text: One of my all time favourite films of the last ten years is the futuristic action movie Minority Report. I remember watching in fascination as our hero John Anderton passed through a shopping centre of the future. The whole sequence was brilliant. Billboards and advertising changed as people walked past, tannoy systems in shops welcomed you back and asked how your last purchase was working out. It was both a scary and tantalising view of the future.Minority Report was released in 2002 and only eight years later Augmented Reality (AR), the blending of the real and virtual world, has exploded into popular culture. Some of the highlights include iPhone apps that use the camera to overlay directions to your nearest Starbucks, and interactive kiosks demonstrating yet to be manufactured products at trade shows. For business in general, and retail in particular, it seems that the opportunities are endless.I have a t-shirt at home with a slogan "RL has rubbish FPS". Translating, this means that real life isn't as good as virtual. Sadly my t-shirt is right, the real world is still light years away from the possibilities of Minority Report. Where are the interactive billboards? Where is the personalised voice?However, with smart phone adoption going stratospheric, developers are finding new ways to supplement real life. For retail, my current favourite augmented app is Google Goggles. Goggles allows you to take a picture of a product, logo or landmark and look it up on the web.Surfing the web via real life items is a revolutionary concept. Not only will this allow you to look up online pricing while arguing with the sales person in your local garage, but it also means that you can discover more about the sculpture and its creator while on a museum trip, just by taking a photo.The ecommerce world is getting in on the act too. Several major online clothing companies are rolling out the "Magic Mirror" feature. It allows you to try clothes on via your webcam from the comfort of your own home. This Christmas Hugo Boss also trialled an impressive online and offline marketing campaign based around a game of blackjack, using both the real tangible items and virtual pixelated content. And we're just at the start of the possibilities.Why don't you see for yourself and give one of the following augmented experiences a go:1. www.layar.com - A free application for your mobile phone. This shows what is around you by displaying real time digital information on top of reality using the camera on your mobile phone.2. Watch a YouTube video about the augmented reality and motion capture shopping applicationI am not yet expecting my embarrassing shopping habits to be blurted out over a loud speaker as I walk into Tesco. But some aspects of the future have definitely arrived already. Brace yourself for the ride, it's going to be exciting.


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I put one of these on my Mountain Bike, stays clear of the rear shock, confirm the length will fit your frame, strap it on, load it up, and forget it's there. Rides solid.
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Reviewed By: Larry Lansdowne on 6/11/15
I put one of these on my Mountain Bike, stays clear of the rear shock, confirm the length will fit your frame, strap it on, load it up, and forget it's there. Rides solid.
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Or, to be more specific, how many American Goldfinch can you find in this picture? It was taken up the street from my folks' home over the long Independence Day weekend. Seeing as I was just trying to get a lousy shot of a single bird I was surprised by what I found when I got this image downloaded onto my computer. If you click the picture you will get a larger image. Neat, right? Leave your number in the comments…
A new version of the image with the birds circled has been added below. Did you find them all?
UPDATE! Jochen argued for their being six species in the picture, one more just above and the right of the bird on the lower left and one just below and to the right of the right most bird. I agree with the former but not the latter (though it is possible that there is a sixth bird). Judge for yourself…
I see three.
I see four goldfinches.
I see 4 goldfinches and a bunch of yellow leaves… I think.
I see 4, too
I too think 4 birds – plus a few 'golden leaves'!
I see four. What a great jigsaw puzzle this would make.
I see at least four birds; two adult males and two female-plumaged birds
Took me a while to find the 6th one!
Four-one obvious male, two obvious female and a trick leaf one.
Did you get the lousy shot of the single bird as well that you had set out to get?! 🙂
No, it is six, I'll show you Monday where they are!
Jochen 🙂
I agree with Jochen – 6 birds…. they are just too 'round' to be leaves
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Right To Repair - A Hot Issue or Big Problem?
There is proposed legislation to prevent car companies from denying independent garages access to the information and tools required to remain competitive with the franchised dealers. I think this issue is sufficiently important to open a discussion.
Good topic.
I think mfrs deserve the right to exclusivity on their technologies for a certain amount of time. They developed it, or at least ponied up for the licensing, and deserve to reap some reward for their investment.
I propose they retain exclusivity for diagnosis and repairs on any new technology for no more than the period from the time of initial release to the market to the end of warranty on that technology plus six months...0
The consumer could see price gouging as a result - this is not like a kitchen appliance. If it breaks down, it is not cheap enough to discard (hopefully recycle! ;-)) and replace, it must be fixed.
If the dealers don't have to compete on price with independents, they won't.
Progressive manufacturers should be working collaboratively with independents anyway, because it would improve the product...
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fintail Posts: 48,059Once out of warranty, it should all be fair game.0
Should have no effect on how a car is repaired. There has already been legislation dealing with this very issue, at least in California. If the manufacturer and dealer have full control of warrantee repairs they can charge whatever they want for normal servicing. They already have a parts monopoly for at lest the first year and in some cases even longer than that. Mechanics and their ability are already controlled by state certification. I can only hope the dealers, who have not been part of the manufacturing process, are not allowed unfair privelage to the information necessary to repair a persons car after that person has spent their money buying the product. For those of us living some distance from a dealer that would be like a double tax.0
during the warranty peiod of the intial release, then they are stuck paying for the repairs anyway. Give 'em an extra six months from the expiration of warranty on the first vehicle inservice date, and let the indies go at it then.
Who's going to take a warrantied vehicle to an independent for warranty service anyway?
Of course, the poor indies have to buy the tech from someone anyway, don't they?0
oldharry Posts: 413Let the independent buy the info.
The people that developed it have a right to benefit from their efforts, so charge substantial prices for it, but sell it. We pay MicroSoft license fees for WINDOWS(tm) why not car makers for their intellectual property?
Should the do-it-your-self market be abandoned?0
anything else that the backyard mechanic can do, apart from changing the fluids and brake pads? Shade tree mechanics are rapidly becoming a thing of the past with the tech that is increasingly commonplace in today's cars.
I think at the very least anything that relates to a state standard (thinking of smog checks here) should be available to indies right from the get-go. What if, as someone else said, you live 100 miles or more from a dealer and there is a problem in the emissions system?
I mean, these automakers are not selling products in a vacuum, they are closely regulated and required to pass inspections in most states every couple of years.
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I would like to see some way to present error codes to owners in easily readable form (through the NAV screen or dashboard?) and a way for owners to run at least diagnostic software so that they know what the engine light is really telling them (stop now or wait or blow it off or ???). Also, just like Microsoft sends you patches, maybe some day you will be able to correct certain driveability faults in the same manner with your car.
As for independent shops---I think IF the tools required to fix the car become punishingly expensive, there might be cause for legal action or a regulatory process, e.g., if Dell Computers forced all independent repair shops to buy a $100,000 diagnostic tool, that would just about force all Dell owners to buy new computers rather than fix their old ones....
Uh-oh, have I just unlocked a new conspiracy? :P0
That once the manufacturer has sold the product we should not be "forced" to use the dealer mechanics over and independent mechanic. I know that from a personal perspective living in a small community it is much easier to develop a trusting relationship with a neighborhood mechanic than it is with an impersonal dealer mechanic where you do not know from one week to the next who might be working on your car.
