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MWC 15 Special
Announced back in May together with the Samsung Galaxy S III, the Samsung Galaxy S III LTE/GT-I9305 is Samsung's LTE version of its best selling premium smartphone; now available in Germany. Unlike the Galaxy S III which initially came with Android 4.0.4, the Galaxy S III LTE runs on Android 4.1.1/Jelly Bean, which is - for sure - enhanced with Samsung's own TouchWiz 4.0 UI which nevertheless plays nice with Jelly Bean. Unlike other LTE smartphones so far, the Galaxy S III is powered by a quad-core CPU which is Samsung's own Exynos 4412 Cortex A9 CPU, running at 1.4 GHz. The S III LTE supports quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE, quadband UMTS/HSDPA (up to 21 Mbps)/HSUPA (up to 5.76 Mpbs) at 850/900/1900/2100 MHz and triband LTE (up to 100 Mbps/50 Mbps) at 800/1800/2600 MHz.
Also onboard are WiFi a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, aGPS/GLONASS and the smartphone-typical FM radio. Furthermore, the Galaxy S III LTE comes with the Android-typical accelerometer, gyroscope, RGB and proximity sensor as well as a digital compass and a barometer.
The Galaxy S III LTE sports a 4.8" Gorilla Glass 2 protected Super AMOLED HD capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixel. The 8 megapixel autofocus camera on the back comes with a supporting flash LED and features simultaneous HD video and image recording, burst shot and best photo, HDR, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection and image . Videos can be recoded in 1080p HD with up to 30 fps. The front-facing camera has a resolution of 1.9 megapixel which allows to record 720p HD videos up to 30 fps.
It has 2 GB RAM and 16 GB of flash memory which can be expanded with micro SD memory cards up to 64 GB. Like the Galaxy S III, the LTE version also features the more traditional Android button layout; left and right from the physical home button are the touch-sensitive menu and the back keys. The most recently used apps are opened by pressing and holding the center button and Jelly Beans' Google Now is launched by tapping and holding the menu key.
At a size of 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm, the Galaxy S III LTE weights 131 g, including the 2100 mAh Li-Ion battery.
The Marble White Samsung Galaxy S III LTE above is launch-exclusive carried by Vodafone Germany.
Cheers ~ Arne
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Found this at: http://ohsheglows.com/2016/02/01/next-level-vegan-enchiladas/
Before I get to this insanely delicious recipe, I want to let you know what I've been up to this month! Some of you have seen on Snapchat that I've been behind the lens each day for a very special photography project—which includes shooting more than 60 brand-new recipe photos! It's been pretty crazy around here and I haven't had a day off in ages, but it's really coming together beautifully. Eric even helped me create a dedicated photography space in our empty dining room and it's been nice to have a set area to shoot (why did it take me so long to do this?). We're gearing up to share this new project with you late winter, and I appreciate your patience as things will continue to be a bit slower around here as I complete the photography project this month. If you want to see all the behind-the-scenes action, follow along on Snapchat (username: angelaliddon).
I'm also happy to announce that we're gearing up to kick off a brand-new newsletter! It's going to be packed with all kinds of beautiful photos, recipes, life updates, tips/tricks, and sneak peeks/insider info (such as on the aforementioned project!). Since it has been so long since I sent out a newsletter (probably 1.5 to 2 years), we're starting fresh and asking you to sign up again. This is because we want to make sure our subscribers truly want to receive our newsletter; the goal is to connect with you in a meaningful way — not to spam unsuspecting inboxes! I'm all about quality over quantity. Once you've signed up you will get an email asking you to confirm your subscription, and you'll need to click the link to activate the fun. The first newsletter is expected to go out this month with a special Valentine's Day theme (va va voom!), so keep your eyes peeled! Sign up here:
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For those of you who have been asking if my next cookbook has a release date, I'm thrilled to tell you that it will release on September 6, 2016. Not too long to go now! You can now pre-order the book in Canada via Amazon.ca and Chapters/Indigo (many more retailers to come). We don't have a cover yet, but of course I will share the preview with you as soon as I can!
As you can see there are a lot of fun things coming up in 2016. More on all of this very soon…
This recipe is honestly one of my favourite entrees in a very long time and I'm so excited to share it with you. This is the recipe to make when you want to blow your friends and family away. Trust me on this one. It's a spin-off of my favourite vegan enchilada recipe from way back in 2011. Why the heck has it taken me so long to make another? Well, to be honest, I didn't think I could improve upon that recipe, but I was wrong…very wrong. This version is even more flavourful, satisfying, and robust thanks to the addition of smoky roasted red peppers, umami-rich sun-dried tomatoes, and my favourite homemade enchilada sauce. I top it all off with a decadent cashew cream that's flavored with cilantro, garlic, and lime. Yowza. This is winter comfort food at its best!

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There is already a thread about requesting the names of your favorite themes of Naruto. It's called the Official Naruto music or theme request, so do a search next time. They can help you there, because i don't remember the song that you are asking for. I have to check those scenes again and my cds to answer your question.
|2004-08-04, 22:47
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Song name ( Naruto-Neji)
I was wondering what the name of the song that is played when Naruto beats Neji, its a slower version of Narutos Main theme but i cant seem to find this version..can anyone help me?Its also played when Sasuke wakes up after the fight with Haku, when sakura is crying over his body.
|2004-08-15, 16:43
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Uh oh
Rock Song in some Eps
I was curious what the title and artist of that recurring rock song is in the early episodes of the series (I'm on episode 15 right now heh). If you could help me out that'd be great! Thanks in advance!
Edit: Note, one occurance of this song is about 3 minutes into Episode 15 when they are in the ice mirrors.
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|2004-08-16, 03:19
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Thought I'd post this here, since this thread is for general discussion of Naruto music.
First, I love the music in Naruto. The composer has put together a lot of themes that fit the situations, characters and style of the show incredibly well.
The song listed on the OST as Orochimaru's theme (which finally gets some decent play in the more recent eps) sounds almost identical to the song from the Suikoden II OST, Neclord's Theme. It fits both characters pretty well, but I'm wondering if I'm the only one who thinks there's an almost note-for-note similarity between the two.
|2004-08-16, 18:09
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I noticed something about OP4 while comparing the different subs today. Each group subs the background shouts during the second half of the chorus as 'Bang!' and/or 'Burn!'. Am I the only one who hears 'Go!', y'know, like the title of the song?
Is there an official lyric sheet for this piece that someone could point me towards? (animelyrics.com does NOT count)
|2004-08-17, 12:53
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Location: Holland
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*listens to the song 'GO!'* ummm....I hear Go! o_o but 'burn' is in it too
I burned most of the songs of Naruto OST 1-2 on a CD
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|2004-08-20, 08:25
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Kage Bunshin no Jutsu
hmmmm Naruto music....
i supposed the music from the movie counts?
anyone watched the trailer and heard the main theme which starts from like the middle of the trailer?
its by a girl i suppose.
anyone knows the name for it? can it be found anywhere?
|2004-08-20, 11:18
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: In my daydreams
Age: 33
Hmm in the Shikamaru vs Temari fight (chuunin exams ep. 64) they play 1 song which I've been unable to find.. ..They play it when the fight begins, Temari gets pissed of and attacks Shikamaru.. Anyone who knows the name of the song I'm referring to?
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Priority: Palaven
Using the Galaxy Map in the CIC of the Normandy, select the Apien Crest. Once here you will be in Reaper space. You can scan in these systems but if you fill up your Reaper Awareness meter, the Reapers will come after you and you will be forced to flee the system.
You can either pilot the ship to the edge of the system or use a Mass Relay to escape the area. You then have to complete a Mission to bring the Awareness meter back to a nominal level.
