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I was reminded by a post from Alan Levine reflecting on a course he taught this past Autumn (Looking Back on ds106 - CogDogBlog) that I had promised a reflective post on the Project Community course I co-taught Sept- November at the Hague University of Applied Business with Maarten Thissen, Janneke Sluijs, Shahab Zehtabchi, Laura Stevens and technology stewardship by Alan himself. It is easy to let the time pass, but all those ideas and observations tend to fade away. So after a few bites of fine holiday chocolates, it is time to dive in. (This will be cross-posted on my course Tumblr blog which feeds into the overall course site.)
What was it?
Course Goal:Here is the text from the course description:
The intersection of technology and social processes has changed what it means to "be together." No longer confined to an engineering team, a company, a market segment or country, we have the opportunity to tap into different groups of people using online tools and processes. While we initially recognized this as "online communities," the ubiquity and diversity of technology and access has widened our possibilities. When we want to "organize our passion" into something, we have interesting choices. It is time to think about a more diverse ecosystem of interaction possibilities which embrace things such as different group configurations, online + offline, short and long term interactions, etc. In this course we will consider the range of options that can be utilized in the design, testing, marketing and use of engineering products.
My shorthand is that the course was an exploration about how online communities and networks can be part of a designers practice. When and how can these forms be of strategic use? You can review the whole syllabus here - and note that we tweaked it as we went! The students were all international students and this was one of their first courses in the Design Engineering Program. Some did not have strong English language skills, and the course was in English. The Design: Let me start by saying this was designed as an OPEN experience, but it wasn't a MOOC or anything like that. Maarten had asked me to design the course, building on a set of learning goals previously used for this course, but to translate the ideas into practice by DOING much of the course online. While the class met F2F once a week and had access to the Netherlands based faculty, we engaged, worked and explored together online. This stuff needs more than theory. It requires practice. And by practicing and learning "in public" rather than on an institutionally protected platform, students could tap into real communities and networks. If there is one thing I harp on when I talk to folks in Universities, it is the critical importance of learners connecting with real communities and networks of practitioners in their fields of learning BEFORE they leave school. These connections are fundamental to both learning and developing one's practice out in the world. I also wanted to focus on some sector to help us think practically about using networks and communities along the design process and avoid grand generalizations, so I suggested we use design in the international development context. This fit with my background, network (to draw upon) and experience. I was leery of stepping into the more distinct world of commercial product design about which I know NOTHING! What quickly became a huge lesson for me was that many of the students had little knowledge about international development, Millenium development goals, etc. So we all had a lot to learn! The other aspect of the design was to bring three elements together: sense making discussions about the subject matter (synchronously in class and asynchronously on the class website), insights from weekly "guests" shared via 5-10 minute videos (to bring a variety of voices), and action learning through small group experiences and team projects. I know there are strong feelings about team projects, but building collaboration skills was part of the course learning objectives, so this was a "must do." And we spent time talking about the how - -and reflecting on what was and wasn't working as a vector for learning these skills.
The Resources
We knew we wanted real examples, a variety of sources and we wanted multimedia. Many of the students are speaking English (the class language) as a second, third or fourth language, so the use of visually rich media was important. What we did not count on was the lack of time to USE the resources. ;-) A typical pitfall!
- Readings and examples . We collected a wide range of resources on a Google doc - more than we could ever use. We then picked a few each week as assigned readings, but it became clear that most people were not/did not make time to read all of them. So when I felt something was particularly important, I harped on it and the on-the-ground team asked people to read it during the weekly class meeting. The examples we used more in an an ad-hoc manner as teams began to develop their projects.
- Videos- from faculty and guests. For example, here is my Introductory video and the other guest videos can be seen in each weekly update. All the interviews I did (via Google Hangout) can be found here. The students final project videos are here. I have not done an analysis of the number of views per video, but since they are public, I can't sort out student vs. external views. That said, some of the videos have fewer views than the number of enrolled students. Go figure!
- Visitors - I had hoped to bring people in live, but we quickly discerned that the tech infrastructure for our online/F2F hybrid meetings was not good enough, so we brought people in via recorded videos and encouraged students to ask the guests questions on the guests own blogs and websites. There was just a wee bit of that…
Technology stuff…
The Course WordPress site: It is online, so of course, there is technology. Since there was no appropriate platform available from the hosting university (we did not consider BlackBoard appropriate because it was not open enough and we did not have programming resources to really customize it.) So I called my pals who know a lot about open, collaborative learning configurations - Jim Groom and Alan Levine, some of the amazing ds106 team. Alan was ready and willing so he was roped in! Alan built us a Wordpress base with all kinds of cool plug ins. You will have to ask Alan for details! He has been doing this for a variety of courses, and blogs about it quite a bit, so check out da blog! The main functions of the course site included: providing a home for weekly syllabus/instructions, a place to aggregate student blogs, and a place to link to course resources. Alan set up pages for each week and taught the team how to populate them. Tumblr blogs: Instead of a multiple user Wordpress installation, Alan suggested that we use the very easy to set up Tumblr blogging platform and then aggregate into the site. Again, I'll leave the detail to Alan but the pros were that some students already had Tumblr blogs (yay!), Tumblr could integrate many types of media (strong w/ photos), and it was easy for people to set up. The key is to get them to set them up the first week and share the URL. Alan set up a form to plop that data right into a Google spreadsheet which was also our student roster, as well as a great Tumblr guide. The main con was that the comments via Wordpress were dissociated with the original posts on Tumblr, so if you wanted to read the post in original context, you missed the comments. There were tweaks Alan implemented based on our team and student feedback, mainly to make it easier to comment on the blogs (in the WP site — Tumblr is not so much about commenting), and to help make new comments and posts more visible on the main site though the use of some sidebar widgets. I liked the Conversational views but I also found I needed to use the admin features to really notice new posts and comments. Plus we had to do a lot of initial comment approval to get past our spam barrier in the first weeks. Each faculty had a Tumblr blog, but in truth, I think I was the main member actively blogging… I also used tags to filter my general reflective blogging with "announcement" posts which provided student direction. I tried to comment on every student's blog at the beginning and end of the course. Each of the other team members had a group of students to follow closely. I chimed in here and there, but wanted to make sure I did not dominate conversations, nor set up the expectation that the blog posts — mostly reflective writing assignments - were a dialog with me. Students were also asked to read and comment upon a selection of other student's blogs. At first these were a bit stilted, but they got their text-based "conversation legs" after a few weeks and there were some exchanges that I thought were really exemplary. Google Docs: We used Google Docs and spreadsheets to do all our curriculum drafting, planning and coordinating as a faculty team. I need to ask the team if they would be willing to make those documents public (except for the roster/grading) as a way to share our learning. Would you be interested in seeing them? Meetingwords.com: Synchronous online meetings for large groups create a context where it is easy to "tune out" and multitask. My approach to this is to set up a shared note taking site and engage people there to take notes, do "breakout" work from smaller groups and generally offer another modality for engagement and interaction. We used Meetingwords.com and Google docs for this, later sharing cleaned up notes from these tools. I like that Meeting words has the shared note taking (wiki) on the left, and a chat on the right. It is based on Etherpad, which was eventually folded into Google docs. So we were using "cousin" technologies! As one of the team noticed, chat is also a great place to practice written English! Blackboard: Blackboard was used for enrollment and grading as I understand it. I never saw it nor did I have access to it. Live Meetings: Skype, Google+/Google Hangouts: We considered a variety of web meeting platforms for our weekly meetings. We did not have access to a paid service. We tried a few free ones early on and had some challenges so started the course with me Skyping in to a single account projected on a screen and with a set of speakers. Unfortunately, the meeting room was not idea for the sound set up and many students had difficulty hearing me clearly. This and the fact that I talk too fast…. We then decided we wanted to do more with Google Hangouts, which the faculty team used in early planning meetings. At the time, only 10 active connections were available, so we both used it as we had Skype with me connecting to one account, and later used it for smaller team meetings, breakouts and, with each team in a separate room, we could have one account per team with me. Sometimes this worked really well. Other times we had problems with dropped connections, noise, people not muting their computers etc. In the end, we need to develop better live meeting technology and meeting space for future iterations. That was the standout technical challenge! You can read some Hangout Feedback from the first group experiment here. Team Spaces - Facebook and…: Each project team was asked to pick their own collaboration platform. Quite a few chose Facebook, and an overall course group was also set up on Facebook. One team chose Basecamp, which they liked, but after the 30 day free trial they let it lapse. Other team spaces remained a mystery to me. I think their tutors knew! When you have multiple platforms, it would be good to have a central list of all the sites. It got pretty messy! Twitter: I set up a Twitter list and we had a tag (#commproj12, or as I mistyped it #projcomm12!) and asked people to share their Twitter names, but only a few in the class were active on Twitter. In terms of social media networks, Facebook was clearly dominant, yet some of the students had not been previously active on any social networks. It is crucial not to buy into assumptions about what age cohort uses which tools! I did use Twitter to send queries to my network(s) on behalf of the class and we did have a few fruitful bursts of interactions. Email - yeah, plain old email: Finally, we used email. Not a lot, but when we needed to do private, "back channel" communications with the team or with students, email was useful. But it was remarkable how this course did not significantly add to my email load. Times have changed! Overall, I think the students had a good exposure to a wider set of tools than many of them had used before. Our team was agile in noticing needed tweaks and improvements and Alan made them in the blink of an eye. That was terrific. I wonder if we could get a couple of students involved in that process next time? We also knew and expected challenges and used each glitch as a learning opportunity and I was grateful the students accepted this approach with humor and graciousness — even when it was very challenging. That is learning!
