to consider offering multiple languages on that page - if you can.
Reviewing the PayPal donations page, I still see the same language (Italian, I think) with no clear opportunity for changing the language to something else.
Hi,Sorry to bother you again in you mail box, but if we really need your support:September: server cost coveredOctober: server cost not covered (got 50 euros for 249 needed!)November: we're very low! half month and only 10 euros...I must tell, I was expecting better answer and support from btit users, now each month we must pay from our pocket the difference. We (btiteam's admin) have to put a lot of time and work into this project, and we make this with pleasure, but if we have also to pay, this is not good! Thank you to all users which have already donated!have a nice day,your favorite tracker.


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1. Hey kids! Welcome back to your regularly scheduled weekend update, from which I took a wee break over the holidays. What's the haps in Bangor this weekend? Here we go: Paddy Murphy's hosts the blues band the Blood Orange Martinis on Friday and funkmasters Juicebox (pictured) on Saturday. Nocturnem Drafthaus has got First Friday Jazz on Friday (obvs) and songbird Trisha Mason on Saturday, and Ipanema hosts River Bottom Funk on Saturday. Also, don't forget that Tantrum – the swanky new nightclub located on the second floor of the building just past the corner of Broad and Washington Streets – is now open. They have an awesome light show and good snacky appetizer food, so if you feel like dancing, that's the place to be.
2. After a wild New Year's Eve, settle into 2013 with a few fun shows in Portland. At Empire, there's Yellow Roman Candles and Kelly Ravin on Friday and comedy with Ian Stuart and John Tole on Saturday. The Big Easy hosts the Ghost of Paul Revere and the Running Gags on Friday and Jimmy and the Soul Cats on Saturday, while at Space Gallery Friday night there's a very unique show featuring women's choir Murmurations with Alex Nathanson and Dylan Neely. At One Longfellow Square there's a night of bluegrass Friday with Dark Hollow Bottling Company and Hot Day at the Zoo, and on Saturday there are two excellent punk shows in two venues: the Rattlesnakes (pictured), Cuss, Leaves Leaves and Billy Carr at Geno's, and Butcher Boy, Acid Smoker and Where's My Friend at the Oak and the Ax in Biddeford.
3. The Lompoc in Bar Harbor starts its Saturday night winter music series with a doozy of a lineup: Coke Weed (pictured) and Asa Irons, starting at 9:30 p.m. Comedian Bob Marley is at the Grand Theatre in Ellsworth on Friday through Sunday, through all shows are sold out except the 7 p.m. Sunday show. In Trenton, there's a benefit on Friday for Hurricane Sandy relief featuring Trisha Mason, Bobbi Lane, Chris Ross, and Leachfield, starting at 6 p.m. at the Trenton American Legion Hall. In Belfast, there's the big First Friday Contradance at the American Legion Hall on High Street, with the Free Raisins and caller Chrissy Fowler; family dance at 6:30 p.m., full dance at 8 p.m.
4. Fortunately for all of us, this unholy cold snap we've been experiencing the past few days will (supposedly) break on Friday, with temperatures reaching a balmy 29 degrees in most parts of the state. And with all that snow we got, is there a more perfect weekend to ski in Maine? Apres ski fun starts with funk monsters Big Ol' Dirty Bucket at the Widowmaker at Sugarloaf, who play Friday and Saturday night, while Sunday kicks off College Ski Week, and also means that the four-man jam band Potato Gun Showdown is at the Rack in Carrabassett. In the Bethel area, around Sunday River, there's Hello Newman at the Phoenix on Saturday night. Oh, and Sunday is $29 to ski for all Maine residents at Saddleback Resort in Rangeley. Get out and have some fun!
5. The first Portland First Friday Art Walk of 2013! Again, with that less frigid weather it's a great weekend to check it out. While you're at it, there are plenty of ways to warm up while you're out and about – check out one of Portland's many lovely coffee shops, for a latte or hot cocoa or other toasty treat. Me, I recommend anything from the old standby Bard Coffee on Middle Street, to newcomers the Speckled Ax on Congress Street. There's Arabica on Free Street, and – just a little out of the way from downtown – is Tandem Coffee Roasters, on Anderson Street. Oh, and Coffee By Design, of course. And Crema, from the folk at Arabica. So much coffee! Best way to warm up ever.

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Speed kills. In a high-tempo puck possession system, like the one the Canucks employ, having top end speed means everything. It means you will be first to the puck, and that you can pull away from defenders.
One thing stands out from any discussion about Billy Sweatt's skill set: his speed.
Since even before he was drafted, his willingness to compete and the pace at which he's played the game have stood out for scouts, coaches and fans alike. As a freshman at Colorado College, Sweatt quickly became a key player, and his production down the stretch spoke to his effectiveness: 15 points in the final 17 games of the '06-'07 season.
Read on past the jump.
College Hockey News' Dan Myers took time to share his thoughts with Canucks Army:
One of the things that I remember about Sweatt was his ability to play at a high level in both ends of the rink. Obviously his speed set him apart from most, but his willingness to chip in defensively really made him one of the best players at Colorado College (CC) during his time there.
Looking back, I guess I am a little surprised he never really had a true breakout season after his solid campaign. But he played with some very good forwards during his time in the Springs and until his senior season, was never really counted on to carry the load. Finally, as a senior, Sweatt did just that, leading the team in scoring and posting a career high in goals.
Of WCHA play, Myers notes
It really depends on who opponent is on any given night — but one thing is for sure, the WCHA has been the nation's most competitive league for much of the last decade.
Colorado College is known throughout league circles as a team that plays a fast, agressive game in it's offensive zone. Scott Owens also takes a tremendous amount of pride in special teams and CC usually has a very good power play. It's no wonder Billy Sweatt chose to play there and had a good career there.
His coach at CC, Scott Owens, (who declined to be interviewed by Canucks Army) told Hockey's Future in 2007:
"We've been very impressed with Billy's overall performance. His overall speed and ability to open things up were such that they were obvious from day one. Sometimes Billy goes so fast that it's hard for guys to stay up with him. He has a very good team game concept and we feel confident with him in all areas. He's been really good for us."
That's solid praise for a then 19-year-old player.
Sweatt played his first pro season in Manitoba in 2010-11. Playing a fair bit with Cody Hodgson, Sweatt put up 19 goals and 47 points, while dressing for all 80 of the Moose's games. Heading into the final stretch of his only Moose season, Winnipeg Sun writer Ken Wiebe described Sweatt as a 'bright spot'. It was a strong sign that the young winger might be able to raise his game as the level of play got harder.
This past season Sweatt and his Chicago Wolves teammates made a pair of trips to Abbotsford, playing a total of four games. Getting to see him in three of those games, again Sweatt's skating speed was evident, but so was his lack of finish. It's something that more regular observers of his minor-pro career have noted as well. He works very hard to get to good spots but doesn't find the back of the net as much as you would expect from a winger with top-six potential.
Sweatt himself has acknowledged his critics, telling the Daily Herald
"Honestly, people used to criticize me back in the day that I was all speed but I didn't have the finish," he said. "I work on it every year, almost every practice, every summer, just doing stickhandling and trying to get my hands caught up with my feet. I think I get better every year with it."
That's good to hear, but if Sweatt's not a real candidate for top-six time with the Canucks, is he good enough to fill a bottom-order spot?
Using the QualComp translations assembled by Rob Pettapiece, we find that of the regular Wolves forwards (30 events is our baseline), Sweatt played the third-toughest minutes on the team (behind veterans Mike Davies and Darren Haydar). Craig MacTavish trusted Sweatt to get the job done. We noted throughout the season how much trust MacTavish had placed in Jordan Schroeder, but Sweatt (Schroeder's most common winger last season) played significantly "tougher" minutes by the numbers.
Sweatt can handle tough minutes at an AHL level. Being able to handle similarly tough minutes in the NHL is of a different order – especially with how Alain Vigneault used his third and fourth lines last season. While Sweatt's offensive upside may be more limited than it was initially thought when he was drafted by the Blackhawks, there is plenty of evidence to suggest that Sweatt will bring solid defensive value at the NHL in not too distant future.
Other Prospect Profiles in this Series:
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- #19 Darren Archibald
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Things accelerating in Egypt nowadays in a way you can not imagine !!
As we did not finish the debate about the draft constitution and the upcoming referendum that we do not whether we should boycott it or not to find these presidential decrees pouring on our heads !!
First we found out that Morsi has granted the army officers the judicial arrest authority from now till the planned referendum according to an official announcement in the official State newspaper aka "The Egyptian Chronicles". In other words now army officers can arrest civilians from today till December 15, 2012 !!
Why do you need army to interfere in the security of that referendum ?
This makes me wonder , if the security situation in Egypt is that horrible that you ask the army to secure that referendum , why do not you wait !? Please do not give that "The president can not violate the March 2011 constitutional declaration" answer !!
This is a set back to human rights in Egypt. Already SCAF tried to pass the Judicial arrest authority thing and failed but what you know the President who headed Freedom and Justice Party that stood against it in early 2012 has passed it !!
As if we do not have enough from the return of military trials to civilians in the draft constitution according to article 198. BY the way a trivial piece of info : Do you know that the legendary draft constitution of 1954 did not have this article.
Second President Morsi who holds legislative authority announced sweeping increase in sales taxes and stamp duties on wide range of consumer goods and services as well amended Egypt's income and property tax laws in the biggest austerity measurements since January 1977. Of course we should remember the famous uprising of January 1977 in Egypt resulted from the austerity measurements then.
Already if you think about these measures will make things tougher for Morsi and Muslim brotherhood in this particular time. The Middle class will hate and will stand against the MB more and more whether through ballot boxes or through protests that can really turn in to uprisings.
Pakinam El Sharkawy , Morsi's aide for political issues denies any prior knowledge about the increase of taxes because they are economic decisions. "Amazingly almost all of his advisors and aides know nothing"
Of course political sciences professor she knows the impact of that increase economically especially now and that's why she is against the increase in taxation now. Thanks Pakinam, you should say this to your boss instead of us !!
Who is that genius behind that decree ?? No one knows but some day we will.
One of the demands of the #Jan28 is social justice by the way !!


