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Do you like her? Right! She is Rihanna, Robyn Rihanna Fenty, a super star! I really like her voice and music. Her music touches my soul and I think that she is the world&039;s greatest singer.
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Two women, attacked by an escaped inmate in Lincoln, sue state
LINCOLN — A mother, brutally attacked along with her daughter by a Lincoln prison escapee in 2016, said she believed the convict "was going to rape her daughter and physically harm or kill both of them."
Eventually, Cindi Allen and her then-21-year-old daughter, Christine, were able to get away from prison escapee Armon Dixon, but a psychologist says that both should get inpatient treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder from an assault that left them bloodied and shaken.
"It's been a life-changing experience for both of them," said their attorney, Terry Dougherty of Lincoln. "They don't feel safe anymore."
The Allens filed a lawsuit Friday against the state and six Nebraska corrections workers, seeking more than $500,000 in damages.
The lawsuit names State Corrections Director Scott Frakes and five unnamed prison workers, alleging that they failed to live up to the agency's mission statement: "Keep people safe."
A corrections spokeswoman said the agency's policy is to not comment on pending litigation.
But a lawsuit was not a surprise in the wake of the June 10, 2016, escape by Dixon and fellow inmate Timothy Clausen, who slipped out of the Lincoln Correctional Center by hiding in laundry carts bound for another prison.
The men stole a van and drove into downtown Lincoln, where they eluded capture after crashing the vehicle.
The next morning, Dixon walked into Christine Allen's northeast Lincoln apartment through a sliding glass door.
Dixon, who had been serving a lengthy prison sentence for a home invasion and rape, and a robbery and rape at a convenience store, immediately threatened to kill Christine Allen. When her 61-year-old mother tried to intervene, Dixon attacked her with a club. He then repeatedly beat the mother, promising to keep up the assault unless the daughter stopped screaming.
Dixon, according to the lawsuit, eventually turned his attention back to the daughter, draping her over a couch and attempting to tie her hands. The mother said she realized she had to escape. She ran out of the apartment and flagged down a young couple in the parking lot. Dixon was distracted by the mother's dash, which allowed the daughter to crawl into a bathroom and lock the door.
Dixon fled and was captured later that day by Lincoln police in a storm sewer manhole.
After the escape, Frakes apologized, saying several lapses in security had allowed Dixon and inmate Timothy Clausen to escape.
"This should not have happened," Frakes said at the time.
Six Lincoln Correctional Center employees, including senior management, were disciplined in connection with the escape.
The Allens first filed a claim with the state. Dougherty said he was disappointed that he got no response to the claim, which eventually expired, leading to the lawsuit. It was filed Friday in Lancaster County District Court.
The lawsuit asks for specific damages in excess of $513,000 to cover the treatment, medical bills and the loss of future earning power, and other unspecified general damages for pain and suffering.
Christine Allen, the lawsuit stated, was a recent community college graduate with a degree in early childhood education who was planning to continue her studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her career has been derailed by the assault, her attorney said.
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Senior Health Stores, Inc. has announced the launch of SeniorHealthStores.com; a fully functional website dedicated to educating seniors on a variety of ailments and providing them with solutions designed to help maintain a more active lifestyle.
Online PR News – 15-December-2009 – – Orinda, CA--December 11, 2009 -- Senior Health Stores, Inc. has announced the launch of SeniorHealthStores.com; a fully functional website dedicated to educating seniors on a variety of ailments and providing them with solutions designed to help maintain a more active lifestyle. Senior Health Stores is a joint venture between Dr. Larry Woodcox, DPM-DC CEO and Jeffrey Allyn, MS CMO.
"Our goal is to provide an easy to use and read online environment for medical information and access to products, making healthcare shopping more convenient", said Dr. Woodcox. "It is highly important that people educate themselves on the ailments that plague them as well as the options that are available."
Senior Health Stores' educational information pages and health aid stores focus on foot-pain, hand-pain, Joint-pain, back-pain, hair-skin-nails, fitness, and mobility-aids just to name a few.
Dr. Woodcox has over 30 years experience as a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine and is a Board Certified Foot & Ankle Surgeon. Dr. Woodcox brings his years of clinical experience to Senior Health Stores.
"We are excited to offer an all-inclusive online resource that helps to educate senior citizens on what to expect from aging along with information about certain ailments that can be alleviated by utilizing specific products," says Jeff Allyn, co-founder. "In this day in age, people, including seniors, are turning to the web to find information about health and wellness; we are dedicated to be part of that solution."
Jeff Allyn brings over 20 years of experience in the marketing, business development, and online industries. Jeff has held active roles with multiple companies, most recently with FreshAWL — a distributor of Earth conscious waste treatment solutions for a cleaner greener planet™
With the combined efforts of Dr. Woodcox and Mr. Allyn, Senior Health Stores is sure to provide seniors with a valuable experience. Gone are the days when the web was a place primarily for the young. Seniors have embraced the internet and many are comfortable with online shopping.
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Reaching for the Stars: Sara Brimer
From Music Education to Music Performance
By ANGELA WAMPLER | A! MAGAZINE | February 22, 2010Originally from Greeneville, Tenn., Sara Brimer, 27, also lived in Bristol and Johnson City.
"I actually never planned on leaving Tennessee, but I sure did leave!" — - now on tour with the Swingle Singers based in London, England. The ensemble is "a world-renowned vocal group celebrating 47 years of close harmonies."
Throughout her high school and college years, Sara was active in her school choir and community productions, and participated in choral festivals as well as All-East and All-State Choirs. At Greeneville High School, she took part in The Music Man, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and My Fair Lady (as Eliza). While studying Music Education at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) on several scholarships, she portrayed Suzanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, Mabel in Pirates of Penzance, The Diva in La Divina, and took part in productions of Carmen and Dido and Aeneas.
While at ETSU, Sara says, "I also participated in opera and took voice lessons, primarily from Karen Smith but also from Dr. Oliver Lo. I had settled on a Music Education major but I didn't feel like it was my real calling. I considered other majors but kept returning to Music Education. I never considered Music Performance because I only thought of options in opera. Even though I enjoyed doing small-scale opera, I feared that the real opera scene was "cut-throat' and that I didn't have the "diva' attitude required for it."
In 2006 Sara toured in Germany as a soloist and ensemble singer with the ETSU Chorale, led by Dr. Thomas Jenrette. In 2008 she auditioned for the Swingle Singers and moved to London in January 2009 to begin touring with the internationally acclaimed group.
Sara recalls, "I thought for years to myself — and a few of my friends suggested — that I should try out for a group like the Swingle Singers. I thought this was only a pipe dream. I was very familiar with the Swingle Singers' repertoire and style of singing and had sung a few of the arrangements in small ensembles. When my brother William — also an avid Swingle fan — told me about the Swingles having auditions for a high soprano, I could not contain my excitement! Luckily, the group was touring in the U.S. at the time. I found out where the next show was and quickly compiled a resume, found a friend to take a photo headshot, and put together a CD of my singing examples in about 24 hours' time. Hoping to make an impression, I drove to the Swingles show five hours away and handed them my audition packet in person. It worked!"
She continues, "About three months later, I received an email asking if I could make my way to London, England, for the second and third round of auditions with the Swingles. My parents were very supportive and somehow found the means to send me and my grandmother to London for one week in July. Neither of us had been to England so we were very excited. After intense memorization and practice, I attended the auditions and, after returning to the U.S., I received a phone call from them to tell me I had been chosen for the job. I was ecstatic!"
During all the excitement, Sara says, "I knew I had to graduate from East Tennessee State University — and quickly — so I scrounged around for options. With the help of my department chair, Dr. Frank Grzych, I quickly changed my major to Vocal Performance and began completing the requirements. I went to London again for a rehearsal in October 2008, I graduated in December, and then I moved to London in January of 2009."
According to Sara, performing with the Swingles is "a whirlwind of travel, meeting new people, and singing exciting and historic music. One of the audition tests was to see how well we got along as a group. This is very important considering we are together in small quarters nearly 24 hours a day while on tour — including hotel rooms, buses, trains, and airplanes!"
She notes, "Although we do most of our touring outside the United Kingdom, we rarely get to experience the country we are touring. Usually we experience the food, the lodging and the travel, but not much else due to our tight rehearsal, traveling and stage-time requirements. However, there are rare times when we have a free day on tour and get to explore and enjoy the area we are in. The members of the group have varying linguistic abilities, from knowing five different languages to just English, but we can all make our way around nearly any restaurant menu."
Looking to the future, Sara says, "Currently I don't have any plans. I would love to continue living in England but would also like to experience more of my home country, America. After my Swingle career is over, I have tossed around a few ideas for a means of income such as voice work for movies, commercials, and radio, but also things like office work in the music industry. My future is wide open and I cannot wait to see what happens. I didn't plan on Swingling and I can only imagine what might come next!"
Sara's whole family is musical. Her maternal grandmother plays piano and organ at church and "still has a lovely singing voice which we are privileged to hear on occasion," says Sara, whose father leads the worship service at church and her mother sings in the choir. "Both my parents are talented singers. My mother was offered singing scholarships at Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tenn. My sister Linda is pursuing a Master's in Music performance and is currently applying to graduate schools across the country. My brother William plays multiple instruments, mainly baritone sax, and also leads a small singing ensemble at King College. My brother Joel also sings very well and plays drums and guitar. We have always been encouraged in music by my parents, and often we sing as a family. I love having a musical family and I intend on providing any and every music opportunity for my own family one day."
To those who consider themselves musicians or lovers of music, Sara suggests "keeping an open mind. Try to find musical attributes and some sort of appreciation concerning all kinds of music. I am not saying you have to like it, but give it a chance. Preferring one kind of music is natural, but if you only listen to that genre, you are limiting yourself and your knowledge of music. A well-rounded musician is the best kind. There are wonderful things about all genres. I appreciate many types of music from bluegrass to heavy metal to opera. I don't have one favorite composer but, as a good music student, I know about Bach, Mozart and Beethoven. They are legendary for good reason. I enjoy discovering lesser-known composers and also new composers and arrangers. The great thing about music is that there is no end to production and discovery!"
— Derek Miller, who was active with the Kingsport Theatre Guild and is now the site coordinator for NBC-TV's primetime series Law and Order: SVU.