A note on Exploration
You can scan a system to find War Assets, Artifacts, Intel and Fuel (you can get free fuel by docking at the Citadel, or purchase it at a Depot, like the one in Trebia system in the Apien Crest).
A percentage in the upper left corner of the screen shows how many assets are in the system, if there is no percentage, then you don't need to scan anything.
Choose the moon Menae and land to begin the Palaven mission.
Recommended Loadout and Squad
Mission Enemies
You arrive in a landing zone overrun by Husks. You can easily kill Husks with a Shotgun and melee attacks, just don't let them grab you. Try to direct your squadmates to attract them by keeping them ahead of you. On your way to command, loot the area.
- Salvage Spare Parts: Credits - In a pile of rubble past the first Turian, on the right before the command base.
The walls of the base will open allowing you in. Loot the area.
- Medkit - On the first platform on the left as you enter the camp.
- Assault Rifle Piercing Mod I - At the end of the left strip of platforms by the exit gate there is a Weapon Mod on the ground by a weapon.
- M-27 Scimitar I - This shotgun is right by the Weapon Mod.
- Hahne-Kedar Greaves - This piece of Armor is on the final platform on the right (from the direction you entered). A Medkit and Datapad can be found here as well.
- Medkit (See above)
- Datapad - XP (See above)
- M-97 Viper - This Sniper Rifle is on a stack of crates in the dead center of the base. There is a Datapad here as well.
- Datapad - Credits (See above)
- Datapad - XP This is on the first platform on the right as you enter the base.
- Pistol Magazine Upgrade I - You can find this Weapon Mod on some crates just past the building with the Turians in charge of the base. A Datapad is here too.
- Datapad - Credits (see above)
- Armax Arsenal Shoulder Guard - This is in the building on the right side of the camp just past command. It's next to a Weapon Bench. A Weapon Mod can be found here as well.
- Pistol Piercing Mod - See above.
Now that you've acquired a bunch of Weapon Mods and Weapons, use the Weapon Bench in the base to swap out weapons and modify them for the upcoming battle. It's intense.
Meet up with General Corinthus and he'll tell you your contact is dead. You need to repair the Husk-infested Comm Tower on the other side of the base gate.
Fight through the Husks and, once you get to the tower and activate it, you'll have to reduce your team by half (only temporarily). Send one Squad Member up the ladder in the cutscene and the other will remain to fight with you.
The only enemy type you'll encounter while defending the tower are the mindless Husks. Keep strafing and hit them with close-combat moves and Shotgun shots and it will be over after a few waves.
Return to camp and Garrus Vakarian will join your party, at the expense of whomever you chose to fix the tower. Assign Garrus squad points as needed and then move out. Make sure you give him access to Proximity Mine and Overload.
Head back to the airfield.
- Assault Rifle Magazine Upgrade - Pick this up as soon as you leave the camp and return to the airfield.
The Marauders here have Shields, so Garrus's Overload will be incredibly useful at zapping their blue life bars. Hang back behind the barriers and you can take out approaching Husks by melee attacking them from cover.
After this battle, return to base again. A large mounted turret at the top of a ladder at one end of the base is your goal.
Using the turret is easy, but you need to watch your ammo supply. Anticipate running out of ammo with frequent reloads between Husk waves.
After the turret sequence you will face your first Brute. The most important thing to remember is to keep your distance. Stay behind cover and roll out of the way when it nears you. If it hits you, your shields will evaporate. Hit it with Grenades and other explosives. Armor Piercing Rounds and Disrupter Ammo are good to help reduce the armor, but explosives can momentarily pause the creature, giving you valuable time to get away.
The Brute charges in straight lines, so you can always move perpendicularly to its motions.
Follow Garrus down the path to General Victus. He'll talk about his homeworld on the way.
- Datapad - Credits. Pick this up in the middle of the path after you hop down the ledge.
- Sniper Rifle Spare Ammo I - When you come across several Turians on the path, pick up this Weapon Mod next to them along with a Medkit and Datapad.
- Medkit - See above
- Datapad (Credits) - See above
- Medkit - Just before the second camp, while you discuss Krogans with your Squad, this is in the middle of the path.
The next area features Marauders, Cannibals and no less than 3 Brutes. This is the final battle for the Mission. Amidst the carnage you can pick up some goodies:
- Sniper Rifle Enhanced Scope - Along the left side of the buildings is a Medkit and a Weapon Mod.
- Medkit - See above.
- Medkit - This is just a bit further down from the last Medkit on the same side of the area.
- Reaper Blackstar - This one-use weapon is amongst some crates in front of a building on the left side of the area.
The Reaper Blackstar should help you deal with the Brutes, so go for that when the pair appears. As soon as you enter the area, however, you can fall off a small ledge and snipe at the first Brute you see from a great distance. This should help immensely. Remember that a barrage of explosives from you and the Squad can help slow the Brute down and kill it.
With the last enemy dead, the ending cutscene will play, so loot the area.
Post-Mission Rundown
- You will get 12500 Credits for completing this mission.
- You can talk to Hackett immediately after you gain control for an update.
- Garrus is now in the Main Battery on the Crew Deck. Talk to him to unlock Armor Piercing Rounds
- Victus is now in the War Room in the CIC.
- As soon as you leave the War Room you will find out that EDI is Offline
- Specialist Traynor will tell you about the side mission Grissom Academy: Emergency Evacuation.
- You can now return to the Citadel for several Citadel Missions and access to new places, Purgatory and Presidium Commons. Your email should include messages from Aria T'Loak in Purgatory, and Jondum Bau, who is in the Citadel Embassy.
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item no. ERICAPAS_SThe Erica clutch bag in red patent and suede has a clean and modern raw edge construction. Designed in Italy, this ultimate evening clutch boasts a Jimmy Choo engraved magnetic snap closure on the front panel. The detachable short shoulder chain adds freedom and versatility, so wear yours full length or carried in hand.
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Ecumenical Sudanese Delegation Meets with U.N. Chief to Raise Alarm
An ecumenical delegation of Sudanese religious leaders met with U.N. officials and Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday to express concern over what might happen if the critical upcoming referendum in South Sudan is not carried out as planned.
"We told him we came to raise an alarm to the United Nations," said Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul of the Episcopal Church of Sudan during a press conference held at the Church Center for the United Nations.
"Our fear is going to come if the Comprehensive Peace Agreement is not implemented accordingly, and that is going to be disaster in the country," he added, according to the Episcopal News Service. "And the people that are going to die are going to be innocent."
In less than three months, South Sudan is expected to vote for independence from the North as part of the 2005 agreement signed five years ago to end the more than two decades of civil war.
Under the terms of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), a government of national unity was to be formed for a transitional period of six years, during which the South would be autonomous. At the end of the six-year period, a referendum would be held on Jan. 9, 2011, on the issue of a unified Sudan or secession of the South.
Though there is not much time left, observers say preparations for the referendum are well behind schedule. The north-south border hasn't been demarcated and there is little agreement on who is eligible to vote, reported aid group Oxfam. South Sudan, in response, has been contending that northern Sudanese officials are intentionally delaying preparations for the vote.
"The North doesn't want the South to secede," explained Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop Daniel Adwok Marko Kur of Khartoum, who took part in Monday's press conference.
And the North, he added, also doesn't want to stop its oppression of the South.
Since its independence in 1956, Sudan has been wracked by civil conflicts and ongoing political and military violence, which only came to an end with the signing of the CPA in 2005. In the 21 years prior to the signing, Sudan witnessed the worst of the violence with some 1.5 million Sudanese killed and more than four million displaced.