What happened? What did I learn?
Beyond what was noted above, I came away feeling I had been part of a good learning experience. As usual, I beat myself up a bit on a few things (noted below) and worried that I did not "do right" for all of the students. Some seem to have really taken wing and learned things that they can use going forward. Others struggled and some failed. I have a hard time letting go of that. There is still data to crunch on page views etc. Let's look at a few key issues. Team Preparation & Coordination (Assumptions!): I designed the course but I did not orient the team to it at the start. We had little time together to coordinate (all online) before the course began. You don't even know how many students there are until a few days before the start, and THEN tutors are allocated (as I understand. I may have that wrong!) Maarten was my contact, but I did not really know the rest of the team. My advice: get to know the team and make sure you are all on the same page. We'll do that next time! That said, I am deeply grateful for how they jumped in, kept a 100% positive and constructive attitude and worked HARD. I could not wish for a more wonderful, smart, engaged team. THANK YOU! And I promise I will never again assume that the team is up to speed without checking. PROMISE! The Loud (and very informal) American: As noted above, our live meeting tech set up was not ideal. So when I was beamed into the weekly meetings, I was coming across as loud, incomprehensible and fast talking.I was grateful when the teaching team clued me in more deeply to the challenges based on their observations in the room. That was when we shifted from large groups to small groups. I think I was much more able to be of use when we met at the project team level. I could get to know individual students, we could talk about relevant issues. And I could then weave across the conversations, noting when something one group was doing was related to another group's work. Weaving, to me, is a critical function of the teaching team, both verbally in these meetings, and across blog posts. This ended up being a better way to leverage my contributions to the students. That said, I did not connect with all of them, nor successfully with all of the groups. We need to think through this process for next time. On top of it, I'm very informal and this group of international students mostly came from much more formal contexts. Talk about a shift as we negotiated the informality barrier. During the course we also had to address the difference between informality and respect. At one point we had one learner anonymously insert an inappropriate comment in the chat and our learning community intervened. Language, Language, Language: Writing backgrounders and instructions in the simplest, clearest language is critical. I can always improve in this area. We do need a strategy for those students who still have to strengthen their English language skills. I worry that they get left behind. So understanding language skills from the start and building appropriate scaffolding would be helpful. Rhythm of Online and Face-to-Face: Unsurprisingly, we need more contact and interaction early on and should have scheduled perhaps two shorter meetings per week the first three weeks, then build a blend of small and large group sessions. I'd really love to see us figure a way that the small group sessions are demand driven. That requires us to demonstrate high value early on. I think a few of the early small group meetings did that for SOME of the students (see this recording from our hangout), but not all. The F2F faculty team has suggested that we do more online and they do less F2F which I think, given the topic, is both realistic and useful. Student Self-Direction and Agency: There is a lot of conditioning we experience to get us to work towards satisfying the requirements for a grade. This seems to be the enemy of learning these days, and helping students step out of "how do I get a good mark" into "how do I thrive as a learner and learn something that takes me forward in my education" is my quest. At the start of the course, we tossed a ton of ideas and information at the students and they kept seeking clarity. We declared that "confusiasm" was indeed a learning strategy, and that generating their own questions and learning agenda was, in the end, a more useful strategy than hewing to a carefully (over-constructed) teacher-driven syllabus That is a leap of faith. With good humor, some missteps on all sides and a great deal of energy, most of the group found ways to start owning their learning. This was manifest in the changes in their reflective blog posts. I was blown away by some of the insights but more importantly was how their writing deepened and matured. I hypothesize that it was important to get comments and know they were being "heard." It is always an interesting balance for me. No or not enough feedback dampens things. Too much and the learner's own agency is subverted to pleasing the commentors vs working on their own learning agenda. I was intrigued to watch students get used to the new experience of writing in public. Few of the students had this experience. I'd love to interview them and hear what they thought about this. Especially those who had comments from people outside the course (mostly folks I linked to from my network — and I'd like to do more of that. ) It is my experience that an open learning environment fosters learning reciprocity, both within the class cohort and with professionals out in the world. I'd like to deepen this practice in future iterations. There is also the problem of making too many offers of activities. Each week there was a video, a discussion around a key topic, 2-3 activities, reflective blogging and, after the first few weeks, significant group work. The design intent was that these things all worked together, but some weeks that was not so clear. So again - simplify! Keep the bits integrated so the learning agenda is served, moving forward. We also had some ad hoc offers like helping co-construct a glossary and adding to the resource page. That had just about ZERO uptake! ;-) Abundance has its costs! We did get some good questions and some of the students were note taking rock stars at our live meetings. Speaking of that, a few of our students were rock star FACILITATORS and TECHNOLOGY STEWARDS. Seeing them in action were perhaps the most satisfying moments of the whole course for me! Student Group Projects: The project teams were designed around the five parts of design that the program uses. With 9 groups of 5-6 students (one group was alumni who only marginally participated) that meant some topics had two teams while others had just one. Alan set up the tags so it was easy for teams with shared topics to see each other's blog stream, but I'm not sure the students picked up on/used that. A clear learning was that we needed to help people see the whole as well as the parts, and the projects could have been designed to be interlinked. That would add more coordination, but if we picked a clearer focus than "helping an NGO" and maybe even worked with an actual NGO need identified up front, the projects might have had a bit more grounding in reality. I'm not sure we set up the five design areas well enough. That warrants a whole other blog post. To both understand the concept, put it in the context of a real NGO need and then create a short video is a tall order. It took the teams a number of weeks to really dig in to their topics and establish their own collaborative process. And of course that put a lot of pressure on video production at the end. I think the single most useful design change I'd institute is to have a required storyboard review step before they went into production. Then we could have checked on some key points of understanding before they produced. A second production element came to light — literacy about what is acceptable use of copyrighted material. This relates to good practices about citing sources and giving supporting evidence for conclusions. There is always a space for one's opinion, but there is also useful data out there to inform and support our opinions. I think I'd set the bar higher on this next time, and do it early - with good examples. Student Response: I have not seen the student evaluations and really look forward to seeing them. I expect some sharp critique as well as some satisfaction. I personally know we learned a lot and can really improve a subsequent interaction. I am also interested to understand how this experience lands within the institution as they explore if and how they do more online elements in their learning structure. I smiled often when I read comments from the more social-media literate/experienced students and wondered how we could leverage their knowledge more as tech stewards in the future. Here is a comment we loved: Geoffrey - "the world is freakin bigger than facebook." Alan wrote something in his ds106 reflectionthat resonated for me in Project Community.