There also seems to be a cost difference to the consumer. The dealer mechanics did not invest in the R and D so why should they reap the rewards the manufacture may be entitled to rather than the independent mechanic. Like I mentioned earlier in our state you can not be forced to have scheduled services done at the dealer. You only need a proof that the service was performed at the proper times. There was a time when we had to go to state certified smog control stations and that proved to be a pain in the back. At least today independent mechanics can be certified to smog our cars for us.0
nonjth13 Posts: 91My last car was an Audi with "free" maintenance (aka I paid for it in advance) so I used the dealer for oil changes etc. My new car is a VW. I will go there for warranty work, but otherwise I will use my own mechanic. If the time comes that auto dealers have a monopoly on repair work, I think I will take the bus.0
british_rover Posts: 8,458Our newest rovers do have a three level check engine light.
Amber means minor fault keep driving. The computer might make the necessary adjustments and fix the fault on its own.
Amber Blinking means moderate fault: Call the dealer and set up appointment.
RED Means severe fault: Stop driving right away call road side assistance.
I would like it if you could get a more complete listing of the faults on the NAV screen. There is a diagnostic mode that can be accessed on the NAV screen by pressing invisible buttons on certain menu pages. The techs use it and anyone else could too but most people don't know it is there.0
"I would like to see some way to present error codes to owners in easily readable form (through the NAV screen or dashboard?) and a way for owners to run at least diagnostic software so that they know what the engine light is really telling them (stop now or wait or blow it off or ???)."
Oh absolutely, they should have had something like this for a long time now, AT LEAST since the advent of OBDII in '96. I have always suspected that the reason they don't is (a) to make dealerships more money in their service bays, and (b) because they (the EPA etc) are afraid that if we drivers actually know what the fault is, we will ignore it in most instances (because with that knowledge we will worry about it less) which might lead to more cars being out of smog compliance.
Giving the consumer more information is a BAD thing! :-P
I don't see a problem with automakers being forced to reveal technical information on their vehicles as long as indies have to pay licensing fees to get it. The problem here of course is similar to the old Napster - once the info is out, it will start being spread around and the licensing fees will stop coming in.
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Of course consumers have to know what to DO with this information. These days, even some "mechanics" don't know what to do with it. Codes are often mis-interpreted, and in fact most diagnostic codes don't really identify the faulty component, only the system/circuit that is affected.
I think we are still a ways off with diagnostic tools that pinpoint the exact component failure.
So, telling the driver that his 0s sensor is unhappy doesn't really tell him a whole lot. He could replace the 02 sensor and solve nothing.
Still, anything is better than a single stupid "check engine" light. It's especially infuriating on cars that require a re-set from the dealer or mechanic even for MINOR faults, like loose gas caps.0
Here the code readers are available to parts stores as well as independents. Getting to know your Autozone tech can save you 50 bucks the dealer charges to reset the loose gas cap code. At least I got that help when I forgot to plug in a sensor while changing plugs on my PT in Texas. The local Autozone guy had sold me the plugs and wires and laughed when i told him what had happened. He asked me go back into the store for some free coffee and when I came back, the code was gone. Cost to fix, a cup of coffee.0
Yep those code readers are okay but they don't pick up all the codes. But some of them are good for shutting off the light.
I'd like to see a Voice Command for new cars: "Engine light OFF!"0
wtd44 Posts: 1,211Closed architecture leads to loss of market share, as has been proved over and over in the computer world. In the case of motor vehicles, could I dare say we have a "right" to information that will make it possible for the consumer (or the mechanic he/she might contract) to repair them. Surely consumer protection should extend this far: :sick:0
Giving the consumer more information is a BAD thing!
I strongly disagree with that comment.
Remember that when the discussion of the right to repair act comes up, it is not talking soley about consumers. It is referring to independent shops and such. Things like Fleets.
Fleets that buy 100s of vehicles per year from the manufacturers. These fleets are in the same boat as the independent shops. The manufacturers are trying to shut them all out.
Try getting information on a newer Honda or Acura as a consumer and see what happens.
Oh absolutely, they should have had something like this for a long time now, AT LEAST since the advent of OBDII in '96. I have always suspected that the reason they don't is (a) to make dealerships more money in their service bays, and (b) because they (the EPA etc) are afraid that if we drivers actually know what the fault is, we will ignore it in most instances (because with that knowledge we will worry about it less) which might lead to more cars being out of smog compliance.
It won't make any difference in the near future. With the advent of bluetooth technology going into vehicles, the states will be implementing transmitters on the highways that will read your VIN and emissions status while you drive down the road. If you are out of compliance, you will receive a letter in the mail informing you that you are out of compliance and to have it repaired.
The technology is already there, they are only waiting for the funds to install the transmitters.
Mr Shiftright,
I would like to see some way to present error codes to owners in easily readable form (through the NAV screen or dashboard?) and a way for owners to run at least diagnostic software so that they know what the engine light is really telling them (stop now or wait or blow it off or ???).
Actually, I am testing a product that is a monitoring device that mounts on the dash, that you can monitor some parameters and you can view and clear trouble codes from the dash mounted monitor. It is a small 4 line display.
Cost is around $180. It is called ScanGaugeII.
It can be used as a trip computer, code reader and digital gauge.
We hope to have the review article done on it in the next month.0
Great, keep us posted on that device please!
What I don't like about current technology is that on most cars every "check engine light" is crying wolf, as if a loss of coolant were the same urgency as a loose gas cap. After a while the natural tendency is just to keep driving. It's not well-filtered information. It's as bad as what Micrsoft gives you on your computer screen, except that your computer is not flying down the highway at 70 mph (hopefully).0
I agree with you on the light.
They have taken it to an extreme.
It should be like the heavy trucks, where there is an Engine Warn light and an Engine shutdown light.
One is for the incidental stuff like low coolant and such. The other is for things that will cause catastrophic failure.
What they should do is allow you to view what the trouble codes are when they present themselves.
It bothers me that we have the technology to have most electronics do self diagnostics, but they display them in codes, not descriptions.
If you had a Check engine light come on and where able to push a button to display a small summary and the code number, it would provide you with necessary information to determine which course of action to take.
Then the education of how the codes work is necessary, which is something our group of guys try to work on.0
You DID know I was being facetious with my remark that giving the consumer more information is a bad thing, right? I am for more information all the time for the consumer.
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Oops, my bad.
Sometimes it is hard to tell and to be honest, there are folks out there who believe that information for the consumer is a bad thing.0
4machines Posts: 1Perhaps more of us would be willing to use the dealer if we were not so aware of how much we are being overcharged ? I once lived with a service manager for a time as a roommate. The things he told me about dealerships and where they make profit was nearly unbelievable. Here's how it works and why we pay so much at the dealer. The owner of the dealership marks the part up when service orders it. Then service "sells" it to the mechanic in the service bay for a markup. So there it is markup twice. Its a terrible thing. This on top of today's labor prices. :mad:0
If the dealer charges me $15 for the same oil filter I can buy for $6, I really don't care as long as my car is done fast, done right the first time. I'm sure....certain...in fact, that taking my car to the dealer for its 5,000 mile check ups costs me $75 more than taking it to the local gas station or to a chain store. And I'm sure that the "list" of "things to do" on a 5,000 mile check contain items that are merely a glance from a mechanic at the dealer....and that's fine, too, with me, because at least the dealer technician knows where the part is that he's supposed to glance at.
