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The Beatles always had a soft spot for the era of songwriting that came before they invented the modern rock band. It's nice of them really, considering that by the 70s the genre they helped define had made dinosaurs of the likes of Frank Sinatra (who later sang the Beatles' Something and Yesterday). Among the many things that made them unique, the ghosts of Cole Porter, Fats Waller and Harold Arlen helped give the Beatles the tools to experiment with the kind of structure and melody that gave birth to some of their greatest songs.
The cheekily titled Kisses on the Bottom is Paul McCartney's tribute to the songs he heard his father play at the piano when he was a boy. These tunes were never dismissed by McCartney as "music his parents listened to" as many of his generation subsequently would when Beatlemania took hold. It is a circle he has been hoping to complete for many years.
It's hard to imagine what there is to add to the canon of great American songbook albums – between the legacy of the great crooners and the more recent world-dominating sound of Michael Bublé or Rod Stewart's efforts, where is Sir Paul's going to fit? The answer is in this record's simplicity. Only someone with so little left to prove could offer up an album that never tries to out-play, out-sing or out-croon anyone. He shows immense respect for the art form as he swaps his role from songwriter to interpreter.
It is immediately apparent from the opening song, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter, that while no broad risks are being taken, there are some are subtle and effective changes. The gentle comping of Diana Krall's piano, the swish of Karriem Riggins' drums and the lushness of Jonny Mandel's strings may be familiar and comfortable, but Paul's voice sounds different. He makes little attempt to croon or adopt that manly braggadocio often associated with this music. Instead his voice focuses on tone, intonation and timing – all delivered with a whisper that, while gentle, fills the sound with its richness.
It is a move that takes you by surprise when you realise McCartney is exploring an area of his voice that we, and possibly he, had never even heard before. He is singing in a higher register than we expect of him; but this gamble serves to deliver an approach to this music that is achingly honest. He may still be playing a part but it's more Chet Baker than Sinatra; more Billie Holiday than Bublé.
The supporting cast of Krall and band, producer Tommy LiPuma and legendary recording engineer Al Schmitt provide an unwaveringly tasteful landscape for McCartney to sing over. While it all may be too smooth for some, I found myself applauding their resistance to the more robust sound of a big band and tight, high-octane arrangements. It takes away any whiff of this resembling a Vegas review show. The simplicity of the piano trio with guitar and a few dashes of strings gives the set an informality that only adds to its charm. If anything, McCartney has taken his lead from Krall's own take on the standards – classy, spare, musical and modest.
The repertoire itself is often pleasantly surprising. There are some familiar faces, but most selections have an air of the forgotten gem about them. More I Cannot Wish You, taken from the Guys and Dolls musical, is notable for not being included in the movie version, and thus rarely heard outside the theatre. It's a stunningly direct song about parenthood and guardianship that echoes the clarity of Hey Jude. Bye Bye Blackbird is taken at such a slow tempo you wonder how it might be sustained over the song's duration. McCartney resists the temptation to fill in the gaps and lays blissfully back on the beat like a Lester Young saxophone solo. Even the slightly twee selections have their place in this puzzle. When he sings My Very Good Friend the Milkman and Inchworm we are reminded this is the man who gave us When I'm Sixty Four, Maxwell's Silver Hammer and Honey Pie.
McCartney's two original selections stand nose to nose with the other songs without a trace of inauthenticity. My Valentine, featuring Eric Clapton, is a sombre love song from a forgotten Broadway show while the shamelessly romantic Only Our Hearts, featuring Stevie Wonder's harmonica, had me checking the credits to make sure it wasn't Gershwin.
McCartney has said part of the joy of making his first two solo albums was that he could relinquish the pressure of being a Beatle and just enjoy making music. That sounds like what he is doing here. Though some may be disappointed by the sheer tastefulness of the whole affair, this album sounds like a holiday, a smile, a love letter. Paul McCartney has allowed himself to luxuriate in the glory of songs by some of the other greatest songwriters of all time, played and recorded by some of the best in the business. It's not only a luxury he is allowed, it is one we should be grateful for.


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The MH17 attack could not have been a surprise. In fact, on the morning of July 17th the air was so full of anticipation of "something happening" that you could almost cut it with a knife.
I have been investigating this crime for three years, that is long before it even happened. This is not an isolated crime but only one in a long series of geopolitical crimes, each one them coming closer and closer to Moscow. Each one of them directed from the same command center somewhere deep in the Empire of Chaos* – with full participation of the bullhorns of the Western "free" press. With my friend Adam Larson we have been able to solve many or even most of these "massacres" and show that they are false-flag attacks.
In all these years we have received no help or support from Russia or the Russian civil society. If Russia ever did any proper investigation on anything, it is buried so deep in the Runet that knowledge of it has never entered the English speaking world.
Medvedev's Russia agreed in the UN Security Council on devastating economic sanctions on Libya, including freezing $ 100 billion of assets on February 26th, only three days after the "al Baida Massacre", a jihadist massacre of Libyan solders claimed by international Human Rights organizations to be Gaddafi "killing his own people!"
A month later Russia abandoned Libya to the mercy of the Western genocide machinery. Massacre after massacre followed, all of them attributed to Gaddafi and his "regime".
If Russia ever had any real intelligence on the Ghouta CW massacre, it never shared it. Russia may have put its Mediterranean fleet face to face with the US fleet, maybe even showed off its nuclear warheads but it never really challenged the US on the information front.
What finally solved the Ghouta CW massacre was going body by body trough all 2000 or so victims and finding the murder weapon – a knife! (Or more precisely, the pool of blood around the body after the undead victim was stabbed.) By implication: if one of the alleged CW victims was murdered in cold blood by the alleged helpers, then all 2000 were murders in cold blood.
Russia did not help here. (It was a US doctor.) No one cared to collect and catalog and store for distribution the available evidence. Even simple things could have had a great impact. In our work we have not even received so much help from the target nations that we could transcribe a street sign or wall graffiti in Arabic.
(* Patrick Armstrong speculated today that the command center is not with the CIA but inside the US State Department.)
Links: (all by me, Adam & team)
Research sites:
- Citizens' Investigation Into War Crimes in Libya
- A Closer Look On Syria
- Libyan Civil War: Critical Views
- http://ciwclibya.org/aquestionmarkoveryarmouk.html
- http://libyancivilwar.blogspot.fi/2011/08/tripoli-massacres-50-charred-skeletons.html
- publications:
- http://www.globalresearch.ca/syria-one-year-after-the-houla-massacre-new-report-on-official-vs-real-truth/5335562
- http://ciwclibya.org/reports/realtruthhoula.html
- Draft for review: http://taldoutruth.blogspot.fi/2014/07/2014-report-main-challenge-space.html
- publications:
- http://www.globalresearch.ca/media-disinformation-and-coverup-of-atrocities-committed-by-us-sponsored-syria-rebels/5350325
- publications:
- http://ciwclibya.org/syria/sarinmythbrightlylit.html
- http://www.globalresearch.ca/rebel-capabilities-and-the-damascus-chemical-attacks/5349717
- http://www.globalresearch.ca/was-the-syria-chemical-weapons-probe-torpedoed-by-the-west/5333671
- research:
- http://acloserlookonsyria.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Alleged_Chemical_Attack,_August_21,_2013
- http://logophere.com/Ghouta%20Massacre/Contents.htm
Maidan massacre (Ukraine)
- publications:
- http://orientalreview.org/2014/05/29/who-was-maidan-snipers-mastermind/
- http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-kiev-sniper-probe-coup-leaders-behind-february-20-maidan-sniper-killings-of-civilians-and-police/5382785

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After mentioning her big move in an LA Times interview last week, sources at The Real Estalker, dug up the real deal on Pink's big Malibu purchase.
With 6,800 square feet of sanctuary-like space, and plenty of room for Hart's motorcycle collection, the property looks quite perfect for the soon-to-be parents. There's a huge main house, with several bedrooms and a killer kitchen, as well as a substantial guest home.
Views of the Point Dume cliff, French doors leading to private canyons and endless views of water and wilderness make this quite a California dream indeed. Even Matthew McConaughey is around the bend.
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A most ridiculous thing happened the other morning. I turned on my favorite radio station, and it was playing Christmas music 24/7. I immediately switched to another rock 'n' roll station.
What has become of the Christmas season? Maybe it should be called Hallowthanksmas.
The stores are all decorated and the ads all blare about buying more, more, more. Too much of a good thing desensitizes us to the beauty and joy of a good thing, and so it is with each holiday.
I remember the anticipation being the most fun of Christmas, but how can kids anticipate Christmas when it's forced down our throats 24/7 from October through New Year's Day?
In my opinion, it's absolutely inane to think that Christmas music and a three-month Christmas season is a joyful thing. It's greed, pure and simple, greed.


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My name is Emily Cook and I have been scrapbooking for about a year and a half and I started making cards about 4 months ago. I have my own basketball team of boys, and I am blessed to have a wonderful husband who puts up with and most of the time supports my scrappy obsession (he even turned the workout room in to a scrap room for me).