This is not about revolutionizing education or scaling some thing to world changing proportions, it is not even about us changing students, its showing them how to change themselves. I see in their writings new awarenesses of media, of the web, of their place in it, I see unleashed creativity, I see an acceptance of a learning environment that pushes them to reach out and grab their own learning.
Next time?
First of all, I hope I get invited back to participate next year. We challenged ourselves and learned a lot. I think we can build on what worked and certainly improve many things. And from this, make it less work for the team. We learned a lot about the online/offline rhythm and from our team debrief, I sensed a strong inclination to do MORE online. But we also have to simplify things so that we can spend most of our time co-learning and facilitating rather than "explaining" what the course, the assignments and the projects were about. Clarity, simplicity — two key words for another round! If you made it all the way through this, do you a) have any questions, b) insights or c) find something you can use the next time you design a course? Please share in the comments!
- Course site
- Student's final group project videos
- My Tumbler blog
- Aggregated Faculty blogs
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Long before Thursday's first pitch, one irate fan at Miller Park screamed to the players: "You should honor your contract to the end of the season."
When the final out was recorded in the Cubs' 13-10 victory over the Brewers, it was hard to envision anyone wanting to see more baseball.
After this three-hour-40-minute marathon, the players might have been wondering if a new labor agreement owners and players were attempting to hammer out before Friday's strike deadline would provide overtime pay.
The Cubs turned a laugher into a nail-biter when they gave up six runs in the ninth inning to the National League's worst team. But Mark Bellhorn's fourth-inning heroics gave the Cubs a cushion that even they couldn't blow.
Bellhorn became the first player in National League history to homer from both sides of the plate in the same inning. He joined Cleveland's Carlos Baerga as the only ones to accomplish it. Baerga did it against the Yankees on April 8, 1993.
"He really did have a sensational day," Cubs manager Bruce Kimm said.
Bellhorn was scheduled for a day off until Sammy Sosa was scratched from the lineup with what's now being diagnosed as a strained muscle in his back that could sideline him another few days. That prompted Kimm to move Angel Echevarria from first base to right field, clearing a spot for Bellhorn.
The low-key Bellhorn didn't know he had entered the record books until after the game. He didn't try to retrieve the home run balls.
"But if somebody wants to give them to me, I'll keep them," he said. "If not, oh well."
Bellhorn's five RBIs in one inning tied Billy Williams' team record, set in 1964. And the Cubs' 10-run fourth marked their biggest outburst since 1990, when they scored 10 in an inning against the Expos.
Bellhorn echoed the sentiments of his teammates, all of whom said Thursday did not feel like the season's final game.
"It's not cold enough," catcher Joe Girardi said.
As the team's player representative, Girardi has the responsibility of informing his teammates Friday morning whether they should report to the ballpark for the scheduled 2:20 p.m. game against St. Louis.
"I told them to turn on CNN, but some guys don't get up and watch TV," he said. "I'll make contact with everyone."
So the players will wait by the telephone.
If this was the season finale, the Cubs' 56-76 record has to rank as one of their most disappointing in recent memory. Kimm went 22-26 after taking over for Don Baylor on July 6.
"I'm not treating this as the end of the season," Kimm said.
And he managed that way. With doubleheaders slated for Saturday and Monday, Kimm rested Fred McGriff and tried to close out the game with rookie Francis Beltran.
Beltran walked three consecutive batters before giving up a single. Kyle Farnsworth then gave up a one-out grand slam to Richie Sexson, cutting the Cubs' lead to 13-9.
Farnsworth finally put the game out of its misery four batters later.
It was a sloppy affair that featured four errors, 11 walks and plenty of ugly pitching lines. Plus there was the premature departure of Brewers reliever Valerio De Los Santos, who left the game because of "flulike symptoms."
On the other end of the spectrum was Matt Clement, who earned his 11th victory. He struck out 10, reaching double digits for the sixth time.
Clement hopes to have the chance to do it a seventh time. But he hasn't let the labor talks bog him down.
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|Kannappan Wins Thanksgiving Open in STL
|By Andy Primm & GM Ronen Har-Zvi
|December 11, 2013
A total of 78 players turned out for the 2013 Thanksgiving Open at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. The event featured several titled players incluidng GM Fidel Corrales Jimenez, WGM Anna Sharevich, IM Priyadharshan Kannappan, IM David Recuero Guerra and many more. Besides the titled players, many players from St. Louis' own Lindenwood chess team participated, as well as a group of students that travelled all the way from Memphis, Tenn.! Up for grabs was more than $1,000 in prizes, and also a free lesson with GM Ronen Har-Zvi for the winners of the brilliancy and biggest upset prizes in each section. The two-day, five-round, three-section, G/115 event showcased superb play, back-and-forth action, and an altogether highly entertaining competition.
The tournament began on Saturday morning at 10:15 a.m. on an unusually warm day for early December in Saint Louis. One of the biggest upsets of the tournament came in the first round when NM Spencer Finegold suffered a loss at the hands of Jonathan Schrantz, who was rated nearly 400 points lower than Finegold. Schrantz' win scored him both the biggest upset and brilliancy prizes for the Open section. In a twist of fate, this upset was Schrantz' only win of the tournament.
Perhaps the most clearly instructive game of the tournament was a round one miniature between Fred Smith and Owen Bitting in the U1400 section: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. h4 h5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxe4 6. Nxe4 d5 7. Qe2 Bf5 8.Nf6#. Many of us have lost games to a similar mating pattern, so we can certainly commiserate with the pain of such a quick defeat! Smith won both the brilliancy and biggest upset prizes in the U1400 section for the victory.
The first day proceeded smoothly and, at the end of round three, IM Kannappan and WGM Sharevich sat tied atop the open section with three wins apiece. Jim Davis and Behrooz Vakil were tied with perfect 3/3 scores in the U1800 section, while Harold Hadman and Aidan Carey were both perfect in the U1400 section. When play finally ended at nearly 11 p.m. on Saturday night, the last of the players went home to get some much-needed rest before the final two rounds on Sunday.
Between rounds, many players took the opportunity to visit the World Chess Hall of Fame across the street, currently showcasing an avant-garde fashion exhibit, A Queen Within, based around the queen's importance in chess and history. The Hall of Fame also features an exhibit on chess promoter and player Jacqueline Piatorsky, organizer of the famous '63 and '66 Piatagorsky Cups in which several past and future world champions played.
The pleasant weather held through the weekend as players returned for round four on Sunday morning. The last two rounds saw exciting play in every section, with several last-minute comebacks Sunday afternoon. GM Jimenez battled back from a round three loss to Sharevich to score wins in both rounds four and five, while Sharevich suffered a loss in round four to Kannappan. IMGuerra, trailing 2.5 after round one, scored a win in round four against expert Sanjay Ghatti and made a crucial draw against the rock-solid Kannappan in round five.