Fearing that a return to war is increasingly likely, the ecumenical delegation traveled to the United States to signal to the United Nations, those who signed the CPA, and the countries that supported the CPA that many things have been left undone.
"There are some fears that the referendum will not take place because the North is not happy," said the Rev. Ramadan Chan, general secretary of the Sudan Council of Churches.
Notably, however, South Sudan's president has told members of the U.N. Security Council that if the Khartoum-based North tries to delay the independence referendum, the South will hold the vote on its own.
The proclamation came amid U.N. reports of renewed fighting between the Sudanese army and rebels in the troubled western Darfur region.
"The southerners, you know, are ready to go forward with the referendum because they feel it is a democratic chance and a constitutional chance for them to exercise their rights in determining their political destiny," Chan reported.
"[S]o any delay is not in favor of anybody, especially the South," he added.
According to Deng, U.N. officials and Ban assured the delegation during their meeting that they would have representatives in every county of South Sudan to monitor the referendum and that they are mobilizing U.N. protective forces.
South Sudan has also drawn the support of The Episcopal Church in the United States and the World Evangelical Alliance, among other large organizations.
Presently, the Episcopal Church of Sudan and the Roman Catholic Church in Sudan represent two of the largest non-government organizations in southern Sudan.
Sudan, located just south of Egypt, is divided between the predominately Muslim North and the mostly Christian and animist South, which has fought for decades to become independent.
In 1983, when the violence in Sudan escalated, the Khartoum-based government reportedly sought to impose Islamic law on the South, forcing Christians in the South to take up arms to protect their freedom to worship and to ensure they protect their identity as African Christians.
Adwok, in his remarks Monday, stressed that the South's freedom to vote for self-determination is a human rights issue.
"At this juncture, in the third millennium, I don't think anybody can really be expected to remain in slavery when people all over the world are fighting for independence, self expression and democracy," he said.
Many analysts expect the South to vote to secede in the upcoming referendum, which is the final provision of Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
In addition to the referendum, the CPA also calls for equal oil revenue sharing between north and south (oil revenues account for 95 percent of Sudanese export revenues and 65 percent of government revenues, according to the International Monetary Fund); fair demarcation of north-south boundaries; and resolution of citizenship issues.
The CPA was signed between the two warring parties - the Sudan People's Liberation Movement in the South and the Khartoum-based Government of Sudan in the North.


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|we went to what was touted as the best Chilaquiles in the city on yelp and it was one lady with a few buckets and a line of peeps and it turned out to be a chilaquiles sandwich. La Esquina del Chilaquil. I got the chicken schnitzel like one (milanesa). She had a bucket of tortilla chips paste that she spread on the bread. Good stuff. https://www.yelp.com/biz/la-esquina-del-chilaquil-m%C3%A9xico?osq=chilaquiles
|some peeps went to the airport and some of us went to second breakfast. Huevos Divorciados, one side in green salsa, one in red.
|Mercado Artesanal de Mexico, full of cheap stuff that we didn't really have the energy to go through.
|fuente de los coyotes in the central park. A peaceful place except for the incessant howl of those pipe organ guys that you want to murder. Not pictured is the $18 hotel I stayed in that night which was 50% nicer
|The Fonda Margarita that you want to go to. Communal tables, everyone is friendly, the real deal.
|I just got what everyone else got. Best food I had on the trip. Also the cafe de olla at this place was good so good cafe de olla does exist (sweet coffee is not my thing).
|They even had live music. It was tuesday at 9:30am
Here is a favor for you, This is where the good fonda margarita is, not the fancy one of the same name in the north.
|directly from here I got an uber to the airport. The driver was super friendly, we talked, he blasted Mariachi (Alejandro Fernandes) and sealed a place in my heart for Mexico City.
|On the flight, edited for content?!!!! as a film fan there were so many I couldn't watch on the flight because I want the complete unedited experience
|El Fuego!!!!
|look at these Uber ride fees! it was less than $4 from the airport and when I left it was $6! In contrast it was $16 to ride the Newark air train to the NJ Transit to the NYC metro and walking to my apartment all totalling like 1hr 45min


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Springtime means corn snow, sunny days and people in chicken suits riding snowboards across a near-freezing body of water. Spring swings into full gear at Sugarbush this weekend on March 27 with the wettest of snow sports - pond skimming - and the Tank for Nothing rail jam.
Pond skimming, an annual rite of passage at Sugarbush, will be held this Saturday just above the Lincoln Peak Village and is scheduled to get underway at noon. Registration for skimming will be from 9 to 11 a.m. in the Gate House Lodge. Budding Evel Knievel's are invited to strap on a pair of skis or a snowboard and attempt to rocket across the 38-degree pond. Costumes are encouraged.
Anyone looking for drier pursuits can head over to Mt. Ellen for the Tank for Nothing rail jam. The cash-prize event will be held from noon to 3 p.m. with registration beginning at 10 a.m. Anyone wearing a tank top will have the registration fee waived. Visit the events calendar at sugarbush.com to see just how much money is at stake.
Live music will be playing at both mountains.
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I received an email a few days ago with this great image. It is from a project by the graphic designers Richard Niessen & Esther de Vries. I really like their use of Bifur and hope to see it used more often by other designers.
This is what they write about it: "Niessen & de Vries designed a special box for the drawing and the etching of Adam and Eve by Rembrandt van Rijn (1638). It was made in collaboration with Raf Snippe for the Prentenkabinet of the University of Leiden. The box brings together the forestudy and the etching in which Rembrandt depicts Adam and Eve in an unorthodox way. The designers focussed on the mirroring image of the etching technique and the ambiguous scene using the two-part typeface Bifur (1929) by A.M. Cassandre in contrary relief, with parts in apple wood. The box with the art works is now shown in a small exhibition in University of Leiden."
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Congress spent $190,000 on bottled water during the first quarter of 2010 alone. As of this writing, many members of Congress were reticent to drink DC's tap water after past studies showed the tap water contained unsafe levels of lead. Over the years, DC tap water has received quite the bad reputation.
DC Water is working to change that. As Tap It Water reports, George S. Hawkins, general manager of the area water utility DC Water, wrote a letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner urging him to cut bottled water from the budget. As an incentive, Hawkins offered to supply each member of Congress with free reusable water bottles. He also offered free water quality testing in congressional buildings, "including taps and water fountains."
There are more than hundreds of thousands of dollars at stake here. After all, if Congress refuses to take DC Water up on their offer, how can they expect DC residents to drink the city's tap water? Congress would essentially be acknowledging that DC tap water is unsafe, and that they were quite okay with spending more money to ignore the problem rather than fix it outright.
Here's a novel idea: Rather than spending $190,000 on bottled water each quarter (which amounts to $760,000 a year), why doesn't Congress invest more money into DC Water, thereby eliminating the need for bottled water in the first place and giving DC residents safe water in their own homes?
Please note we're not saying that DC Water needs to even take extra precautions. It seems water quality in DC is on the up-and-up. In a blind taste test, DC tap water was preferred over bottled water. DC Water has also set up new facilities around town, and they've become more transparent. DC Water's FAQ page addresses and answers concerns about various contaminants.


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Last week an article in the Wall Street Journal about eBooks tracking the habits and actions of reader got passed around the usual social media outlets. There didn't seem like there was much of a reaction; I think the article merely reconfirmed a belief that the eReader companies have been amassing data on their users. The article stands out since it mentions some specifics observations that have been found with the data; people read non-fiction in starts and stops, series like The Hunger Games and Fifty Shades are read back-to-back-to-back, and the average reading time it takes people to finish books in the Game of Thrones series. These are insights that the publishing industry has not been able to reliably track (if at all, as the article suggests) and represents a new tool that can analyze a reader base for additional extrapolated information.