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The remittances sent home every year by the African Diaspora should create a doorway to still greater opportunities, and the key to this door is financial access. While remittances do impact the living standards of beneficiaries directly, the banks that pay out the remittances month after month should offer recipient families a basic financial package including savings accounts, payment services and small loans for microenterprise. This should facilitate growth from current levels of remittances saved and invested. Leveraging of remittances through financial inclusion is certain to increase their development potential.


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An open house to discuss City arterial street rehabilitation projects being funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is now set for Monday, August 3 (The original date was Thursday, July 30). The public is invited to attend the event from 5 to 7 p.m. in the cafeteria at Mickle Middle School, 2500 N. 67th St. Parking and the entrance are on the west side of the building.
The following projects will be discussed:
These projects are currently in the design stage and are tentatively scheduled for construction in 2010 and 2011. The meeting will allow citizens the opportunity to review the proposed projects. Representatives from the City Public Works and Utilities Department will be available to explain the projects. The design teams will seek public input on the proposed projects and will meet with attendees one-on-one to answer questions.
Those needing special accommodations are asked to call Erika Nunes in Engineering Services at 441-5675 at least 48 hours prior to the open house. If you cannot attend the open house and have questions or would like more information, see the City Web site at lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: recovery) or contact Nunes.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Steven A. Cohen's ex-wife, who accused the billionaire hedge fund founder of hiding $5.5 million during their 1990 divorce, can pursue fraud claims against him but cannot go after him for racketeering, a federal judge ruled on Monday.
U.S. District William Pauley in New York dismissed civil racketeering claims against Steven Cohen, the founder of SAC Capital Advisors, but said Patricia Cohen's claims of fraud and breach of fiduciary duty would go forward.
In doing so, Pauley noted each side's "seemingly inexhaustible legal resources" as one of the unusual circumstances that have transformed what would otherwise be a mundane marital dispute into a years-long litigation battle.
The legal fight, which began with Patricia Cohen's request for increased child support in 1991, has lasted more than twice as long as the marriage, the judge noted.
"This is a case to restore faith in the old-fashioned idea that divorce is something that lasts forever," Pauley wrote.
Joshua Dratel, a lawyer for Patricia Cohen, said in an email, "Ms. Cohen is grateful for the court's ruling and looks forward to the case moving forward."
A spokesman for Steven Cohen, Jonathan Gasthalter, said Cohen was pleased that the judge dismissed the racketeering claims and added, "We will continue to defend against her equally specious fraud and breach of fiduciary duty claims."
The lawsuit, filed in 2009, has proceeded as prosecutors have focused on the extent employees at Cohen's hedge fund had engaged in insider trading. Six have pleaded guilty, while the seventh, former portfolio manager Michael Steinberg, was convicted at trial in December.
Mathew Martoma, another former portfolio manager, is currently on trial in New York, where prosecutors have accused him of using inside information about a clinical trial for an Alzheimer's drug to trade in Elan Corp Plc ELNCF.PK and Wyeth, now a unit of Pfizer Inc (PFE.N).
Cohen has not been charged criminally, though the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking to bar Cohen from the financial industry for failing to supervise Martoma and another employee. Cohen has denied any wrongdoing.
SAC Capital last year agreed to pay $1.8 billion in criminal and civil settlements and plead guilty to fraud charges stemming from insider trading.
The divorce case is centered on a $9 million real estate deal that went sour. According to Patricia Cohen's lawsuit, Cohen recovered $5.5 million of the money as part of a settlement and failed to disclose it to her during negotiations.
The lawsuit was previously thrown out in 2011 by U.S. District Judge Richard Holwell, but the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last year revived the claims, reversing Holwell's decision.
The case was reassigned to Pauley after Holwell left the bench for private practice.
Pauley's ruling did not address the merits of Patricia Cohen's claims, only whether her allegations were sufficient to move forward.
He said Patricia Cohen's claims under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations statute, or RICO, could only survive legally if she showed that the real estate deal may have been related to SAC Capital's activities. He found that she had not done so.
"Patricia Cohen cannot take on the mantle of a private attorney general just because her ex-husband is a public figure and SAC is in prosecutors' cross-hairs," he wrote. "(T)hough treble damages are a tempting way to spice things up, civil RICO and marriage do not go together like a horse and carriage."
However, Pauley rejected Steven Cohen's bid to dismiss the fraud and breach of fiduciary claims, saying Patricia Cohen had sufficiently alleged that he owed a duty to inform her about the settlement money and never did so.
He dismissed a breach of fiduciary duty claim against Donald Cohen, Steven Cohen's brother, finding that he did not owe Patricia Cohen any obligation when he helped Steven Cohen during the separation negotiations, but let stand a fraud claim against him.
The case is Cohen v. Cohen, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, No. 09-10230.
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Have you ever wished you could get into a genealogy institute course that has been sold out for months? Now is your chance! The Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) is considering adding a second section of the Advanced Evidence Analysis Practicum course. If you would like to participate in the course held January 14 - 18, 2013, in Salt Lake City then go to the SLIG website, scroll down to Course 10 and click "Waiting List Signup Form." If there are enough interested to fill a second section then you will be invited to register for the course.
The Advanced Evidence Analysis Practicum is a different type of course where the focus is hands-on experience solving genealogical problems. The students are given a new case to work through each day and then gather to discuss the solution with classmates and top-notch instructors (see names below). The cases are all brand new for 2013 and cover a variety of geographic locations and time periods in addition to providing experience with different methodologies. Students will work to analyze and correlate evidence as well as conduct additional research to solve the cases. This course is designed for advanced genealogists who enjoy testing their skills and expanding their education with hands-on experience analyzing evidence and working on complex cases.
To see what some of the 2012 course participants had to say about the course see: http://genealogyeducation.blogspot.com/search/label/Practicum
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On September 21, Brooklyn Brewery announced it will unveil the new Brooklyn Defender, a limited edition American black ale, exclusively for the festival this year, with more to come in the future.
Brooklyn Brewery's Brian Dochney said they imagined a superhero in the shadows of the bar, steering customers away from the lighter, less abrasive drinks.
"You're going to see a Brooklyn Defender every year, and after five years we'll have a league of defenders," Dochney said of the business model.
The 7.2 percent, dark malt, hoppy Cascadian dark ale will be the face of the upcoming NYCC, offering a cool, adult theme to the mix of comic book readers.
"It's a great collaboration for us," Dochney said. "As much as we geek out about beer and food, we are also pretty hard core dorks and nerds. A lot of us have board night and have movie-watching sessions, so this is a very easy fit for us."
The design for the beer's logo came from former DC Comic assistant editor, and now illustrator, Cliff Chiang. His work is best recognized from Human Target, Beware the Creeper, Crisis Aftermath: The Spectre and Wonder Woman.
"It's such a treat to be able to work with such a professional artist and design team on this," Dochney said.
Brooklyn Brewery and NYCC are preparing for a release party to be held at the brewery, 79 N. 11th St. in Williamsburg, on Sep. 21 from 8:30 p.m. to midnight.
There will be an open bar, and 10 lucky comic book fans will win tickets to the three-day NYCC at the Javits Center.
Brooklyn Brewery Brewmaster Garrett Oliver said the design for the style of beer was a way for him to unleash his inner superhero.
"As a New York City native who grew up on 70s comics and later a science fiction magazine, getting to make the Brooklyn Defender for NYCC is a massive honor," Oliver said.
Lance Fensterman, global vice president for NYCC producer ReedPOP, said he is mostly looking forward to developing a better relationship with the surrounding business community during the festival.
"New York Comic Con is a celebration of all things pop culture, and what better way to celebrate than with a beer," Fensterman said.
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Depeche Mode attack the X Factor and Simon Cowell
Electronic rock legends Depeche Mode have hit out at The X Factor and it's media mogul head Simon Cowell, launching a scathing attack on the programme and how it's made today's music business 'pretty horrible'.
The band, who tour the world throughout the summer months of 2013, have made their thoughts on the talent contest show clear - claiming that they think Simon Cowell should be 'shot', an opinion many belonging to the rock scene share.
Speaking to Music Week, bandmember Martin Gore said: "I'm not advocating violence, but I think somebody should shoot Simon Cowell! His influence in the music industry over the last God knows how many years it's been now... it's just like, so many people think that that's what music is. What happened to bands getting together? They are very few and far between now and the ones that do probably can't afford to get into a studio and make a record."
His bandmate Dave Gahan added: "It's a pretty horrible business today really, I've got to say. You have to be tough and you've got to be thick skinned because there are going to be things written about you that you're not going to like. You're going to get scrutinized, your work will not always be liked and if they do like something really a lot they're probably not going to like the next thing and compare it to the last thing. It takes a time for a band to grow if they're any good. We were lucky that we were taken under the wing of Daniel Miller who never once in the studio said, 'Where's the hit song?'"
The band also talked about the fact that they seem to be bigger outside of the UK than inside, despite being an English band.
"[Not being fully appreciated in the UK is] probably the bain in our side if we're really honest," Gahan confessed. "I mean we should get fucking OBEs because we're still going and we really are a very English band. Forget all the Britpop which was just a rip-off of everything that came before – The Stones, The Beatles and stuff. We actually took music somewhere else and I think arguably in the beginning it was just not understood."
Gore added: "We did really well in the early Eighties in the UK, but I think because we became so successful so quickly it was hard to maintain that momentum, and the English in general have the kind of mentality where they want to move on to the next thing much quicker than anybody else. There's a lot more longevity for bands in other countries because people don't have that mentality."
What do you think of the band's comments - do you agree? Let us know in the comments section below.
Depeche Mode tour world stadiums, arenas, and festivals in the summer months of 2013 - check below to find tickets to their UK gigs through Stereoboard.
Depeche Mode UK & Ireland Tour Dates are as follows:
Tue May 28th 2013 - O2 Arena, London
Wed May 29th 2013 - O2 Arena, London
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Top Trader needed a new stationery design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 92 designs submitted by 12 freelance designers.
TriStar Capital Management, LLC.
TriStar Capital Management LLC is an investment advisor. Need a logo or typface designed to convey trustworthiness, and performance, and to capture high networth investors.
High networth investors. They tend to be: wealthy, age 50+.
Logo should portray stability, trustworthiness, and the ability to deliver "stellar" investment performance. The logo can be low-key & even embedded into the company name. Or a uniquely designed typeface will do. 1~3 colors max. I'd prefer to see three 5-pointed stars embedded in the design (thus the name TriStar) but it's not required.
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What toys do you have on display on which ones will you be getting rid of?
Hear, hear. For 1, 2, and 3, I'm right there with ya. 4? Notsomuch.
Off the internet? and then what? Read a book? where will you get your porn from?
I'll detail the toys I'm keeping in a further progress update.
And as for my pron, I'll get it the old fashioned way: taking pictures through the keyhole of the changing room at Victoria's Secret.
*Sexy* pictures.
Well, I'm looking forward to your blogs/articles. I do understand #4. After having moved 3 times in 5 years I'm starting to feel the need to have only the essentials. I gave a bunch of stuff to Toys-For-Tots this year but it was only scratching the surface. Not as easy as it seems to thin out a collection.
Anyway, good luck with the resolutions! I sympathize with #2 – but don't be a stranger!
Sounds like some great goals there Jason–they overlap with some of mine. Good luck with yours, hope it's a good year for you!
#4 looks better and better to me every year. I'm pretty sure that's where I'm headed, as well, but you have a few years on me.
That said, I'm quite certain The Otter will dance on my bones when I'm gone.
I can totally understand #4. I'm actually in a similar state of mind right now. Maybe not for the exact same reason as yours, but I can certainly relate to what you wrote.
Good luck with the goals.
I also have a milder version of goal #4 for 2009. I just spent the entire day changing up my display by removing old toys that I'm no longer enamored with. Then I realized I have no place to store them, so they (and many more) are going up on Craigslist soon.