Emily used Christmas Bonnie on this darling card
October 10th will mark our 6 year wedding anniversary. In June I became SDU certified and currently teach scrapbooking classes at our local Michaels crafts store. I am a major chocoholic, so much so that I named one of my 2 cats Godiva.
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Mixin' 'Em Up
Posted by Amy Romero in fitness, motivation, reach goals, stay fit, Uncategorized, weight loss on March 13, 2012
Stewie. From Family Guy. Every time I hear or say the words "Mixin 'em up" I think of him. If you know what I'm talking about, I bet you just giggled just then. Otherwise…sorry for the randomness 🙂
For anyone who wants to see what makes me giggle for some unknown reason here's a short clip from that episode: http://youtu.be/jEFL_smik2Q
Okay, now onto the real reason for the title . I want to talk about mixing up your workouts. While I'm a fan of actual 'programs' (as you probably know from my elated-ness with Chalean Extreme), there's still a part of me that yearns to do other stuff too. And that's a good thing. So I do it all and I'm a proponent of having a well-rounded routine. I still love yoga. And I love my newest program, Brazil Butt Lift, and I even sorta love P90X (once in a while!). I used to like running. Now, not so much. But you know what? That's okay. Instead of dragging myself out there when I don't want to do it, I found stuff I do like to do and just built my schedule around that.
Mixing up your workouts can do several things. First, it keeps you more interested. If you get bored easily, doing one program over and over can get reallllly boring. For instance, going to the gym became a big no-go for me – and it really seemed to hinge around the boredom part. It was the same thing every time. 20-30 minutes on the elliptical and then 20-30 minutes of random weights. blaaaaah.
But it doesn't have to be like that. You don't have to be bored or hate your workout time in order to get fit. Map out a schedule of stuff you LIKE to do. If you haven't found what you like to do yet, keep reading. (keep reading even if you have found it, there's some info you'll like to see too!)
Another reason mixing it up helps is that it makes you more likely to be doing the things that are effective. For instance, walking is a great way to get active and lose some weight. But there comes a time where if you want more results, you'll have to do more than walking. Weight training, for instance, is what you need to do to get more toned. If you're doing different workouts, you're more likely to hit on the things your body needs – cardio, high intensity interval training and strength training. Doing these things and changing every 30 days or so will help ensure you don't get stuck at a weight loss or results plateau. BOOO for plateaus – they're such a motivation killer! Don't let it happen to YOU!
And finally, doing different stuff helps you find your soulmate workouts. For me, that's key. Finding something you truly love is the key to long term success. Keep trying new workouts until you find one that makes you not only feel amazing, but also makes you look forward to your workouts. Now, this isn't to say you'll feel that way right away. Especially if you're new to fitness, but it'll happen. Pay attention to your body, your mood, everything! You'll start noticing what makes you feel amazing and what you're really loving. Stick with those. Don't drag yourself through workouts you hate. They shouldn't be punishment! Here's my newest love. Never thought that would happen, but alas, it has. (and as I type this I'm literally counting down the hours until I can go throw these around a bit)
So. Go out and try some new things. I am constantly doing a variety. Partly because I have exercise ADD, I think. But it's also because it keeps me engaged and interested and having fun. Try new DVDs, check into some new classes, try running if you haven't. And if a program is mapped out for you, go for it if you want. Or if you want to mix something else with it, create a hybrid. I do that all the time by printing out blank calendars, taking the recommended schedule for a program and then adjusting it to incorporate what I want. See my post about that here: http://amyromerofitness.com/2012/03/09/tips-to-keep-workouts-on-track-and-keep-you-more-motivated/
Always wanted to try Zumba? Do it, make it your cardio day instead of your run (unless you love your run). Thinking about a bodypump class? Go for it. Make one of your strength days bodypump. Thinking of trying Turbo Fire but don't want to give up something else? You can do that, do it a few days a week in place of your cardio/HIIT days. See what I'm getting at? YOU have control over your happiness and engagement in your fitness journey.
Do you do more than one workout? Which ones?


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Official: 5 killed in plane crash north of Denver
ERIE, Colo. (AP) — A spokesman for the National Transportation Board says all five people aboard a small plane that crashed near an airport north of Denver have died.
NTSB spokesman Peter Knudson said Sunday afternoon that the Piper PA-46 airplane crashed near the Erie Municipal Airport about 11:50 a.m. Shortly after the crash, three people were declared dead at the scene and two were taken to hospitals.
Erie Police Cmdr. Lee Mathis says the six-passenger plane crashed a few hundred yards northwest of the runway, but he did not know if it was landing or taking off. A photo of the crash site posted on the Boulder Daily Camera's website showed the mangled wreckage of the plane, which crashed into a grassy field.
The NTSB is investigating the crash. Erie is about 20 miles north of Denver.


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Sick Again
Posted by Mom to Will & Cate on Saturday, May 31, 2008
Cate is sick again. It was exactly 4 weeks from her last upper respiratory infection that this one started. This time Will got sick too. He was diagnosed with strep. The doctor treated Cate too in case she had it, but she wasn't tested. I'm really really tired of her getting sick. And, I'd really really like to know for sure that she doesn't have CF. I started not to worry about CF after the pulmonologist appointment. The asthma medicines seemed to help a little; she isn't coughing as much when she isn't sick. Then, like clockwork, she got sick again, and I start to worry again. Help!!! Please pray that they both get better and that Cate stops this cycle of getting sick every 3-4 weeks. Hopefully more encouraging updates to come.
It's Official
Posted by Mom to Will & Cate on Tuesday, May 27, 2008
It is official. Will has Angelman Syndrome. This is what I have felt in my heart for the past two years is the cause of Will's "specialness." We saw a specialist in Birmingham, AL (at UAB) who gave Will the clinical diagnosis of Angelman Syndrome. This is a genetic syndrome that is confirmed by lab work in 80-85% of cases. Because Will's lab tests have been normal, we had to see a doctor who had worked with enough AS kids to know enough to give a clinical diagnosis. And he said Will fit the picture of AS to a tee! Everyone keeps asking me what AS is, and rather than try to explain it in this post, I'll give the Angelman Syndrome Foundation website, and you can read until your heart's content! The address is www.angelman.org.
And on a side note, Cate is sick AGAIN! The asthma meds are working between illnesses, but right on cue, she got sick again exactly 4 weeks from her last respiratory infection. Pray for her that she gets better and that she does only have asthma.
More updates to come.
And on a side note, Cate is sick AGAIN! The asthma meds are working between illnesses, but right on cue, she got sick again exactly 4 weeks from her last respiratory infection. Pray for her that she gets better and that she does only have asthma.
More updates to come.
My Smart Boy!
Posted by Mom to Will & Cate on Saturday, May 10, 2008
This afternoon Will and I were playing with his MagnaDoodle. I'm sure you all remember this toy. It's the one with the special pen that writes on the surface and has the knob you move from side to side to erase what you drew. Anyway, I wrote Will's name on it and showed it to him. Then he pointed to himself, pointed to his name, and pointed back to himself. I tested him and he did it again. Then I put Cate's name on it, and he just stared at it. I think he can read his name, or at least recognizes it!!! This may not mean a lot to some people, but to me it's AWESOME! I always knew Will was smart, and that he just can't express everything he thinks or feels. This let me know I'm right. Just wanted to share with you all how smart my BudBud is!
More Good News (Sort Of)!
Posted by Mom to Will & Cate on Wednesday, May 7, 2008
I took Cate to the pulmonologist in Oklahoma City yesterday. He said that Cate's history and chest x-ray findings are consistent with asthma, not cystic fibrosis! Hooray! He said with her low sweat test score and no mutations showing up so far, tha he would be shocked if she has CF! We are still going to have our pediatrician do the full CF mutation panel so we can completely rule out CF and put our minds at ease.
The pulmonologist is starting Cate on an asthma regimen. This included twice daily inhaled steroids, a short course of oral steroids, and albuterol as she needs it. He said we should start seeing some improvement over the next few weeks. If is not asthma (which is very unlikely according to the doctor), then she won't get any better and could possibly get worse. If this happens, he'll do more testing in 3 months when we go back. I'm praying that it is asthma and that she does get better. Plus, we'll have already done the full mutation panel and will know for sure that she doesn't (hopefully!!) have CF.
More updates to come. When we get the results of the mutation panel (in 5-6 weeks), I'll let everyone know. As for now, please pray that this is asthma (weird to pray for that I know) and that the medicines help Cate.
Good Results
Posted by Mom to Will & Cate on Thursday, May 1, 2008
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Cate had another sweat test today. This is part of the work-up for cystic fibrosis. Her first result was 41, which is indeterminate (too high to be negative and too low to be positive). The result today was 18!!! This is well within the normal range. I was very excited to hear that. It doesn't completely rule out the possibility of cystic fibrosis though. There are many people with CF who have had sweat test results as low as 10. I'm hoping this is a good sign and that Cate doesn't have CF. We're going to see a pulmonologist in Oklahoma City on Tuesday. I am going to ask him to do a test that tests for 1500 mutations that cause CF. If it's negative, that means there is a less than 1% chance she has CF. If she does have CF, it should pick it up. We're praying that she's just kind of puny and that everything will work itself out. Pray with us that she doesn't have this disease and that she'll gain weight and stop having all of these respiratory infections. I'll post again after we see Dr. Royall on Tuesday.