As long as my car is done in two hours, comes back all cleaned up, and runs like a top...hell, overcharge me...
BUT....(and here the skies darken)...for this amount of money, the car had BETTER be right and done professionally in every respect or the whole picture changes with me.
Even IF the automakers released every bit of technical information to independent shops, most couldn't keep up, especially the ones doing multi-car services. I go to the dealer because they know the product best. But, after warranty, would I go to an independent who specialized in my make of car? Yeah, probably I would if they were good. Would I save a lot of money doing that? Probably not a lot, no, because overhead in a top notch indie shop isn't cheap either.0
When the discussion is on the right to repair, does this mean that the proprietary information explaining how any software and firmware is constructed should to be revealed or does it means that a definition of codes should be revealed along with a possible cause when multiple codes are listed or something else.
Being a DIY'er, I am able to perform fewer and fewer tasks on my cars. Fortunately, they don't require the same amount of attention when my high tech tools consisted of a timing light and dwell meter.0
Oh I think that a better code definition and possibly even troubleshooting instructions would be enough. It's not likely that most consumers will be re-mapping their car's computers, etc.
Of course we can only expect so much. No diagnostic tool yet available allows even the most up to date technician to positively idenitfy the exact defective component just by plugging in a device.0
Yes, I would like comprehensive troubleshooting instructions so this DIY'er would have a chance to find and replace the correct parts.
I only repair my own cars so my experience is limited but I have found some repair manuals like Helms for Dodge give some troubleshoot road maps. Honda manuals seem to be more general.
If I can pull the money together I would like to buy one of the new code scanners from Actron (CP9190) or Autoxray (6000) that should provide code scanning for common and propriety multiple codes. Once I have the codes then it is a matter of discussing the problem on various web sites to track down the real problem. Of course if it is a problem that requires quick repairing I must use the repair shop.
Have you tried any of the above scanners? Which ones do you prefer?0
I haven't tried them. One issue I'm exploring is that apparently they will not read every thrown code--so you could spend this money and still be completely in the dark, it seems.0
I heard some scanners will not read the propriety codes. I believes some have a letter prefix. Before buying I would check some sites to determine if the "secret" codes are read and stored. I believe the Actron CP9190 will read them. Since I only work on my own cars this i something I will be able to determine. I will have to chance the scanner will work on any future cars which is why I am still doing some research since this equipment is expensive.
I am pleased that at least the scanners are available since not that long ago the DIY'er had few options to determine any information from computer and sensor problems. With the scanners and some web sites where code info and their reasons can be shared or purchased I still have a possibility of finding and fixing a problem myself.0
That all depends on the scanners that you are using and what package you purchase.
I have probably 12 different scan tools. Most sent to me from the manufacturers and depending on what vehicle you have, there are some available that will cover proprietary trouble codes and parameters.
Currently, there are a lot of scanners and scan programs that offer GM, Ford and Chrysler proprietary code information. AutoTap (program), AutoXray (handheld), Actron (handheld), OTC (handheld) and InjectoClean are among them.
InjectoClean (program) also offers Toyota and Honda proprietary codes in their program package, as well as a labscope set up for pocket PC and Palm units.
We do a lot of testing on scan tools, so we know there are some out there. :shades:0


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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Dumpster diving for Winter Meetings news
With the decline in the Canadian dollar (which currently sits at 0.7919 cents U.S.), this year's winter confab in Vegas looks to be an exceptionally quiet week for the Jays.
The team overspent on a few signings over the past few years of currency-related windfalls (we're looking at you, Mr. Wells). Account for the 2009 raises that are coming for most of the Jays' regulars in the middle of long term deals, and there's precious little room to maneuver for J.P. Ricciardi et al in Vegas, no matter how much A.J. Burnett, David Eckstein, or Frank Thomas money comes off of their payroll.
(Our brilliant idea: Put Lyle Overbay's entire contract on red at the roulette wheel. No, really.)
As J.P. told a group of drunken beat reporters (and MLB.com's Jordan Bastian): "Anybody we add, we're going to have to subtract...I don't think we're able to take on a lot of payroll. So if we want to do some things, we're going to have to eliminate some payroll."
Unfortunately, we don't think that the Jays will be able to eliminate payroll by bringing contracts out to the desert like they did with Joe Pesci in Casino. Although that would be kinda cool.
So given this shite state of affairs, it should surprise none of us that on the second day of the meetings, we're reading about Chris Duncan as the Jays' next designated hitter. (This is the punishment we get for speaking wistfully about John Thomson yesterday.)
Also, if you're interested, the lede in that same Bastian piece is the fourth or fifth cycle of Rafael Furcal to Toronto rumours, which are too fleeting and far-fetched to even ponder at this point.
In other news that's as depressing as a 6 am, hung-over viewing of Mike Leigh's Naked, the Jays are apparently talking to Carl Pavano. We see Pavano as an option for the Jays rotation, in as much as he has two arms (slightly used) and opposable thumbs. Aside from that, we're not sure that Pavano (5.77 ERA, 1.49 WHIP in limited innings in 2008) would be a much better option than just letting the other team hit off a tee.
Mind you, Pavano (and feel free to sing this part along with us, because you certainly know the words) does have "a relationship with Brad Arnsberg". Which, as we all know, is the best way for the front office to sell this shit as Shinola.
10 comments:
- The Ack said...
The Dodgers signed Hector Luna on us. Now what in the fuck are we going to do?
- December 9, 2008 at 1:05 PM
- Torgen said...
Chris Duncan, Designated League-Average Hitter?
- December 9, 2008 at 2:31 PM
Put Lyle Overbay's entire contract on red at the roulette wheel. No, really.
Jesus fuck, man! Always bet on black. Didn't John Cutter teach you anything?
- December 9, 2008 at 6:51 PM
- Torgen said...
If the team bet Overbay's contract and won, would we get two Overbays, or one player twice as good as Overbay for the same money?
- December 9, 2008 at 7:31 PM
- dave said...
Remember a couple months ago when these winter meetings were suppose to be crazy busy for the Jays?
- December 9, 2008 at 8:01 PM
- Torgen said...
Remember a couple months ago when every bank wasn't bankrupt?
- December 9, 2008 at 8:54 PM
- eyebleaf said...
I love that picture. Too fitting.
- December 10, 2008 at 1:35 AM
- woodpeck said...
xcuse me while i rant.....
i'm so downright frustrated with the current state of inaction and inability to do anything! just because we don't have the cash doesn't mean we can't and shouldn't be active at these meetings. last time i checked we had the best bullpen, some great starting pitching, some great players on the team and some great pieces in the farm system.
the time to make significant moves is not in may (frank thomas) or in July (mencherson) but in these so-called "winter" meetings (note to MLB: doesn't winter start on Dec. 21st?).
if the powers that be had any smarts or guts, they'd be working the lineup and attempting to mix things up with the positives and marketable items we already possess and turn those into equal if not greater parts (looking to the future here). the same old is not gonna cut it again (you think the yanks and red sox are standing pat? oh look, there goes CC and Tex already). there's gotta be teams out there lookin' to deal.
to sit there and cry poor is beyond all comprehension. put up or shut up!