Kannappan emerged as the ultimate victor in the Open Section, in clear first with 4.5/5, and took home the $600 prize for first place. Sharevich, Guerra, and Jimenez, each with 4/5, split the prize for second, while WIM Inna Agarest, Alex Vergilisov, Frank Smith, Hanson Hao, Tian Lu Peng, and Sanjay Ghatti split the third place prize with 3.0 each.
In the U1800 section, Davis continued his lead from day one, making a draw in round four and a win in round five for clear first with 4.5/5, enough to bag the $250 prize for first place. Vakil and Mansumeet Singh split the prize for second. Davis' only draw of an otherwise perfect tournament was to Vakil, and Vakil's only draws were to Davis and Singh (Singh took a half point bye in the first round). The biggest upset prize went to Manish Rangan for his round one win against Tyler Tompkins, while the brilliancy prize went to Singh for a beautiful rook sacrifice leading to checkmate against Pete Immer in round two.
Harold Hadman dominated the U1400 with the only perfect 5/5 result of the tournament, earning him the $200 first-place prize. A three-way tie for second resulted between Aidan Carey, Ben Boaz, and Bayaan Hollis, each with 4/5, and they split the prize. All three players lost only one game, winning the rest.
The Thanksgiving Open has become one of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center's biggest annual open events, and this year's fantastic turnout is no exception. As chess continues to grow in Saint Louis with superb collegiate teams and strong local club players, it seems inevitable that next year's tournament will see a bigger, stronger field than ever!
GM Ronen Har-Zvi annotates two upsets from the tournament.
An interesting game, with one important message for all the lower rated players - if you tell yourself, I do not want to play tactics, complicated against a higher opponent, what do you want to play???? Do you think you are better, beating a 400 player opponent because you understand chess better than him? play endgame better than him? have more experience? NOT REALLY, you best shot, is with complication, tactics, pressure and dynamic chess, this game, and to some extent the following game are a clear prove for that
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5
A line played by many of the best players, black wants to have a dynamic game, keeping the pawn, and seeing what white has, as opposed to the solid dxc4 with Qc2–Qxc4 - a6–b5 , where the game is mostly very drawish.
7.Qc2 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 c6 9.a4 b5 10.Na3 (10.axb5 cxb5 11.Qg5) 10...Bd7 There is nothing better than this awkward move, which places the bishop in the way of its colleagues. 11.Ne5 1–0 (32) Anand,V (2787)-Topalov,V (2805) Sofia 2010; 7.Nc3 0–1 (38) Carlsen,M (2810)-Kramnik,V (2788) Wijk aan Zee 2010
A bit too fast, white will go after black's advanced pawns on the Queen side right way, the simply 0–0 seems like the right move for black 7...0–0 8.Bg5 Ivanchuk,V (2740)-Alekseev,E (2711)/Foros 2008/CBM 125/[Marin,M] (1–0, 53) 8...b5 9.a4 bxa4 10.Ne5 Ra7 11.Rxa4 Bb7 12.Bxb7 Rxb7 13.Nc3 h6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Nxc4 Rd8 16.Nxa5 Bxa5 17.Rxa5 Nc6 18.Rb5 Rxb5 19.Nxb5 Nxd4 20.Nxd4 Qxd4 1/2–1/2 (20) Grischuk,A (2779)-Mamedyarov,S (2753) Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2013
8.a4 c6?
This move, can actually be a decisive mistake, believe this or not, can you see why? [8...Bxd2 9.Nfxd2! The heart of white's play, amazing that many strong players have missed this idea 9...Ra7 (9...c6 10.axb5 Qxd4 11.Na3 And white is winning: 1–0 (25) David,A (2585)-Brunello,S (2455) Kallithea 2008) 10.axb5 Qxd4 11.Qa4 Bd7 12.Nxc4 And white seems winning: 1/2–1/2 (21) Krallmann,M (2259)-Rombaldoni,D (2495) Vienna 2011.
Not this way, the big idea is to take on b5, black cannot take back because of the many pins, and then the big idea for white Nfxd2! [9.axb5! Bxd2 (9...cxb5 10.Bxb4 c3) 10.Nfxd2! Qxd4 11.Na3 Transposes to the games mentioned above, white just seems winning.
9...0–0 10.Qb1 Qb6
So now we are in a fully normal game again
11.Rd1 Bb7 12.e4 Nbd7
This seems ok, but I would prefer 12...h6, not allowing Ng5 at all
13.e5 Nd5 14.Ng5 g6 15.Qe4 Kg7
A very interesting idea for black, and a better on then the move played would be 15...Be7, having the dark color Bishop back, support with the battle against the dark squares [15...Be7]
16.Qh4 h5
at the beginning when I first seen this move I thought it was a questionable one, then after looking a bit I thought this move is interesting, after looking a lot, I think it's just genius! Giving the light color bishop this way, fixing Black's pawn structure, how can this be right? The idea is deeper, first and most important, black has to take with the "c" pawn, this means he cannot challenge white's center with the move "c5", furthermore, the Bishop n b7, will remain blocked pretty much for ever, and white can also take on b5 after cxb5
17...exd5 18.e6 Nf6 19.Nxf7 And white is just winning
Logical idea, but taking on b5 first was stronger, white's betting that his king's side attack will or can win the game for him [18.axb5 And it suddenly is not that easy to come up with a plan for black]
18...Be7 19.Nf4! And black is just lost, white has a killer attack here, the threats of Ngxe6, and Nxh5, just winning the game, black is totally lost on the dark squares, the genius idea of Bxd5!! 19...Rae8 20.Nxh5+ gxh5 21.Qxh5 Bxg5 22.Qxg5+ Kh7 23.Qh5+ Kg8 24.Bh6; 18...Bxd2 should be considered, not allowing white the possibility to take on b4, and push a5.
19.Bxb4 axb4 20.Nf4 Rae8 21.a5 complicated game, somehow not easy for both sides, but white seems better.
19...Rae8 20.g4
Carried away! take the Bishop on b4 and push a5 was best, with advantage for white
20...Qxd4! Victor style, the name is Korchnoi, Victor Korchnoi, and if I can take a pawn and not see a clear way why not to do that, I take the pawn - this is the right way! This was my first move, of course I am shaking playing this, but what can I do, this is the best move I see, and that only one I can play! 21.gxh5 (21.Be3 Qxb2 22.gxh5 Qc2 Black's queen on its way to f5 winning the game) 21...Qxe5 Seems quite winning for black(21...Qxb2).
A big question here, should black take on d2 and play b4, or allow white to take on b4. Based on the idea for white to open the Queen's side, the answer should be clear, take on d2 and play b4, do not allow white to open the "a" file with axb5.
21...Bxd2 22.Rxd2 b4
22.Bxb4 axb4 23.axb5 (23.a5)
22...Bxd2 23.Rxd2 b4 24.Rg1
The critical position, since black simply went wrong with c3, and blundered after it, the best defensive move might be 24...Kg8 with an extremely complicated position, this is the point! this how a weaker player has to challenge a higher, much higher opponent, not positional play, not basic understanding, but tactics, complicated positions, this, and pretty much only this way, is the way to beat much higher players
Completely wrong idea, opening another front for white to play, this is exactly what white needs
25.bxc3 bxc3 26.Rc2
actually the more I look at this position, the more it looks horrible for black, such a wrong idea it was to open the "c" file for white rooks
26...Qb3 27.Rgc1 Rc8
Black can just resign after this, white still has to find one move, but such a strong move, really 1–0 can you find the move?
f7 cannot be defended, since after Rc7, white has Rxc3, the rest of the game is not important, white has many faster way to finish the game, this part is the less important one, white went on and won in his way
28...Qxa4 29.Nfxe6+ Nxe6 30.Qf6+ Kh6 31.Nxf7+ Kh7
32.Rxc3 leads to checkmate.
32...Rxh8 33.Qxe6
Once again Rxc3, but ok, let white win the way he wants.