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Six Fundamental Athletic Skills:
- Strength is the capacity to generate forceful muscle contractions.
- Power is the ability to generate those forceful muscle contractions quickly. By developing strength and power, runners can counteract the stresses on the body caused by the running stride and become better equipped to maintain fast paces, endure muscle fatigue, and avoid injury.
- Coordination is the skill of sequencing and timing muscle contractions for efficient movement.
- Flexibility is the ability to move joints and muscles through a full range of motion, which is important for maximum extension, proper body alignment, and possibly injury prevention.
- Balance leads to joint and posture stability.
- Agility enables one to change direction quickly. Balance and agility are especially important for cross country runners as both skills come into play when athletes react to destabilizing movements and confront sharp turns and uneven terrain.
Additional Points:
- Form drill circuits, a continuous cycle of form drills repeated multiple times, is a good way to approach form training for fundamental athletic skills and running technique. They can be a staple of workouts early in the training season, lasting up to 20-30 minutes as the main workout of the day. Later in the season, use shorter circuits, lasting 5-10 minutes, to maintain strength, power, coordination, agility and sound technique.
- For strength training, distance runners should focus on developing strength-endurance, the capacity to produce moderate-intensity muscle contractions over long intervals without tiring, rather than bulking up. Sprinters will want to develop power and speed; while bigger muscles help, runners should not focus on bulking up at this age.
- At this age, runners should only do strength exercises that use their own body weight as resistance.
- The form activities, strength exercises, stretches and games featured in Running Start will improve runners' fundamental athletic skills.


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Add the following to your {{ic|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} in the {{ic|Monitor}} section:
Add the following to your {{ic|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} in the {{ic|Monitor}} section:
Option "DPMS" "true"
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Add the following to the {{ic|ServerLayout}} section, change the times (in minutes) as necessary:
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DPMS (Display Power Management Signaling) is a technology that allows power saving behaviour of monitors when the computer is not in use.
- 1 Setting up DPMS in X
- 2 DPMS Interaction using xset
- 2.1 To see your current settings
- 2.2 Put screen into standby
- 2.3 Put screen into suspend
- 2.4 Turn off screen immediately
- 2.5 Change Blank time from 5 min to 1 hour
- 2.6 Disable DPMS and prevent screen from turning off
- 2.7 Turn off DPMS
- 2.8 Disable screen saver blanking
- 2.9 xset screen-saver control
- 2.10 xset display.sh
- 3 DPMS Interaction in a console with setterm
- 4 Troubleshooting
- 5 External Resources
Setting up DPMS in X
Add the following to your
/etc/X11/xorg.conf in the
Monitor section:
Option "DPMS" "true"
Add the following to the
ServerLayout section, change the times (in minutes) as necessary:
Option "StandbyTime" "10" Option "SuspendTime" "20" Option "OffTime" "30"
Option "BlankTime" "30"
As with newer versions of X it is recommended to use different
.conf files instead of a
xorg.conf, an example file
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-monitor.conf could look like this.
Section "Monitor" Identifier "LVDS0" Option "DPMS" "false" EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "ServerLayout0" Option "BlankTime" "0" Option "StandbyTime" "0" Option "SuspendTime" "0" Option "OffTime" "0" EndSection
DPMS Interaction using xset
It is possible to turn off your monitor using the
xset tool. Note that you may need to prefix the command with
sleep 1; for it to work correctly. For example:
sleep 1; xset dpms force off
To control Energy Star (DPMS) features (a timeout value of zero disables the mode):
xset -dpms Energy Star features off xset +dpms Energy Star features on xset dpms [standby [suspend [off]]] xset dpms force standby xset dpms force suspend xset dpms force off xset dpms force on (also implicitly enables DPMS features)
To see your current settings
$ xset q ... Screen Saver: prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes timeout: 600 cycle: 600 DPMS (Energy Star): Standby: 600 Suspend: 600 Off: 600 DPMS is Enabled Monitor is On
Put screen into standby
xset dpms force standby
Put screen into suspend
xset dpms force suspend
Turn off screen immediately
If you leave your computer, you do not need to wait for the timeout you set that the display turns off. Simply enforce it by using the xset command.
xset dpms force off
Change Blank time from 5 min to 1 hour
xset s 3600 3600
Disable DPMS and prevent screen from turning off
Useful when watching movies or slideshows (thanks damir):
xset -dpms;xset s off
Turn off DPMS
xset -dpms
Disable screen saver blanking
xset s off
xset screen-saver control
You can use xset to control your screensaver:
xset s [timeout [cycle]] xset s default xset s on xset s blank xset s noblank xset s off xset s expose xset s noexpose xset s activate xset s reset
xset display.sh
You could also copy this script:
#!/bin/bash # Small script to set display into standby, suspend or off mode # 20060301-Joffer case $1 in standby|suspend|off) xset dpms force $1 ;; *) echo "Usage: $0 standby|suspend|off" ;; esac
Make it executable (
chmod u+x /usr/local/bin/display.sh) and just run
display.sh off. For the latter to work you need to include
/usr/local/bin into your path, otherwise you have to execute it with the whole path:
# With /usr/local/bin in your PATH display.sh suspend # Without /usr/local/bin in your PATH /usr/local/bin/display.sh standby
DPMS Interaction in a console with setterm
The setterm utility issues terminal recognized escape codes to alter the terminal. Essentially it just writes/echos the terminal sequences to the current terminal device, whether that be in screen, a remote ssh terminal, console mode, serial consoles, etc.
setterm Syntax: (0 disables)
setterm -blank [0-60|force|poke] setterm -powersave [on|vsync|hsync|powerdown|off] setterm -powerdown [0-60]
Prevent screen from turning off (in console)
$ setterm -blank 0 -powerdown 0
Alternatively you can disable console blanking permanently using the following command:
# echo -ne "\033[9;0]" >> /etc/issue
Pipe the output to a cat to see the escapes
$ setterm -powerdown 2>&1 | exec cat -v 2>&1 | sed "s/\\^\\[/\\\\033/g"
Pipe the escapes to any tty (with write/append perms) to modify that terminal
Note the use of >> instead of >. For permission issues using sudo in a script or something, you can use the tee program to append the output of setterm to the tty device, which tty's let appending sometimes but not writing.
$ setterm -powerdown 0 > /dev/tty3
Bash loop to set ttys 0-256
$ for i in {0..256}; do setterm -powerdown 0 >> /dev/tty$i; done; unset i;
xset DPMS settings do not work with xscreensaver
xscreensaver uses it's own DPMS settings. See the settings for xscreensaver for more information.
xscreensaver DPMS
You can configure xscreensaver's DPMS settings manually by editing your
~/.xscreensaver file as below, or using the xscreensaver-demo gui.
timeout: 1:00:00 cycle: 0:05:00 lock: False lockTimeout: 0:00:00 passwdTimeout: 0:00:30 fade: True unfade: False fadeSeconds: 0:00:03 fadeTicks: 20 dpmsEnabled: True dpmsStandby: 2:00:00 dpmsSuspend: 2:00:00 dpmsOff: 4:00:00