However, in this rush to collect data on readers in order to better market or write books for them, there are a couple of things that don't sit right with me. It leaves me wondering how comparable is the eReader reading experience to the print reading experience. Is picking up a book the same as picking up a Kindle? There doesn't appear to be any baseline to act as a basis of comparison. The presumption here is that the reading experience is the same between the two mediums when it has yet to be shown. In trying to design a 'better' reading experience, they are doing on the data of one medium which may or may not translate to the other.
As eReader use is still in the minority in the United States, what kind of demographics are being measured? It's grabbing data from the digitally invested even as the book markets still has a strong paper element to it. While it can't be ignored that a rough usage rate of 1 in 5 people has pushed the eBook market to equal and/or surpass aspects of the print book market, it remains to be seen as to how this aligns with the overall reader population. Are these people a good sample?
In approaching the content side, the article talks about publishers and authors could create books that avoid some of the 'stopped reading' pitfalls. This seems like an attempt to thwart Nancy Pearl's Rule of 50. (Give a book 50 pages. When you get to the bottom of Page 50, ask yourself if you're really liking the book. If you are, of course, then great, keep on reading. But if you're not, then put it down and look for another.) I'm wondering why this is a good idea in an activity that is highly subjective and personal. The data might tell you when people stop reading a book, but it doesn't scratch the surface as to why. Most people might stop reading a book at page 75, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything. The defect in the story or the failure to grab the reader attention could have happened on any page prior to it; that's just when they gave up on it. It's a data point that lacks the necessary context to make it truly valuable.
I'm a bit concerned as to what the feedback will do to the writing process. If an author is told that a particular passage really resonated with readers, how will that change their ideas and approach to their stories and style? Will it take it in new directions? Will it encourage authors to write towards these safe and favorable areas rather than push the boundaries of their craft? Or could it move the reader and author into greater sync in terms of what people want and what the author can provide?
Finally, my last and greatest concern regards privacy. It runs the gamut from who is being followed and what is being collected to whether it will have a chilling effect on subject/title selection. In New Jersey, library record privacy is regulated by statute.
18A:73-43.1. "Library," "library record" defined
For the purposes of this act:
a. "Library" means a library maintained by any State or local governmental agency, school, college, or industrial, commercial or other special group, association or agency, whether public or private.
b. "Library record" means any document or record, however maintained, the primary purpose of which is to provide for control of the circulation or other public use of library materials.
18A:73-43.2. Confidentiality; exceptions
Library records which contain the names or other personally identifying details regarding the users of libraries are confidential and shall not be disclosed except in the following circumstances:
a. The records are necessary for the proper operation of the library;
b. Disclosure is requested by the user; or
c. Disclosure is required pursuant to a subpoena issued by a court or court order.
L. 1985, c. 172, s. 2, eff. May 31, 1985.
(Retrieved July 1, 2012. Emphasis mine.)
I've wondered if the Overdrive-Amazon connection is in breech of this law. From my understanding, Overdrive has enough access to make certain that a library member is authorized to borrow a book; they get the library card number, our system tells them whether or not it is valid, and then the transaction goes forward. In downloading the book to a Kindle, Amazon takes on the role of the library by maintaining and enforcing the borrowing period. They also have personally identifying data that goes along with the Amazon account. In handing off the transaction from Overdrive to Amazon, how much information is exchanged? Is it just a nod or is there more?
Now, it might be argued that it constitutes a legal disclosure as it relates to the proper operation of the library. If that's the case, then it becomes a question as to whether this is a good idea or not (or even possibly an ethical one). In any event, it is handing over readers for data mining without getting a share of that information snapshot or proper warnings to the library member as to they could be exposed to. (Yes, I know some libraries have warning screens when shifting from the library website to Amazon. Good on them and I can't find a good link to it.) In the rush to get eBooks on our virtuals shelves, we bought licenses which do not convey the benefits of ownership and handed over our library members to third parties who do not wholly share our library values and principles.
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Yesterday the Street was quite confident about strong demand for the new iPhone 5 models, and the trend continues today.
First up, Wells Fargo analysts Maynard Um and Munjal Shah, who have an Outperform rating and a $525 to $575 valuation on Apple (AAPL), break down the bull case for the stock based on historical accounting trends for iPhone 's' model launches, which they write tend to carry better gross margins.
Historically, the quarter of an iPhone launch has seen accounting gross margin headwinds (which, in our opinion, makes Apple's September quarter gross margins more impressive). If our accounting reversal assumptions are correct and assuming 5s/c mix goes to two-thirds of iPhone volumes, we believe December corporate gross margins could be 39.6% (versus our 38.3% estimate)--or $0.56 in incremental EPS--without calculating any potential incremental benefits from deferred margin on component sale or warranty accruals. The March quarter could see even greater upside potential as warranty accruals have typically seen material decreases per unit in the third quarter following an "s" version launch, which could lead to the March quarter corporate gross margin hitting 40% (versus our 38.5% estimate)--a level not seen since September 2012. While the reversals of these can vary, if we just take a holistic step back, we note that gross margins have gone up by an average of 225bps in the two quarters of launch in an "s" cycle versus the two quarters of launch in a new form factor iPhone where gross margins have decreased by an average of 225bps. Gross margin improvements, particularly if they get to 40%+ would, in our opinion, dispel high-end smartphone commoditization fears. We also believe Apple can still expand distribution (280 operators today vs. BlackBerry at 650 at its peak) to drive volume growth but maintain our view that the gross margin expansion story is more compelling.
Um and Shah also cite earlier year-over-year comps and positive supply chain data, along with improving gross margins, as catalysts for earnings growth.
Elsewhere, Pacific Crest's Andy Hargreaves who has a Sector Perform rating on the stock, notes that iPhone demand is much more skewed to the pricier 5s model than the 5c: While this is good news for the company's profits and proof its pricing power going forward, he writes that it could cause some near-term headwinds, given quickly growing inventories of the 5c.
Checks at carrier stores suggest the iPhone 5s is outselling the iPhone 5c in the United States and Western Europe by a ratio of over 2:1. Since the iPhone 5s is significantly supply constrained, true consumer demand is likely more heavily skewed toward the iPhone 5s than sales numbers would indicate.
We believe the demand imbalance creates two notable near-term risks: (1) December iPhone sales could miss our estimate of 51 million due to lower-than-expected 5c sales and an inability to ramp 5s volume above our expectation and (2) carriers could miss quarterly sales numbers, which could give the impression that aggregate demand is weaker than it likely is. To be clear on the second point, we do not believe high-end smartphone demand is particularly strong, but that the 5s shortages could make it appear weaker than it is, as many iPhone 5s buyers will likely wait for supply to improve rather than buy an alternative phone.
Our checks suggest that iPhone 5c inventory at carrier stores is already near levels we would consider normal for the middle of a handset's lifecycle. Unless demand for the 5c meaningfully increases, inventory could reach target levels within the next month or two, which would likely prompt a slowdown in production relative to our current expectations.
If the mix of iPhone demand does not change materially in the coming months, we believe the combination of limited production capacity for the iPhone 5s and weaker-than-expected demand for the 5c could drive total iPhone unit volume below our FQ1 estimate of 51 million.
Nonetheless, Hargreaves writes that once the company gets beyond these near-term issues, the demand for the 5s paints a much brighter picture—one of a company that enjoys "tremendous customer loyalty, continues to create meaningful innovation and has incredible pricing power," which should help keep the iPhone profitable over a longer span than many investors think is possible. Despite his neutral rating, he sees the stock as a bit undervalued at this point, given the risk/reward profile and these longer-term benefits.