33...Qxd4 34.Qf7+ Kh6 35.Rxc3 Qe4+ 36.Kg1 Qf5 37.Qxb7 d4 38.Rc8 Rh7 39.Qg2 d3 40.Qg3 Kh5 41.R8c3 d2 42.Qh3+ Kg5 43.Qg2+ Kh6 44.Rh3+ Kg7 45.Qb7+ 1–0
Every win over an opponent 300–400 points higher is a story, this one decided the tournament, when WGM Sharevich won against the clear favorite to win the tournament the strong GM Corrales. The win was fair and square, when WGM Sharevich was better , then much better, winning, then allowed Corrales a bit back into the game, but kept her advantage the entire game, was not afraid of any complications, and won. Rarely do we see a much higher opponent get outplayed an entire game, this game was an example for that, let's get to the moves
1...Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5
The Benoni opening, was one of the popular choices of the 80' but like the king's Indian, it has moved a side, in favor of more space fighting opening, such as he Slav, Nimzo, Queen Gambit, basically anything that fight for e4 quickly. In the Benoni, black gives white the center, with the idea of getting play on the Queen's side, if black, cannot get any play, oh well, then we see how difficult it's for him, this game for a start..
5...g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Bg2 0–0 8.Nf3 d6 9.0–0 Na6 10.h3 Nc7 11.e4
11.a4 Re8 12.Nd2 b6 13.Re1 Ba6 14.Rb1 Nd7 15.Qc2 Ne5 With an ok position for black in this line, this why 11. a4 in less popular compares to e4
A very bizarre move in my view, the knight to e8, why? is not the knight supposed to go to "d7" fight for the e5 square?
12.a4 Rb8 13.Bg5
A standard move provoking f6 by black, with the intention to block Black's powerful dark color Bishop.
13...f6 14.Bd2 a6
14...f5 15.Bg5 Bf6 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Re1
I find it very hard to believe that such a move can be the right one for black, this move throws away b5 followed by axb5, gives white the "c4" square as a dream square for white's knight, black opening seems to be a failure [15...b5 The critical move, yet white is fully ready to meet this , by playing the powerful blocking move b4 16.b4! even stronger than first axb5 (16.axb5 Nxb5 (16...f5 17.Bg5 Qd7 18.exf5 with advantage for white; 16...axb5 17.b4) ) 16...cxb4 17.Nd4 (17.Rxb4 a5 18.Rb1 b4 19.Nd4) 17...Bd7 18.Rxb4 a5 19.Rxb5 Nxb5 20.axb5 and white seems winning, the outposts on c6 and e6 are just decisive; 15...f5]
16.Re1 Na6 17.Nb5 Bd7 18.Bf1 Nb4 19.Na3 Rf7 20.Bf4 Bf8 21.Kh2 Nc7 22.Nc4 Be8 23.Ra1 b6 24.h4
The players were dancing a bit, moving here, moving there, white is clearly better, yet not very easy for whit to break through, 24...h6 by black seems a logical move, controlling the "g5" square.
What is this??? For a strong player like Corrales to play something like this, the g5 square, the e5 break, no idea why Corrales had missed, such a bizarre move for such strong GM. [24...h6; 24...Kh8 25.Qd2 Kg8 26.b3 Kh8 And white still have to find a way to break through, although let's be very clear, white is clearly better here]
Logical, but far from the best, Bg5 with the e5 break through decides the game [25.Bg5 Black is just lost, going to lose material and his king also seems weak 25...Qd7 (25...Be7 26.e5 Bxg5 27.Nxg5) 26.e5 Nbxd5 27.e6 Nxe6 28.Qxd5; 25.e5]
Maybe the only decent move black has played this entire game, the exchange sacrifice is his only way to stay in the game and complicate things
26.Rxe4! And declining the material is white's best, it's about the space and pieces activity 26...Rf6 27.Ne3
26...Bxf7 27.Rxe4 Bxd5 28.Re1 Ne6
My feeling, black overlooked white extremely strong and impressive reply, after which, white get the control back, things could have gotten much more complicated for white had black played the best 28...Qf6 [28...Qd7; 28...Qf6 29.Ne3 Be6 30.Bg2 Qf7 And the game is still on, white still better]
Bravo! such a strong move, the open diagonal a2–g8 allows white to play this way, maybe the move black overlooked.
29...Bc6 30.Bc4 d5 31.Nxd5 Bxd5 32.Bxd5 Nxd5 33.Bxb8
30.Nxd5 Nfxd5 31.Bc4 Qf6
31...Bg7 32.Bxd5+ Kh8 33.Ra3 Bd4
32.Bxd5+ Kh8 33.Re2
So what we have here? white has a complete dominance over the light squares, and black king seems weak, with correct play white should be winning this one.
33...g5 complicate a bit but really not that much 34.hxg5 Qxg5 35.Be6.
I like this move very much, getting the rook to the game, to the "e" file, this way, is a very elegant and classical way, but more important, a very strong one.
34...Qf5 35.Be6 Qf8 36.Bd5
36.Kg2 finishes the game on the spot, after this pretty move, black cannot stop Rf3, which means the end of the game for black.
36...Qf5 37.Be4 Qd7 38.Bg2 d5 39.Rae3
Black is lost any way, he should maybe consider defending "e7" but the result of the game will not change
39...Bf8; 39...Bf6 40.Re6 Kg7 41.Qd2
40.Re7 Qd8 41.Rb7 Bf6 42.Re6
It's over for black, white pieces are breaking through, the seventh rank is weak for black, and he cannot create any counter play, the rest of the game does not require any further analysis, very impressive win by white.
42...Bxh4 43.Qg4
43.gxh4?? Qxh4+ 44.Kg1 (44.Bh3?? Rxf2+ 45.Kh1 Qxh3+) 44...Qxf2+ draw, yuck.
43...Bf6 44.Rexb6 d4 45.Qh3 h5 46.Qe6 Nd3 47.Rb8 Qe7 48.Rxf8+ Qxf8 49.Qxf6+ Qxf6 50.Rxf6 Nxb2 51.Ra6 c4 52.Rxa5 c3 53.Be4 d3 54.Ra8+ Kg7 55.Bxd3 Nxd3 56.Rc8 Nb2 57.a5 Na4 58.a6 1–0
See the full crosstable on the STL Chess Club website and rated results on USCF MSA. Also find video lectures by Ronen and many other titled players on the STL Chess Club's YouTube channel.


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Good comment, Morris. My experience is quite similar. -Kev
I agree with Morris. I am trying to consolidate SQL Server instances onto good hardware, move web sites and applications onto VMs on the old database servers, and get rid of all the 1u and 2u units in our data center (where our biggest overage in terms of cost is not bandwidth or services but rather power and HVAC). I think if we do it right we will be able to remove an entire rack with no noticeable impact to users, since almost all of the 1u and 2u servers are at minimal capacity. Now if I could only get rid of the Linux rack used by one of our vendors...
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The secrets of a small New England town are violently exposed on Christmas Eve in this proto-slasher shocker. The owner of the long-abandoned Butler estate is desperate to sell, and dispatches his lawyer from New York to negotiate its purchase by the town council. Meanwhile, an inmate from a nearby insane asylum breaks loose and makes his way to the old mansion to take bloody revenge for a crime kept hidden for 35 years. The maniac makes mysterious phone calls to various prominent citizens, telling them that "Marianne" has returned, and lures each to the Butler house to meet their doom. The mayor's daughter, Diane, receives a visit from a man who claims to be Jeremy Butler, the mansion's owner, in town to investigate his lawyer's disappearance. Together they attempt to unravel the sinister mystery of the Butler house, which turns out to be a harrowing tale of incest, insanity and mass murder. Cult favorites Mary Woronov and John Carradine are featured in the cast of this eerie thriller, which also includes cameos from Warhol Factory legends Candy Darling and Ondine.