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ADATS and the Bagepalli Coolie Sangha are developing a Woodstoves CDM Project for families who cannot build Domestic Biogas Units due to lack of space or availability of animals. This project will be financed with loans that End User families take from their respective CCFs, to be repaid through the sale of GS CERs that they generate from the second year onwards.
BCS is a 25 years old community based organization which aims at improving livelihood of small land and landless poor agriculture labour families by giving them an identity and protection, and supporting them in their struggle against social issues. BCS is implementing a Gold Standard CDM Improved cook stove project for 4,500 such Coolie Sangha families to reduce the dependency on fuel wood for cooking and heating water purposes in the biomass deficit region of Chickballapur district, Karnataka.
Bagepalli Coolie Sangha conducted the Gold Standard stakeholders' meeting for the CDM project activity "Micro Scale Improved Cook Stove Project of Bagepalli Coolie Sangha" on 10th March 2012 at Bagepalli. The consultation process was very useful and inputs were received from primary stakeholders. We thank you all for the inputs.
In accordance to the guidelines of the Gold Standard, a Stakeholder Feedback Round should be conducted, which covers all issues raised in the local stakeholder consultation meeting and how due account was taken following the stakeholders' comments. A report of the stakeholder meeting, the Project Document Design (PDD) and Draft copy of the GS Passport has been prepared which describes about the project and the monitoring methods for sustainable development indicators. These three documents can be downloaded from the following links:
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Hi! I'm Tim Tyler - and this is a video which responds to some of Paul Ehrlich's criticisms of memetics, which he gave in an interview with Carl Zimmer.
In my book on memetics - which is out now - I take a look at some of the critics and criticisms of memetics. A number of technical criticisms of memetics have been raised - but these appear to be rather uniformly uniformed or misguided. Here we'll look at Paul Ehrlich's memetics critique.
Paul Ehrlich is being interviewed by Carl Zimmer - who had a nice section on memes in his evolution book. Paul Ehrlich knows some things about cultural evolution, and has written some nice papers on the topic - including a couple of interesting ones with Marcus Feldman. Here's Carl, on the left, and Paul, on the right:
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Paul complains that the mutation rate in cultural evolution is high, giving the example of chinese whispers.
The mutuation rate in organic evolution is, in fact, highly variable. Some organisms reduce their mutation rate well below what would most help them to evolve adaptively. However, other organisms attempt to live in environments which are too hostile for them, and their genomes get mutated into oblivion, and they suffer from an mutational error catastrophe. Heat, radiation, and chemicals can all cause the mutation rate to shoot up. If you want to see the equivalent of chinese whispers in the organic realm, you can look at the creatures living around ground zero in Chernobyl and Fukushima. You will see that there is no shortage of mutations there. Similar hostile environments occur naturally and frequently involve intense heat or radiation. Evolutionary theory handles differeing mutation rates just fine. The mutation rate is a parameter in most evolutionary theories of inheritance, and can be set to whatever value you like.
Cultural evolution does high-fidelity transmission too. The bible illustrates reasonably high transmission fidelity is not a new phenomenon, and on the internet, engineers can produce more-or-less whatever error levels they like, using error correction technologies - and they can easily push error rates down further than is seen in organic evolution.
Paul says that you can't refuse to accept genes - whereas you can refuse to accept memes.
However, that's not true: you can refuse to accept genes. Contraception use represents a refusal to accept genes. Use of barrier contraceptives by men results in a substantial reduction in the spread of sexually transmitted disease genes. Use of hormonal contraception by women results in a rejection of her parner's genes. If you avoid sharing needles with drug addicts you can substantially reduce the chance of you acquiring the genes of a number of unwanted diseases. Vaccines represent a premptive rejection of certain genes - and so on.
Paul says that genes are largely transmitted without modification, whereas memes can be modified - and that you can't change genes deliberately - whereas you can change memes.
Except that people can change genes deliberately these days. Genetic engineering is still a relative newcomer to the scene, but already it is used ubiquitously in making the foods that we eat. Engineering isn't really much of a difference between the organic and cultural realms - since we have both genetic engineering and memetic engineering. Evolutionary theory incorporates memetic engineering in much the same way it is incorporating genetic engineering - via directed mutations and deliberative selection.
Paul says of memetics that "in 30 years it really hasn't led anywhere". Now, it seems to me that the 1976 publication by Richard Dawkins on the topic was fairly rapidly followed by a flurry of activity in the field from academics - with publications in the early 1980s from Lumsden and Wilson, Cavalli-Sforza and Feldman, and Boyd and Richerson. That may not be a coincidence - and Richard Dawkins does get cited. Yes, these folk mostly attempted to rebrand memetics in the process of putting their own personal stamp on it, but most of the basic ideas are pretty similar underneath - except in the case of Lumsden and Wilson, who were way off base, as is now widely recognised. One thing you have to bear in mind is that in academia all types of cultural evolution face the problem that the people whose job it is to study the evolution of human culture - cultural anthropologists, historians and so on - mostly can't stomach Darwinism, and have a 150 year tradition of misguided resistance to evolutionary explanations. This appalling situation stunts all academic forms of cultural evolution, not just its best known form, memetics. We have had multiple memetics conferences, a memetics journal a number of books and hundreds of papers on memetics - and on the internet there has been a meme revolution. Internet memes are now covered regularly by news channels, and memetic hitchhiking is used ubiquitously by marketing companies to help distribute their products. Instead, academia has cultural evolution and gene-culture co-evolution, which are extremely similar to memetics, but typically shun the "m"-word, due to what looks a lot like petty turf wars and "not invented here" syndrome. Most of the problems with the adoption of memetics are really sociological problems. There's nothing technically wrong with memetics.
Paul Ehrlich has made some other criticism of memetics in print. For instance, in 2005, he was the lead author of a paper which said:
Among humans, genes can only pass unidirectionally from one generation to the next (vertically), normally through intimate contact. But ideas (or "memes") now regularly pass between individuals distant from each other in space and time, within generations, and even backwards through generations. Through mass media or the Internet, a single individual can influence millions of others within a very short period of time.In fact these objections are rather easily identified as being misguided ones. Cold virus genes pass from host parent to host offspring, they pass between individuals of the same generation and are also transmitted from offspring to parent. Hepatatis B is a hardy virus that can exist on almost any surface for up to one month and so can be transmitted by mail. Anthrax is an infectious bacterium that has been weaponised and sent through the mail. There are all kinds of other water-borne infections that can travel large distances using the river system. Salmonella and e-coli bacteria are able to survive on food inside aeroplanes. Viruses can spread from one person to many - in what is commonly known as a pandemic. So: the relationship between the cultural and organic realms looks pretty close in these respects. It seems pretty clear that Paul has been criticising memetics without being very familiar with its basic concepts.
The reason experts in the field produce invalid technical criticisms of memetics is because they are unable to produce correct technical criticsms of it - because there is nothing wrong with it.