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hiperq needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 64 designs submitted by 28 freelance designers.
We need to have a fresh, modern (say web 3.0) logo for a new product, these are the keywords;
- Productname: OpenAdworks
- Ad Management system
- Positioned between Dart and Google Adsense
The product needs to have new look in the overwhelmed ad-management world.
Catchy, not only for the big firms, but also for the SME's. This product has the goal to open up the ad-management world with fresh ideas and solutions, this needs to be reflected into the design.
- Fresh look and colors- Web 3.0 style (yes, let's go beyond web 2.0)- White colored background- Rounded corners
- What's with the ball-in-the-box-thing ?- Simple copy-paste of the product name in funny font- Dark colors
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Why The Internet Has Been Awesome For Both Musical Artists and Fans
from the cool-story-bro deptOne phenomenon we often write about on Techdirt is how the internet has completely killed the music industry and how it has turned our world into a culturally barren wasteland, deprived of art and even joy. More accurately, we write about people who say such things and point out the inaccuracies, ignorance or basic flaws in their logic.
Critically acclaimed pop culture critic Simon Reynolds was recently interviewed by Andrew Keen and made a bunch of generalizations and claims that are in seeming contrast with his progressive outlook previously shown in musings about punk and post-punk, as well as rave culture.
The interview starts off as you expect it would:
"It's much less likely that you'll be able to make a living doing it."And how have you measured that 'likelihood'? Even if there are less people making a living from making or performing music, a claim for which I have yet to see good proof, is it really less likely that anyone will be able to make a living off of it?
Instead of backing up his claim, Reynolds continues and discusses the way things used to be in a romantic tone which doesn't change as he compares the old label-centric model to a "lottery", with artists usually having to get "in the red." Misplaced nostalgia. What a long way we have come from that - from a world where artists were at the mercy of corporations to a world of empowered artists in which they are at the mercy of their fans, their customers.
In fact, people have a much larger chance to make a living from music these days. This can be witnessed very clearly in electronic genres, where it is the norm for people to start as 'bedroom producers' and, if they're good enough, they'll get picked up by blogs, then labels and will then be able to build a proper studio and make a living from touring. If they're good enough, according to fans and curators within their niche - not according to label execs or music journalists. Anyone can become a producer and anyone that manages to find an audience and connects with them properly has the opportunity to start making a living from it. It's not easy, but at least it's not a lottery.
Next claim:
"A generation has come along who don't think they should pay for music."Then explain Justin Bieber. Where does the demand for his merchandise come from? Who is attending his tour events? About 30% of all music recordings are still bought by people under 30, the generation that grew up with the internet. Even the RIAA's numbers show it. That does not take into account live shows or other ways of 'paying for music'. True, the same group used to be responsible for 45% of the purchases, but that still doesn't mean they don't believe in paying for music. Just because only 20% of teenagers will clean up their room out of their own free will, that doesn't mean an entire generation has come along who don't think they should clean. Then again, where would music be without people talking about new generations they do not understand.
Reynolds continues:
"I think there's something about paying for music that makes it more intense; you've got to listen harder to music. If you pay for it you're going to pay attention to the record you bought and get your money's worth."Does music that depends on the psychological phenomenon of cognitive dissonance really deserve to be bought? At the end of the day, music being available in a 'feels like free' manner, for instance via YouTube or Spotify, means that your music has to stand out. Either by being really good or by having a unique sound. Preferably both. Quality gets rewarded with attention and attention is what can be monetized down the line. No more lotteries.
Then follows a breakdown of mash-ups. Two lines really stand out:
"A mash-up is not something that you'd really want to listen to more than a few times because it's like a joke, isn't it, really?"Come on! That's what my parents said about house music when I first heard it as a kid. Those statements, especially the latter, sound like an echo of the criticisms early rave innovators like Shut Up And Dance and The KLF received from the previous generation that did not understand the new revolution in music.
"And they're not adding anything. They're not adding--they're not a contribution to the future of music, I don't think."
Perhaps some explanation is needed. Part of the mash-up culture is indeed like an out of control meme - nerd humor at its finest, focused more on the joke than on the art. However that's definitely not what all mash-ups are. Take a look at this live mash-up by Madeon, which we covered a while back:
Many new, trendsetting genres, such as dubstep or moombahton, rely or have relied heavily on remixing, altering or mashing-up previous works. The outright dismissal of mash-ups as a contribution to the future of music is nothing new though. This dismissal was false when hiphop and house DJs started mashing up disco and funk records in the late 70s and early 80s, and it is false today. Mash-up culture is pop art on steroids.
After Keen notes that "you're not allowed to be on TechCrunch and be too miserable," they aim to end the interview on a cheerful note and start talking about radio (yes, really).
"Anything that can take on the role that radio used to have and deliver new things to people that they're gonna like. It's gonna prosper."I think he's on to something there. Personally I have very high hopes for something called... the internet. It's common to see people looking for ways in which 'new technology X' can replace 'old technology Y', although that's never the people that grew up using the new technology. The internet's purpose was never to create a way to replace old technologies with some a single new alternative. What the internet has done is take all the different roles of radio such as curator, broadcaster, gatekeeper, commentator, critic, entertainer and more, and it has separated or perhaps eliminated some. Now anyone can take on one of those roles or any combination thereof. It's no longer something exclusive.
Hope you don't mind the sarcasm here and there, Simon. You've got a great mind, but I couldn't let these claims go by unchallenged. If you'd like to retort, please get in touch. We'd be glad to feature it on here.
Personally, I think this is an awesome time for both musical artists and fans right now. There is so much opportunity and freedom. I think it's a great time for music and perhaps it will take some more years and further disruption for some folks to finally be able to see that -- just like the general music industry's shifted opinion about that De La Soul album mentioned above, which was initially met with plenty of animosity from the traditional industry. Luckily, true pioneers ignore such animosity, move on and set the standards for tomorrow for both musical artists and fans.
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Anyone know of contemporary literature that offers a "friendly" perspective on the history of the events that led to the unfortunate split between Oriental and Eastern Orthodox?Any help is much appreciatedGod bless
I guess what I am trying to say is that if you want to really get a feel for what the OO's believe, the best sources are those written by OO authors.For example, when I want to know what the Catholics believe about something, I try to find Catholic sources explaining it, rather than relying on sources written by Protestants, or even Orthodox. Similarly, when I want to know something about the EO's, I'll try to get a source written by an EO explaining it, rather than relying on a source from outside the EO Church, even a non-EO source who is sympathetic. That's just my perspective, and my own view of how best to research things.
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We were wandering the streets of Paris, commenting on various architecture, looking at trees, wandering past the Cirque d'Hiver, which I've never paid much attention to and actually always thought was an old circus that was now only used as a theatre / venue.
Crossing into the little Place Pasdeloup I turned my head to the side and looked straight into the eyes of a tiger. A real, full sized adult tiger who batted his eyes at me like a cat, from his green room cage across a yard behind railings. Tied back tarpaulin curtains framed him. We had a long silent communion and I tried to zoom in enough with my iphone to picture the moment. Mostly failed on that. After about ten minutes I wandered off in shock and later couldn't stop telling everyone about the tiger, including a four year old boy who wouldn't believe me and thought I meant a statue of a tiger, until I showed him a blurry photo as proof. When we passed by again later the curtains were pulled shut.
It was a genuinely magical happening. Things that are dear to me are not what I usually share with the internet anymore sadly - the nature of the beast, one might say. But I think this incredible creature, hiding in plain sight in the centre of Paris, is larger than life enough to be a spirit animal to me and anybody else who cares to pay him a visit.