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By one count there are about 250,000 British expatriates living in Southern California. For many of them, the London Olympic Games are sparking national pride amid some tough times in their home country.
US Olympic Committee gets a dressing-down for China-made uniforms
Iconic American designer Ralph Lauren, who arguably embodies the nations "spacious skies" and "amber waves of grain," was tapped to design official uniforms for this year's U.S. Olympic team, as he was in 2008.
SoCal gymnast Kyla Ross brings poise, nerves of steel to London Olympics
Kyla Ross of Aliso Viejo is part of the strongest U.S. women's team in recent memory with a great shot at beating its closest rivals, China, Russia and Romania. Ross, who has been competing since age 5, says she's ready for the biggest meet of her life.
Arcadia teenager Erica Wu dreams of Olympic qualification
Erica Wu, a 15-year-old high school student, belongs to a new wave of U.S.-born teens who are upending the national table tennis scene. For decades, the top U.S. players were originally from China, where table tennis earns fanfare comparable to the NFL in the U.S..
LA City Council, British Consulate salute the 2012 London Olympics
The L.A. City Council joined forces with the British Consulate Monday to give a tip of the hat to London's 2012 Olympics. An audience of ambassadors and journalists gathered at the main entrance of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as ambassadors and councilmen took to the podium to pay tribute the Games.
Swimmer Janet Evans seeks Olympics return
Sixteen years after her retirement, Janet Evans is back in the pool. Evans reunited with long-time coach Mark Schubert to try to make a comeback at the age of 40. She trains with his team at Golden West College in Huntington Beach.


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The Alibi's 2010 Election Endorsements
Rhetoric in this country has reached a fever pitch. Folks are angry, and they're scared because money's tight. That means candidates and campaign topics are as ugly as they've ever been. Maybe you started muting the commercials, or maybe you're house-training your puppy atop the mailers. Who needs the extra stress, right?
Print-n-Save Voters Guide
Election 2010
Voter FAQ
When is Election Day?
Tuesday, Nov. 2
When are the polls open?
From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
How can I tell if I'm registered?
Anyone in the state can look for their registration info at https://voterview.state.nm.us/
How do I find out where to vote?
The Alibi endorses: Diane Denish
Job Description: Executive head of the state. Enforces laws. Appoints officers. Prepares the budget to present to the Legislature.
U.S. Congress
The Alibi endorses: Martin Heinrich
Job Description: Federal representative for New Mexicans living in the 1st Congressional District. Drafts and votes on legislation.
Candidate Q and A: N.M. State House of Representatives
We contacted all candidates for local house districts with this questionnaire; here's what we have back so far. We'll post further responses as they come in.
Attorney General
The Alibi endorses: Gary King
Job Description: New Mexico's chief legal representative. Writes advisory letters and opinions. Prosecutes and defends court cases, usually in upper-level state appellate courts.
Secretary of State
The Alibi endorses: No one
Job Description: Oversees the statewide election process. Maintains lists of registered voters. Evaluates voting machines. Manages campaign finance reports. Second in line of succession for governor.
Land Commissioner
The Alibi endorses: Ray Powell
Job Description: Custodian of the state's public lands. Majority of the revenue generated from the office goes to New Mexico schools.
Bernalillo County Sheriff
The Alibi endorses: Dan Houston
Job Description: Bernalillo County's top law enforcement official. Oversees and manages more than 400 employees.
Also on the Ballot
We weren't able to meet with the following candidates, and so can't endorse in these statewide races. But here are some brief bios and links to their websites.
Judgment Day
Your ballot will include nonpartisan judges without opponents who still need your approval to keep their seats. A judge is re-elected when she nails down 57 percent of the retention vote.


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- 3 beds
- 2.5 baths
- $252,990 price
- 1164351 mls id
- Half Baths: 1
- Square Feet: 2,290 sqft
- Neighborhood: Isabella Village at Savannah
Listing Description
3 Bed | 2 Bath | Formal Dining Room | Study | Family Room | Front Porch
- New Construction Yes
Subdivision: Isabella Village at Savannah
- Price Range $226.6K - $261.9K
- Sqft Range 1,419 - 2,398
- Subdivision StatusActive
Subdivision Description
Isabella Village is an Active Adult enclave, catering to homebuyers 55 and better, within the 7,100 acre master-planned community of Savannah. This community is uniquely positioned to give its residents the benefits of private and exclusive amenities that allow the freedom to enjoy adult only activities only open to Isabella Village residents. In addition to a private Active Adult Club House our residents may also take advantage of luxurious resort-style Savannah amenities in a multi-age setting. Living within the Active Adult enclave of the master planned community Savannah, you will experience peace of mind among friendly neighbors. Enjoy the drive down Isabella Lane and experience front porch living like years past.
Isabella Village offers 6 exquisite single family plans that range from 1,419 to 2,398 square feet. These homes are appointed with highly desirable features and sought after upgrades. A variety of customizable options are available to our homebuyers who want to design their homes to match their lifestyle and personal taste. Nathan Carlisle Homes utilizes a centralized Design Studio that ensures that your vision of a perfect home is immaculately realized. Our Design Studio showcases a wide selection of options from faucets to lighting, ceramic tiles to carpeting, and countertops in various colors you will be surrounded by gorgeous, high quality products to choose from.
At Nathan Carlisle Homes, we offer not one but TWO energy programs on every home we build! Each Nathan Carlisle Home built is given a limited guarantee on energy consumption for heating and cooling your home. TheEnergy Star programcombined with the Environments for Living (EFL) program will save you money each month on your utility bills.
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Each summer since 2009, psychology major Rachel Robinson has traveled to Washington, D.C., as part of a youth mission team of 35 students. Instead of visiting museums and touring the sights, they spend their trip working to feed people in need.
Through organizations such as DC Central Kitchen, Food and Friends, Martha's Table and others, the students help serve the local community in unique ways including preparing meals from scratch, transporting meals to neighborhoods in need, serving meals restaurant style, and packaging meals in boxes to be delivered. Additionally, the group works with an organization called Parks and People to help clean up area parks.
Originally from Hardwick, ME, Rachel is also a star defender on the Bears field hockey team at Bridgewater and was recently selected MVP of the month by the Athletics Department. Her plans for the future are to become a high school guidance counselor or teacher.
"Participating in athletics at Bridgewater has made me a more hard-working, responsible and committed person," she says. "I enjoy helping people when they need it the most."


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Pelvic pain may have multiple causes, including:
Some of the conditions that can lead to chronic pelvic pain may include:
Other causes may be related to problems in the digestive, urinary, or nervous systems.
The following are examples of the different types of pelvic pain most commonly described by women, and their possible cause or origin. Always talk with your healthcare provider for a diagnosis.
Type of pain
Possible cause
Tests will be done to determine the cause of the pelvic pain. In addition, your healthcare provider may ask you questions regarding the pain such as:
Additional information about the timing of the pain and the presence of other symptoms related to activities such as eating, sleeping, sexual activity, and movement can also help your healthcare provider in determining a diagnosis.
In addition to a complete medical history and physical and pelvic exam, you may have other tests including:
Specific treatment for pelvic pain will depend on the cause of the pain and will be discussed with you by your healthcare provider based on:
Treatment may include:
If a physical cause can't be found, your healthcare provider may refer you for counseling to help you better cope with chronic pain. In other cases, healthcare providers may recommend a multidisciplinary treatment using a number of different approaches, including nutritional modifications, environmental changes, physical therapy, and pain management.