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MARVIN BEATTY, Detroit developer and civic leader, discusses Meijer opening its first store in Detroit and why it is crucial for African-American developers to be engaged in the economic revitalization of the city. – Andre Smith photo
Of late, there have been countless news stories emanating from Detroit that have focused on the city's bankruptcy and other municipal woes. However, all news stories about the city are not doom and gloom. On Thursday, July 25, Meijer made great news by cutting the ribbon on its first Detroit store, much to the delight of Detroiters, who for decades, have been shut out of national retail shopping within the city limits.
Located on Eight Mile Rd. and Woodward Ave. on the city's north edge, the new 215,000 square-foot-store will anchor a massive shopping center called Gateway Marketplace.
The 350,000 square-foot shopping complex will also feature a K&G Fashion Superstore, Marshalls, Petco, and has commitments of occupancy from other national outlets, inclusive of PNC Bank, Dots, Five Below, SVS Optical, Payless ShoeSource, Wingstop, Subway, and more.
While there are plenty of smiling faces connected to the historic grand opening of Meijer in Detroit, perhaps the biggest smile belongs to businessman Marvin W. Beatty, who gave leadership to the developers of the Meijer project.
Beatty's partners, under the auspices of Gateway Partners, include Ricardo Solomon, Elliott Hall and Bernie Schrott.
"This represents the first opportunity in many years for Detroiters to get not just one national retailer, but many retailers," said Beatty. "The opportunity to witness the grand opening is exciting as we stuck to our plan, with no disrespect to local retailers, to go after much needed national retailers and convince them to come to Detroit."
Beatty said that Gateway Marketplace, when totally occupied, will generate approximately 900 jobs, with Meijer hiring around 500 employees.
"During this difficult economic time, that's huge," Beatty said. "To Meijer's credit, they have taken a very aggressive position to make sure that Detroiters get most of the jobs. Many of the other outlets in the complex, and the ones coming, are looking to do the same. It's extremely important that jobs for Detroiters become a big part of the success story of Gateway Marketplace."
Beatty, a Detroit native, is also part of another development and investment group called Magic Plus. Beatty, former Los Angeles Laker superstar-turned-super-entrepreneur Earvin "Magic" Johnson, and developer Joel Ferguson are currently looking to develop the old State Fair complex that is physically connected to the new Gateway Marketplace.
"We are in the process of finishing up negotiation with the state of Michigan to develop that 160-acre-site," Beatty said.
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Beatty is accustomed to gravitating to successful business ventures. He was one of the original owners of Greektown Casino. He now serves as the entity's vice president of community & public relations.
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While Beatty could live in any high-scale community in the United States, he loves Detroit.
"I can't say that I love the city and live somewhere else, although some other people do just that," said Beatty, who also spent more than two decades as a Detroit firefighter, and ultimately was appointed to serve as deputy fire commissioner by Mayor Coleman A. Young.
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Melt a knob of butter in a medium, nonstick frying pan, then cook the leek for about 5 mins until softened. Meanwhile, cut the potatoes in half, then into slices about ½cm thick. Beat the eggs, season, then stir in the cheese and sage.
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Man who lived in home charged with multiple counts of sexual assault of a child
Mystery swirls around a fatal fire in Brown Deer at the home of a once-prominent educator facing child sexual assault charges.
Fire crews arrived at the home around 5 a.m. to find smoke and flames pouring out of the roof. A neighbor had called 911.
VIDEO: Person killed in Brown Deer house fire not yet identified
The house had already gained notoriety in the neighborhood as the home of 47-year-old Ronnie Johnson, who is charged with 23 sex-related felonies involving children.
Hours later, fire crews made a grisly discovery -- a charred body partly encased in ice.
"While performing a secondary search of the home, the North Shore Fire Department reported finding a deceased individual in the residence," Brown Deer Police Chief Steve Rinzel said.
Rinzel canceled vacations for detectives -- and himself -- and they're leading the investigation with the State Fire Marshal's Office.
"We did a primary and secondary on the house, but there's quite a bit of damage within the house and a collapse, so until we can get back in and check everything out we won't say it's all clear until that point," North Shore Fire Department Assistant Fire Chief Andrew Harris said.
With a county bus out front to provide breaks from the cold, investigators are just beginning the methodical search for evidence to determine whether they're looking at an accident, a suicide or something else.
As a condition of his $75,000 bail, Johnson wasn't allowed to leave his house without court approval and was under electronic monitoring.
WISN 12 News learned that the system indicates he didn't leave the home. His attorney, Rodney Cubbie, told WISN 12 News reporter Nick Bohr that Johnson was closely following those bail terms, saying, "I'm hopeful that he's OK, but we'll just have to wait and see."
Court records indicate prosecutors planned to file additional charges against Johnson.
The Milwaukee County medical examiner told WISN 12 News an autopsy will be conducted Tuesday, and there won't be a positive identification of the victim before that.
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shafnutz05 wrote:11 shutouts in 68 games...that's just incredible.
shafnutz05 wrote:What is it with the Dodgers and pitchers with eyewear?
TheGhostofGoulet wrote:I have a Wandy like crush on Bud Norris, so if the Pirates got him, I'd be thrilled.
Rocco wrote:Shame Dejan is on vacation- I'd like to see him write, "yeah, the Pirates are 11 games better this year than they were at this time last year, but they're 3 games back of first just like last year. So they aren't really any better. Fire everyone."
Rocco wrote:Zagurski has been DFA'd. White Flag, we hardly knew ye.
DudeMan2766 wrote:Wow. Cumpton strikes out the side
PhantomJB93 wrote:TheGhostofGoulet wrote:I have a Wandy like crush on Bud Norris, so if the Pirates got him, I'd be thrilled.
I know "you can never have too much pitching" but I'm pretty comfortable with a rotation of Burnett, Rodriguez, Cole, Locke, and Liriano if everyone can get healthy (and I'm aware that looks like a big "if" right now too). WAY more comfortable than I was with Burnett-JMac-Karstens-Correia-Bedard at this point last year. I'm much more worried about finding a reliable option for RF considering Tabata is MIA again and Snider has fallen off a cliff. Another real, legitimate bat in the lineup would look great right now, even if only a rental for this year. If we could get both a solid bat and starting pitcher without gutting the farm that would be great but if I had to choose one I'd go all-in on the bat this year.
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The Balanced Body Half-Trapeze Retrofit Kit enables users to convert any Balanced Body Studio Reformer into a fully functional reformer/half-trapeze combination (half-trap combo). The Retrofit Kit's vertical tower frame attaches to the reformer, providing maximum stability and safety. The bracket used to secure the tower to the head-end of the frame is made of chrome-plated steel. The kit contains a mat conversion system, in which two mats fit over the carriage and on top of the frame, so users don't have to lift and turn over the carriage. In addition, users can use the twin mats for floor work. The kit also includes a three- or four-sided push-through bar adjustable to three varying heights; a push-through safety strap; two light blue and two medium, red push-through springs; two light yellow, roll-down springs; two leg springs and loops; 35 eye-bolt positions for springs; a hardwood roll-down bar; a cotton belly strap; and a set of Velcro® thigh and ankle cuffs.
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Omg yes, someone else who loves kiss my boo boo.Bore wrote:Christmas is drawing near, time to present some more reviews in a similar fashion as the previous 2 weeks. Today the door reveals a review behind it: Super Eurobeat 205 Review.
I do agree with the review, basically ur reviews help me a lot with choosing songs for my ipod. lol,
but yes, i found the 205 a good album to listen too, since it was the only album I was able to get my hands on, (i missed 203-204) so I was able to buy this one. it a good album (^_^) kk thats all i wanted to say.