- December 10, 2008 at 8:48 AM
Look the Jays can basically afford Pavano, Ponson, Clemet on cheap deals and need to add a bat like BRadley or Giambi.It's too bad Beeston isn't pushing for Manny. Yeah the Jays would lose money for a year or two BUT what if they make it into the playoffs? The money would come back.
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During the ninth in a series of medical exams (one of which we alerted you to previously, natch), this baby panda at the San Diego Zoo took his first steps! Okay, more like wobbles, but you gotta start somewhere. It's alllll downhill from here, kiddo.
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Why do you think it took the U.S. drum and bass scene so long to catch up with the U.K.'s?
When you're talking about American-made drum and bass, the majority of it got a little bit off-track and started to get too hard, dark and sort of boy's club furious. It's always been so good in the U.K. because jump-up was always there and tunes that would appeal to women—and you can't have a good night, club or crowd without women.
As one of the DnB heavyweights, how do you feel about dubstep pushing it out of the spotlight in recent years?
The one thing I'm really happy to see is that finally a new form of music came along to get kids excited again. They're not even sure that it's dubstep or drumstep or whatever; they just call it bass music and they're super into it. It reminds me of when I first got started as a DJ—that fresh hunger for raw music.
Why does your new track "Sanctuary" seem to have more levels and soul than other recent DnB releases?
I just started a new partnership with Bill Hamel, a really well-known progressive producer who's done remixes for Rihanna, Britney Spears, Seal. We're ultimately trying to make a progressive form of drum and bass that could potentially crossover and fit with a wider audience.
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2.2 Learning styles
There are two broad accounts of differences in styles of learning. One account, which may be appropriately termed 'conceptions of learning', comes from the work of phenomenographers such as Marton et al. (1984), Entwistle (1981) and Ramsden (1996). A second account of differences in learning focuses on learners' 'processing skills' and routines. Typically, this account assumes that individuals have a preference for one learning style and that most teaching activities are also geared towards one style of learning. It is argued that effective learning is more likely to take place where individual preferences match the learning style of the activity. Thus, while it is impossible to cater consistently for all learning styles in every activity used, it is useful to provide a variety of teaching methods within a programme in order that all students have the opportunity to participate in a learning activity that is specific to their learning style. One school of thought in this tradition derives from the work of Gardner (1993), who identifies different types of intelligence (such as spatial, kinaesthetic and linguistic) in which students are more or less skilled. A second school of thought derives from the 'experiential learning tradition' and the work of Kolb (1999).
Theorists in the experiential learning tradition identify four types of learning style: the activist learner, the reflective learner, the theorist learner and the pragmatic learner. Table 1 outlines those activities that will be most or least appropriate for each type of learner.
Table 1 Seminar activities appropriate to each type of learner (according to 'experiential learning')
|Activist style
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|Learns least from activities where:
|Reflector style
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|Learns least from activities where:
|Theorist style
|Learns best from activities where:
|Learns least from activities where:
|Pragmatist style
|Learns best from activities where:
|Learns least from activities where:
Source: Honey and Mumford (1995).
Top Tip: When selecting individuals for group work, mix the learning style in each group – don't have all the activists in one group and all the theorists in another. As no activity is best suited to all learning styles, a mixture of learning styles in each group will mean that the students who are able to relate to the activity can encourage those who are having more difficulty engaging in the process.
The 'phenomenographic' tradition (Entwistle, 1981; Marton et al., 1984) suggests that students may have more or less effective conceptions of learning and that it might be possible for university teachers to improve students' approach to learning by altering the teaching methods used. The evidence provided by this research tradition suggests that students who adopt a 'deep' approach to learning achieve better outcomes in higher education than students who adopt a 'surface approach' to learning (Gibbs, 1992; Biggs, 1999; Fry et al., 1999). A deep approach to learning 'is typified as an intention to understand and seek meaning, leading students to attempt to relate concepts to existing experience, distinguishing between new ideas and existing knowledge, and critically evaluating and determining key themes and concepts' (Fry et al., 1999, p. 30). A surface approach to learning 'is typified as an intention to complete the task, memorize information, make no distinction between new ideas and existing knowledge; and to treat the task as externally imposed (as extrinsic). Rote learning is the typical surface approach' (Fry et al., 1999, p. 30). Finally, some students adopt a strategic approach that involves students structuring their learning in order to obtain high grades in the programme of study.
Biggs (1999) discusses characteristics of students (e.g. misunderstanding requirements, anxiety) and teaching (e.g. providing insufficient time for activities, emphasising coverage at the expense of depth) that may result in students adopting a surface approach to learning. Biggs also reviews the characteristics of students and the teaching and learning experience that encourage students to adopt a deep approach to learning. The signals provided to students by the way in which their learning is assessed give rise to the idea of 'constructive alignment'. That is, there is little point in striving to encourage students to adopt a deep approach to their learning if students perceive the style of the assessment as rewarding rote learning more strongly than deep understanding. In the words of Biggs, 'A good teaching system aligns teaching method and assessment to the learning activities stated in the objectives, so that all aspects of this system are in accord in supporting appropriate student learning' (1999, p. 11).
These views of learning styles and approaches to learning have different implications for seminar leaders. The experiential learning and multiple intelligences perspectives on learning styles suggest that seminar leaders should vary the type of task in seminars to accommodate the innate preferences of different learners. The phenomenographic distinction between deep and surface approaches to learning suggests that seminar leaders should encourage all students to adopt a deep approach. However, each of these perspectives on learning suggests that it is helpful to encourage students to develop greater self-awareness of their personal approach to learning.
Helping students to understand how they learn can increase their motivation and achievement in a whole range of activities. This can be accomplished through a separate study skills unit, typically through a learning style questionnaire (see, for example, Entwistle, 1981; Honey and Mumford, 1995). Students usually find these self-review activities informative and helpful, enabling them to engage more effectively in the seminars. However, there is a danger that ideas introduced in study skills modules can become detached from the core elements of an economics degree if they are not overtly reinforced by seminar leaders.
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A friend pointed out the following Snow White baby photo to me the other day. I think it's adorable, but some are crying foul. Why?
A sweet photo shoot
I tracked down the original appearance of this photo, designed to portray the story of Snow White. I traced it down to the baby's mother's blog, and saw that it was published nearly two years ago. I have no idea what prompted the recent sharing of the photo on social media, but as with many photos, this one has become controversial.
I can almost understand the dislike some have for the photo. Almost. The mom has reenacted the part of Snow White's story where she took a bite of a bewitched apple and fell asleep, appearing dead.
But really. It's an adorable photo, perfectly composed and totally adorable. And as we know, Snow White wasn't deceased — rather, she was in a state of suspended animation and was awakened later in the story when those carrying her glass coffin stumbled and the piece of poisoned apple dislodged from her throat.
What a clever mama. The photo is sweet and she did a good job.