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"All that glitters is not gold" as Shakespeare warned us in his 1596 play The Merchant of Venice. An important lesson, and one that stems from a seemingly inherent human weakness for shiny things. Recently the world of interior design has embraced the seductive allure of shimmering surfaces, and there's been a resurgence of metallics in the home. Much of this revival has been driven by a trend for juxtaposing metal with rustic wood. It's an elegant and sophisticated look and easy to adopt in your own home. Here are some ideas to get you started:
Stil Novo Design of Northern California uses recycled French oak wine barrels to create unique pieces of furniture with metallic detail. In a blog for the Huffington Post, the founder of Stil Novo Camila Pistilli explained that the allure behind the marriage of wood and metal for her lies in the yin and yang, masculine and feminine qualities of the materials. Pairing them brings out the contrasting yet complementary qualities of both. Stil Novo designs clash the soft, matt quality of wood with the sheen of metal – creating a pleasing contrast.
Detailing and accenting
In a recent article in The Daily Telegraph, a number of interior designers discussed using metal to accent woodwork. Stephen Clasper, of Stephen Clasper Interior Design, uses metals like stainless steel, bronze, and polished brass to accentuate his base material, be that timber or leather. Introducing brass door knobs or light fixtures is a subtle and tasteful way to add an eye-catching flash of metal to your home.
Feature walls
For a metallic touch that really makes a statement, gilded wallpaper, such as that by esteemed British designer Christopher Chanond, creates instant impact. Foiled wallpapers have begun to pop up in homes in London's stylish inner city boroughs. The London Magazine noted wallpaper made of "precious metal so finely woven it glows like luminous linen" in a dining room in Mayfair. Gleaming wallpaper is a striking way to introduce a feature wall to your home. Consider contrasting the lavish and modern appeal of a metallic wall with a traditional touch like an antique wooden table.
Which metal?
Of course, the kind of metal you choose to decorate with should complement the rest of your home. Choosing sleek chrome creates a cool, utilitarian aesthetic, while brass and copper add warmth and cosiness. While copper dominated in 2015, many interior designers are forecasting gold and brass to be the metals of choice for next year. These can easily be integrated into a room with gold-tone accessories or brass fittings. Pairing opulent metals with equally lavish mahogany or oak furniture will create a truly luxurious look.
At Engel & Völkers we're privileged to have access to an extensive portfolio of homes all over the world. If you're looking for a new home to put your stamp on, contact one of our expert local shops and we can guide you along every step of the way.


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Innovate business necesitaba un nuevo diseño de tema de wordpress y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 76 diseños de 7 diseñadores freelance.
Vers 247
Vers 247 is 'part' of Horeca 247 and is selling fresh food products to restaurants in the Netherlands. It's part of Deli XL (see http://www.delixl.nl for the correct feeling). Important is the fresh product feeling people get. Pro's are delivery every day, direcly 'fresh from the land' - run by 'shop Experts' and the way people can ask questions about the products. Four main 'shops' are:
- Greengrocer
- Butcher
- Fishmonger
- Dairy trade
For all 'shops' we should see the freshness and the experts belonging to the shop (phot) with quotes. CUstomers can ask questions and can rate products. We present an overview over the products, the 'Weekly offer)
Restaurants, small and large, chefs who want to experience the 'freshness' of the shops. WHo want to see the 'Weekly offer' ask questions as they should ask the 'shop experts'
1. LOGO Vers 247. Tweak a little bit the logo. Fresh colours. Green (apple, dark), Red (apples) and eg white or Yellow. Eg. three pieces of leaves in the logo. 247 should be an 'apart' item which we can also use for other labels (wine eg) in the future. Look at http://www.delixl.nl for the look and feel reference and http://www.verserver.nl for the functionalities (PLEASE NOTE: this is UGGLY not what we want! Furthermore we want wordpress pages
1. HP a. The four 'Shops', the weekly offer of the shop (one or two in total), photo's of the products & photo & quote of the expert should be adressed
- Greengrocer (Groenteboer)
- Butcher (Slager)
- Fishmonger (Visboer)
- Dairy trade (Zuivel)
b People should be invited to become a new customer. People should be redirected toward a webform
c. Movie uploads from the Foodreporter, to give people inspiration
d. The 5 promises to the customer (why becoming a customer)
d. Button 'direct bestellen'
e. About (over Vers 247) - content page
f. Contact (content page)
7 pages should be created:
1. Homepage (as adressed)
2. Shop page, with room for 4 items (overview), blog expert and the 'Weekaanbieding' with the button 'Winkelen'. Also 'Ask your question to our expert' The shop environment is in a different environment. For every shop (so 4) a page
3. Webform (become a customer) - klant worden
4. COntent page (for about us and contact) in NL: Over ons en Contact


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White Bear Lake senior Ted Ramert scored three goals in Tuesday's 9-6 state tournament quarterfinal victory over Blake. Photo by Brian Nelson
Strength of schedule is not much of a, for lack of a better word, strength for White Bear Lake.
The Bears play in the Suburban East Conference, a league with some established east metro programs such as Stillwater and Woodbury sprinkled in with newcomers to the varsity level such as Cretin-Derham Hall and Hastings.
White Bear Lake, the dominant Suburban East team for the past two seasons, is committed to playing nine conference games each season. That leaves four slots for nonconference foes. One of those games automatically goes to Mahtomedi, a Classic Suburban Conference powerhouse and neighbor to the east that is easily the Bears' biggest rival.
As for the remaining three nonconference games, Bears coach Brandon Husak says he's lobbied coaches from several of the state's dominant western and southern programs to add White Bear Lake to their schedules. He hasn't had much success.
"We spend year after year wanting to play better competition and play teams on the west side," Husak said after White Bear Lake's 9-6 state tournament quarterfinal victory over Blake on Tuesday, June 11, at Chaska High School. "If this is the venue to do it, so be it."
White Bear Lake, which went 9-0 in the Suburban East and 11-1 overall in the regular season, struck a blow for north and east metro lacrosse by rallying from a 5-4 deficit early in the second half with five unanswered goals. Three of those goals came with White Bear Lake a man up.
White Bear Lake had charged to a 3-1 lead early in the second quarter on the strength of three Ted Ramert goals.
"Coming out, being from the (eastside), we don't get much respect," Ramert said. "We don't really get to play these kinds of teams in the regular season. So we came out just ready to go, ready to prove what we could do."
White Bear Lake, which won a state club championship in 2007, made previous Minnesota State High School League state tournament appearances in 2008 and 2011. That was when the state tournament was limited to four teams. This is the first year it has been expanded to eight. White Bear Lake has never reached an MSHSL championship game.
"These teams, they underestimate us because we never play them," White Bear Lake senior midfielder Nick Truen said. "They are like, 'White Bear Lake, who is that? They can't compete with us.' "
Six players scored for White Bear Lake against Blake. Truen, Gahm, David Costello, Jared Bartz and Connar Dehnert all scored during White Bear Lake's game-clinching spurt.
"Everyone started putting them in the net," Ramert said. "They were coming from all angles, all different players. So that was awesome to get the well-balanced scoring. They didn't know who to cover, where to slide from. That was nice."
That sort of balance is normally reserved for traditional powerhouses such as, say, Eden Prairie. The same Eden Prairie that is undefeated, top-ranked and, as it happens, White Bear Lake's state semifinal opponent at 7 p.m. on Thursday at Chanhassen High School.
-- Loren Nelson
No. 4 seed White Bear Lake No. 5 Blake played a back-and-forth contest one would expect from evenly-matched teams until a third-quarter charge put White Bear Lake ahead to stay in a 9-6 victory on Tuesday, June 11, in the state tournament quarterfinals at Chaska High School.
Blake (10-6) took charge early in the third quarter with goals from Quinn Ellis and Bryan Kennedy just one minute and nine seconds in.