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July 29, 2011 – Using computer-aided detection (CAD) software to help analyze and interpret mammograms does not improve accuracy, according to a study published online July 27 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
CAD software, used currently for analyzing three out of four mammograms in the United States, identifies patterns associated with breast cancers and marks potential abnormalities for the radiologist to consider before making a final recommendation.
To learn whether CAD leads to more accurate reading of mammograms, Joshua J. Fenton, M.D., at the University of California, Davis, and colleagues analyzed data from more than 1.6 million film screening mammograms carried out at facilities in seven states from 1998 to 2006. The facilities participate in the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium, a federally supported network in which data quality is rigorously monitored.
Of 90 total facilities, 25 adopted CAD and used it for an average of 27.5 months during the study period. The researchers collected information on women who had mammograms with and without CAD, including whether they were diagnosed with breast cancer within a year of the screening.
According to the study, CAD was associated with more false positives — identifications of tumors that turned out to be false. It did not improve detection of invasive cancers. Moreover, the cancers detected using CAD were no more likely to be smaller or at a lower stage or to have less lymph node involvement than those detected without CAD. The results were the same after adjusting for patient age, breast density, use of hormone replacement therapy, and other factors that might influence mammography findings.
The authors point out that CAD costs Medicare more than $30 million a year. "As currently implemented in U.S. practice," they write, "CAD appears to increase a woman's risk of being recalled for further testing after screening mammography while yielding equivocal health benefit."
In an accompanying editorial, Donald Berry, Ph.D., of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, argues that any benefit to CAD is likely to be so small that it would be difficult to detect even in a very large randomized study. Moreover, improving the sensitivity of CAD might find less aggressive tumors or those that would otherwise show up between mammograms. Early detection of such tumors, he writes, is not likely to have much of an impact on breast cancer mortality.
The editorialist concludes that researchers should work to make CAD software more useful, but that "this should happen in an experimental setting and not while exposing millions of women to a technology that may be more harmful than it is beneficial."
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OK, this actually is a testing alert for students in our dojo.
We will be conducting kyu and dan testing. So please train hard all the time, both in the dojo and in daily life. Help the other students. Try to improve yourself, both in technique and character.
Be a good student and a good son (daughter), husband (wife), father (mother), friend, worker...
Remember that you are tested all the time, even when no one is looking.
Whatsoever you do, try your best. As such, make sure that the things you do are worthwhile.
Remember that with skill and character, rank does not matter. And without skill and character, rank is irrelevant.
So get ready for the test!
Charles C. Goodin
Testing Alert
OK, this actually is a testing alert for students in our dojo.
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* "Cantate Domino (CD) 'Sing To The Lord - songs for voice and guitar"
Ten sacred songs for voice and guitar by Brian Pinner. The songs are based on Scripture and focus on who God is, the gospel of Christ, and the sanctification of the believer. Each song is done in two versions on the CD as Instrumental and also with vocals. The first 10 tracks feature Brian singing and playing, and the last 10 tracks are instrumental arrangements of the songs, featuring cello, flute, violin, and oboe.
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This is a py.test plug-in which automatically selects and re-executes only tests affected by recent changes. How is this possible in dynamic language like Python and how reliable is it? Read here: Determining affected tests
New versions usually have new dataformat, don't forget to rm .testmondata after each upgrade.
pip install pytest-testmon # build the dependency database and save it to .testmondata py.test --testmon # list of watched project files ordered by tests which reach each specific file py.test --by-test-count # change some of your code (with test coverage) # only run tests affected by recent changes py.test --testmon # start from scratch (if needed) rm .testmondata # automatic re-execution on every file change with pytest-watch (https://github.com/joeyespo/pytest-watch) pip install pytest-watch ptw -- --testmon
--project-directory= only files in under this directory will be tracked by coveragepy. Default is rootdir, can be repeated
Add testmon to the pytest.ini
[pytest] #if you want to separate different environments running the same sources run_variant_expression = os.environ.get('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE') + ':python' + str(sys.version_info[:2]) addopts = --testmon # you can make --testmon a default if you want
If your test suite uses subprocesses testmon supports this. You just have to configure python+coverage so that the coverage hook is executed with every python process started. You can do this by installing coverage_pth
pip install coverage_pth
If there is any problem you can still configure your python manually.
Testmon selects too many tests for execution: Depending you your change it most likely is by design. If you changed a method parameter name, you effectively changed the whole hierarchy parameter -> method -> class -> module, so any test using anything from that module will be re-executed.
If you experience different, even random test outcomes with testmon as opposed to plain py.test chances are it is NOT a testmon bug. Every time I got a "bug" report about this we found out the tests depended on each other through some global state. The set of deselected and executed tests with testmon is highly variable, which means testmon is likely to expose the undesired test dependencies. That said, hidden test dependencies are a major no-no and you'll run into problems even without testmon. Fix your tests!
For filing a bug report, please isolate one test and report the unexpected outcomes of that one test. (Most probably you'll experience the same behaviour regardless if you use --testmon or not. Of course you should be adding/removing some no-op statement in the test to trigger re-execution)
testmon is approaching completeness. Unfortunatelly the classic console UI is reaching it's usability limits even without testmon. With testmon it's even a little more difficult to determine which tests are beeing executed, which are failing and why. Next step would be an implementation or integration of GUI. I don't like any of the existing graphical test runners, so if you have some better new concept in mind, get in touch!
Individual test outcomes depend on many things, so let's write a little about some of them.
testmon so far deals with incrementally running tests when faced with the 1. and 2. category of changes.
Later versions can implement some detection of other categories
libraries: we could compare pip freeze between runs, but it's slow
data files: Probably the best bet here is a configuration where the developer would specify which files does a test depend on
Big thanks to Qvantel, Nick Coghlan , Abilian SAS and Infinit for beeing silver sponsors of the first release of testmon. List of all contributors to our campaing is here . Thanks a lot to all contributors.


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A film legacy Pt. 25 min read
A film Legacy Pt. 2 Jason Howe from Aperturepriority has very kindly offered to share a piece with us about a series of beautiful photographs by the late photographer Roland G Phillips-Turner. These moving and personal images are a glance into the past. Over to you Jason.


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The Panasonic TX-L32E3B is driven by price, rather than features or technology. In order to keep the cost down this entry-level 32-inch set eschews niceties such as 3D playback or Panasonic's Viera Connect online system, but has managed to hang onto edge LED backlighting and sports an IPS Alpha panel.
If advanced web capability is your bag you should investigate Panasonic's TX-L32E30B, or its 37-inch and 42-inch siblings, while for three-dimensional fun you'll have to make a considerable jump in price to the TX-L32DT30B, or its 37-inch stablemate, the TX-L37DT30.