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Adobe's Business Catalyst product is a hosted, "all-in-one" solution for building and managing business websites (see also Wikipedia.org). Out of the box, Business Catalyst (BC) provides support for five languages: In addition to English, it is being shipped in French, German, Spanish, Swedish, following the demand of its major and most important markets. A crucial role in the BC business model is played by the "partners" or "resellers", who use the product to customize websites according to the needs of their customer groups.
In the past, BC continued to receive feedback from both their customers and their own sales organization that there was a high demand for more languages. The addition of such languages would enable the partners to start selling their business websites into more countries than are covered through the out-of-the-box languages.
Despite the partner feedback, the demand and the business case for new languages was difficult to measure or quantify for the BC team. In that situation, BC decided to use a new and evolving infrastructure available at Adobe to leverage "community translation" in order to validate demand before committing to changes. Before we go into details, first some information about the initiative's success and the surprising response that it received in some cases.
Initial Successes
It was just in June, that the five original Business Catalyst languages were posted publicly on a community translation site for user review and translation suggestions. For participants in the pilot, the tool to use was "Adobe Translator" (AT), an application giving them access to the BC interface strings and their translations. In addition to reviewing the "legacy" languages already included in the product, the community was given the opportunity to provide translations for additional languages. Initially, those included Danish, Italian, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, and Slovenian, based on requests coming in from the BC partners. We expect that more languages will be added to this project over time.
What happened over the next months was a textbook example of surprising and solid contributions coming from a community. Once empowered to work on the their favorite language, driven by the expectation to potentially improve their business, the partners accessed the translation tool and got to work. The table "Contributions as of Oct. 31" shows a constantly increasing number of contributions for each month from June through October (the numbers represent words contributed per month and are not cumulative). Going into more detail and looking at the weekly contributions on the right, we can also identify two clear spikes of activity.
If we look at the table below, we can identify Dutch and French as languages that have reached 100% completion, meaning their translation has been completed. And indeed, the two spikes in the table above coincide with the points in time when Dutch (the first spike) and French (the second one), reached translation completeness.
In addition, it can be seen that there is also a significant activity, although not quite as "explosive", taking place for Danish and Italian, two more languages not part of BC's original set. German and Swedish are also receiving some attention, but on a reduced level.
Thus, within a very short period of time and with the help of their partners, BC is now in a position to add a language to their product that has not been shipped before, i.e., Dutch. The fact that BC was able to bring in their partners in such a convincing and effective way, represents a big success for the BC initiative, and for the concept of community translation.
Similarly, even though not completely translated from the ground up, the "completion" of French as a language already shipping, indicates that the community contributed quickly to close the gap between strings already translated (referring to already existing functionality) and strings yet to-be-translated (to describe BC functionality added in the latest version). Another part of the activity around French, was to review existing translations and to submit alternative or better ones.
The summary here is that, in addition to completing translations into new languages, the review of existing translations for both "old" and new languages turned out to be a task that the partner community actively engaged in.
BC partners are now finally getting into a position where they can start marketing their customized sites, built using Business Catalyst, into additional countries or regions. From their business perspective, it hopefully pays off that they invested time in the translation effort. Over time and where it makes sense, Adobe will open up more projects to the community and allow both review and translation for even more languages, be it "traditional" or new ones.
Takeaways: Why Did This Go Well?
There are a number of components that need to be in place to be successful in a project like this. Two of them have already been mentioned:
- Required is a community that is willing to engage in such a collaborative translation effort.
- It may go without saying, but since it is so crucially important, we are mentioning it again, a motivation or incentive for anybody willing to contribute must exist. Motivation can differ widely between different communities, and in this case of a comparatively small group (of BC partners), the incentive was to have the product in a new language, the potential reward being to increase revenue through providing a additional language interface to target an expanded market.
There are more factors that had a crucial impact on the project's success:
- The single biggest motivational force that drove the partners to contribute until completion was achieved, is depicted in the screenshot to the left. In the language selection drop-down menu, you can read (in Dutch) "Dutch (translated by the community)". Only if the community contributions eventually make their way into an application, does the community start to feel a sense of achievement. And only when progress becomes visible in this rewarding way, will it have be worthwhile for contributors to invest time (and their time is their money!) in translation.
- Last, but not least, there is, of course, the architecture required to enable community translation. For that, Adobe is leveraging a data center in Los Angeles, California, as a link between the users and some Adobe-internal databases to retrieve project-specific information and to receive community translations. This architecture is not project-specific, but can be re-used for similar projects, independent of their size and scalable to the number of of community participants.
Other Adobe translation pilots that are currently open for user contributions are Adobe Story with 5 existing languages (German, UK English, Spanish, France, Italian), and the Flex SDK with one existing language (Brazilian Portuguese). In the future, the number of products opening up to community translation workflows will grow, and so will the number of languages included in this effort.
A Tool Always Helps: Adobe Translator
Since it will be described in a future blog article, here only a brief description of Adobe Translator (AT), Adobe's own community translation tool.
After logging in with your Adobe ID (you may have to create one first), Adobe Translator presents a dashboard showing all projects in which a product allows users or translators to contribute user interface translations or corrections for a given language. Just select your favorite project and explore the tool's functionality. The process should be pretty self-explaining, but a brief help can always be accessed from the About menu at the top.
On the translation screen, translators can start contributing right away. Just select a source string and enter a translation in the text field. There may or may not be a translation proposal that AT is providing with the help of machine translation or translation memory ("in the past, this string has been translated as …"). Submit your suggestion and move on to the next string.
Adobe Translator is being developed in an agile fashion in frequent, short "sprints". In order to leverage the opportunity we had with Business Catalyst, the team's decision was to expose the application early and listen to user feedback in order to rank its feature development priorities. After the successful pilot with BC, the focus will now be on developing "social", motivational, and informational features.
More To Come …
For the sake of this article's brevity, we are not going into further details describing the translation workflow in Adobe Translator: It will be part of a future write-up that will focus on our tool exclusively. In the meantime, if you want to take a test drive using Adobe Translator (maybe your favorite product is already available for community translation), feel free to access and explore it. If you don't mind sending feedback via email, please use the mechanism in the About menu: We would like to hear from you and are listening.
Rest assured that we continue to work on improvements, especially to make the translation workflow easier and more intuitive. In order to make translating more fun as a group or community effort, we will also do more in "social" areas. We will provide features that will motivate users to contribute (commenting and voting on translations, for example) and those that will allow them to see data about themselves, the communities, and the project(s) they are involved in (for example, through a leader board or project statistics pages).
Again, by all means, please access the application at http://community.translate.adobe.com/translator/ (deleted) or track our activities on the Adobe Community Translation page at Facebook (deleted) to read important announcements about Adobe Translator and other community translation efforts.


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I recently set up a website for author, poet and fellow-shamanic practitioner, Jim Price, and I must say I very much enjoy reading his "Musings," and thought you might as well. He writes about a wide range of things, in other words, he writes about life. He currently has three ebooks for sale and more to come.
If you are so inclined, pop over and take a look around.


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This soup takes about 20 minutes to make and is seriously good, cheap to make, healthy and can be used as a base for more flavours or even pasta.
Fry some onion and garlic in olive oil until soft then add herbs of your choice.Add 2 cans of tomatoes and heat through.Take off the heat and (using an empty tomato can) add 2 cans of cold water.Place in a blender with a slice of white bread and 60ml of olive oil (use virgin olive oil for a peppery taste). Blend until smooth
I have bought a PS4 for a variation of gaming experience
I've always been a big fan of open world games and since the next gen of consoles have come out, this style of game is becoming more and more dominant. I would say about two thirds of the biggest titles are now open world. I love the open world games, having just finished GTAV on PC in about 50 hours over about 2 months.
The bundle I got is with Ubisoft's Assassin's creed (wink to BigEye) thats 20 hours, then next on
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Well everyone, I wanted to at least 'close' this blog with a post as well. So here I am not really sure what to say or what to write, so I'm just waffling for the time being.
I never really expected to 'leave' this place really. Well, I'm not really gone, but will no longer be the leader/owner and will be present ingame even more infrequently. But even on the forums I will be not very active any more. I mean I will still check in every so often and will respond to PMs but I will no
Squad will soon be here and it is set to be a great talking teamwork game. I just hope its pace and style is something I can get into. I want to get into it.
I have researched the modern day recorders and the ones associated with the hardware GPU are the best linky, for me that means the AMD GVR,which I have tested. IT records fantastically and all voip sounds too, including my voice. THese modern day recorders have a very small hit on FPS, so its not the struggle it used to be in
Just made the-best-dinner-ever! It's a version of Soubise sauce over pasta. Variations include leaving out the cheese and adding nutmeg and pouring over baked cauliflower.