Trailing 5-4, White Bear Lake (15-1) rallied to score the next five goals to build a 9-5 fourth quarter lead. Five White Bear Lake players scored during the surge.
Three of White Bear Lake's goals during its 5-0 second-half spurt came while it was a man up. Trenton Gahm, David Costello and Jared Bartz each scored man-up goals in the final 1:18 of the third quarter.
White Bear Lake led 8-5 heading into the final quarter and increased the advantage to 9-5 when Connar Dehnert scored with 6:44 remaining.
White Bear Lake held a 4-3 halftime edge.
Ted Ramert scored three goals and Bartz had two for White Bear Lake.
Ned Hartfiel led Blake with three goals.
1. Ted Ramert, White Bear Lake
The senior attacker left little doubt about who should be named the top star in this game. He led the game in scoring by a pretty wide margin, finishing with 5 points on 3 goals and 2 assists. The White Bear Lake offense ran through Ramert and looked noticeably different when he was not on the field. He also had to carry the team offensively when they were still struggling to find their rhythm in the first half.
2. Ned Hartfiel, Blake
Hartfiel was without a doubt the offensive MVP for the Blake Bears. His hat trick accounted for half of the Blake goals and he seemed to be giving the White Bear Lake defenders trouble all day long. He scored two important goals in the second quarter that kept his team within striking distance when White Bear was attempting to pull away.
3. Douglas Ptacek, White Bear Lake
Ptacek got off to slow start in goal for White Bear but he played his best when it mattered most. He only allowed one goal in the final 23 minutes of the game and his stellar play is what allowed his team to take and eventually hold the lead. He finished with 8 saves on 14 shots for a .571 save percentage.
-- John Kelsey
White Bear Lake goalie Douglas Ptacek
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TreMoto needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 52 designs submitted by 9 freelance designers.
TreMoto LLC are an innovative high-performance vehicle startup. Our prototype Monstrosity 620 will be traveling to events nationwide in 2010 for promotion.
Competes with Ducati, Bimota, Aprilia, etc.
Predominately male, 25-45 yrs age, motorcycle and fine auto enthusiasts, thrill-seeking but successful 60k++ income, young at heart.
Black, Red, Silver, White are best. Logo should symbolize our innovative design. "Tre" is Italian for 3. "Moto" is obviously short for motorcycle.
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If you're sick and tired of stumbling through the darkness during your late-night trips to the can, here s help: carpet that glows in the dark and helps you find your way. It doesn't use any electricity; inside the yarn is some kind of juju that absorbs light energy from either natural or artificial light during the day, and keeps glowing through the night. Neat idea.
glowing carpet concept [Design Spotter]


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Lest you think the World Cup is the only soccer event going on, let this Jack McInerney golazo in last night's Houston Dynamo-Montreal Impact match remind you that yes, MLS is currently in season, too.
From a position in the center of the box, the Impact striker waits for a Justin Mapp cross that's a little behind him to get into striking range, then sort of does a standing bicycle kick and flicks the ball over his head into the far post behind him. His muted reaction hints that he wasn't really expecting that outcome, but who cares. Take your bow, Jack, that was cool.


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A production company called EyeWorks UK has filed documents in L.A. County Superior court requesting approval for Nadya's 14 kids to participate in a documentary production.
Sources say the production is for her reality show.
UPDATE: All 14 kids will reportedly make $250K over the next 3 years. That adds up to a little under 6k a year for each child. Wonder what kind of check Nadya's getting?


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Responsibilities of Students
A student with disability should first:
- Self identify concerning disability status to DSR in a timely manner.
- Provide disability documentation that is not more than five years old.
- Request necessary accommodations from DSR.
A student who has thus identified him/herself with DSR and has requested written documentation to professors must present a memo from the DSR to the professor stating requested classroom accommodations.
If eligible for alternative testing (extended time and/or alternative format), the student is responsible for providing the professor with a Test Accommodation Form to be filled out each time an exam is to be taken through DSR or if a DSR proctor is requested.
Shared Responsibilities
Students with disabilities have the first responsibility to report their needs to the faculty in a timely manner as faculty are not required to anticipate special student needs.
Faculty/staff members should keep students in mind when making special class arrangements such as field trips.
Faculty/staff should state on the syllabus that students inform them of their special needs to ensure that those needs are met in a timely manner:
This approach demonstrates to students that you are someone who is sensitive to and concerned about meeting the needs of ALL students you teach. Such an invitation to discuss individual needs can go a long way toward encouraging the student with a disability to approach the instructor early.
If a student waits until the day of an exam to ask for extended time or a separate testing area, the student has failed to make the request in a timely manner. If the student fails to ask for extended time until late in the semester, the instructor is only required to provide accommodations from that time and does not need to offer make up exams.
When a student discloses a disability, faculty/staff members should ask for what they can do to facilitate learning. Often it is as simple as allowing the student to sit in the front of the class.
Faculty/staff members may not discourage students from specific fields of study if the student meets the admission requirements and maintains the appropriate grades and is otherwise qualified.
Faculty/staff members are responsible for providing an education and the student is responsible for maintaining the academic requirements.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 44 diseños de 11 diseñadores freelance.
Nevada Jacks
Nevada Jacks (NJ) is a custom poker chip manufacturer selling customizable poker chips to individual customers and large orders for events and casinos. The site looks to offer poker related content, poker news, home poker game information and most importantly an online store.
The target audience for NJ is all poker players. This is generally males in the 18-50 age range but we look to make a clean, navigable site that caters to everyone. Sales are international but we tend to attract the English speaking parts of the world.
Nevada Jacks needs a complete overhaul of our website. No logo work is necessary, we will keep our current logo. The site design and color scheme are open to your creative mind. The design will be used over wordpress, so we're looking for a clean, functional and easily navigable site. There are 3 images attached which was our poor attempt at a design, they are to show what elements are needed on the page. PSD of logos attached as well.
- Pages on the site need to be 1000 pixels wide
- Navigation menu: Home, Custom Poker Chips, Poker Chip Set, Clay Poker Chips, Forum, Store
- 4 Pages to design: Home, content page, store front, and product page
Homepage - http://www.nevadajacks.net
- A prominent "Visit the Store" button/link accessible on all pages on the site
- Welcome paragraph
- Top Seller's List, 5-10 items, whichever fits your design
- Product thumbnails like the 5 shown on homepage attachment
- Media area for video or larger graphics
- Reviews/News list area
Content Page - http://www.nevadajacks.net/clay-poker-chips.asp
- Anything would be better than what we have. A "Buy Now" button perhaps?
Store Front - See attachment
- 8 store categories with a thumbnail for each
Product Page - See attachment
- Something clean a buyer can easily use, (note shopping cart area at top right, any help there would be nice too)


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Likely NYC
Sorel Dress
- Fabric Polyester
- Invisible side zip
Her Wardrobe is based in Melbourne and has a showroom you can visit to try on any of their range.
Items are delivered in a luxurious gift box and come with a pre-paid return envelope for easy returns. Dry cleaning is included as part of the rental.
If you damage/stain your rental, Her Wardrobe will have their professional dry cleaner and seamstress attempt to repair the item for you.
If your dress doesn't fit, you can exchange it for another size or style, all you need to do is email their Customer Care within 2 hours of receiving the dress.
Both a 4 day and an 8 day rental is offered on the website.
|Included in hire price.
|Included. Pre-paid satchel sent out with your item.
|Delivery Method
|Australia Post Express Post
|Delivery Time
|Next business day within the Express Post network. Can be up to 3 days if outside the network. For next-day delivery your order must be placed before 2PM EST.
Please always check the vendor's website for up-to-date and accurate information.