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Do you love books – "proper" books, with rustling pages and that slightly musty smell?
So do I. But I'm also a big fan of ebooks: I can fit thousands onto a pocket-sized device, they're often cheaper than paperbacks, and I can buy a new one anytime, anywhere.
Ebooks have also made it easier than ever to produce a book to professional standards as an independent author. You can achieve results as good as (if not better than) established traditional publishers. Your ebook will never go out of print – and you don't need to store copies of it in the basement.
There's a fair amount to know about self-publishing an ebook – I've written a whole book about just that. I know many authors get overwhelmed by the amount of information out there, though, so for this post, I've picked my top ten tips:
#1: Write the Very Best Book You Can
Your manuscript should be as good as you can make it. Self-publishing isn't an excuse to put out a rough draft. Imagine that you're preparing your manuscript to send to agents or editors: is it ready? Darlene Jones, who wrote an excellent post about her writing and publication journey, very sensibly wrote and rewrote, and even approached agents, before settling on self-publication.
#2: Use Beta-Readers
The indie world is a supportive, co-operative one, and that's often reflected in the willingness of other writers to "beta-read" your work. Like programmers "beta-testing" software, they'll help you spot problems – such as plot holes, characterisation inconsistencies, and careless writing.
#3: Get it Professionally Edited
However great your beta-readers are, they're unlikely to have the time or the ability to professionally edit your book. If you can afford it, hire a professional editor. I use the lovely Lorna Fergusson of Fictionfire. If you can't afford this, consider paying to have the first 3 – 5 chapters edited – many of the comments will help you edit the rest of the book yourself.
#4: Get a Great Cover Design
You shouldn't judge a book by its cover ... but we all do. Unless you're an artist or designer, don't try to create your cover yourself – it will inevitably end up looking a bit amateur. Crucially, your cover needs to display well at thumbnail size (so the title and author name should be pretty large).
#5: Publish on Amazon
There are plenty of options for publishing your ebook, but Amazon has by far the greatest share of the market, and also has a fairly simple publication process. If you make your ebook exclusive to Amazon, you can enrol it in their "KDP Select" program – some authors have reported a significant increase in sales from this.
#6: Avoid Scams
There's nothing wrong with hiring a reputable company to help you get published (BookBaby, for instance) – but some companies are not going to act in your best interests. Avoid Author Solutions, which has had a particular bad rep. Self-publishing expert David Gaughran has a must-read article on this here.
#7: Get Feedback on Your Blurb
Along with your cover, your blurb (which appears as your "Product Description" on the Kindle) is fully in your control ... and it will sway a reader for or against your book. You need to make sure it grabs attention. If you're part of a workshop group or writers' forum, you might try producing two versions to see which they prefer.
#8: Price at $2.99
You have a lot of options on price – and you'll hear different authors advising different things. The general consensus, though, is that the $2.99 price point is the best place to be. You get 70% royalties from Amazon on ebooks priced $2.99 – $9.99 – and the lowest end of this scale is well within "impulse buy" range.
#9: Send out Review Copies
If your ebook has zero reviews, readers will be wary of taking a chance on it. Get some initial reviews by sending out free copies – not just to big review blogs (which are often inundated) but also to writer friends. Rachel Abbot has a great post about reviews, including advice on creating a .pdf sheet to send to reviewers.
#10: Plan the Next Book
Publishing one ebook is unlikely to make you rich. Many established ebook authors say that it took several books – often five or more – before they were receiving a significant income. The more books you have out there, the more chances you have to get in front of a potential reader. You'll also get plenty of repeat business, and you may well convert some casual readers into die-hard fans.
If you've published an ebook, what key tip(s) would you share? Let us know in the comments!