This sauce is not healthy but tastes so good it's worth it.
This makes several meals worth of sauce. It's also vegetarian. No really - stop laughing!
2 kilos of frozen onions.
2 garlic cloves, mashed.
Half a pack of butter (approx 150g).
Large glass of white wine.


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- Published: March 21, 2012 on The BespokeBlog
- You can see all of the high-resolution photos on my Flickr set for this meal
"Each dish is like a jewel," the gentleman sitting next to me exclaimed, as his painstakingly plated creation was set before him. "The question is: does it taste as good as it looks?" he said, and then proceeded to 'mmm' and 'aah' quietly to himself as each subsequent plate arrived….
The London branch of L'Atelier was a frequent haunt of mine when I lived there. The food was consistently delicious and I loved the casual interactions with the staff that were encouraged via the sushi bar style layout. You could sample any wine by the glass before buying it, and had the pleasure of observing the chefs meticulously cook and plate each dish before it reached its intended destination.
Over the years, Mr. Robuchon has brought this concept to many a metropolis across the globe. The model has been branded by some as "the McDonald's of fine dining," as virtually the same menu may be presented whether you happen to be dining in Taipei or Las Vegas. With so many destination restaurants now celebrating particular regional cuisines and the provenance of their 'unique' ingredients, some have branded Robuchon's restaurants as increasingly irrelevant; such critics argue that this was how fine dining used to be, but not how it should be today.
The New York outpost of L'Atelier has many things working against it. It is oddly housed inside the soaring ceilings of the I.M. Pei designed Four Seasons hotel, all the way in the back corner. There are both tables and bar seating, creating a somewhat discombobulated dining space. It is not sufficiently closed off from the adjoining hotel bar, and the bar music and clatter is audible as you dine. Plus, the menu can take a while to decipher, and the accompanying explanation the waiters are seemingly required to recite can leave you even more perplexed.
But, as my dining companion stated, "Once the food began arriving, everything was perfect." I concurred.
In January, the restaurant welcomed a new head chef. Christophe Bellanca who previously worked at the three Michelin star Pic in Valence and has graced the prestigious New York kitchens of Le Cirque and Aureole. Christophe is only the second current head chef in the group to truly come from outside the Robuchon stable, perhaps a sign that Mr. Robuchon understands that in order to sustain his success, he must allow new ideas and creative energy to flourish within his kitchens. The New York menu, which changed markedly about a month ago, now includes around eight dishes that are all Bellanca's own. These dishes even permeate into the tasting menu, and with them breath new life into this venerable culinary 'workshop'.
An amuse bouche consisting of three layers – foie gras cream, a port reduction, and parmesan foam – was delightful and set the theme for what was to come: each element was clearly discernible and worked together in concert to create something greater than the sum of the parts. At once rich, sweet and salty, and packed with umami, it deftly balanced the inherently strong flavors. It was also amazing that the foam smelled exactly like freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano.
My dining partner and I opted for the tasting menu which, for $190, provides the expected quotient of luxury ingredients, and its nine courses are nearly devoid of missteps. The opening course of white asparagus gazpacho with Ossetra caviar was surprisingly refreshing, with the vegetal flavor remaining dominant amongst the briny roe, luscious cream and sweet pepper accents, all of which served to enhance the primary ingredient. The Hamachi sashimi had an ever-present complex acidity that danced confidently with the delicately minted avocado.
The signature Robuchon crispy langoustine papillote was succulent and faultless, yet somehow did not live up to what came before or after it. A seared morsel of foie gras had not been properly deveined, but it was delicious when eaten together with a single kumquat (and accompanying compote), which made for an unusual yet successful pairing.
The crisp mustard-seed encrusted skin of the sea bass provided a welcome kick that melded perfectly with the jalapeño and cilantro garnishes, the fish itself being both pristine and impeccably cooked. An extra course of sweetbreads was presented and, under a leaf of lettuce, lay hidden a stash of finely diced bacon which elevated the dish with a persistent note of smokiness.
While the menu does not actively promote the sources of its ingredients, the waiters can tell you just about anything you want to know about where your food came from. Both the Long Island caramelized duck breast and seared Idahoan Wagyu hanger steak were evidence enough of excellent sourcing. Serving as alternative endings to the savory portion of the menu, neither meat course was boring or overly heavy, and I particularly enjoyed the fresh wasabi served with the perfectly saignant beef.
Desserts included the most beautiful cheesecake I have ever seen, though its cranberry sauce was slightly too cloying. An extra dessert of the famous Robuchon Bulle de Sucre was also nearly too pretty to eat, but similarly over-celebrated the ingredient with the star billing. These minor sins were more than forgiven, however, when the final dessert of Araguani chocolate cream, bitter chocolate sorbet and crumbled 'Oreos' arrived. This was as intense and delicious a chocolate dessert as I can remember demolishing – eminently satisfying in every way, and the perfect finale to what was overall a superb meal.
If you have not visited L'Atelier before, or have not been to the New York location, it is indeed a good time to go. I am pretty sure that once the food starts arriving, you will be glad you did.
L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon
Four Seasons Hotel New York
57 East 57th Street
New York, NY 10022
Note: I was invited to review L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon New York and did not pay for the food or wine, only the service.


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When Marisol Long was in elementary school, the story of Columbus Day was a simple one: Christopher Columbus had discovered America. Among the celebrations was a parade featuring the explorer, where children dressed up as Indians and came to offer him gifts.
Long's family, descendants of the Taino people who first made contact with Columbus, told a different story. She learned from her father and grandmother that the relationship between Europe and the "New World" was not as rosy as the picture the parade painted.
"I knew from the beginning that it was a big lie," she said.
Monday marked the first time she has spoken about Columbus Day to children, discussing the holiday with the Mohegan Tribe Recreational Camp Group at the Mohegan Community and Government Center.
For five years, Long has been giving presentations on the Taino, who lived in the Caribbean at the time of Columbus' first voyage in 1492.
Sandi Pineault, manager of cultural and community programs at the center, said she wanted make the day off from school an "un-Columbus Day." She said many Americans have grown up with the image of Columbus as a heroic discoverer, and that the narrative persists in modern education.
Long, a Willimantic resident married to Mohegan Tribe member Shane Long, was invited to give her take on the holiday.
"America wasn't discovered at all," Long said. "There were people living on those islands for hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of years. To me, that is not 'discovered.' "
Dressed in Taino regalia, Long read an opening prayer and led children in a closing dance. She also shared a number of Taino artifacts made by her family, including instruments, plates, a doll and a fishing spear. She described the Taino as a noble people, with communities eating together as a family at the end of the day.
Long said the Taino helped Columbus' sailors after the Santa Maria was wrecked off Haiti. She also said the Taino exchanged gifts with Columbus, but that the present of a gold crown helped spur subsequent European missions to find gold in the islands.
"He saw noble people who could be enslaved, a noble people who could work for anything," Long said of Columbus.
Long said the Taino suffered years of enslavement, forced to work with little food or water. She said the Europeans sometimes killed the Taino, but stopped short of going into details on some of the offenses.
"There's a lot of atrocities that Columbus performed, but we try to gear it to the age group," Pineault said.
Catrina Meehin, a 13-year-old St. Bernard School student, said she was taught in school that Columbus discovered America. She said she was fascinated with the presentation on the Taino artifacts.
"I thought a lot of the stuff she brought was really cool," Meehin said. "It was similar in a lot of ways to our culture, but different, too."
Tribe has different take on Columbus holiday
When Marisol Long was in elementary school, the story of Columbus Day was a simple one: Christopher Columbus had discovered America. Among the celebrations was a parade featuring the explorer, where children dressed up as Indians and came to offer him gifts.