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Khazeena and Shehzeena are the daughters of Shah Sahab who is a religious and traditionalist man, these central characters are poles apart in personalities. Khazeena adheres to all the religious and cultural norms imposed by her traditionalist father, whereas Shehzeena is the rebel of the family.
Written by:Sadia Aziz Afridi
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Law school debt putting aspiring attorneys too much in the hole
A massive market failure. That's what University of Colorado law professor Paul Campos likes to call the current price structure for legal education, and it's hard to disagree: Elite law programs now charge upwards of $50,000 per year, a price that's doubled over the past two decades. Law students enrolling this fall will graduate with an average of $200,000 in debt, heading into an employment market with scarcely more than one job for every two newly minted lawyers. Amid this economic collapse, the legal profession should welcome creative solutions, big or small.
President Obama offered his own off-the-cuff fix recently when, in speaking about college affordability, he challenged the current convention of the three-year law school. Obama proposed shortening it to two years; the traditional third year of classroom learning would be better used, he suggested, if aspiring lawyers gained practical experience through, for example, a low-paying legal apprenticeship or judicial clerkship.
The cost-cutting advantages of a two-year law school are clear: Students would pay one-third less tuition. For a young lawyer heading into criminal practice or a district attorney's office, the difference would be significant. Even for those working in large firms, where clients have grown reluctant to pay stiff rates for rookie lawyers, the reduced debt would be helpful. But lopping off a year of academic study would also be a dramatic change. The third year often allows students to delve into specialized areas of the law, and should remain available to those who want to pursue deeper instruction.
Cutting the third year would also have a serious financial impact on law schools and universities as a whole. Law schools are a cash cow for universities, which use up to 30 percent of their revenues to buoy other, less profitable fields. Still, experimenting with different models for legal education makes more sense than simply sticking by the three-year model to preserve the cash flow to universities; different legal specialties require different types of instruction.
Some law schools, including New York University, are already trying versions of the two-year model, and the American Bar Association should try to ease the way. State bar associations can help foster experimentation, too: The New York state bar requires only one year of law school, and Maine's only two years. Four states accommodate the earlier practice of "reading the law," meaning applicants to the bar needn't attend law school at all if they have practical experience to rely on. That's unlikely to be the ideal training for most future American lawyers, but it was once good enough for Abraham Lincoln.
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On this occasion, I introduced myself as usual, and said that I would be mostly lurking. I got an immediate response from @fboss, the convenor, who suggested that I should try to participate, and I agreed that I would. The topic on the evening was #whatilearntin2013. The stream was full of positive reflections on the year.
Maybe it was the time of year, end of semester blues, a particularly challenging year, or maybe I was just a bit down, but I could not think of a single positive thing to contribute. I was full of cynical thoughts, reflecting on the state of Irish education - cutbacks at all levels, reduced staffing and resources, teachers on strike, children being let down, students fighting against possible reintroduction of fees, increased workloads for HE staff (academic and admin)...
I kept quiet!
Over the Christmas break, this negativity has bothered me and I realise that I need to start back to work with a much more positive outlook. To start, I want to reflect on some things I did learn in 2013, and some of the more positive experiences.
For me, 2013 was the year of learning about, and from, MOOCs. I hadn't paid much attention to them before, but in 2013 they were hard to ignore.
Almost exactly one year ago, at the 13th Durham Blackboard Users' Conference, I heard Jeremy Knox speak about cMOOCs and xMOOCs, and talking about the Edinburgh MOOC on E-Learning and Digital Cultures, offered through Coursera and starting at the end of January. I decided that I would sign up. The Edinburgh MOOC, #edcmooc, was the first one I signed up to, and the only one I have completed. Others I have dipped into, and some I have not started at all. But hey, that's the nature of MOOCs, right?
I also read a lot about MOOCs, mainly through commentators such as: Audrey Watters, Martin Weller, Mike Caulfield, George Siemens among others. I am certainly no expert, but at least I can hold my own in a conversation about MOOCs (and anybody who knows me will know that I don't do spoofing).
I have learned that creating and offering a MOOC is a lot of work and resource intensive. But I probably already knew that, from a background of online course development and teaching.
Open Badges
The second new area for me was that of Open Badges. I was aware of the work, in particular, of Doug Belshaw with the Mozilla Foundation, but 2013 was the year that I started to learn a little more. I signed up for the Open Badges MOOC, and even earned my first badge, but I didn't get beyond the first couple of weeks. I did learn a lot from Cathy Davidson, co-rounder of HASTAC who gave a fantastic interview as part of one of the MOOC webinars. Cathy will be giving a webinar as part of our Coimbra Group Series this month. Follow @iainmacl for details.
This is an area that I am still pondering and trying to work through.
One experience that I am quite happy with was the introduction of digital badges to the module I co-ordinate on Learning Technologies, using the Blackboard Achievements Tool. Part of the assessment for this module is to demonstrate a set of technical competencies: create a podcast, produce a video, construct a Prezi, etc. this year I awarded an open badge for each competency demonstrated, and I think it added a little motivation (to achieve the badge), competition, and fun.
Other Achievements
Of course, every experience in 2013 has contributed to my learning, and it's good to look back and acknowledge some of the highlights of the year. Among these are:
- Invited presentations at the Kaltura Education User Group (March), the Faculty of Science and Engineering 4th annual Learning and Teaching Day at the University of Limerick (May) and the #GREAT13 student conference (July).
- Along with Paul Gormley, we gave a presentation at the 13th Durham Blackboard Users' Conference in January on Approaches to providing Blackboard support to academic staff in the context of reduced staffing.
- I visited Brno in the Czech Republic in June and presented a paper at the International Conference Plagiarism across Europe and Beyond (not technology related, I was wearing one of my other hats).
- We (the Learning Technologies Team at CELT) organised two Blackboard "festivals", a new approach to staff development, in August and in December.
Looking Forward
So now I feel that I can look forward to 2014 and all the things I'm going to learn. I look forward to learning from my colleagues in CELT and NUIG, old and new. I also look forward to learning from and with you, my PLN.


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Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop this week continued to demonstrate what is, on the international diplomatic stage, rare support not only for Israel, but for its historic right to this land.
In a must-read interview with The Times of Israel, Bishop said it was wrong for most in the international community to speak of Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria as "illegal."
"I would like to see which international law has declared them illegal," said Bishop.
Most, including Israel's allies, interpret the Fourth Geneva Convention to mean that Israeli Jews cannot legitimately dwell in the so-called "West Bank."
The relevant article of the convention states that an occupying power is not permitted to settle any of its citizens in occupied territory.
However, numerous legal experts have in the past noted that it is dubious to apply the article to Israel, for several reasons. First, the West Bank was not the recognized sovereign territory of any other nation at the time Israel seized control of it. Second, there is overwhelming historical and archaeological evidence that the area is part, and even the central part of the Jews' ancestral homeland.
But even barring those arguments, Bishop pointed out that the original intent of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process was to not prejudge a negotiated outcome, even in regards to the settlements.
For the world to already condemn the Jewish settlements as "illegal" is a gross violation of that principle.


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This team's not perfect, but it's skilled and it has some goaltending, and if you've got those elements you have a chance.
Johnstown got a very solid night from Gerald Coleman [3] who stopped 35 of 37 shots faced for the win. The Chiefs were outshot 37-26 but still poured it on to move to .500 at 4-4-0 for the year. PJ Atherton [4] paced the team with 3 power play assists while Gus Katsuras and Stanislav Lascek [5] both poured in 1 goal and 1 assist each. Veteran Randy Rowe had 2 assists and newcomer David Spina, rookie Maxime Boisclair, and big Adam Henrich [6] each had goals. Zbynek Hrdel [7] and Andrew Martens each had individual assists.
Coleman, Atherton and Rowe were the game's three stars.
Lascek leads all ECHL rookies with 11 points in 7 games and is tied for sixth in the league in scoring. Atherton has 8 assists in 8 games and is first among all rookie defensemen in scoring and forth among all ECHL defensemen in scoring overall. I smell recalls, and for Atherton, sooner or later I smell Lightning contract.
First Period
WHE Collins, (4) (McLean, Cameron), 0:32
JHN Katsuras, (2) (Hrdel), 1:02
JHN Spina, (3) (Lascek, Atherton), 11:31 (PP)
Second Period
JHN Lascek, (2) (Atherton, Katsuras), 8:10 (PP)
WHE McLean, (4) (Collins, Jensen), 15:25 (PP)
Third Period
JHN Boisclair, (3) (Rowe, Martens), 11:47
JHN Henrich, (1) (Atherton, Rowe), 14:37 (PP)
Game sheet from ECHL.com [8].


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American producer and musician John Feldman was one of the earliest Fernandes Vertigo users. During the early nineties he played in the rock band GOLDFINGER and he was frequently spotted on stage playing a Fernandes Sparkle Purple Vertigo guitar.
Early on his music career John played with Electric Love Hogs (Featuring then-Fernandes artist Dave Kushner), with whom he recorded a full-length for Polygram records in 1990. When ELH disbanded John went on to record half a dozen albums with GOLDFINGER and tour the world extensively. According to his website he holds a Guinness Record for performing the most shows in a year period: 385 shows in 1996.
Stay tuned for more Vertigo artist profiles coming next week!