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Spain unemployment hits record high
Spain's jobless rate reached a new record high of 25 percent in the third quarter, with the prospect of further rises as government austerity measures kick in. Ciara Sutton reports.
With one in four now out of work, more queus like this can be expected outside Spanish unemployment centres. The jobless rate has reached record levels and is predicted to rise in 2013, as the next phase of government cutbacks kicks in. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) UNEMPLOYED MAN, ITALO HERAN, SAYING: "So many cuts, people are suffering so much, they are even having heart attacks because they don't have anything. Suddenly they don't have a way to survive. So we need another policy that helps people, but every day they strangle us more." At exactly 25 percent, it's the highest level since the 1970s, and unions are calling for strikes next month. The new data puts further pressure on the government as it debates whether to seek international aid while battling to bring down the public deficit. But Spain's borrowing costs have eased significantly since the ECB's promise to buy the country's bonds should it call for financial help. IG Markets trader Will Hedden. (SOUNDBITE) (English) IG INDEX TRADER, WILL HEDDEN, SAYING: "There's definitely been an appetite for investing in some of the peripheral euro zone equities. Certainly if you'd started investing early on in the summer in Spain and Greece, the returns you'd have had up until now would have been pretty decent." But austerity measures are likely to crimp Spanish growth further, and cast more out of work. Protests have mounted over the past weeks against the new program which will see a freeze in public sector pay for the third consecutive year.


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Microsoft on Monday announced that it had agreed to acquire LinkedIn, the world's largest professional network, for $196 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at $26.2 billion. Microsoft promised that LinkedIn would retain its distinct brand, culture and independence with Jeff Weiner remaining CEO of LinkedIn, reporting to Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft. The transaction is expected to close this calendar year.
In its acquisition announcement, Microsoft pointed out some interesting stats regarding LinkedIn's membership, engagement and financial results, specifically:
- 19% growth year over year (YOY) to more than 433 million members worldwide
- 9% growth YOY to more than 105 million unique visiting members per month
- 49% growth YOY to 60 percent mobile usage
- 34% growth YOY to more than 45 billion quarterly member page views
- 101% growth YOY to more than 7 million active job listings
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft said of the deal
The LinkedIn team has grown a fantastic business centered on connecting the world's professionals. Together we can accelerate the growth of LinkedIn, as well as Microsoft Office 365 and Dynamics as we seek to empower every person and organization on the planet.
Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn commented:
Just as we have changed the way the world connects to opportunity, this relationship with Microsoft, and the combination of their cloud and LinkedIn's network, now gives us a chance to also change the way the world works. For the last 13 years, we've been uniquely positioned to connect professionals to make them more productive and successful, and I'm looking forward to leading our team through the next chapter of our story.
Microsoft said it would finance the transaction primarily through the issuance of new debt. As of writing, shares of the LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE: LNKD) have jumped 47%.


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Summative assessment is generally carried out at the end of a course, unit or project and in an educational setting, summative assessments are typically used to assign students a course grade.
Formative assessment is a self-reflective process intended to enhance, recognize and respond to the learning. It is a bi-directional process between teacher and student and should be designed to evaluate students on a frequent basis so that adjustments (by the teacher and by the student) can be made to help them reach target achievement goals.
Much research in the teaching of writing is about the use of formative assessment. Anyone who has taught writing knows how difficult (if not impossible) it is to have a final "test" to measure a student's ability to write.
Formative assessment improves student writing by monitoring it through the prewriting, writing, and revision processes.
I was looking over some notes I made and slipped into a book on assessment years ago. The notes still seem true today as I go into the fifth year of the Writing Initiative at PCCC. Here were my top 10 thoughts while reading that book.
- monitor, diagnose, and provide continual feedback to your students
- break large writing assignments into several smaller tasks
- vary your feedback methods
- discuss the myths and realities of writing in an academic setting
- make sure students self-assess and reflect orally & in writing on their progress
- teachers and students should create and use rubrics and checklists
- need to support students in all stages of the writing process
- each piece of writing a student creates, no matter how brief, formal or informal, is an opportunity to learn
- use individual, small-group, and large-group discussions
- feedback is key to a "writing workshop" approach


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Four film directors have announced or spoken about new projects at Cannes this week.
Spook's Apprentice
Russian helmer Sergei Bodrov is set to direct an adaptation of Joseph Delaney's children's book "Spook's Apprentice" for Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures and Thunder Road says Variety.
The story follows a 13-year-old boy who learns about wizardry from a forbidding old spook. Chuck Leavitt will rewrite Matt Greenberg's earlier draft.
Dracula 3D
Horror legend Dario Argento ("Suspiria") is planning a period-set 3D "Dracula" film to shoot in Italy next January says Film Shaft. Argento apparently plans to stay faithful to Bram Stoker's classic novel.
Spring Awakening
McG ("Terminator Salvation") will apparently both direct and produce the film version of acclaimed Broadway musical "Spring Awakening" says Broadway World. McG is currently in Cannes seeking financing for the project.
Wonder Woman
Though not linked to the long in development comic adaptation in any way as yet, Nicolas Winding Refn ("Valhalla Rising," "Bronson") has told The BBC that he "always wanted to do 'Wonder Woman' as a feature film… I would say that Wonder Woman is probably something that, to me, would be not just a satisfaction, but almost a [catharsis], and I was born to make it."
First on his schedule through is the Bangkok-set Western "Only God Forgives" and the Ryan Gosling neo-noir thriller "Drive".


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An anorexic woman who weighed only five-stone became so thin her ribs literally snapped when she jumped into her boyfriend's arms.
Georgia McGrath, 18, was so frail that her ribs broke as her boyfriend Ashton Bentley gave her a huge hug on camera.
The 18-year-old, from Hull, lived off just 100 calories a day after developing anorexia in 2012.
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Georgia's weight plummeted from a healthy 10 stone to a shocking five stone with a BMI of 11.6 – well under the recommended range of 18.5 to 25.
It wasn't until last August that she realised she had to overcome anorexia after breaking her ribs while giving a hug to her boyfriend.
Since then she has slowly increased her portion sizes and is back up to a healthy 10st 4lbs.
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Georgia said: 'When I jumped into Ashton's arms for a hug I was left screaming in agony and could barely breathe, I thought I'd punctured my lungs.
'I was so stick thin and my bones were so brittle that I'd fractured my ribs from the jump it was terrifying.
'The pain was so intense, I never for one moment thought I would have such a severe injury from something like as simple as posing for a cute photograph.'
Georgia started losing weight in 2012 following trauma she had experienced as a child. She started going to the gym every day, desperately trying to burn off any calories she had eaten.
In August, she was rushed to hospital after suffering from stroke-like symptoms that were caused by her starving herself.
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At that time, her great-grandmother passed away and left her with the dying wish that Georgia make a recovery from anorexia.
Georgia said: 'She told me that she didn't want to see me in heaven for a long time and it really hit hard and gave me extra motivation to beat anorexia.'
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The model has now battled her fear of sugar by starting a specialist service that provides Candy Carts to weddings.
Her boyfriend, Ashton, said: 'I'm super proud of her she did it all herself through a lot of patience and encouragement.
'I'm quite an affectionate person so it was quite difficult at first because I wanted to give her a big hug but knew if I did it would hurt her.'