text: Education Grand Rapids superintendent passed over for another job By Lindsey Smith • Sep 14, 2011 Lindsey Smith / Michigan Radio Broward County Public Schools selected Robert Runcie, not Bernard Taylor, as their next superintendent. Detroit parents, kids say bus troubles keeping kids from school By Sarah Cwiek • Sep 13, 2011 Parents and students in Detroit say problems with city buses and school bus passes are keeping some kids out of school. The school district gives out free bus passes to many students. But some students say they never received application forms, and the schools don't have enough passes. District policy says all Detroit students can ride for free in September with last year's bus passes. But many students lost those over the summer. DPS attendance jumps after anemic start By Sarah Hulett • Sep 13, 2011 Sarah Hulett / Michigan Radio Attendance rates for Detroit Public Schools have jumped dramatically since last week – when only about two-thirds of kids expected for the first day of classes actually showed up. Close to 56,000 students were in school on Monday. That's about 12,000 more than the week before. School district spokesman Steve Wasko says over the past week teams of attendance agents and volunteers have been going door-to-door to find out why students are missing. He says in many cases there's some obstacle. "Whether that's a transportation concern, something we're frankly finding more and more, and it's an unfortunate thing, and in some cases parents saying I'm planning on sending my child to school but I have to be honest with you I can't afford the school uniform, so we're trying to make ends meet and grab a few dollars for that." The school district needs to hit 75 percent of its enrollment target in order to avoid financial penalties from the state. Wasko says Monday's attendance was a solid 85 percent. Study: Educators need more training to help students with autism By Mark Brush • Sep 12, 2011 Frank Juarez / Flickr - http://j.mp/1SPGCl0 According to Michigan State University researchers, many educators in the state are not using some of the most effective teaching methods when working with the more than 15,000 Michigan students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Summer Ferreri, an MSU assistant professor of special education, and Sara Bolt, an MSU associate professor of school psychology conducted the study. Using data from more than 200 school professionals, 34 parents of students with ASD, and classroom observations, the researchers found that more than 40 percent of the educators were not using techniques known as "Applied Behavior Analysis", and "Social Stories" (a method for teaching social skills to children with autism). They also found it difficult to "access statewide data on students with ASD" and "concluded that better access is crucial to determine whether the services schools provide are actually helping students succeed." From the MSU press release: Suzanne Wilson, a University Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Teacher Education at MSU, said autism education is one of the most pressing issues facing educators today. "While autism rates have rapidly increased, many new and experienced teachers have little to no experience working with children with autism," Wilson said. "Without the appropriate education, new teachers could, at worst, marginalize these students and, at best, be supportive but not effective." The researchers also found that 26% ASD students in Michigan "never or rarely had learning opportunities that reflected the general education curriculum." And "one-third of the 194 Michigan teaching professionals responding said their students with ASD wouldn't meet any grade-level achievement standards." The findings of the research will be presented to the State Board of Education tomorrow (September 13). The study was conducted with funding from the Weiser family, the Kellogg Foundation, and the Skillman Foundation. Grand Rapids schools leader finalist for job in Florida By Lindsey Smith • Sep 12, 2011 Lindsey Smith / Michigan Radio Bernard Taylor agreed to resign from Grand Rapids schools at the end of this school year. That agreement came after he was a finalist for other jobs beginning last spring. He didn't get any of those jobs. Now he's looking to head Broward County Public Schools – the sixth biggest district in the U.S. Taylor will attend a public forum in Broward County Tuesday evening. The school board is likely to make its choice Wednesday morning. He's one of five finalists for the position. Disability training center starts classes Monday By Kyle Norris • Sep 11, 2011 Flickr/Jaymi Heimbuch A job training center for people with disabilities starts its fall session on Monday. The Michigan Career and Technical Institute is in Plainwell, about 20 miles north of Kalamazoo. It's the second largest program of its kind in the country. Up to 350 students live on campus while taking classes. The institute offers 14 training programs to people with various disabilities. "Detroit College Promise" awards $500 tuition grant to students By Jennifer Guerra • Sep 11, 2011 Mercedes Mejia / Michigan Radio When U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan visited Detroit last week, he brought up the Kalamazoo Promise scholarship program. He called it the "best economic development tool" for a city, and urged Detroit to develop something similar. MSU & Saginaw Valley see increase in students By Kyle Norris • Sep 10, 2011 Flickr/Ohio University Libraries Two Michigan universities have reported more students on campus as the new academic year gets under way. Michigan State University said Friday that preliminary enrollment is about 47,800 students, up from 47,131 last year. The East Lansing school says they had a record 28,547 applications this year. Meanwhile, Saginaw Valley State University in University Center has broken its enrollment record this year with 10,790 students. That's up from 10,656 during the last school year. (Associated Press) Detroit students share thoughts on attendance problems By Sarah Cwiek • Sep 9, 2011 It's no secret that Detroit Public Schools have long been plagued by chronic attendance problems. Now, the district is turning to students themselves to figure out why. Students from a number of Detroit schools lined up at a forum Friday, to tell school officials why so many of their peers don't come to class regularly. Among the most common complaints: high teacher turnover, classrooms without proper supplies, a lack of parental involvement, and transportation issues. Republicans introduce their education reform effort By Mark Brush • Sep 9, 2011 user alkruse24 / flickr http://michrad.io/1LXrdJM Michigan Republican legislators introduced legislation this week that they say will reform education in Michigan. The legislators call the seven bills they introduced the "Parent Empowerment Education Reform" package. The bills have been referred to the Senate Education Committee. Eartha Jane Melzer of the Michigan Messenger summed up the effort this way: The seven bill package would remove limits on the number of charter and cyber schools, allow parents and teachers to force schools to convert into charters, and let districts hire teachers through private companies. It also imposes new requirements on schools, specifying that students be allowed to simultaneously enroll in high school and college courses beginning in the 9th grade, that schools accept students from out of district, and that services be provided for homeschoolers and private school students. In a statement on his website, State Senator Phil Pavlov (R-St. Clair Township), and the chair of the Senate Education Committee said he and his colleagues are following through on Governor Snyder's request to "expand the schools of choice program, empower parents and ensure that every student has access to a quality education." From Pavlov's statement: "Every parent in the state wants the very best for their children," said Pavlov. "Unfortunately, when it comes to educating our kids, adult issues too often get in the way. The Parent Empowerment Education Reform package is about freeing parents to pursue the opportunities that work best for their children and giving schools the freedom they need to innovate and excel." The Michigan Education Association published a statement calling the reforms an "attack on public education" and an attempt to privatize the system: Many of the concepts introduced in these bills were first mentioned by Gov. Snyder in his education message this spring. But it's apparent that the attacks on public education continue. None of these bills are meant to improve education. This is more of the same push to destroy public education: schools run by private entities, back-door vouchers, policies based on rhetoric rather than research, and more state mandates -- despite the Republican cut of $1 billion from public schools earlier this year. Education Secretary Arne Duncan in Michigan, praises Detroit education efforts By Mark Brush & Jennifer Guerra • Sep 8, 2011 Ed Work / Flickr Update 3:14 p.m. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan say he "couldn't be more hopeful" about the future of Detroit's public schools. At today's town hall meeting at the Charles H. Wright Academy in Detroit, Duncan praised Governor Snyder and DPS Emergency Manager Roy Roberts for their commitment to education reform, and he urged everyone at the event to rally around those efforts: "You have all the building blocks in place to do something remarkable here. Has Detroit struggled? Absolutely, no question about it. But my challenge, and the opportunity here is: Can Detroit become the fastest improving urban district in the country? And I see no reason why that can't happen." Duncan says he takes the work he does in Detroit "very, very seriously." He adds that if Detroit public schools haven't improved by the time he leaves office, he'll consider his tenure "a failure." The Secretary also gave a shout out to the Kalamazoo Promise, the anonymously-funded program that pays for almost every Kalamazoo public school graduate to go to a state-supported college or university. Duncan said if Detroit could develop something similar it would be the "best economic development tool" for the city: "If we could make that guarantee of not just a 2-year but a 4-year university education possible for every young man and woman who graduates from Detroit Public Schools, that would be absolutely amazing." Governor Snyder, who was also at today's event, says the state needs to do a better job when it comes to educating Michigan's children. "When we looked at the numbers we only have 17% of our kids college ready," says Snyder. He calls that percentage "absolutely unacceptable." 