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New Jerseyans Will Decide Minimum Wage Hike
The full Assembly has voted "yes" on legislation that puts a question on this November's ballot asking voters if they'd like to amend the State constitution to increase the minimum wage.
The measure would increase the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $8.25 and adjust it annually based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Governor Chris Christie vetoed the minimum wage hike bill passed by both houses of the legislature, but his signature is not needed to place a question on the ballot.
This is the final stop for the legislation because it has already passed the State Senate two years in a row as required by low and if approved in the Assembly today, it will have passed two years in a row in the People's House too.
"The cost of living in the State of New Jersey exceeds every state in the union and wages have not kept pace," says Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver who sponsors the resolution. "$7.25 an hour just will not work."
Assembly Republican Leader Jon Bramnick says, "Using the constitution to increase the minimum wage is simply wrong. You have no idea where the economy is going to be a year from, two years from now or three years from now."
"If this amendment passes every special interest group in New Jersey will press for their own constitutional payday," says Laurie Ehlbeck, National Federation of Independent Business New Jersey State director. "The Constitution is not the place for political horse-trading between unions, activists, corporations and politicians."


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As the NHL Board of Governors prepares to meet next week in order to decide exactly what to select next from their vast menu of P.R. screw ups, little is known about many of the
Here is a brief snippet of information on some of these people, resulting from several months of investigative journalism (bolstered by 10-15 minutes skimming Wikipedia and bios on team websites):
Boston Bruins: Jeremy M. Jacobs
Serving on the U.S. Travel and Tourism Advisory Board and described as "a leading advocate for tourism in the United States", Mr. Jacobs has been credited with the recent upsurge in visitors to destinations such as Providence, RI, Peoria, IL and Oklahoma City.
Carolina Hurricanes: Peter Karmanos Jr.
69 years old and of Greek descent, Mr. Karmanos is viewed with some suspicion by his fellow Governors, who only know him as "that Chelios guy".
Chicago Blackhawks: W. Rockwell "Rocky" Wirtz
Mr. Wirtz managed the Judge & Dolph Ltd liquor distributorship until October 2007, opting to step down thanks to the kindly suggestion of newly-drafted Patrick Kane that he could "handle it from here".
Colorado Avalanche: Josh Kroenke
Although Mr. Kroenke's father, Stan, is the owner of Kroenke Sports Enterprises, which includes the Avalanche as well as several other sports franchises, the Avalanche are in the name of Josh, to satisfy NFL ownership restrictions that forbid a team owner being dumb enough to also be an NHL owner.
Columbus Blue Jackets: John P. McConnell
Mr. McConnell is CEO of Worthington Industries, a company whose philosophy is "an unwavering commitment to the customer, and one of the strongest employee/employer partnerships in American industry" and majority owner of the Blue Jackets, whose philosophy isn't.
Detroit Red Wings: Mike Ilitch
Despite having little or no direct involvement in the team's achievements, each of Mr. Ilitch's seven children has his or her name engraved on the Stanley Cup, barely leaving any room for Chris Osgood's name.
Edmonton Oilers: Daryl Katz
After the empty threat to move his team and the stockpiling of successive lottery pick impact forwards, Mr. Katz is believed to be considering whether his next step is to add 1,723 NHL points to his resume or to just let Nail Yakupov live in his basement.
New York Islanders: Charles B. Wang
In his business career, Mr. Wang was involved in many acquisitions said to involve "the immediate termination of top management and key employees", two things which he hasn't had to worry about in his hockey ownership career for some reason.
New York Rangers: James L. Dolan
Universally popular with Rangers fans, Mr. Dolan has earned lavish praise for his personnel decisions, such as not hiring Isiah Thomas as Rangers G.M. and not hiring Isiah Thomas as Rangers coach.
Philadelphia Flyers: Ed Snider
Thanks to Mr. Snider's vision of "Take what you do well and grow it", the local economy continues to experience double-digit annual growth in the Horrific Goaltending and Hypocritical Long-Term Contract sectors.
Phoenix Coyotes: Nathaniel H. League
A reclusive owner, who hasn't been seen in public since June 2012.
Toronto Maple Leafs: Larry Tanenbaum
Mr. Tanenbaum also serves as a Governor for the NBA's Toronto Raptors and MLS team, Toronto FC, thus gaining valuable insight from almost trebling his exposure to executives of sports teams more successful than his.
Vancouver Canucks: Francesco Aquilini
Mr. Aquilini is described as "both a starter and closer", making the number of Italian-Canadian starters associated with the Canucks two / one. [Delete as appropriate depending on whether you are reading before or after one minute past the end of the lockout]
Washington Capitals: Ted Leonsis
Mr. Leonsis also serves on the board of directors of Groupon, though his ideas about making offers involving ridiculous discounts with several unattractive conditions attached are understood to be thought of as "extreme and unrealistic" by the Groupon board.
Winnipeg Jets: Mark Chipman
Long before re-locating the NHL's Atlanta Thrashers, Mr. Chipman and his ownership group moved the Moose from Minnesota to Manitoba, the remainder of his vast fortune in the Canadian logistics industry presumably earned from delivering beavers to Saskatchewan, maple syrup to Nunavut and bags of milk to Don Cherry's Eskimo farm.