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And now for Part Two of our Conservation In Miniature blog post, showing how we put together a replica dolls' house room filled with conservation tools and equipment as part of an exhibition in the Museum Room. The miniature room has now been created, and in this post we're installing it. (If you really can't wait to see what the finished conservation in miniature dolls' house looks like, scroll down to the end of the blog post and click on the image to enlarge it).
The finished creation…
I needed to add one more item to the far right hand corner of our miniature dolls' house room to complete it, can you guess what it is?
And there we go – one completed Conservation In Miniature dolls' house. We hope that it inspires you to come to Nostell and take a look at the exhibition, or perhaps have a go at making one yourselves!


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As this is my very first electric vehicle and first big project at MIT, I didn't know what type of motor would work best. I talked with Ben, an experienced tinkerer, and he recommended a motor with low kv and pointed me towards HobbyKing. (The lower the Kv the more torque the motor can produce).
Chibikart's motors are Turnigy 5065-256Kv Brushless Outrunner Motor and have a can diameter of 49 mm. After looking on HobbyKing's website for a while I found a similar motor to Chibikart's. I ended up ordering three Turnigy 4250-350Kv Brushless Outrunner Motors with a can diameter of 42 mm. I left my browser on the HobbyKing page for awhile and they gave me a discount!
I'm thinking after I gear it for torque with the ring gear, the motor will be able to move a decent sized human at a decent rate (faster than orbit wheels without a motor that is).
Now that I got my motor picked out, I started thinking about batteries.
I decided to use the big A123 28650 Systems Lithium Nanophosphate cells. They seem to be a popular and common choice at MITERS.
I spent a lot of time researching what type of wheel I could use. I couldn't find many hubless wheels that were big enough to put my foot through (and even if I did they didn't have a ring gear inside). So I decided to build my own ring gear rim and pour the urethane rubber around it in a 3D printed cast.
And since I was planning on making my own wheel, I wanted to make "no crush wheels" so I could have some sort of shock absorption in the wheel itself.
In order to make these, I bought some molding urethane from Smooth-On. They sell 80A shore (a measure of how hard the material is) Urethane Rubber, which is very similar to the hardness of skateboard wheels, in little trial sizes and gallon sizes. I decided to purchase a trial size to test out if it would work for my purpose.
I'm planning on building one orbit wheel at a time (rather than simultaneously) to test how well the no crush wheel idea works. I could have some problems with getting the stiffness of the shock absorption just perfect. Otherwise, if it is too flimsy it will be like riding a flat tire, and if it's to stiff it won't be any different than a regular wheel. This way, I can incorporate any changes and improvements into the second wheel.


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1. Jelly Bean asteroids.
2. Planets that orbit themselves.
3. Spiders that get powers from biting radioactive humans.
4. Charging ourselves with solar panels rather than eating food.
5. Moon made of peanuts. Not one giant peanut, but billions of billions of peanuts. With salt. So the beaches or the peanut butter oceans are made of peanut salt and get into everything
6. Freeze dried dinosaur. Just add water.
7. Heavy Metal Hamster rock band.


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May 2010 – RBC Royal Bank® (rbcroyalbank.com ) earned the top spot in the annual Forrester Research report titled "2010 Canadian Bank Public Web Site Rankings" (April 2010). The report states, "RBC stole the top spot in this year's ranking, scoring 66 out of 100."
"For the second consecutive year, we have demonstrated our commitment to our clients, and prospective clients," said James McGuire, vice-president of Digital Strategy and Experience, RBC. "We are proud to provide visitors to our websites with a combination of relevant and timely content, robust online functionality and superior customer service."
According to Forrester's review, "in areas like trust, research content and functionality, as well as online application content and functionality, RBC set the standard for the banks that we reviewed in Canada. On average, Canadian banks typically score 64 in the research and functionality category."
The report also stated "RBC excels at usability… provides the right information [and]… is top in its applications."
The survey examines more than 50 individual criteria that measure a financial services website's ability to move visitors toward their goals. In addition, Forrester Research awarded RBC Royal Bank Online Banking the top spot in the "2009 Canadian Bank Secure Web Site Rankings" (August 2009).
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Everyone in our household has asthma. It's well-controlled for all of us, but it does mean that when we get sick, it always ends up in the chest. Coughs galore for weeks on end. This happened at the top of the month with my daughter, whose asthma was ignored when we went into the doc initially. Now she's back on oral steroids (briefly), and I'm doing my best to keep her from being overloaded with meds as they struggle to strengthen her lungs.
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The mental acceptance of a particular judgment as true. Assent is essentially internal, but it may also be manifested externally by some verbal expression or sign. Since the Church is a visible institution, her members must give not only internal but also external assent to her teachings. And in the reception of some of the sacraments, external assent must be given, for example, some sensibly perceptible sign of accepting one's partner in matrimony. (Etym. Latin assensus, agreement, assent, especially on the part of the mind, approval.)


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You may have seen my earlier review of Mystery Girl. This book was so different from what I've read before, but I liked it! Slightly noir, slightly mystery and all awesome.
You can check out the review here.
When Sam Kornberg's wife, Lala, walks out on him, he's an unemployed used-book store clerk and failed experimental novelist with a broken heart. Desperate to win her back, he takes a job as assistant detective to the enigmatic Solar Lonsky, a private eye who might be an eccentric and morbid genius or just a morbidly obese madman.
It's a simple tail job, following a beautiful and mysterious lady around L.A., but Sam soon finds himself helplessly falling for his quarry and hopelessly entangled in a murder case involving Satanists, succubi, underground filmmakers, Hollywood bigshots, Mexican shootouts, video-store geekery, and sexy doppelgangers from beyond the grave. A case that highlights the risks of hardcore reading and mourns the death of the novel—or perhaps just the decline of Western Civilization.
Mystery Girl is a thriller about the dangers of marriage and a detective story about the unsolvable mysteries of love, art, and other people.
Sound like your kind of read? Well, it's your lucky day! I've been given a copy of Mystery Girl to offer up to one lucky winner! Woohoo!
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"Casas en venta baratas" is Spanish for the phrase "houses for sale cheap." This phrase would commonly be seen on real estate ads for affordable homes or apartments. In English, the phrase would be switched around to "cheap houses for sale," but in Spanish the adjective often comes after the noun.
The Spanish language has more flexibility than the English language. Word placement in Spanish writing often signifies emphasis on words, whereas English writing does not change emphasis based on word placement.
English-speaking people who see the phrase "casas en venta baratas" can assume that they are reading an ad for affordable housing or cheap apartments.