11:23 a.m. U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan is visiting Michigan today as part of his "Education and the Economy" bus tour of the Midwest. This morning he made a stop in Detroit where he joined Governor Rick Snyder, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Mike Flanagan, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, and DPS emergency manager Roy Roberts to discuss the status of Detroit Public Schools. The bus left Detroit and headed for Ann Arbor. Right now, he's participating in a panel discussion at the University of Michigan. Michigan Radio's Jennifer Guerra is covering that and will have more for us later. In Detroit this morning, Duncan told a crowd at the Charles H. Wright Academy of Arts and Science that he takes the progress of Detroit Public Schools personally. Duncan called the district "ground zero" in education reform two years ago. From the Detroit Free Press: He said that if DPS does not see significant improvements during his tenure in office, he will consider it a personal failure. "I take the work here very, very personally," Duncan said. Since Duncan's visit in 2009, the district has implemented a five-year academic plan and the graduation rate has grown to 62%, up by about 4%. The Education Secretary's visit comes a day after the Detroit Public Schools had 55 percent of enrolled students show up for the first day of classes, as Michigan Radio's Sarah Cwiek reported. Duncan said the success of the Detroit Public School system is tied to the overall success of the state. From MLive: "Just as you can't have a great state without having a great city of Detroit, you cannot revitalize the city of Detroit without a great public education system. Those two things are inextricably linked." Duncan praised the leadership of Governor Snyder, Detroit Mayor Bing, and DPS emergency manager Roy Roberts for their "alignment of courage" to turn the Detroit school system around. After the panel discussion in Ann Arbor, Duncan is off to Indiana. Here's a Google Map of Duncan's bus tour: View Larger Map State Senate introduces more sweeping education reforms By Laura Weber • Sep 8, 2011 A state Senate panel began hearings yesterday on a package of sweeping education reforms. This is the second round of major changes proposed to Michigan's education system this year. The package of bills include measures that would allow more charter schools in the state, allow schools to hire teachers from private companies, and require districts to open empty seats in classrooms to students who live outside of the area. Representatives from the education community say the proposals are controversial. Senate Education Committee Chairman Phil Pavlov says, he does not think so. "I'm not sure I'd use the word 'controversial,' I mean we having a conversation about choice for parents and students in the state and that shouldn't be controversial," Pavlov says. Pavlov also took the lead on the debate over teacher tenure reform earlier this year. Pavlov says Governor Snyder supports some of the reforms. Pavlov says he does not have a timeline to get this round of education reforms through the Legislature. Representatives from the education community say they are concerned these proposals are based on politics and not research of successful education reforms. Detroit schools pull about 55% of enrolled students on first day By Sarah Cwiek • Sep 7, 2011 Officials for the Detroit Public Schools say 43,660 students attended the first day of school Tuesday, out of 79,617 enrolled. The district doesn't expect that many kids to ever show up. They've set an attendance target of about 65,000 students for the school year. It's unclear how many students simply didn't make it to school, and how many transferred to other districts. All students in Flint and Detroit eligible for free breakfast and lunch By Mark Brush • Sep 6, 2011 USDA.gov A new United States Department of Agriculture program will provide free lunches and breakfasts to all K-12 students in the Detroit Public School system and the Flint School District. The free meal service, known as the "Community Eligibility Option," is part of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act singed into law by President Obama in December of 2010. From the USDA: [The] universal free meal service option...makes it easier for low-income children to receive meals in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. The "Community Eligibility Option" will allow schools in high-poverty areas to eliminate the use of applications and provide free breakfast and lunch to all students. In a statement, Mark Schrupp, DPS Chief Operating Officer, said the program is aimed at eliminating stigma: "One of the primary goals of this program is to eliminate the stigma that students feel when they get a free lunch, as opposed to paying cash," said Schrupp. "Some students would skip important meals to avoid being identified as low-income. Now, all students will walk through a lunch line and not have to pay. Low-income students will not be easily identifiable and will be less likely to skip meals." Blake Thorne reports in the Flint Journal that a district has to meet certain criteria to be eligible for the new "lunch for all" program: The program evaluates the economic eligibility of an entire school or district, rather than individual students, and if 40 percent of the school or district's students qualify for free lunches, all students get them... Last year, 81 percent of Flint students qualified for free lunches, according to Michigan Department of Education data from last fall, the most recent figures available. Education Department figures show about 41 percent of the state's 1.57 million students qualify for the meals. The program is in its pilot phase this year and only a limited number of states can participate. Once a district signs on, they're required to participate in the program for 4 successive school years. The Community Eligibility Option will be available to all states beginning in the 2014-2015 school year. In the Detroit News, Michael Van Beek of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, questioned whether the new program is a good use of taxpayer money: "Under this program, it appears we would be subsidizing school lunches and meals to students who currently don't qualify under the federal program." Van Beek said there are more creative solutions than giving away meals to everyone at a school where less than half of the students may qualify. The news reports that "the federal government spent $338 million on free and reduced school meals" in the state in fiscal year 2010. School Daze (Its the first day of school for many Michigan children) By Steve Carmody • Sep 6, 2011 (photo by Steve Carmody/Michigan Radio) Today's the first day of school for most children in Michigan. In Lansing, this is also the beginning of the final year on the job for the district's school superintendent. As the public address system blared instructions for which classroom or auditorium they should go to, hundreds of students found their way around Lansing's STEM Academy this morning. District Superintendent T.C. Wallace was there to help them find their way. U.S. Sec of Education Duncan to visit Detroit on Thursday By Jennifer Guerra • Sep 5, 2011 U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will make an appearance in Detroit this week, just days after a visit from President Obama. It's part of a three-day "Education and the Economy" tour Secretary Duncan is taking through the Midwest. Security takes center stage as Detroit schools prepare to open By Sarah Cwiek • Aug 31, 2011 Detroit Public Schools, the city of Detroit, and several public safety agencies are launching what they call an "unprecedented, multi-agency" school safety initiative. The initiative includes updated monitoring equipment; designated safe routes and patrols around three schools deemed "hot spots"; and monitoring social media sites for potential problems. Report: Michigan students pay about half the "sticker price" of tuition By Laura Weber • Aug 30, 2011 The Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan A coalition of Michigan's public university officials says college is still affordable, despite tuition hikes. A report from the Presidents Council says need-based financial aid is on the rise, and universities are covering more student costs. Michael Boulous is executive director of the Presidents Council. "The bottom line is aid is available if you have need. College still is affordable, and we don't want that to be a discouraging piece in attending any post-secondary institution." Boulous says a college education is more important than ever for workers in Michigan. "The number of jobs for workers with high school diplomas is shrinking rapidly," says Boulous. "In many cases, entire industries that employed these workers are vanishing. Unemployment for people who have gone to college is half the rate it is for those who have only a high school diploma." The report says merit-based scholarships have decreased slightly over the past few years. But the report says need-based financial aid has nearly doubled in that time. The Presidents Council says the average student pays about $4,800 in tuition at a public university. Housing and books can add about $9,000 to that price tag. School officials say about two-thirds of students qualify for financial aid. Highland Park schools closer to emergency manager By The Associated Press • Aug 30, 2011 LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The school system in Highland Park is getting closer to the possible appointment of an emergency manager because of its troubled finances. Michigan schools Superintendent Mike Flanagan sent a letter to Gov. Rick Snyder this month saying "probable financial stress exists" in the Detroit-area school district. The letter says a recently revised state law requires that the governor appoint a review team to dig deeper into the district's finances. The letter summarizing a preliminary financial review of the 1,300-student district was obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press. The letter cites "unsatisfactory progress" in eliminating budget deficits and audit problems. A message was left Tuesday seeking comment from School District of the City of Highland Park officials. The district still could avoid the appointment of an emergency manager. Grand Rapids trying to get high school dropouts back in the classroom By Steve Carmody • Aug 30, 2011 (photo by Steve Carmody/Michigan Radio) A new program launching this fall in Grand Rapids will try to help high school dropouts earn both their high school diplomas and some college credit. The program is a joint effort of Grand Rapids Public Schools and Grand Rapids Community College. College president Steven Ender says they're reaching out to 16 to 19 year olds who otherwise would have a hard time finding a future in Michigan's economy. Enrollment a factor in public school finances By Zoe Clark • Aug 30, 2011 Woodley Wonder Works / Flickr A new report, released by the Citizen's Research Council, says declining enrollment is one reason many Michigan public schools are facing financial struggles. From the Associated Press: About 61 percent of Michigan's 551 traditional public school districts faced some degree of declining enrollment between the state's 1995 and 2009 fiscal years... It's an important factor because much of the state aid that goes to school districts is granted on a per-student basis. The report says about half of Michigan's school districts saw a decline in their total state aid foundation revenue between the 1995 and 2009 fiscal years once it's adjusted for inflation. The report says the per-student gap between the state's highest and lowest funded districts has shrunk but still exists. The 87 page report, titled Distribution of State Aid to Michigan Schools, can be found here. Chancellor selected for state's struggling schools By Sarah Hulett • Aug 26, 2011 Sarah Hulett / Michigan Radio The board that will oversee Michigan's lowest-performing schools has chosen John Covington as its chancellor. Covington plans to leave his post as superintendent of the Kansas City school system to take the job. He's overseen efforts to close schools and balance the budget in that job, which he's held for the past two years. Covington says he's the job offers a unique chance for innovation in education: State lists all public schools in Michigan from "Top to Bottom" By Mark Brush • Aug 26, 2011 MDE Education officials from the state of Michigan released two lists on public schools today. I posted earlier on Michigan's list of "Persistently Lowest Achieving Schools." Here's a look at the state's "Top to Bottom Ranking" (follow the link to find the list, it's an excel spreadsheet). The Top to Bottom ranking lists all public schools in Michigan that have more than 30 students who were "tested over the last two years in at least two state-tested content areas." (You