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Now You See It…Soon You Won't?
by Stephen James O'Meara
The koa bug, the largest true bug (scientists call only some buggy insects true bugs) in the Hawaiian Islands, comes in four glittering metallic colors: green with red markings; red with green; yellow; and the rarest of all, blue.
Unfortunately, koa bugs of any color are getting scarce. Forty years ago, experts tried to control a pest insect, the southern green stink bug, by bringing to Hawaii flies and wasps they thought would prey on it. While the flies and wasps killed the stink bugs and their eggs, the koa bug and its eggs proved just as delicious—and defenseless. Now, experts fear that the koa bug may become extinct.
So this pretty creature is also a warning: "natural" pest control can be just as destructive as the chemical kind. Just ask a koa bug—if you can find one.
- Do you think it is harmful to the planet when a species becomes extinct? Why or why not? Write a few sentences to explain your answer.
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I covered this when it first broke and while ago in another thread, but we are still barely breaking the tip of the iceberg folks. This si going to become the BIGGEST SCANDAL ever seen in any SPORT in this COUNTRY if not the world. The scope of the con is so wide and so deep that it may take the whole deck of cards to fall where every player is putting in the other to try to save some jail time. From top line trainers, starters, stewards, Rookies, young and old, Punters, bookmakers and Vets.
This is an outrage that it was allowed to fester along for years until it became common knowledge and still nothing was done with the bloody head in the sand attitude of NSW Harness Racing Authority Officials.Those involved had their noses so deep in the trough they must have been blinded by greed to let it prosper and think they would not get caught.
What will happen to those who make it to court and prosecutions? STUFF ALL is my guess, banned from tracks, big deal, a slap on the wrist, a few thousand dollars in fines and a mate will get you a job somewhere for keeping your mouth shut in 6 months time! The whole Board and every single official MUST be scrutinised as should every single driver to of ever won a race over these last few years, and that is probably not going back far enough.
The difficult part will be keeping on top of what's going on with who, the Industry is now a shambles with shifty eyes, distrust, secret meetings and phone calls etc. At least if the NSW Police and the Government are fair dinkum is leaving no stone unturned, these cheating bastards have already been Identified, been under surveillance and recorded with plenty of evidence.
Trainer/driver Ben Sarina stood down
UPDATE Today at 1:25pm
SYDNEY, Dec 14 – Trainer/driver Ben Sarina has been stood down by Harness Racing NSW and charged with giving false evidence during their investigation into industry corruption.
Sarina was charged on Wednesday, a day after his father, trainer Greg Sarina, was also stood down for allegedly lying to authorities.
Ben Sarina is alleged to have given false evidence in relation to his telephone communication with former steward Paul O'Toole.
O'Toole, who resigned from his post earlier this year, has since been arrested and charged by police with a total of 38 counts of allegedly receiving or attempting to receive benefits through corruption.
He was one of five harness racing identities arrested last month in relation to the corruption scandal that came to light in August.
At that time, O'Toole was one of two stewards who resigned amid allegations some stewards were not ordering swabs from certain horses in certain races, to the knowledge of other participants of the practice.
Ben Sarina will have his charge heard by the special stewards' panel appointed specifically to deal with the corruption scandal.
No date has been set for the hearing.
The paper trail goes long and deep these days you silly greedy pricks and all that is happening is the WAIT for your turn to be arrested. SHAME on you all All your greedy filthy faces will be planted here right on top for everyone to see too!
November 28, 2011
HARNESS racing legend Brian Hancock enjoyed Miracle Mile night as a spectator but like many who ventured to Menangle he was left wondering, who's next?
This quandary has little to do with finding next year's winner of the great race or who will be Smoken Up's next victim.
Hancock is simply trying to work out who, or who isn't, involved in the sickening harness racing scandal that is getting uglier by the day. Who will be the next trainer, driver or steward who will open their front door to the boys in blue?
So far five people have been arrested and charged by Strike Force Tairora. Whether proven innocent or guilty, the reputations of premier driver Greg Bennett, Cameron Fitzpatrick, Dean Atkinson, Michael Russo and Paul O'Toole have already been damaged. Between them, 60 charges of corruption have been laid.
Two more arrests in race scandal
And the hottest tip sweeping the western Sydney track on Saturday night was that more people could be added to the tally today. The same names keep being dropped and they are certainly household identities widely known by the general public. The mood, especially in the stabling enclosure, wasn't like any normal Miracle Mile night.
There was tension and not just from those who were nervous about the prospect of winning a $500,000 race.
"It was hard to look a few different people in the eye and know whether or not they have been involved," Hancock said.
"I noticed a few people looking down at their toes and you start to wonder, are they the next who will go? There was something uneasy about the night, I enjoyed the racing and the Miracle Mile is always a tremendous race with plenty of action – but it was just a little different."
Hancock is entitled to feel this way given he has been consumed by harness racing for 45 years. He has dedicated the majority of his life to the sport and gets a sick feeling in his stomach when thinking about how he, and the honest, hard-working trainers and drivers have been dudded. How they have all been dragged in to the whirlpool and branded with notorious "red-hots" tag.
"Everyone is entitled to their day in court, no one is guilty until it is proven but I'll have no sympathy for them," he said. "Some I have considered friends and competed alongside for years but if they have been taking advantage of us then they deserve to wear the consequences. If they do jail-time then so be it."
The timing of the police raids, just days out from the Miracle Mile – Sydney's biggest race – upset many harness racing lovers. The feeling is that authorities could have addressed the situation after the weekend so that the spotlight was fixed on the horses and the spectacle.
Harness Racing NSW certainly didn't have any understanding that the police, who justifiably don't need to explain their actions, were about to strike and therefore can't be accused.
Whatever the driving force, it can't be changed now, the floodgates have already opened.
THE harness racing scandal may be isolated to races in NSW, but the investigation into the elaborate scam is set to cross state boundaries as the hunt for the money trail continues.
No further arrests were made by Strike Force Tairora yesterday, but several harness racing identities remain on edge, privately telling friends and fellow participants that it won't be long until the police arrive on their doorstep.
"This is just scraping the tip of the iceberg," Harness Racing NSW regulatory manager Reid Sanders said yesterday.
As shocking as it has been to see five people, including leading drivers Greg Bennett, Cameron Fitzpatrick, trainers Dean Atkinson and Michael Russo and steward Paul O'Toole arrested – others involved in the scandal have yet to be charged.
Sanders, who is conducting a separate investigation to the NSW Police, is keen for trainers and drivers to be brought to justice, but he is also adamant those pulling the strings behind the scenes must be caught.
Related Coverage
- Stench of corruption leaves bitter taste Courier Mail, 1 hour ago
- Two more arrests in race scandal The Daily Telegraph, 2 days ago
- More trotting arrests The Daily Telegraph, 2 days ago
- Trots in turmoil over fixing FoxSports, 2 days ago
- Police put top trots driver on charges Courier Mail, 2 days ago
"There are a number of people located interstate that we intend to speak to regarding our investigation. We have limited our investigation to races conducted in NSW," Sanders said. "We will be sitting down and speaking with police early in the week and after that we will have a better understanding as to where we are positioned and how we can move on from here.
"Our investigations were almost complete, we were
close to being in a position to act, but that has been placed on hold at this stage while we wait on the outcome of the moves by police."
It was alleged in Lithgow Local Court on Thursday that steward Paul O'Toole received more than $400,000 for his involvement, a figure denied by his legal team.
This figure is sizeable, but a source has indicated to The Sunday Telegraph that punters, who were also receiving the information as to which horses would be given the green light, were netting substantial sums on some races.
Cameron Fitzpatrick, the son of premier trainer and Harold Park legend Paul Fitzpatrick, was stood down from duties at Menangle Park last night as a result of his arrest.
Cameron is understood to have made advances to Harness Racing NSW to attend the Miracle Mile meeting despite the charges against his name.
HRNSW officials informed the youngest of three Fitzpatrick boys that he was not to attend and that measures would be put in place to ensure that he was not on course.
AUSTRALIA'S biggest racing scandal in decades is set to see further arrests, after two more prominent trotting identities were charged with corruption-related offences yesterday.
The new developments have come as more details emerge about police allegations made in Lithgow Local Court on Thursday against former top trots steward Paul O'Toole, who faces 38 charges related to corrupt benefits.
The Daily Telegraph understands police are alleging more than $430,000 were deposited by others into a joint account operated by O'Toole over a 20-month period. Police are going to allege that some of these deposits were made by industry identities involved in the scandal.
Yesterday, trainer Dean Atkinson and driver Cameron Fitzpatrick were arrested near Goulburn and Camden respectively after police executed search warrants on their addresses.
- Robbie Morris gains Miracle drive
- Stench of corruption leaves bitter taste Courier Mail, 1 hour ago
- Net widens in harness scam The Daily Telegraph, 1 day ago
- More trotting arrests The Daily Telegraph, 2 days ago
- Trots in turmoil over fixing FoxSports, 2 days ago
- Police put top trots driver on charges Courier Mail, 2 days ago
Both were hit with three corruption charges, taking to 60 the number of charges police made against five industry identities – who also include the sport's premier driver Greg Bennett and trainer Michael Russo – over a 24-hour period from Thursday morning. Atkinson and Fitzpatrick were stood down immediately by Harness Racing NSW, under rules in which industry participants can be directed not to participate pending charges or investigations. Bennett had been similarly stood down 24 hours earlier.
Fitzpatrick's father, Paul – one of the top trainers in Sydney harness racing – declined to comment about his son's arrest. But it is believed more arrests are imminent. Harness Racing NSW regulatory boss Reid Sanders said yesterday he would meet police officials next week for a full briefing on where their investigation stands.
"We also need to give them an update on where we're at," he said. "We have more persons of interest than have so far been arrested."
Sanders said HRNSW had stood down people who were "interviewed by us prior to being arrested by police".
Meanwhile, police are understood to have alleged O'Toole allowed some trainers to administer what are known as "milkshakes" and other performance boosters to horses at six racetracks across NSW – Menangle, Bathurst, Penrith, Bankstown, Goulburn and Parkes – in many cases in exchange for financial benefits.
Although O'Toole was granted bail, he was forced to surrender his passport and asked not to contact trotting identities including Bennett, Russo, Atkinson, Fitzpatrick and another former steward, Matthew Bentley. Sanders reiterated his comments that there had never been an "investigation of this nature and scale in any racing code in Australia and the world"
November 25, 2011 1:43PM
LEADING driver Cameron Fitzpatrick and trainer Dean Atkinson have both been arrested and charged by police this morning for their involvement in the harness racing scandal engulfing the sport.
The moves by Strike Force Tairora came 24-hours after three arrests were made to New South Wales' best driver of the past decade Greg Bennett, steward Paul O'Toole and trainer Michael Russo.
Cameron Fitzpatrick, the son of premier trainer Paul, was charged with two counts of corruption and is due to appear in Penrith Local Court on December 15.
Atkinson was also charged with two counts of corruption and will appear in Picton Local Court on December 20.
The arrests have given harness racing an untimely black-eye when the focus should be on the $500,000 Miracle Mile at Tabcorp Park Menangle tomorrow night.


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American artist Joseph Cornell (1903–1972) has been celebrated internationally for his boxes, collages, and films since the 1930s. His mining of far-flung ideas and traditions and elegant integration of woodworking, painting, papering, and drawing define the innovation and visual poetry associated with his work. Above all, he forever altered the concept of the box—from a time-honored functional container into a new art form, the box construction.
Although Cornell's exploration of art, culture, and science was highly personal, even spiritual, his goal as an artist was to inspire others to pursue uplifting voyages into the imagination. This exhibition is organized thematically to suggest his understanding of the imagination as an echo chamber where possibilities and connections can be discovered through subtle repetition and variation. Each thematic section mingles the series, media, and time frames in which he worked.
His lyrical, often surprising combinations of materials and ideas are usually associated with surrealism, a European art movement that emphasized dreams and poetic dislocation in the 1920s and 1930s. Surrealism, however, was just one of many resources that Cornell called upon as an artist driven by innate curiosity and creativity rather than by theories and formal art training.
He often described himself as a maker because he valued his "natural" and "spontaneous" origins as an artist. Making something new from nothing or the pre-existing is critical to the processes of many self-taught artists. It is also central to the modern concept of creativity as the collision and recombination of ideas. Traditions can be reinterpreted; connections can be forged between the seemingly random or disparate. Cornell believed that artists renew and transform materials, experiences, and ideas, and this belief fueled his ability to communicate the beauty and magic in ordinary, often forgotten things.
Lynda Roscoe Hartigan
PEM's Chief Curator and Curator of Joseph Cornell: Navigating the Imagination
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