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I've experimented with waffle recipes over the years, and this is the best recipe I've found for waffles that are crispy on the outside, fluffy on the inside, and super yummy. I got the recipe from a 1920s cookbook I found in an antique store.
I try to make sure my kids have a healthy breakfast, but we like to have these as a weekend treat once in a while. The only downside is that the recipe uses 3 bowls and you need to beat the egg whites separately and fold them in, but they are worth the extra dishes and effort.
Adapted from the The New Royal Cook Book, copyright 1920 (I reduced the baking powder and salt a bit, substituted butter for the shortening, and added a little sugar and vanilla).
2 cups flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
1 3/4 cups milk
2 eggs, separated
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 tablespoon melted butter
Preheat the waffle iron.
Whisk the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar together in a bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk together the milk, egg yolks, and vanilla. In a third bowl, whip the egg whites until they are light and fluffy and soft peaks form when you pull the beaters out of the whites. Add the milk mixture to the flour mixture and whisk together until well blended. Then fold the egg whites gently into the milk and flour mixture, being careful not to over mix (it's okay if there are small lumps and streaks of the egg whites). The batter should be pretty light and fluffy.
Brush the waffle iron with butter if needed to prevent sticking (or use cooking spray). Pour batter onto waffle iron (using whatever amount needed for your particular iron). Cook waffles until golden brown. Serve hot with toppings of your choice.
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DARTMOUTH — As the override election heads into its final days, pro and anti groups report that many of their political signs have been stolen or vandalized.
DARTMOUTH — As the override election heads into its final days, pro and anti groups report that many of their political signs have been stolen or vandalized.
Although only a few incidents have been reported to police, both sides condemn the behavior and acknowledge that signs for the anti-override group have been hit the hardest.
Barry Walker, chairman of Dartmouth Override Opponents, estimated that 125 to 130 of the group's 150 signs have been stolen or vandalized in advance of Tuesday's $8.46 million override vote.
"They come to my house every night," he said, adding that he pressed charges against a juvenile and the vandalism still did not stop.
Mr. Walker said the vandalism and thefts are causing opponents to harden in their positions against the override.
"They are hurting any chance for a reasonable override," he said.
"They aren't helping themselves. They really aren't."
The override question will be decided at a special election Tuesday. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Mr. Walker said someone dumped paint on a 4- by 4-foot wooden sign on Slocum Road, near Sharp Street, last weekend and then left the paint bucket next to the sign.
He saw the damage and decided to deliver a message to the people who are committing the vandalism.
He painted "Dartmouth Pride equals Bully Politics" over the vandalism.
Then on Monday, the sign was stolen.
Doug Roscoe, chairman of the Coalition for Dartmouth, the pro-override group, said "a good number" of that group's signs also have disappeared.
"That's pretty normal for a political campaign," he said. "Clearly, more has been directed at the opponents."
Mr. Roscoe said there is "no excuse" for damaging or stealing signs and he has spoken with Mr. Walker about it.
He said he views the vandalism as a free-speech issue. "Anytime you ruin someone's sign, you're hurting free speech."
Capt. Dennis McGuire said police have received two complaints in a three-month period about signs.
Police apprehended a juvenile and made the teen return a stolen sign.
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Emery Cleaves, Maryland State Geologist from 1992 to 2006, passed away on Saturday, February 3, 2018. He was President of the Association of American State Geologists in 2002-2003, and in 2010, he received the AASG Distinguished Service Award (DSA), as an indication of the many roles he played in AASG. He was highly engaged in water resource issues, and he was a tireless advocate for stream gauges.
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On 18/05/08 at 16:27 +0200, Bas Wijnen wrote: > On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 03:18:12PM +0200, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > > But the problem we want to solve is making things easier for > > upstreams. > > Oh? When I read the proposal, I understood that the problem we want to > solve is about tracking changes we make to upstream. Ah, interesting. We are not trying to solve the same problem, which might explain why it's so hard to converge to a single solution. The problem I am interested in solving is: It is currently difficult for people not involved in Debian development (upstream, other distros, users) to know which patches we applied, the reason for the patch, and whether they should be interested in that patch or not. I thought that the problem of tracking changes for Debian developers was already solved by using a VCS and advertising it thought Vcs-*? -- | Lucas Nussbaum | firstname.lastname@example.com http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: firstname.lastname@example.com GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F |
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Fox announces "voice re-sampling" compromise deal over Futurama.
"The beloved voice cast will be heard in the upcoming series of Futurama!" - So begins a new press release by Fox TV, lauding a compromise deal, which purportedly will allow viewers of the new series of Futurama to hear the cast they have known and loved since Futurama premiered in 1999. But the devil is in the detail and may actually serve to further stoke outrage among fans.
The announcement, at least in the eyes of Fox, resolves a dispute over pay that had previously led the company to announce that it was replacing the entire voice cast in the revived series because it was unwilling to meet their pay demands. This led to an outcry among fans, many of whom stated that they could not imagine seeing Futurama without hearing the likes of Billy West (Fry) and John DiMaggio (Bender).
But now, Fox has decided to take another path which avoids the pay issue altogether - resampling snippets of the actors' voices from previous episodes. "We realized that over four seasons and four movies, we had the entire cast saying just about every word and phrase possible," states a Fox executive in the press release "So we decided that rather than replacing such a great cast, we would use today's technology to re-sample and cut and splice previous recordings and make them into new words and sentences."
The press release continues: "Good news everyone! Wait till you hear it; the results are phenomenal! We're back, baby!"
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|Preliminary Description of Incident
|Sizemore Plumbing and Heating, LLC, Albany, GA 31701
|Plumbing and heating worker was electrocuted when he touched an energized metal gas pipe while working in a crawl space.
|A-N-R Door Systems, Inc., Brunswick, GA 31520
|Worker fell from an 8-foot ladder while troubleshooting a roll-up door.
|Randy Davenport dba Davenport Roofing, Helena, AR 72390
|Two workers were electrocuted when the aluminum ladder they were positioning against a building came in contact with an overhead powerline.
|Prestonwood Christian Academy, Plano, TX 75093
|Football coach collapsed and died on the practice field while working in 106-degree weather.
|CSM Bakery Products North America, Dallas, TX 75238
|Worker unjamming part of a bakery oven was killed after he was caught between the robotic arm and the oven's conveyor belt.
|T & S Sawmill, Inc., Clarendon, AR 72029
|Worker died from possible heat-related illness after working on a sawmill machine.
|Nix Contr LLC, Linden, MI 48451
|Worker died after falling into a manhole.
|Clay Mohon Mowing LLC, Mortons Gap, KY 42440
|Worker lost consciousness and was killed after being crushed by the tractor he was operating.
|Nielson Construction Inc, Price, UT 84501
|Worker performing yard work between the road and property was struck and killed by car.
|Eiver Vergara dba Vergara Roofing and Repair, Monroe, NC 28110
|Worker died after falling nearly 30 feet from roof onto concrete driveway.
|Blue Collar Construction, Pecos, TX 79972
|Worker resurfacing a street was killed when crushed between a chipper spreader and dump truck.
|Air Liquide, Hahnville, LA 70057
|Worker attempting to remove a plug from a line at a pressure bottle died when the bottle ruptured, hitting him in the head.
|U.S.A. Hauling & Recycling Inc., Enfield, CT 06082
|Truck driver standing outside the truck trying to close its tailgate was killed when another truck backed over him.
|Dresser-Rand, Wellsville, NY 14895
|Worker was crushed between a crane-held load and a fixed object.
|Kessler Construction, Munich, ND 58352
|Worker nailing rafter stringers on a barn died after falling nearly 20 feet to the ground.
|Wally Park, Lester, PA 19029
|Worker conducting routine maintenance on a shuttle bus was crushed when the rear of the bus collapsed.
|Wave Hydro, LLC, Baldwinsville, NY 13027
|Worker performing electrical maintenance fell into the water and drowned.
|Naybor's Well Services Company, High Island, TX 77623
|Worker trying to detach a load from a forklift died when the load fell on top of him.
|Crawford Construction, Van Buren, AR 72956
|Worker bending down to make marks on the road was killed when a road/motor grader operator backed over him.
|BMW Motorcycles of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89113
|Worker loading a motorcycle into a customer's vehicle died after falling backwards off ramp and hitting his head.
|Watervliet Public Schools, Watervliet, MI 49098
|Worker stripping wood died from head injuries after falling from step.
|Rod Van Erp Farm LLC, Ubly, MI 48475
|Worker was crushed when a backhoe rolled over him.
|S & J Logging Inc., Chelsea, MI 48118
|Worker was struck in the head and killed by falling trees while logging.
|MVT Iron Works, Guttenberg, NJ 07093
|Worker standing on a ladder on the second-story walkway was killed after falling over the guardrail to the ground.
|Foreign Auto Salvage, INC, dba Walton Imports, Walton, KY 41014
|Auto salvage worker was crushed when the car fell off lift.
|Ohio Gratings Texas, Houston, TX 77045
|Worker stacking gratings in a warehouse died after being found unconscious.
|Extreme Fab Inc., Houston, TX 77015
|Worker using hand-held tools and a drop light while inspecting a skid was electrocuted when his sweat caused the drop light to arc.
|Sadoff & Rudoy Industries, Fond du Lac, WI 54935
|Worker was killed when a clamp fell on him while performing maintenance on a shearing machine.
|Mark Morin Logging, Tampico, IN 47220
|Worker crushed while cutting down trees.
|Hayward Baker Inc., Aspen, CO 80020
|Worker drilling geothermal holes died after becoming entangled with the rotating drill stem and auger.
|Greenwich Terminals, Philadelphia, PA 19148
|Worker was assisting a yard horse driver, hooking up to something at the pier, and was run over.
|Ambriz Construction, Maumelle, AR 72113
|Five construction workers were hospitalized when the scrap box they were inside fell 20 feet to the ground.