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Multiple injuries have taken their toll on the playing time for Cincinnati quarterback Brendon Kay. Thankfully for him, he'll get one more crack to compete in 2013.
Cincinnati announced Monday that the NCAA had granted Kay a sixth year of eligibility because of injuries that caused him to miss the 2008 and '11 seasons. He is now working towards a master's in business administration. You can read the official release from the university HERE.
Prior to this season, Kay had played in only six games because of injury. He played in 10 games this year, starting the last four after season-opening starter Munchie Legaux was benched. He threw for nearly 1,000 yards and six touchdowns this season and is slated to start in the Belk Bowl against Duke, where the Bearcats will wear these nifty helmets.


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Windows scripting – the computing equivalent of the German football team.
I suppose I should qualify that statement, if only to avoid irate comments from any German readers.
The German National side has always been admired rather than loved.
Yes, they have been more successful than most, and have produced more than their share of great players (Beckenbauer,
Rummenigge, Matthaus…add you're own favourites here). Yet they are rarely cheered by the neutral.
This lack of popularity probably has quite a bit to do with the fact that, in major finals, Germany seem to be condemned to be cast as the bad guys against the forces of footballing light (the Total Football of Cruyff's Netherlands in 1974), or the plucky underdog (Czechoslovakia in 1976, Denmark in 1992).
The footballing triumph regarded by Germans above all others is Das Wunder von Berne.
The 1954 World Cup Final was meant to be a coronation of one of the great teams in history. The Hungarians of Ferenc Puskas came into the final on the back of an unbeaten run going back 4 years, including an 8-3 thrashing of West Germany in the group stages of the tournament.
After eight minutes of the final, all was going to plan with Hungary already 2-0 up. What followed was one of the great comebacks – and great upsets – in the history of the game. Rahn completed the miracle with his second of the match, and the winner, with six minutes left.
Sepp Herberger, Fritz Walter and Helmut Rahn are the German equivalent of Alf Ramsey, Bobby Moore and Geoff Hurst. Outside of Germany, they remain largely unknown.
Incidentally, apologies for that 1966 reference, but unlike Germans (Italians, Spaniards…) we English have only that single triumph, or the odd glorious failure to look back on.
So, back to Windows batch scripting. It's widely used, but next to the richness and variety of it's siblings in the unix world, it appears hideously limited. However, there are times where it is simply unavoidable.
What follows are some basic examples of
- Accepting user input
- Using variables
- a simple for loop ( because there is no other kind )
- branching
- interaction with an Oracle database
At this point, I have to say that if you are on a Unix/Linux system, or have access to Cygwin, there are far better ways of working with your database.
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Le Saint-Sau Pub Gourmand
The oldest restaurant in the village of Saint-Sauveur has a makeover and changed vocation to become LE SAINT-SAU, PUB GOURMAND.
Enjoy a wide range of wines by the glass, a good range of Quebec and international beers while enjoying bistro style dishes. With is menu carefully prepared, needless to say that LE SAINT-SAU, PUB GOURMAND offers one of the most attractive tables Laurentians.
LE SAINT-SAU, PUB GOURMAND wants to be a convivial and cozy gathering place, good for the belly! Our modern pub offers the best location in St-Sauveur in the heart of Main Street, a south facing terrace and a sunny dining room, where you can enjoy all the local animation.


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Dr.-Ing. Ekenel is the head of young investigator group on "Facial Image Processing and Analysis" at the Computer Science Department in Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (TH), Germany.
He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical and Electronic engineering from Bogazici University in 2001 and 2003, respectively, and Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the University of Karlsruhe (TH) in 2009.
His current research focuses on face processing and content-based image and video retrieval. He has been developing face recognition systems for smart environments, humanoid robots, and video analysis.
He had been the task leader for face recognition in the European Computers in the Human Interaction Loop (CHIL) project and he organized face recognition evaluations within the CLEAR 2006, 2007 international evaluation campaigns.
He has been responsible for face recognition in the German Humanoid Robots project. He is currently the task leader of face recognition in the French-German Quaero project.
He has received the EBF European Biometric Research Award in 2008 for his contributions to the field of face recognition.
His research on face recognition has been featured in the Quaero project and presented at the cover of the project's homepage.
His research led more than 40 publications in international journals, conferences, and workshops.
In addition to the scientific work, many real-world systems have been developed based on his algorithm.
With these systems, he received the Best Demo Award at the IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition in 2008.
Besides his research activities on face analysis, he has been also leading the video retrieval systems development efforts for the NIST TRECVID 2007, 2008, and 2009 evaluations.


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"You know what would be wonderful? If there was some type of tool where you could post a picture and have the students interact with the picture, talk to each other and comment"
"You know what would be wonderful? If there was some type of tool where you could post a picture and have the students interact with the picture, talk to each other and comment"
"I feel very strongly that parents are important stakeholders, so we want them to have opportunities to connect with their children's learning. VoiceThread is one of the ways we facilitate this connection."
This article defines active learning before explaining the theory and practice of VoiceThread technology. It is a provocative, persuasive presentation of VoiceThread technology in action including available resources and how to produce it. Keywords: active learning, interactive learning, experiential learning, constructivist learning, engaged learning, motivated learning, hands-on learning, authentic learning, problem-based learning, case-based learning, group learning, team-based learning, collaborative learning, cooperative learning, simulation, game-based learning, discussion learning, production-based learning.
The integration of technology and literacy is essential to developing 21st century skills to create successful learners. In this presentation, presenters will describe how iPads are being utilized by primary grade teachers to enhance literacy instruction in their classrooms. Participants will: (1) gain knowledge of the iPad as an instructional tool to provide differentiation using multiple modalities, (2) become more knowledgeable about choosing and using appropriate apps for instructional purposes, (3) gain knowledge of the various grouping methods conducive to iPad use. Presenters will describe technological support essential to beginning iPad use, provide criteria for choosing appropriate apps, provide opportunities for participants to discuss educational apps supportive of individual learning outcomes, and provide opportunities for teachers to reflect and ask questions via VoiceThread, an online multimedia tool.
During this session, we will: 1) discuss the emergence of new literacies, especially digital storytelling, in the teaching and learning of English Language Learners (ELLs); 2) engage participants in an interactive discussion concerning the implications of the various new literacies for pedagogical practice; 3) demonstrate the power of digital storytelling in promoting the learning of ELLs by showing on a laptop a digital story produced by one of our students; 4) share the process of creating personal stories using a storyboard technique as a learning and teaching tool; and 5) invite participants to share their experience of creating a personal story as a way to explore how they would translate this written story into a digital form. Through these activities, we hope that participants will be motivated to explore other pedagogical possibilities for helping ELLs acquire new literacies and literate skills, thereby broadening these students' educational experience.
Although there is a vast research base on the literacy practices of adolescents and the issues surrounding the integration of technology despite current widespread access to tools and the Internet (Cuban, 2003), very little has been completed on the attempts of teacher educators to integrate technology within a specific content area to prepare future classroom teachers (Boling, 2010; Bruce & Hogan, 1998; Goodson & Mangan, 1995; Koehler, Mishra, Yahya, & Yadav, 2004; Pang & Kamil, 2004). Based on the technological pedagogical content knowledge framework, the current study explores how technology can be used to improve teaching within the content area of English/language arts by examining the artifacts and reflections of 21 pre- and in-service secondary English teachers at a large university in the Southwestern United States. It explores how the digital medium VoiceThread could support their efforts to teach poetry. Results indicate that these future teachers found VoiceThread to be an effective tool to prepare, implement, and teach poetry to secondary students. (Contains 2 tables and 3 figures.)