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Congressman Wants To Make Attacking A Cop A Federal 'Hate' Crime
from the won't-someone-think-of-the-blue-children?!? dept
We've seen this sort of thing proposed at the state level on more than one occasion. But Rep. Ken Buck, a former DOJ prosecutor, wants to take it national, as Chris Seaton reports for Fault Lines.
Colorado representative Ken Buck is very concerned about the health and well being of our nation's police officers. His concern for officer safety in a world that "hates cops" is such that that he's introduced legislation making attacks on police officers a federal hate crime.The bill not only makes an attack on a police officer (or an attack that appears to be motivated by the fact that the person represents law and order) a "hate crime," but it also makes it a federal crime. Buck apparently feels this legislation is going to win hearts and minds, as there's no avoiding it when you visit his website.
Buck's "Blue Lives Matter Act," H.R. 4760, would make "an attack on a police officer a hate crime," according to the bill's text. The name of the legislation, filed Wednesday, alludes to the "Black Lives Matter" mantra taken up by activists who protest police violence against black people, particularly the killings of unarmed black people at the hands of police.
The proposal is also accompanied by a heartfelt "Dear Colleague" letter that talks about cops "holding together the fabric of our nation" and how they've been "intimidated" by recent acts of violence. No statistics are cited to back up his insistence that this a real problem that needs to be addressed with legislation… because there aren't any.
The National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund's stats show the number of officers killed in the line of duty has been decreasing over the last several years and appears to have hit a lower plateau of ~120/year for the past four years.
The number of officers killed in the line of duty to date this year stands at 29, which would put year-end totals roughly in the same neighborhood as the past half-decade. And yet, every death is greeted with claims that the law enforcement profession is deadlier than ever.
Law enforcement officers are better protected (by laws and policies, on top of actual physical protective gear) than members of the public but they're apparently not protected enough. Buck's legislation allows officers -- who have made a voluntary choice to pursue a more dangerous career -- to count themselves as an underprivileged class, most of whom have no choice whatsoever in their current status. Back to Chris Seaton:
Why add a job, something a person applied for and trained to do, to a list of concepts like "religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability?" If you're a logical, rational person (and we'll assume you are, since reading Fault Lines puts you in that bracket), you should be able to spot the flaws with Buck's rationale right away…People can't choose their race, gender, disability or sexual orientation. Cops choose to be cops. If officers don't like the increased risk inherent to their profession, they can always quit. Most of the other groups routinely covered by hate crime legislation don't have that luxury.
The bill's broad wording would allow federal prosecutors to bring hate crime charges for even the simplest of assaults -- provided the action could conceivably be perceived as "anti-law enforcement." Here's Seaton's hypothetical:
The arbitrary nature of the Blue Lives Matter Act is clear when you notice it's a federal offense if someone is attacked because they're "perceived" to be a police officer. There's no need to prove cop status under the Blue Lives Matter Act. If an AUSA has evidence someone yelled "FUCK THE POLICE" at a Rage Against the Machine concert before slugging a security guard, they can make it a hate crime and force the defendant to plead down from there.Police officers are already a protected class. They have their own Bills of Rights. They have good faith exceptions, immunity that shields them from many civil lawsuits, the power to stop and detain people for almost any pretense and the constant support of hundreds of legislators around the country. They don't need any more help. They're as far away from "underprivileged" as any group could be.
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Actor Jude Law opened up about the alleged affair between his then-girlfriend Sienna Miller and actor Daniel Craig for the first time on Monday as he was testifying for the prosecution at a trial into the U.K.'s phone-hacking scandal, of which both he and Miller had been victims.
Speaking on the witness stand at London's Old Bailey, Law revealed that he became aware of Miller's alleged infidelity in September, 2005, around the time that editors at Rupert Murdoch's now-defunct News of the World tabloid broke the news of the actress' reported relationship in articles headlined "Sienna Cheats On Jude" and "Layer Fake."
Law revealed he called Craig to confront him about the rumored affair and urged Craig to confess the behavior to his girlfriend at the time, Satsuki Mitchell.
Describing the awkward talk he had with Craig, Law told the court, "We had known each other many, many years, so the conversation took on all sorts of turns."
Neither Miller nor Craig have ever commented on the romance reports.
Ironically, months before Law learned of Miller and Craig's alleged affair, the actor had been forced to issue a public apology of his own to the blonde beauty after he was caught fooling around with his children's nanny.
During Law's testimony, he also admitted his shock after discovering a family member and a former employee had been selling stories about him to the News of the World.
The actor won $208,000 in damages from Murdoch's company bosses in 2012 after it emerged a private investigator working for the newspaper had accessed his cell phone voicemail messages.


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Boys hooked on video games have differently wired brains, according to new research.
Nerve circuits have been uncovered that mark out compulsive players from the rest - and they are both good and bad.
Scientists carried out MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans on almost 200 ten to 19 year olds and found some of the abnormalities improve their ability to absorb new information.
But other changes are associated with distractibility and poor impulse control, according to the findings published in Addiction Biology.
Professor Jeffrey Anderson, of the University of Utah, said: "Most of the differences we see could be considered beneficial. However the good changes could be inseparable from problems that come with them."
The growing problem of 'internet gaming disorder' is a phenomenon many experts regard as a serious mental illness with sufferers so obsessed they often even give up eating and sleeping to play.
The study found teenage boys with it have vision or hearing brain cells that are more likely to have enhanced coordination to the 'salience network' of neurons that focus attention on important events, priming a person to take action.
In a video game, this may help a gamer react more quickly to the rush of an oncoming fighter. And in life, to a ball darting in front of a car, or an unfamiliar voice in a crowded room.
Prof Anderson said: "Hyperconnectivity between these brain networks could lead to a more robust ability to direct attention toward targets, and to recognise novel information in the environment. The changes could essentially help someone to think more efficiently."
Follow up studies will be needed to directly determine whether the boys with these brain differences do better on performance tests.
A more troublesome finding is a coordination between two brain regions, the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and temporoparietal junction, that is more strong than in individuals who are not compulsive video game players.
Prof Anderson said: "Having these networks be too connected may increase distractibility."
The same change is seen in patients with schizophrenia, Down's syndrome, and autism, and in people with poor impulse control. At this point it's not known whether persistent video gaming causes rewiring of the brain, or whether people who are wired differently are drawn to video games.
This work is the largest, most comprehensive investigation of differences in the brains of compulsive video game players to date, said Prof Doug Hyun Han.
The participants were screened in South Korea. The Korean government supports the research with the goal of finding ways to identify and treat addicts.
In the study researchers performed MRI on 106 boys who were seeking treatment for Internet gaming disorder, a psychological condition the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) says warrants further research.
The brain scans were compared to those from 80 boys without the disorder, and analysed for regions that were activated simultaneously when participants were at rest.
The more frequently two brain regions light up at the same time, the stronger the functional connectivity.
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Inspiration, ideas and information to help women build public speaking content, confidence and credibility. Denise Graveline is a Washington, DC-based speaker coach who has coached nearly 200 TEDMED and TEDx speakers--including one of 2016's most popular TED talks. She also has prepared speakers for presentations, testimony, and keynotes. She offers 1:1 coaching and group workshops in public speaking, presentation and media interview skills to both men and women.