can read more about how the schools were ranked here - warning - It's Power Point file.) There are 3,010 schools listed. The Michigan Department of Education says "this list is being published to provide information to all schools and to provide 'light of day' reporting on the achievement, improvement, and achievement gaps of all schools in the state." The rankings are based on graduation rates and the following three areas of student achievement: Achievement at the elementary, middle, and high school levels Improvement in achievement over time The largest achievement gap between two subgroups calculated based on the top scoring 30% of students versus the bottom scoring 30% of students The school districts that had schools in the 99th percentile rank (highest) were: Forest Hills Public Schools Ann Arbor Public Schools School District of the City of Birmingham Grand Rapids Public Schools Bloomfield Hills School District Rochester Community School District Berkley School District Lake Orion Community Schools Grand Blanc Community Schools Novi Community School District Saginaw City School District Farmington Public School District Spring Lake Public Schools Hudsonville Public School District Detroit City School District Ottawa Area ISD Grand Haven Area Public Schools Troy School District East Grand Rapids Public Schools Livonia Public Schools And school districts that had schools ranked at the bottom (0 percentile rank) were: Detroit City School District Buena Vista School District Benton Harbor Area Schools Center for Literacy and Creativity Willow Run Community Schools Ecorse Public School District Tuscola ISD Monroe ISD Flint City School District Pontiac City School District Lansing Public School District River Rouge School District Saginaw City School District Southfield Public School District Judge says CMU faculty must work, but allowed to picket By Mark Brush • Aug 26, 2011 CMU Both sides in the Central Michigan University fracas seem to like the court order issued today. Judge Paul Chamberlain said members of the CMU Faculty Association must continue to work, but they are allowed to picket. From the Saginaw News: An Isabella County judge extended a court injunction that prevents Central Michigan University faculty from holding a strike or work stoppage. The court order, signed by Circuit Judge Paul H. Chamberlain just before noon on Friday, states faculty are restrained from holding a work stoppage but are allowed to picket. Laura Frey, Faculty Association president, said the court hearing was a "win" for the faculty. "Our First Amendment rights have been restored," she said. In a statement, CMU Provost and Executive Vice President E. Gary Shapiro said "we are extremely pleased with today's court action, which places the priority on student learning and academic achievement. We now look forward to reaching an agreement through fact finding." The University is seeking to cut faculty pay and benefits in response to state budget cuts. Members of the CMU Faculty Association, the union representing faculty, have said University officials are not bargaining in good faith with them. A fact-finding process set up to resolve the dispute will begin on September 7. In the Saginaw News article, Laura Frey "said the faculty intends on exercising their First Amendment rights when asked if they would picket." 98 lowest achieving Michigan schools identified By Mark Brush • Aug 26, 2011 Sarah Hulett / Michigan Radio The Michigan Department of Education has revealed its list of "Persistently Lowest Achieving Schools" (follow the link to see the list - it's an excel spreadsheet). The annual listing is required by state law. The state started the PLA listing last year, when 92 schools were called out. A look at the politics behind Schools of Choice By Mercedes Mejia & Jennifer White • Aug 25, 2011 Mercedes Mejia / Michigan Radio file photo Since taking office Governor Snyder has proposed many new education reform proposals, including mandatory Schools of Choice, which would allow students throughout the state to attend schools outside of their district. Listen Listening... / In this weeks political roundup we take a look at Schools of Choice with Susan Demas, political analyst for Michigan Information and Research Service, and Ken Sikkema, former Senate Majority Leader and senior policy fellow for Public Sector Consultants. Schools of choice proposal stirs debate By Sarah Hulett • Aug 24, 2011 Mercedes Mejia / Michigan Radio Opposition is mounting to a proposed requirement that all school districts in Michigan accept students from outside their borders. It's part of Governor Snyder's education reform plan. Legislation could be introduced as early as today. Lynn Jacobs co-founded the group Michigan Communities for Local Control to fight the proposal: A conversation with Laura Frey, CMU Faculty Association President By Jennifer White • Aug 23, 2011 Andrew Kuhn / Central Michigan Life The administration and faculty of Central Michigan University have been unable to negotiate a contract. Tenure and tenure track faculty called for a stoppage and didn't attend the first day of classes. But then a judge yesterday ordered tenured and tenure track faculty back to the classroom after ruling their strike illegal. In today's Newsmaker interview we talk with Laura Frey, Faculty Association President. Listen Listening... / Fact finding hearing dates set for Central Michigan University dispute By Mark Brush • Aug 23, 2011 CMU The Central Michigan University Faculty Association organized a work stoppage on the first day of classes yesterday after they said the CMU administration was not bargaining with the union in good faith. CMU officials filed in injunction and a judge ordered the faculty members back to work (state employees are not allowed to strike under state law). The dispute is over cuts to salary and benefits. Now, a fact finder has been assigned to help the parties resolve the dispute. From a CMU press release: The Michigan Employment Relations Commission has appointed Barry Goldman to oversee the fact finding process involving the CMU Faculty Association and Central Michigan University.In addition, hearing dates of Sept. 7, 9 and 13 have been accepted by both parties. Fact finding is a process in which an impartial party is assigned to hear both the university's and the FA's positions and then render a recommendation on a collective bargaining agreement. Both the FA and CMU filed petitions for fact finding July 14. CMU spokesman Steve Smith says Goldman will listen to both sides on the hearing dates and will later issue a recommendation. Judge signs injunction, orders CMU faculty back to work By Mark Brush • Aug 22, 2011 Update: 5:08 p.m. The Central Michigan University Faculty Association plans to comply with Judge Duthie's order. From their press release: Laura Frey, CMU Faculty Association President said, "We will obey the court order and return to work tomorrow. But this does not end the issue. The faculty remains strong and committed to securing a fair and equitable contract for members." Pages« first ‹ previous … 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 … next › last »


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Seven days at Heathrow: Writer's extra-long lay over
By Becky Anderson, CNN • Updated 25th July 2012
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Heathrow Airport is under close scrutiny over how it will cope with the
influx of travelers
for the
London Olympics
, but at least it has one fan in British writer Tony Parsons.
Parsons -- author of best-selling novels including "Man and Boy" -- lived at the airport for seven days last year when he was Heathrow's "writer in residence." "I loved it," says Parsons. "I enjoyed living at the airport, I enjoyed the romance of opening my curtains and there was the runway. It was fun."
During his stay he spent time with pilots, police and security services, but one of the highlights was a visit to the Animal Reception Center (ARC) -- what Parsons calls "the true London Zoo."
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In numbers: Heathrow braced for Olympic surge
Becky Anderson visits Heathrow's multi-million- dollar Games Terminal that will host 80% of travel during the Olympics.
"Everything passes through the ARC so you get rattlesnakes that some idiot smuggled back from the Nevada desert, you get polo ponies from Argentina and you get cheetahs that are en route from Ghana to Sweden that are in a box that's too small and seized," he says.
Heathrow is at 99.2% capacity and bursting at the seams. Becky Anderson visits one of the world's busiest airports.
Parsons recalls following an ARC worker on a call out to a plane returning from Las Vegas to capture two smuggled rattlesnakes that had got loose.
"All the mad stuff happens on quite a frequent basis. (The ARC employee) said the best thing to pick up a snake that's loose on a jumbo is a pillowcase and he was just wonderfully matter-of-fact about it," he says.
But Parsons also saw the darker side of the transport hub and says he was shocked to discover the lengths some people go to in an attempt to illegally stay in Britain.
"I saw a man from Iraq, granted asylum in Greece, but he wanted to come to the UK," recalls Parsons. "Under the terms of his residency in Greece he wasn't allowed to come to the UK and he ate his travel documents as he was getting off the flight so he could say, 'No, I've just arrived from my war-torn homeland.' It's quite common.
"The experience of being there was so extreme, to be with an immigration officer when they're interviewing someone and they know they've got 50 condoms full of cocaine inside them and they will not admit it.
"You don't see humanity at its very best when you're at an airport ... You see the immigration and customs officers are lied to most of the time. They see (humanity) probably at its worst, at its most criminal and venal."
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A day in the life of Heathrow
Another surprise for Parsons was seeing a woman arrive on a flight from overseas dressed in a wedding gown because she wanted to marry Prince Harry -- an apparently common occurrence (it used to be William before he got hitched, adds Parsons.)
The incident formed part of one of the short stories in Parsons' book "Departures: Seven stories from Heathrow," inspired by his stay at the airport. Another tale was inspired by his discovery that the airport's air traffic control was manned by "youngsters in their cargo pants."
Parsons says: "I thought that venerable elderly gentlemen that looked something like a BBC presenter would be in charge of the skies and of course, it's all the children of Mark Zuckerberg, kids that have grown up with computers.
"There's that moment where you look around the air traffic control tower, this wonderful panoramic view of the sun coming up, the skylight of London 50 miles away, (and you think) where are all the grown ups?"
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But Parsons was impressed with their professionalism and says many of Heathrow's employees were childhood airplane enthusiasts who never lost their passion.
"The thing that is most striking about Heathrow is how totally obsessive the people are who work there," he says. "It's not just another job, for the firemen, for the pilots, for the air traffic controllers, for the people at customs, the people at immigration. They really feel as though they're in touch with something epic, something that's bigger than they are."
And he was impressed by the sheer size of the airport. Parsons says: "The thing about Heathrow is that it's a secret city more than an airport. It's a place where 70,000 people work. It's a place where 75 million people pass through every year.
"It's got its own methodology, its own rituals and is far more than just another hub. It's like another city."