Many challenges that preschool children with disabilities encounter in the curriculum can be addressed by identifying AT support as part of a child's individual family service plan (IFSPs) or individualized education program (IEP). These solutions, however, are specific to the child and connected to specific goals and objectives, rather than connected to steps in planned classroom activities designed for typical peers (and to associated benchmarks and standards). Flexible participation is a way for teachers to incorporate unique AT solutions to help young children participate in steps of a planned, technology-supported preschool activity along with their typical peers. Because many preschool teachers are just beginning to understand UDL and to implement its principles into planned, technology-supported activities, using flexible participation should be viewed as a work in progress.
This action research study was conducted on a fourth grade rural classroom in Orange County, N.Y. for the purpose of determining if the use of the VoiceThread program will affect student performance in mathematics writing. A baseline of student performance on this measure was administered in the fall of 2010 using the NYS Holistic rubric of a 3 point total value as provided from the NYS 2009 4th grade Math Test. Four questions on varying topics were pulled from the same test as the rubric mentioned here. In addition, a graphic organizer was utilized to support organization of student thoughts on the problem. A survey was administered to the students at the end of this study which demonstrated positive attitudes towards the use of graphic organizers and the VoiceThread Program to communicate in math. Other results of the data provide positive results with an increase in student performance. Implications from this study's results should lead educators to try VoiceThread as a way to increase communication in mathematics and also to increase 21st century skills in their own classrooms. Recommendations for further studies in this area include; making the sample size larger, paying more attention to the type of question the participants work on and having the parties conducting the study someone different than the teacher of the participants. (Contains 2 tables, 1 figure, and an appendix.)
Development of receptive and expressive language skills is an important foundational skill in early childhood education. Recently, early childhood education professionals have begun using Web-based technology to assist in developing these skills. One Web-based technology that holds potential to support children's learning is VoiceThread which has unique features that support Universal Design for Learning. This paper provides practical recommendations for use of VoiceThread in meaningful learning activities that can easily be implemented. A step-by-step guide is presented to create and use VoiceThread.
Consider these three students: Jeremy, who is easily distracted and who has difficulty staying on task in social studies; Brad, who has specific learning disabilities that place him at risk of dropping out due to lack of motivation and fear of failure; and Angelina, who has received interventions through several grade levels to address her struggles with assignments and assessments. This article shows how a web-based learning tool can boost the learning skills and motivation of these students and many others as they work with multimedia to explore subject areas, express their ideas, and share information – and all at their own pace and learning level.
Today's classrooms are definitely changing. While in the past, additional language teachers might have only had target-language newspapers and periodicals at their disposal to create an authentic L2 language learning environment for their students, today's technological tools erase the barriers that once separated L1 and L2 learners and their environments. With the advent of Web 2.0 tools, additional language educators can extend their classrooms beyond the traditional brick-and-mortar walls to communicate with the world. One of the best ways to do so is to introduce VoiceThread into language lessons. In doing so, students can create conversations that extend across the classroom or across the globe.
The purpose of this workshop is to help K-12 teachers to understand some useful techniques in using the VoiceThread web 2.0 in and out of the classroom. It is also designed to give K-12 teachers good skills that will allow them to use the VoiceThread confidently with their students. In addition, teachers will be able to practice, negotiate with others, and end up with good activities that enable them to have full understanding of this application and how it can be used as a powerful and motivating tool to help students in the learning process. Although the main focus of this workshop is on teaching English as a second language (ESL), all teachers can benefit from attending this workshop and then apply it to their specific classes.
Versatile, easy-to-navigate, and interactive, VoiceThread equips teachers to deploy numerous best instructional practices that engage 21st century students in rigorous literacy activities. Upgrade your current teaching strategies with VoiceThread for Digital Education and create an environment where every student learns every day
This article explores VoiceThread as an online tool for supporting literacy and Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) within the top three levels of the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy. VoiceThread is a collaborative Web 2.0 tool allowing users to create, share, and comment on images, documents, and videos. Readers are first provided with an overview of VoiceThread followed by curriculum opportunities for using VoiceThread to analyze, evaluate, and create.
In today's digital world, Extension professionals are using a wide variety of tools to gather feedback and data from program participants and stakeholders (Rowntree, Wittman, Lindquist, & Raven, 2013). Through online asynchronous discussion boards, chat rooms, and even online live synchronous discussions, the Internet has changed the manner of qualitative data collection forever (Stancanelli, 2010). VoiceThread (http://voicethread.com) is a multimedia platform used by primary and secondary school educators around the world as a storytelling and collaborative tool that also offers promise as a tool for qualitative program evaluation. The unique features of VoiceThread provide a rich backdrop for conducting virtual focus group interviews.


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Gripple, the construction products innovator, has launched a data library to simplify Building Information Modelling (BIM) on building projects, making the company one of the first in the M & E systems' suspension sector to offer this valuable facility.
Via Gripple's website, contractors, consultants and architects can access the library of Autodesk Revit files and technical support materials and view or download Gripple's innovative range of products as digital objects, which can be placed directly into digital building models.
The global construction industry has seen a steady rise in the adoption of BIM – a digital, collaborative means of creating and managing information on a construction project throughout its lifecycle. Some government-led mandates have enforced BIM on public sector projects across Europe.
BIM encourages collaboration throughout projects' supply chain, allowing them to run in a more timely and effective manner, while reducing costs and improving carbon efficiencies.
The business continues to grow its global technical services function, with dedicated teams in the UK, France, USA and India providing support for consultants and contractors within the more than 80 countries in which the company operates.
Frazer Belafonte, Gripple's technical services manager, said: "On a daily basis we offer considerable technical support for our customers which is delivered through our installation design service, CPD presentations, BIM consultation, embodied CO² assessments, BREEAM accreditations and on-site support. The data library is a natural step in improving the availability of our data and making it even easier to use the Gripple system on BIM projects."
Gripple's wire rope suspension systems offer a time, cost and labour efficient solution for suspending building services, when compared to traditional methods, with the system in use on high profile construction projects across the world. The business, with headquarters in Sheffield and additional sites in Chicago, Obernai and New Delhi, recently celebrated the sale of its 600 millionth unit.
Frazer Belafonte added: "We constantly look to improve our customer service and the data library to ease BIM projects is the latest stage in our efforts. The synergy between the benefits of utilising BIM and those of the Gripple system are very clear, so we are excited to see how we can develop our BIM support in the future."
Customers can access the Gripple data library by selecting 'My Gripple' from the Gripple website homepage menu.
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On this day — the Senate prepares to pass a budget without a two-thirds vote as the House prepares to take up revenue generating measures; Democrats abandon budget deal as Ogden abandons plans to use 'Rainy Day' money to guarantee funding; a Texas link to the US military mission that killed Osama Bin Laden; "campus-carry" gets stuck in Legislative limbo as the Senate passes a bill that aims to end the Alamo saga; prominent Aggies are agitated by Gov. Rick Perry's backing of Sandefer's education reforms, another fight breaks out between Gene Powell and Sen. Judith Zaffirini; plus a profile of Ricardo Sanchez as rumors swirl he's interested in running for the U.S. Senate.
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They also said that bypassing the two-thirds tradition would impair their ability to represent their constituents as 12 members of the 31-member chamber and would change the way the normally collegial body operates.
"We were not sent down here to preserve the two-thirds rule. We were sent here to govern. The people of the state of Texas don't give diddly about the two-thirds rule," Ogden said. "They expect us to produce a budget that will meet their needs for the next two years and if we don't, they're going to fire us."
Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, said, "If there is an attempt to pass a budget document … by something less than that tradition of a two-thirds vote, what we are essentially doing is making a decision that we are going to change the whole nature of how things operate here."