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What guitar lessons are teaching me about public speaking--and training
Call it my once-a-week professional development if you want to. It's really my guitar lesson, and I'm finding each session rich in insights about the speaker and presenter trainings I do, and what my trainees experience when they're new to public speaking or trying a new technique for the first time.
Take the stopping. I know full well that "ums" trip lots of speakers up. The speaker's got a heightened awareness of any mistakes she makes, especially if she's nervous or not as practiced at it. And ums serve as a verbal pause while you're trying to remember what it was you wanted to say. They're also a normally occurring part of everyone's speech. Nonetheless, if an um throws you off and you stop, you'll find your momentum and focus tough to recover. Easy for me to know about public speaking, but new as a concept to learn on the guitar. And I've learned that I'm just like anyone else: Anxious to do well, aware of how difficult the skill is to learn, not happy when I miss a note or lose the rhythm, all perfectly understandable feelings that do nothing to help me get through "Wildwood Flower" or "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" In fact, they're my biggest roadblocks.
When I was thinking through whether to take up guitar, my pal Leah Garnett of the website Music After 50 gave me great advice (she's a lifelong guitarist and jazz guitar is her passion)--and she interviewed me right before I bought a guitar and started lessons. She asked about similarities between performing and public speaking, and I can now say from experience that I understand even better what's going through the minds of trainees who get nervous just speaking in front of only me! Performing for my instructor is nerve-wracking enough for me for now, although he gently reminds me that my goal is to get good enough to play with other people. Music, like speaking, needs an audience to really thrive. Performers, whether guitarists or speakers, need to stop underestimating themselves and plunge in. Case in point: I predicted for Leah that I wouldn't be able to handle a dreadnought, the largest acoustic guitar, but it's what I own now. It's truly a stretch, but the sound is incredible. And in the last month, when I let go and anchor my playing with rest, practice and a willingness to risk, it sounds great--even when I miss a note. (I also know from speaker coaching that it's the performer who notices their nervousness and mistakes, not the audience, most of the time.) My instructor, who informed me I just got myself a hobby for life, says with confidence what I say to would-be speakers: If you practice, you will get better.
So these days, I think of my guitar instructor when I get a comment like this one from a woman who participated in one of my workshops focused on creating and delivering a message: "Thanks for making me step out of my comfort zone and for the warning that I would be expected to step out of my comfort zone. Without that discomfort, I don't think the message would have been as meaningful."
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Nexus 2: The Gods Awaken (PC & MAC)
"Nexus 2: The Gods Awaken" is the sequel to the award winning "Nexus: The Jupiter Incident" released in 2005
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"This gem of a space tactics offering is everything that fans of the genre have been waiting for" - Gamespot, 83%
"It's delicious to watch. Nexus' whirling space charts and system-spanning ships slip past spiraling asteroids, fend off the shadows of "Homeworld", and make your head spin" - PC Format, 84%
"Nexus pleases like a deep space production on the scale of a Roddenberry saga" - PC Gamer, 83%
Despite being published nearly 8 years ago, Nexus: The Jupiter Incident still remains a landmark in space-based RTS games.
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It was a game for Admirals, not Project Managers; there were no factories to build, construction queues to manage, or resources to gather. The player's sole responsibility was to lead a fleet of giant spaceships into pitched battle, where the only route to success was tactical brilliance, quick thinking, and bold strategy.
Visually, it was a glorious game, and even today it is fondly remembered for its sprawling cosmic panoramas, against which mighty dreadnoughts of unthinkable size and power lumbered into battle, filling the void with scintillating blasts of energy weapons and the smoky trails of missiles, whilst the ship crews struggled frantically to maintain their shields, repair damaged systems, and keep their vessels in the fight.
Since its launch, no other space game has been able to match it for the crispness of its gameplay, the magnificence of its spectacle, or the depth of its tactics…
Until now.
Welcome… to Nexus 2!
The creators of the original game now have a unique proposal for you… to participate in the development, by pledging funds that will allow us to begin production of the next instalment in the Nexus story.
Our vision is clear: we have a full design for a truly worthy successor to the original game, one which will take forward the story of mankind's expeditions to the hostile reaches of interstellar space, and bring it up to date with state-of-the-art visuals and even richer gameplay.
The Plot
It is 25 years since peace was brought to the solar system, thanks to the inspired leadership of Marcus Cromwell, Commander of the Allied Fleet. It was he who defeated the forces of the soulless mechanoid called the Entity and, with the help of the mysterious artificial goddess known as Angel, threw off the shackles of slavery from mankind.
Peace and stability have returned to human space. The devastation of the Entity War shut the Star Gate that led mankind into contact with the fearsome Gorg and other former foes.
Something strange has happened in the meantime, however. Following the Entity's defeat, a change has befallen humanity. Throughout human space, children with strange powers are being born, who can affect the fabric of time and space through the power of thought alone.
Known as Psis, these supernaturally-gifted individuals are feared and hated by some, but keenly sought by those who wish to harness their abilities as powerful weapons; a single Psi's involvement in a fleet battle can mean the difference between glorious victory and crushing defeat.
When the impact of the Psis becomes clear, squabbles arise amongst the Solar System corporations, as they seek to dominate and control these powerful individuals for their own good. Old friends and alliances are forgotten in the lust for power and control.
Amidst these tensions, something stunning occurs. Mechanoid ships, long since thought defeated, start appearing in human space, and unleashing surprise attacks on any ship which has a Psi crewmember aboard. Many Psis are killed, and panic reigns.
The aged hero Marcus Cromwell watches these happenings with dismay, fearing a return to the dark days of the past. Then, just as his despair is deepest, he is contacted once again by the mysterious Angel, who once again calls upon his assistance to counter foes more numerous and powerful than even he could imagine…
The Game
The gameplay of Nexus is everything the discerning Space Admiral could desire. Alongside improvements and polish across the board to existing graphics and gameplay, there is also a wealth of new features to expand and enrich the gameplay to ever-greater heights.
Psis: a new angle to gameplay
The Psis are a new class of NPC, who can be added to the crew of certain ships. Each Psi has a unique power, allowing them to influence the course of battle, and turn a lost cause into a triumphant victory.
Examples here are the Micro Jump, allowing instantaneous short-range teleportation, or the Psychic Clone, whereby the Psi creates an illusory decoy ship to draw fire away from the real one.
State of the art graphics
Nexus 2 will be made with the Unreal Engine, the industry gold standard for top-quality game visuals, which has been used in countless AAA games, and which is simply the best, most professional tool available to us.
Using their lavishly-developed tools, we will be able to raise the bar on Nexus 2's visual appearance to a level we could only dream of when developing the original.
The searing planetary eclipses, undulating asteroid fields, dazzling energy blasts and titanic, roiling explosions that are the keystones of the Nexus experience will be brought to life like never before.
Modular Ship Design
The upgraded game engine will permit ships to be created from combining multiple modules, allowing a much wider range of ship customisation.
In battle, this feature means that individual parts of a ship can be destroyed, resulting not only in a tactically-richer game experience, but also one which is highly pleasing graphically.
Capital Ships and Space Stations
Using the Modular system, we can now build ships of a larger scale than ever before. Nexus 2 will introduce monstrous capital ships that will dwarf anything seen in the previous game, as well as immense space stations, bristling with weapons and defensive systems.