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Beat the Streak: Weekend, June 26-28
Today's recommended picks
Scott Rolen, 3B, Blue Jays
26-for-60 (.433 AVG) during 14-G hit streak; 22-for-61 (.361 AVG) vs. left-handed pitchers in '09
Troy Tulowitzki, SS, Rockies
.355 AVG since June 1; A's starter Brett Anderson: .304 AVG against in '09
Albert Pujols, 1B, Cardinals
9-for-25 (.360 AVG) over past 7 G; .344 AVG lifetime vs. left-handers
Saturday's recommended picks
Derrek Lee, 1B, Cubs
.358 AVG during June; 5-for-11 (.455 AVG) lifetime vs. White Sox starter Mark Buehrle
Dustin Pedroia, 2B, Red Sox
7-for-10 (.700 AVG) lifetime vs. Braves starter Javier Vazquez
Joe Mauer, C, Twins
.395 AVG in '09; Cardinals starter Todd Wellemeyer: .315 AVG against in '09
Sunday's recommended picks
Albert Pujols, 1B, Cardinals
9-for-25 (.360 AVG) over past 7 G
Ryan Braun, OF, Brewers
22-for-52 (.423 AVG) vs. left-handers in '09
Joe Mauer, C, Twins
11-for-15 (.733 AVG) lifetime vs. Cardinals starter Joel Pineiro; .395 AVG in '09
BTS all-time leader: Michael Karatzia, 49
MLB all-time leader: Joe DiMaggio, 56
Yesterday's results
BTS leader FROD was among the 17.5 percent of fans who went with Seattle speedster Ichiro Suzuki, which turned out to be a fine pick. Ichiro racked up an impressive four hits for the day, boosting FROD's streak to 39 games.
gozags2008 held steady in second place, at 34 games, as his seclection, Evan Longoria, did not play in the Rays' win over the Phillies. berret (Ichiro), eltarrant (Joe Mauer) and rzeiter (Ichiro) all extended their streaks to 31 games to hold onto a share of third place.
Yesterday's Top 5 most selected players
1. Ichiro Suzuki (SEA): 17.5%, 4-for-5
2. Joe Mauer (MIN): 7.8%, 2-for-5
3. Derrek Lee (CHC): 5.9%, 0-for-4
4. Chase Utley (PHI): 4.4%, 1-for-4
5. Kevin Youkilis (BOS): 3.1%, 0-for-1
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I think I figured out why no one has won so far. It is similar to a quote I have read about weather forecasting: "You could have a perfect forecast for every town in the United States, but the model would not finish running until two days after it happens."
I think the same thing applies here. There are literally hundreds of variables that you could analyze and dozens of possible players to pick. In order to find TRULY the best pick for each day, you would theoretically need to watch every game for each of these players and maybe any game even played, to have a true handle on where each player is in his boom and bust cycle.
For example, a 3 for 5 for Ichiro often consists of a bunt single, an infield single, and a chopper up the middle. But we know Ichiro does this consistently, so it is not an outlier, but for a .280 hitter who was hot, this could be his final gasp. However, the box score will not show that.
Every player has a different boom and bust length. Some players are red-hot for one week normally and then ice off just as fast. Some players stay warm for 6 weeks and then cool for 6 weeks. Some players bunch all their hits into 2 and 3-hit games and bunch all their hits into 0 for 5's.
Some players have strong home/road or day/night contrasts. Others are more consistent. Some dominate opposing teams over the years, even if the players are completely different.
It would take hours to pore over all these various combinations and the end result might not be a whole lot higher than your current winning percentage: 95% VS 75%. However, if you are going to rack up enormous streaks, you need that 95%.
However, there is only so much time you can spend analyzing. For any given day, the MOST time you can have is 34 hours and that is taking into account the 1105 AM start before the Boston Marathon and the 935 PM start one night about 5 or 6 years ago that was the first game of the night, being back to back, which they were obviously not.
And that is not taking into account that you would need to watch all the games, crunch all the numbers, come up with a pick, enter it, sleep sometime?, and then repeat the process all over again.
Even in the postseason when I work a lot harder, I feel myself ready to collapse, especially at the end of the divisional series. It is probably humanly impossible to do that for 181 out of 184 days. And I probably only put in about 20-25% of the time that you would need to spend to figure out every possible combination.
You have to cut corners somewhere and you do that, by picking 2 or 3 angles that you consistently use. I definitely think that that is a better strategy than picking just hitters over .300 for example, but this strategy is flawed also, because these things need to be taken into account also.
The less factors you use, the more prone your streak is to get snapped by the missing factors. Eventually, error creeps into every system, but those errors are controlled much more easily, if you take everything into account, but if you only consider a few factors, then error can accumulate much more rapidly.
I had been slumping a little lately, so my analysis came up with Alberto Callaspo, and he doubled in the 2nd inning, so I like that I got underway with a niche pick there!
I'll tell you what this game will take without all the analysis stuff…it's gonna take somebody to go out of the box at some points during their streak to 57. No one will ever get to 57 taking the obvious pick every single day or somebody would have won by now. One of today's obvious picks? Figgins. Against the pitcher who I think had the highest ERA in today's games. But unless he gets a hit in the bottom of the 8th/top of the 9th the leader will fall. Champion_88, if you take guys like Callaspo one too many times I don't think you'll last long in this game. I personally think people can't be afriad to take some of the best hitters even when they're facing one of the best pitchers.
Isn't that a contradiction though? Or did figgins have great numbers against that pitcher? I would of picked Hunter or Abreu if i had to pick an angel. Figgins seems to be an out of the box pick that failed.
Nobody had good numbers but it was the obvious pick because he's been the hottest Angel hitter (so Hunter & Abreu probably got overlooked) and was facing the pitcher with the highest ERA. Take those two things into consideration and I'm not surprised Figgins was the 2nd most popular pick.
Well I like to try to use the more obscure guys, when my streak is only at like 2, because there is very little bust potential.
Plus, since you say that no one will get to 57, using all the obvious picks, sometimes I want to try building up a 5-10 game streak with odd guys, in order to save the top guys for when my streak is stronger.
But it really depends on how my analysis of the day goes. If I come up with a top hitter on a small streak, I will still use him, as I would on a big streak. But if I come up with a more obscure hitter on a top streak, I am more likely to try and reject him, in favor of a more established hitter, even if he is less favorable for this matchup overall.
I am unsure if this strategy is correct though.
Today, I went with Andrew McCutchen, which seems to be an obscure pick, but that is what my analysis came up with.
I think I see what you're doing, good luck. I'm starting my streak over today with a new approach that I hope I stick with. I tend to have an idea of what I wanna do and then I'll get sucked into taking another guy and lose my streak.
I was amazed today of how many people picked Mauer. 2nd at 7.8% some of the leaders too.
You can see lately that he is regressing, he has been catching everyday and is bound for a day off especially after a night game last night. There is no DH were he played today and by picking him you are in danger that he pinch hits. Guess what? 0 for 1.
Sometimes I really dont understand how these people reach 30+ streaks….
Gamara, that is an excellent point. It pisses me off to say people who just signed up this year for it get to 45 and over 30 when I have been playing since it first started and I can't get to 20. My all time high is 13 and that's a shame but I'm hoping for better luck this time.
Vinny I wish you all the luck. I am at 17 right now. My alltime high is 20. Actually I have had a good run with 37/38 as these two runs are back to back. My miss was Ordonez vs Buehrle. If I remember correctly 10 for 20 lifetime 0 for 3 that day. It was a out of the box pick as swagger says. For me opposing pitcher has to be the first consideration…..
I agree with you vinny, I been playin since this first came out and my longest streak is only 14. I try to stay away from guys like Pujols simply because he walks too many times. Try to go with high average leadoff hitters like Juan Pierre or Freddy Sanchez.
I am not picking Pujols anymore unless I'm absolutely certain he will get a hit that day. It has to be in interleague or against somebody who he owns he will pitch to him. Been burned by him too many times so far this year and won't be picking him for a while. I tend to stay away from Pierre because he's very inconsistent. I look at avgs against and also how they are doing recently to get some sort of idea but I always seem to go 0-4 to end all my streaks and that is horrible. Gamara I wish you all the luck in the world and I would love to get to at least 20 and it may happen and who do you have today if you don't mind my asking? If you want to email it to me you can at Vinny1979 at msn.
Holy crap Vinny! I am going with Pujols today! I really like Braun and Fielder but after seeing their splits day/night and home/away I passed. Teixeira looks ok Livan is pretty bad. Wright also looks good but Wang is overdue for a good game. Suzuki? You know he is going to break and take alot of players with him. I have only picked him once during my streak. Mauer? Pineiro was lights out his last start. Hanley? He might go 0 for two days in a row.
Pujols also does walk a lot and Liriano seems to have gotten it together. I had a hard time today coming with a clearcut pick (if there ever is one…) so I am going with the best hitter there is.
Vinny one more thing. There is so much luck involved in this game and your post proves it! Pujols is my favorite and he has never let me down this year. I picked him 3 times during my 20 game streak and 5 times already during this 17 game streak. He has always come thru (I hope I dont jinx him for today).
Some posters overanalyze too much (champ for example). No offense champ…..
The problem is I tend to go more and more in-depth as my streak gets longer, because if I eventually go 0 for X, I do not want it to be because I shortcutted.
Today, I went with Pablo Sandoval. 1 for 3, with 1 double, before getting taken out, since the Giants were way ahead.
The streak is back underway!
What I really hate seeing is the guys who say that they just fill out the card at once (all 10 days,) then come back and fill it out again, and get to 30+ games.
That REALLY pisses me off.
I do not mind as much, if the guy is in his first year, but still puts a lot of time into it.
Lots of good baseball being played ,last couple weeks