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Question of the Day: Sparkling Angels Holistic Healing
Binoxy Parakh: "How do we deal with memories of Suicides of Close Ones? I lost a dear friend & feel if I had not gone for my trip I would have been able to stop her. Why did she take such a drastic step? What made a religious, caring soul commit suicide? All these questions keep coming to me."
♥ Dear Binoxy, heartfelt love & warmth to console your grieved heart. There are various factors in each ones life that drives us to certain thoughts, emotions, patterns and thus actions. These things are not driven overnight. They accumulate over a period of time & when they get to the Volcanic Point of reaching the Brim; They Erupt & a massive force of Courage takes over for a person to take such a drastic step.
Yes, unlike what we believe & perceive that Suicide is a Cowardly act, it is actually the Opposite.
It is the Inner Weakness or the collapsing of the Soul, that actually creates an equal & opposite reaction which gives rise & power to the Physical Mind to plunge forward & garner Courage; for taking this drastic step towards The Point of No Return called Suicide.
Spiritually, the consequences of Suicidal Souls is not good at all. So instead of grieving or binding them with Questions, all we should do is Pray for their elevation and Pray they be helped by other Elevated Souls, Guides & Masters in the Spiritual Realms, to redeem this action on Earth and move towards the Light.
For more on how childhood, or other life patterns contribute to Suicide please read this Blog that is enclosed.
May Love, Light, Grace & Wisdom be Unto All ♥
© Roshani
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BBC Review
The Shout Out Louds' stunning brand of delicate melodic music could be described as a...
Jack Smith 2005
With the release of Howl Howl Gaff Gaff the Shout Out Louds are set to overtake The Arcade Fire as the most talked about new band in Britain. The Swedish five piece's stunning brand of delicate melodic music could be described as a softer version of the Canadians' chaotic indie sounds;they've only just started to ripple the surface of the music scene but expect them to make waves very soon.
This atmospheric music initially has the subtle air of optimistic hope that surrounds a new relationship. Listen more closely and you see a broken heart expressing a tender philosophical outlook on love that has slipped through the fingers.
Let the sentiment of this album warm the cockles of your heart with beautifully executed tracks such as "Go Sadness" and "The Comeback", which are reminiscent of The Flaming Lips' music and the vocal style of Mercury Rev. This remarkable debut will draw out empathy in everyone who's lucky enough to hear it.


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Syria minister joins opposition
A Syrian deputy oil minister says he is resigning to join the revolt against the government.
Abdo Hussameddin, 58, announced his defection in a video posted on YouTube.
He is the highest level political figure to abandon the government of President Bashar al-Assad since the uprising erupted a year ago.
Earlier, after a visit to the city of Homs, the UN humanitarian chief said some areas had been "devastated" in the offensive by Syrian government troops.
Valerie Amos said the bombed-out Baba Amr district felt like it had been closed down entirely. The government retook the district last week after fierce shelling.
Activists say troops committed massacres since they went in. Damascus blames rebels for many deaths.
'Driven by barbarism'
Abdo Hussameddin – who is one of two deputy oil ministers – posted his video on YouTube late on Wednesday.
Wearing a smart jacket, collar and tie, and sitting in a high-backed armchair, he read out a four-minute ringing denunciation of the regime he said he had served in one capacity or another for the past 33 years.
"I, Abdo Hussameddin, deputy oil and mineral wealth minister in Syria, announce my defection from the regime, resignation from my position and withdrawal from the Baath Party.
"I am joining the revolution of the people who reject injustice and the brutal campaign of the regime."
Mr Hussameddin – deputy oil minister since August 2009 – added: "I tell the regime, which claims to own the country, you have nothing but the footprint of the tank driven by your barbarism to kill innocent people."
He said he was stepping aside although he knew that his house would be burnt and his family persecuted by the regime.
An activist who shot the video and posted it on YouTube told the AFP news agency in Beirut that the opposition had helped to arrange the resignation.
The Syrian government has not publicly commented on Mr Hussameddin's announcement.
Observers say public defections have been rare among civilian officials of the Syrian state, which is controlled by President Assad's minority Alawite sect.
However, there have been high-profile defections from the military, including Gen Mustapha al-Sheikh who fled to Turkey earlier this year. Also thousands of chiefly Sunni soldiers and conscripts are reported to have deserted since the start of the uprising.
A spokeswoman from the opposition National Transitional Council of Syria said she believed many more cabinet members and their deputies were prepared to defect.
The BBC's Jim Muir in Beirut says the deputy minister's resignation would appear to signal growing strains within the regime, as the violence intensifies, and the economy comes under increasing stress because of sanctions.
Violence continued across Syria on Wednesday. Opposition groups said 39 people were killed – 26 in Homs, six in Idlib, three in Deraa and two each in suburbs of Damascus and Aleppo.
The UN says more than 7,500 people have died as a result of the violence in Syria over the past 12 months.
International media organisations are heavily restricted in Syria, making it impossible to verify the claims of either side.
'No to force'
In further diplomatic efforts to halt the violence, special envoy Kofi Annan is due to meet representatives of both sides in Damascus at the weekend.
Speaking after talks in Cairo on Thursday, Mr Annan – joint envoy for the UN and Arab League – rejected any military intervention in Syria.
"I hope no-one is thinking very seriously of using force in this situation. I believe further militarisation will make the situation worse," he said after meeting Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi.
Separately, Beijing announced on Thursday that its envoy had talks in Syria this week with representatives of the government and the opposition.
China's foreign ministry said envoy Li Huaxin met Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem and his deputy during a two-day visit.
Observers say Mr Li's visit is Beijing's latest attempt to counter charges by Western and Arab leaders that by vetoing two previous UN resolutions, China and Russia have aided the growing violence by Syrian government forces.
On Wednesday, US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said no options – including military action – had been ruled out to end the violence in Syria.
However Mr Panetta – appearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee – stressed that the US still preferred a diplomatic solution.
Washington is currently trying to draft a new UN Security Council resolution to try to end the violence.
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Motorola will launch "at least one direct-to-consumer device with Google" next year, CEO Sanjay Jha said in an earnings conference call today transcribed by SeekingAlpha.com.
In the context of Motorola's smartphone lineup, that means the manufacturer may have been tapped to deliver one of the follow-ups to Google's much-heralded HTC Nexus One phone.
But the mysterious Google-phone will only be one of more than 20 Android-powered smartphones coming this year, Jha said. At least ten of those will run Motorola's MOTOBLUR social-networking software, he said.
A new version of MOTOBLUR will "offer additional security and device management functionality" to appeal to enterprise users, Jha said.
Meanwhile, Motorola continues to back out of the feature-phone market. Motorola expects the market for mid-to-high-priced feature phones to "meaningfully decline throughout the year," Jha said in the SeekingAlpha transcript, and they'll fall back on manufacturing partners to make lower-end phones.
You're less likely to see low-end Motorola phones here in the U.S. next year, too. Jha pegged their lower end lineup as being for "a portfolio of low-end voice phones for China, for Latin America, for southeast Asia, very little bit for U.S. and very little bit for Central and Eastern Europe."
Two areas where Motorola may keep investing in feature phones are rugged phones, such as the Barrage for Verizon, and iDen phones such as the ones on Sprint's Nextel network, Jha said in the transcript.
Motorola shipped 2 million Android smartphones during the fourth quarter of last year, and they expect to ship 11 to 14 million next year, Jha said. The US will "dominate" Motorola smartphone sales next year, Jha said.
"I think U.S. is clearly the most important marketplace," he said.
Overall phone sales will be down from last year because the company is moving away from cheaper feature phones and into more profitable smartphones, he said.