Truly, these will be opponents that will test the player to the very limits of his ability.
Squadron Customisation
One of the criticisms of the original Nexus was that the player couldn't customise the load-out of the various gunboats, bombers and fighters under his command. In Nexus 2, you will have full control over every weapon and system choice, allowing you to develop completely new tactics and battle plans.
Why Kickstarter?
It is a new era in video games development. Traditional publishers are struggling in the age of digital distribution, and are becoming increasingly risk-averse in terms of the products and the budgets they are prepared to consider.
Scared by the size and range of the modern games market, they choose to put their money only into projects they consider "safe" – which usually means copying a recent successful product, and results in a glut of very similar and uninspiring products.
In an environment like this, classic game genres are easily neglected, as publishers fall over themselves to sign the next "gritty" combat FPS, or "epic" RPG that's heavy on cut scenes and feather-light on gameplay.
A game like Nexus 2 is just too challenging a prospect for modern publishers. The lack of any recent comparisons for market performance means that they propose a budget that's insultingly small, or want to throw away the rich, deep tactical fabric in favour of brainless "space shooter" gameplay.
We at Most Wanted have realised that, if we want to make the game of our vision, then who best to turn to for support than the sophisticated gamers who share our passion for the genre, and desire to see it continue.
Kickstarter gives a voice to you, the neglected consumer, to make your opinion heard, and to support the production of games that you want to play.
The Creators
Most Wanted Entertainment was formed when a band of Hungary's hottest games talent joined forces with Dutch games company HD Interactive to create one of Central Europe's longest-lived and most prolific game developers.
We have launched games across many platforms, including PC, Xbox 360, PS3, Nintendo DS, iPhone/iPad in all sorts of genres.
Strategy and tactical games are our greatest love, however, with products like Joint Task Force and Nexus: The Jupiter Incident being some of the titles we are most proud of.
With our ranks still numbering most of the original Nexus development team, no other developer can match the experience, insight or love we have for this classic game.
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Risks and challenges
It's our baby:
No developer in the world could make a Nexus game faster, better or more economically than us, because nobody has the relevant insight, experience or resources we do, plus the personnel to exploit them for maximum effect.
We can still call upon the original game's Producer, Lead Designer, and many of the senior artists, programmers and designers, in our mission to deliver you the truly authentic sequel to Nexus.
Plans are already laid:
One of the most challenging and open-ended parts of any game development is the initial design phase. Here, we are in an excellent position, in that we already have a full design document prepared and ready to go.
Once funds are in place, then we'll be hitting the ground running.
A headstart on assets:
Development will also be eased by the amount of assets we can re-use from the previous game. Lots of the art we have was made to such a high quality, it is still re-usable today. Where improvements do need to be made, we have all the original design sketches and models, so improved versions can be made quickly and reliably.
High Fund Goal:
Making a quality video game is an expensive undertaking, especially when you're trying to deliver as much to the player as we are.
Our fund goal is ambitious, but represents the least amount of money we'd need to make this project viable.
Can we deliver on time?
With the best will in the world, video game development can be a fraught business, with any number of unforeseen bugs and problems ready to raise their heads and derail plans. Delays arising from these sorts of issues can afflict any development team.
However, we are a highly-experienced and professional team, who have negotiated paths like this very often, and only set our release dates after meticulous planning.
The situation is also eased by the fact that we'll be working on a product we know very well, which allows us to make very accurate estimations about project length, and gives us high confidence in addressing any issues that may arise.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
Funding period
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Goldman Sachs Q2 earnings double
Goldman Sachs said its second-quarter profit doubled, as the giant investment bank saw revenue climb 30% while stock and bond underwriting sales rose by nearly half.
Goldman said it earned $1.93 billion for the three months ending June 30, or $3.70 a share. The results handily topped analysts' average estimate of $2.87 a share in net income, according to FactSet. The firm earned $927 million, or $1.78 a share, in the second quarter of 2012. Revenue climbed to $8.6 billion.
"It was a solid quarter in what continues to be a dynamic market environment,'' Chief Financial Officer Harvey Schwartz said on a conference call.
Despite the gains, Goldman shares dropped 1.7% on Tuesday, down $2.76 to $160.24.
One reason may be that almost two-thirds of the revenue gain came from its historically volatile business of holding equity stakes in companies and bonds for the firm's own account.
The bank nearly tripled its revenue from investing in bonds that it owns, to $658 million, the company said. Investments in stocks generated $462 million in revenue, compared with negative $306 million in the second quarter of last year. Those numbers fluctuate because Goldman adjusts its earnings each quarter to reflect fluctuations in the value of those positions, spokesman David Wells said.
Additionally, banks like JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup have been able to exploit the fast-changing rate environment to boost profits, Edward Jones analyst Tom Lewandowski said. Goldman's revenue from trading bonds, currencies and commodities for clients rose 12% to $2.5 billion.
"Sometimes volatility favors these trading operations, and we obviously had volatility late in the quarter,'' Lewandowski said.
Goldman announced a 50-cent-per-share stock dividend, unchanged from last quarter.


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"Sausage Party," the upcoming raunchy animated comedy from writers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, now has a guest list.
The voice cast for the film will reunite "This Is the End" stars James Franco, Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, David Krumholtz and Rogen himself, as well as add Kristen Wiig, Edward Norton and Nick Kroll to the mix, the Wrap reports.
Two veterans of the animation world, Conrad Vernon ("Madagascar 3," "Monsters vs. Aliens") and Greg Tiernan (the "Thomas the Tank Engine" series), will direct the film for Sony Pictures and Annapurna Pictures. Kyle Hunter and Ariel Shaffir co-wrote the script with Rogen and Goldberg.
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"Sausage Party" tells the story of a heroic tube of meat who falls out of a shopping cart and teams up with some new friends on a journey of discovery as a Fourth of July holiday sale approaches.
As (intentionally) ridiculous as the premise sounds, the film's core group has a track record of successful comedic collaborations. The aforementioned "This Is the End," which Rogen and Goldberg wrote, grossed more than $100 million and garnered surprisingly good reviews.
Rogen and Goldberg also wrote the breakout hit "Superbad," starring Cera and Hill, and "Pineapple Express," starring Franco and Rogen. Wiig and Kroll have comedy bona fides too: the former with "Saturday Night Live" and "Bridesmaids," the latter with "Kroll Show."
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"Sausage Party" does mark a departure for Annapurna producer Megan Ellison, who tends to specialize in prestigious pictures such as "Zero Dark Thirty," "Her" and "American Hustle."
As a rare R-rated animated comedy, "Sausage Party" could also prove an interesting case study of whether the style of adult-oriented humor more common on TV — on Adult Swim and "Archer," for example — can translate to the big screen.
"Sausage Party" is set for release in 2015.
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Harry C. Alford, co-founder and president/CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce, created a national sensation during a February 25 interview (see video below) in which he accused President Barack Obama of acting like former Soviet dictator Josef Stalin and said the president's executive orders are "tyrannical" and a violation of the Constitution. Moreover, he added, Obama's economic policies are "borderline communist." The video went viral after being posted on a number of sites on March 1.