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, who presides over the Senate, said GOP leaders were still talking with Democrats in the hope of winning more votes.
But Dewhurst emphasized that "our No. 1 duty in the Legislature pursuant to the Constitution is to pass a balanced budget. … At the end of the day, I will pass a budget, whether I'm standing on my head or whether I'm standing up straight."
***Why Democrats Don't Back A Budget with no Rainy Day Funds
Democrats backed away from supporting Sen. Ogden's budget plan after he decided not to use money from the 'Rainy Day Fund' to help secure program spending.
Instead, Ogden has decided to assume that revenue growth for the next two years will far exceed the Comptroller's estimate and the extra funding generated by exceeding the Comptroller's projection will be used to fund the extra spending in the Senate's budget. If the extra money doesn't materialize, they'll use a supplemental budget in 2013 to bring the books into balance. Democrats aren't happy with the new proposal, since it doesn't guarantee funding for programs.
Still, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said that he's open to working out a budget deal that would get Democratic votes, provided such a deal doesn't dip into the Rainy Day Fund. When asked how he could provide Democrats with the assurances they desired that program funding would be secured without touching the fund, Dewhurst demurred.
***What Starts Here, Changes the World
Details continue to pour out of Washington about the successful US Special Forces raid that resulted in Osama Bin Laden's death. Among the latest details, the man who commanded the unit that went into Pakistan to kill Bin Laden is a San Antonio native, who attended UT and graduated from the Journalism School. Something tells me he's never going to have to buy a beer again in his life; the San Antonio Express-News' Sig Christenson reports.
***Sanchez for Senate?
The Express-News' Gary Martin and Sig Christenson profile retired US Army General Ricardo Sanchez, who is widely thought to be considering a run for Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's seat in the US Senate.
Sanchez, who was a key commander during the early days of the American occupation of Iraq, has a life story that would make him a compelling candidate for the race. However, military leaders have often struggled during campaigns due to their political inexperience. And, there is very little to indicate that the Democratic Party has begun to actively address its systemic problems; which include anemic fundraising, poor candidate recruitment and half-hazard voter engagement initiatives.
***Zaffirini v. Powell — Round 53; And Aggies Agitate
The Express-News' Melissa Ludwig reports that Senate Higher Education Committee Chairwoman Sen. Judith Zaffirini assailed a plan to increase the number of students who attend UT and simultaneously halve the cost of admission. It's one of many long running battles between Powell and Zaffirini, the most public of which was the fight over Powell's hiring of former UT System adviser Rick O'Donnell. Speaking of O'Donnell, the reforms his former boss Rick Sandefer helped to implement at A&M are drawing the ire of distinguished A&M alums now. The Houston Chronicle's Patti Hart reports that 22 distinguished A&M alums have authored a letter to the University calling the changes "naive" and "damaging."
Segments below the fold today — The Clips, EXTRA!, and a cartoon by Nick Anderson
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– Chronicle/Express-News reporter Nolan Hicks writes that Sen. Judith Zaffirini pulled her higher education reform bill to stop Sen. Jeff Wentworth's 'campus-carry' bill, after it was attached to her legislation.
"As long as there isn't an opportunity to strip the amendment, then both bills are dead in the Senate," Zaffirini said, describing the situation as "legislative limbo."
Wentworth said his efforts were nothing more than a bid to break the legislative logjam that has held up his bill in the Senate.
He has spent most of the session trying to get his "guns on campus" bill, which would allow Texans with concealed handgun licenses to bring their weapons into classrooms and dormitories at public universities, out of the Senate.
"This is what happens in May," he said. "When people see their bills withering and dying, they find other ways to get them passed."
– The Associated Press' Chris Tomlinson reports on a poison pill put into women's healthcare funding to prevent Planned Parenthood from getting a dime of state funding.
"The legislature has clearly tried to cut off funding for these entities, only to have it restored by lawsuit," Deuell said. "We do not want this to happen again … if abortion providers are able to sue and win — they have to win the suit — the program will cease to operate."
The Demonstration Project for Women's Health Care Services is designed to help poor, uninsured women receive health care, to include family planning services.
Ninety percent of the program is funded by the federal government, but Texas law forbids any state money from being spent on abortions. The Legislative Budget Board estimates the health program could result in a net savings of $83 million over the next two years for Texas.
Opponents said the poison-pill provision needlessly places the entire program in danger in order to attain an ideological goal of cutting funding for Planned Parenthood, which does not spend any state money on abortions.
– The Express-News' Gary Martin reports from Washington that Hispanic lawmakers are urging President Obama to slow down deportations.
The caucus is not asking the president to administratively change the law, said its chairman, Rep. Charlie Gonzalez, D-San Antonio. But he said the caucus urged Obama to focus the country's immigration enforcement assets on criminals, not students or workers.
"We do need to seek a legislative fix, but the reality right now is it would be very difficult with the huge majority the Republicans have in the House of Representatives," Gonzalez said.
Over the past month, Obama has also met with Republican and Democratic mayors, including San Antonio's Julián Castro, and Hispanic celebrities such as actress Eva Longoria.
The White House meetings come as Obama gears up for re-election next year. Hispanics voted overwhelmingly for him in 2008, and the group could be an important bloc in key states in 2012.
– Chronicle/Express News reporter Gary Scharrer writes that the House passed legislation that would allow the state to issue "choose life" licenses plates.
Money from the specialty plates would be used to promote adoption as an alternative to abortion and flow into a "choose life" account supervised by the state attorney general. The money only could be used to provide clothing, housing, prenatal care, food, utilities and transportation for pregnant women who are considering adoption.
The specialty plates would cost $30 more than standard license plates.
"We think Texans want the opportunity to do this," Phillips said. "They want the opportunity to say that they choose life and promote adoption. And they go hand in hand."
– The Express-News' Scott Huddleston reports that the General Land Office will now oversee the Daughters of the Republic of Texas to ensure they take proper care of the Alamo.
"My legislation keeps the DRT in a guardian role while establishing a framework for transparent, professional stewardship of the Alamo," said Van de Putte, D-San Antonio.
Another bill passed last month by the Texas House would create a 10-member advisory board. But Van de Putte has said it doesn't ensure quality care of the heavily visited shrine.
The issue could be sent to a conference committee if legislators can't agree which is the better bill.
The legislative action follows questions raised about the DRT's financial management, fundraising capability and structural care of the former mission. The group has been under investigation by the Texas attorney general's office for nearly a year.
– The Express-News' John Gonzales reports that the embattled chair of the Bexar County Democratic Party was given the boot by the county party's executive committee.
The 104-5 vote by the party's executive committee came despite a desperate attempt by Ramos to call off the meeting.
Ramos, who has ignored calls for his resignation since March, didn't attend or acknowledge the meeting and couldn't be reached for comment. He previously called the removal effort invalid, since it was conducted under Roberts Rules of Order in the absence of any provisions in state or party rules to oust a wayward county chair.
Members leaped to their feet and cheered when they achieved a quorum sufficient to conduct the removal vote. None of the five members who cast nay votes spoke in Ramos' defense. Some had concerns about the legality of the removal process.
– The Los Angeles Times reports that California won't resume executions this year.
– The New York Times reports that torture played a limited, if any, role in persuading Al-Qaida detainees to provide information about the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden.
– The Minnesota Twins' Francisco Liriano pitched a no-hitter against the White Sox. Meanwhile, the San Francisco Giants finally managed to rediscover this thing called offense in their victory over the Mets. The Astros pummeled the Reds (seriously) and the Rangers lost to the Mariners (surprisingly).
– Watch President Obama and Seth Meyers jokes from the White House Correspondents Dinner. Pay particular attention to the Trump react shots, they are amazing.
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