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Before the Knife: Memories of an African Childhood
Carolyn Slaughter
254pp, Doubleday, £12.99
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
Alexandra Fuller
310pp, Picador, £15.99
Mention wildlife to white children brought up in Africa and nearly every one will talk not about the lion but the antlion. Generations have whiled away hot hours dropping ants into the powdery stiletto holes of this mysterious insect and watching, fascinated, as the miniature monster claws its way up through the sand and grabs its prey. The antlion encapsulates a daily life that, as Carolyn Slaughter and Alexandra Fuller know better than most, is full of creepy-crawlies, boredom and casual cruelties. It's a life of learning to deal with death and dirt and the disfiguring diseases of poverty.
Slaughter, the older of these memoirists, grew up in the 1950s and 1960s in the Kalahari desert, one of three daughters born to an abusive Irish father and a self-deluding mother who could not come to terms with being cheated of the glamour of the Raj for the drab life of a colonial officer's wife in postcolonial Africa. Before the Knife is loaded with bitterness; the father rapes his daughter while the mother turns a beautiful, blasted face to the wall, like Blanche DuBois. The wild African landscape gives Slaughter a refuge from this ravaged and ravaging family, but also provides an almost gothic setting for a sensational life. The young Carolyn tries to murder her father and repeatedly mutilates herself, most memorably by exposing her bare body to the African sun, suffering a near-fatal bout of sunstroke from which she is nursed back to health by a good Afrikaner with the maternal common sense her own mother lacks.
This matron takes her to visit an English "lunatic", an abandoned wife who plays a grand piano in a disintegrating bungalow while her husband runs wild with the local women. "The lid of the piano was propped open with a limb of a mopani tree. A woman was sitting there in a grimy, dark dress, bent forward over the keys, swaying a little, her head tilted to one side... I looked at the walls that seemed to be caving in, and the mounds of droppings all over the floor... her English complexion had curdled and her pale blue eyes looked like the eyes I had seen once in the face of a very old black man, bleached and blind." There is a point at which an anecdote so perfectly illustrates a state of mind that you begin to question how much it retains of itself. Before the Knife is so full of such stories that, however evocative and passionate the writing, you start to mistrust the perceptiveness of its observations and by extension the validity of its witness.
It is not being fanciful to suggest that Slaughter sees her abusive childhood as a metaphor for the rape of Africa by white male colo nialists. This grandiosity is partly the fault of the memoir form itself: so many appalling stories have been told and sold that this bankable genre is always looking deeper into the heart of darkness. In Africa, Slaughter finds a setting for what - for all its descriptive highs and politically recriminatory lows - is a story of surviving child abuse.
Alexandra Fuller, writing as a child of the 1970s and 1980s, does something much earthier and more persuasive in Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight. She, too, has loopy parents, but she depicts them with humour and affection rather than horror. Slaughter pontificates about the "white men coming to make a hurried living along the beautiful acres of the equator that stretch all the way up into the snow-peaked crests of mountains put down a few hundred million years ago". Fuller shows your average nice, polite Englishman "lying greyly on the lawn" after a night up drinking with her mother, who regales him for hours with the impossibility of African rule (this is after Rhodesia has become Zimbabwe, and the family have left for Zambia).
Fuller is aware that her mother is a preposterous figure, but her descriptions of such scenes are hugely perceptive. "Tub" Fuller's prejudices are a part of the landscape, in a way that the young Englishman could never understand. "People like this never last beyond two malaria seasons, at most. Then he'll go back to England and say 'when I was in Zambia' for the rest of his life," writes Fuller.
In his Raj quartet, Paul Scott described the generation who stayed on in India once the privileges of empire had gone. The Fullers are Africa's stay-ons: they spend the "war" defending a white Rhodesia that will inevitably disappear. When their farm is repossessed, they move on to Malawi and finally Zambia, taking on the most run-down farms in land so unyielding that no one else will touch it, harvesting the last of the tobacco crops and rounding up cattle that have reverted to wild after their owners have fled or been pushed from their land. They collect stray dogs and minister to the deserving poor with a Victorian condescension. They are stuck in the timewarp of a modern, rural Africa that, to their farmers' eyes, seems to be sinking back into the middle ages. They will never renounce their claim to the "worm-smelling soil" of Africa, yet they never settle or get rich, and for this they pay a terrible price: three of their children die, one from meningitis, one in a farm accident, and one due to inadequate prenatal care. They are are quixotic, brave, appalling and strangely admirable. Their daughter's memoir does them the honour of permitting them to be all these things. She has placed on record a neglected corner of social history and written a book that deserves to be read for generations.