Alford expanded on those remarks in subsequent interviews, including an interview on March 4 with Andrea Tantaros of Fox News and pjmedia.com (see video below), in which he charged that President Obama "wants government in everything and anything."
"He made a fool out of me — and a lot of other people."
Alford said he now regrets supporting Obama's presidential bid in 2008. He allowed himself to be swept up with the candidate's rhetoric of hope, the media hype, and racial solidarity. "He made a fool out of me — and a lot of other people," says Alford.
In the impromptu February 25 video that went viral, Alford responded to a question about President Obama's increasing tendency to circumvent Congress and legislate by executive orders. "An executive order cannot trump the Constitution!" Alford responded emphatically. "Now, if he thinks he's Joe Stalin or somebody, let him try, but an executive order doesn't trump the Constitution! I mean, this guy's tyrannical, don't you think?"
When asked about Obama's performance and policies concerning the economy, Alford didn't hold back. He said:
He doesn't have a clue. He's never had a business. He's never had a real job. He doesn't understand how it all works…. He's bad, he's bad. And I supported him the first time around because I had hopes, because he's black. Shame on me!
The interviewer then asked him why he supported Obama in 2008 after he had already tipped his hand regarding his socialist leaning with his "redistributing the wealth" comments to Joe the Plumber. Alford replied:
I kind of ignored it. I said, well, maybe he's just talking. [But] he was serious, real serious. And it is truly — if you read the Communist Manifesto, that's that philosophy. He's not Adam Smith. He does not believe in capitalism the way our Founding Fathers did. He's very social — and it's getting borderline communist.
In his March 4 interview, Andrea Tantaros asked him to explain how he, a highly educated, successful businessman had been so completely fooled by Obama. "The guy is a shrewd politician with a good ground game and shrewd team," he said, paying homage to Obama's political skills. But then he confessed to having succumbed to what he said was the "tribal" instinct:
[It was] the timing, the aura of history, that America could have a black president. From slavery to Jim Crow to now we can hold the highest office in the land. People had to do it — they went for it, including myself. I saw a black president, and that's wrong.
"He wants government in anything and everything"
Tantaros mentioned Obama's own favorable references to socialism in his autobiography and asked Alford what he thinks Barack Obama believes in. He responded:
He believes in government controlling the lives of the people in that country — namely the United States. He wants government in anything and everything. He wants it in your health insurance. He wants it in your job. He wants it in your lifestyle, your culture. He wants to take away your guns, which is a constitutionally protected right. He doesn't care about a budget. I've never known a president who didn't care about a budget. How do you run the richest country in the world without a budget? You can't even run a shoe shine stand without a budget.
Tantaros then asked Alford if he believes that Obama's socialist direction is really due to being clueless and ignorant, or does Obama truly have ulterior motives and realize full well where he is taking us. Alford responded:
He's got some plans he won't discuss. He wants to take us some place we've never been before, and it's a place we shouldn't go. He's scary.
Alford said Obama is enthralled with the socialist countries of Europe and wants to remake us in their image, to make us more like France, pointing out that the president is a disciple of Marxist revolutionary Saul Alinsky.
Have his daring and outspoken challenges to the Obama administration caused Alford any backlash from his NBCC members? On the contrary, he says his members are supportive and the NBCC is growing. "When people get scared, they go to church," he said. "When business get scared, they join the Chamber." And Obama's policies are causing all businesses, including black-owned businesses, to get very scared.
Alford is not the only nationally prominent black leader to break ranks recently and publicly criticize the direction President Obama's leadership is taking our country. As we reported, President Obama received an unexpected earful at the National Prayer Breakfast on February 7. The keynote speaker was Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., M.D., the director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University's Children's Center and the founder of the Carson Scholars Fund scholarship program for disadvantaged and at-risk kids. He is also a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, our nation's highest civilian award. Dr. Carson, who is black, pointedly criticized ObamaCare's imposition of government between doctor and patient, and denounced the political correctness "bullies" that are trying to stifle genuine debate.
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Migraine "triggers" may not cause migraines after all
People who suffer from migraines often try to avoid potential triggers like bright or flickering lights or vigorous exercise. But, new research suggests that these events may not cause the painful and debilitating headaches.
"People with migraine with aura are told to avoid possible triggers, which may lead them to avoid a wide range of suspected factors," said study author Dr. Jes Olesen, with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, in a press release. "Yet the most commonly reported triggers are stress, bright light, emotional influences and physical effort, which can be difficult to avoid and potentially detrimental, if people avoid all physical activity."
Migraine with aura is a migraine which normally occurs with sensory warning signs like flashes of light, blind spots or tingling in your hands and face, according to the Mayo Clinic. "Aura" refers to a group of symptoms, including vision disturbances, that are a warning sign that the bad headache is coming.
A recent study showed that women who suffer from migraines with aura are at a greater risk for heart problems and blood clots.
- Women who suffer from migraines with aura at greater risk for heart, blood clot problems
- New migraine guidelines tout medications that may prevent symptoms
- Women who have migraines more likely to have non-dangerous brain lesions
For the study, researchers looked at 27 people who had migraines with aura who believed that bright or flickering lights, vigorous exercise or both had caused a prior episode.
They then subjected the participants to the trigger either by going on an intense run or using an exercise bike for an hour so they could reach 80 percent of their maximum heart rate. They were also exposed to bright, flashing or flickering light for 30 to 40 minutes. After each period, the subjects were monitored for three hours and asked if they had a migraine or migraine with aura.
Only 11 percent of participants said they had a migraine with aura after the light or exercise episode. Another 11 percent of people had a regular migraine.
"Our study suggests that if a person is exposed to a suspected trigger for three months and does not have a migraine attack, they no longer have to worry about avoiding that trigger," said Olesen.}
Dr. Randall Berliner, a neurologist specializing in headaches at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, told HealthDay that the triggers may only work in specific situations. He was not involved in the study.
"Perhaps the triggers only exert their effect when the brain is already susceptible to a migraine," he said. He added that the study helps people understand the complex relationship between migraine triggers and migraines.
However, Dr. Stephen D. Silberstein, a professor of neurology at Thomas Jefferson University and the director of the Jefferson Headache Center who wrote an accompanying editorial, said to TIME that supposed triggers may in fact be symptoms of the migraine itself.
"You eat chocolate and you get a headache. Does that mean chocolate triggers the headache?" Silberstein explained. "What probably happens is the first symptom of your migraine attack is the desire to eat chocolate. Just like when you're pregnant, you might want pickles or ice cream. That's one end of the spectrum, where the desire to do something is part of the migraine attack, not the trigger."
The study was published online on Jan. 23 in Neurology.


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in-hand registration, these miniature planes are easily maneuvered and
permit fine, controlled cuts.
The investment-cast steel body has a 45° bed angle and a fixed mouth,
and uses a brass retention screw to secure the included 30° bevel
A2 tool steel blade (0.06" thick by 3/8" wide). The soles are approximately
1-1/2" long by 5/8" wide and are available in four profiles.
The concave and convex planes have curved soles with a side-to-side radius
of 1/2". The double-convex (spoon) version has a 1/2" side-to-side radius
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