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So I am literally biting into my peanut butter cookie when cognizing this image of the "Cookie Monster" taking nibbles out of the Twin Towers on a "Sesame Street Magazine" cover.
Sugary treats and candy of all kind frequently feature in the Stargate sync web, I will let you know if I come up with a plausible sounding reason for this anomaly... (Something about sugar, as a drug, involved in the evolution of our species? Shucks, I don't know...)
Other fine Stargate Sugar examples, just to make the point, include:
-The KK of Kit-Kat bar resonating K2 or 2K. (K2 is the second highest peak on Earth suggested as a location decoded from Great Pyramid by Ralph Ellis. First attempted surmounting of K2 was undertaken by famed thingamagick Aleister Crowley. Funny all that...)
-Willy Wonka's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" 2001 type monolith chocolate bar and giant candy ice capped mountain. (Remember the Monolith opens humanities Stargate in "2001: Space Odyssey" and the Millenium Hilton hotel intentionally designed to represent the same movie prop was located flush with the Twin Towers. Funny all that...). See Al-Noah video for more on 2001 and Hilton Hotel.
Another facet of the "Cookie Monster" image, with its WTC destruction, thus 911 Mega Ritual synchronizing themes, resonating with concepts percolating through my awareness, is his gigantic stature. I have been puzzling over some dinosaur sync winks and in a similar fashion to the strangely anomalous candy theme, trying to figure out how they fit into the Stargate or cosmic consciousness sync web.
All giant monsters, like King Kong (K2/2K) and this Cookie Monster resonate dinosaurs, because they were these crazy big freaking lizards literally roaming the Earth!
Counting the Godzilla poster above we have already encountered dinosaur resonators atop the Pillarmids (pillar and pyramid) thrice. I feel the WTC Towers are our modern era's Twin Pillars of Solomon's temple in its turn the more modern Giza/Dashur Pyramid pairs.
Seemingly these giant monsters and the Stargate portal of cosmic consciousness being born inside mankind - as 911 was a pivotal evolutionary quantum leap for humanity - have an interesting affinity for each other.
King Kupa (a double K resonator and dinosaur himself) helps solidify and confirm our Dino/WTC pattern as his liar in "Super Mario Bros" sees giant neon double K's splashed over the Pillarmids themselves (see image of WTC above). Inside of which we find the captive Princes Daisy, actress Samantha Mathis. The film shows, in sequence, the Princess walking away from a window of the alternate dimension (accessed through the Stargate) partly destroyed Twin Towers, personalized monogrammed King Kupa towels giving us a double K or K2 and finally resting on a chained pet baby dinosaur.
Samantha Mathis also played a Dharma Initiative (octagonal logo) teacher Olivia, on the "Lost" island.
In the post Opening the Stargate Via Adam Sandler I suggested a classroom theme as connected to Robin Tunney's appearance in the "House M.D" pilot episode (above) and George W. Bush's invocation - intentional or otherwise, synchromystically human intent amounts to little - of Pan/77/OZ through "The Pet Goat" reading coincident and inseparable from the 911 Mega Ritual.
Yummy Tunney, diagnosed as a medical Zebra by Dr House (see Tunney Trillogy), is further recognized as interacting with two rows of green and yellow Stegosaurus.
So what gives with these dino syncs?
Unlike the candy theme, these sync winks seems instinctively far more discernible. Dinosaurs are dramatically extinct (excuse me Nessie) and thusly represent massive planetary life and evolutionary change. Having these reptiles and there Godzilla/Cookie Monster resonators interact with humanities most vivid evolutionary catalyst - the 911 Mega Ritual - makes in this context perfect sense.
A telling Sci fi convention has dinosaurs often accessed through the Stargate. Time and space distorting technologies in entertainment media are symbolic of cosmic illumination or the Stargate. Sandwiching this paragraph are stills of Scrooge McDuck's time traveling helicopter the Millennium Shortcut (Ducktales episode Marking Time), much featured in The Comic Book Cycle videos like "The Itsy Bitsy Illuminati Propeller Heads" and "911 Time Lords Across the 4th Dimension". At the point those videos were made I seriously considered the potential that the helicopter sync winks connected to real life choppers flying over the Twin Towers on September 11th might mean actual time travel experimentation. Understanding time travel currently as just another symbol of humanities evolution into awareness of Being this scenario seems quite humorous, none the less telling about the 911 Mega Ritual. Scroll back up and take note of the helicopters on the King Kong and Godzilla poster.
Even more helicopter Stargate resonance was explored in "Al-Noah and the Committee of 911 Moon Men" (mercifully, my silly titles have improved vastly..) where we learn that a major player in the Committee of 9 saga is Arthur Middleton Young an important figure in aviation history...
Homer passes through the time tunnel/vortex thingemagick in The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror 5 short "Time and Punishment".
On arriving in 'dinosaur times' he hopelessly fails not to alter the past, causing the chaos theory/butterfly effect to adversely impact the future.
It would be rather negligent not to briefly investigate Spielberg's, in his typical blockbuster style - cinematic absurdly high quality silly as sin, still much fun - Jurassic Park.
Dinosaurs are cloned utilizing DNA extracted from mosquitoes fossilized in amber and placed on an Island zoo (ZO/77/Pan) called Jurassic Park. These magick mystery type islands resonate Manhattan, "Lost" and the mound of Atum/primordial mound of the Egyptian creation story.
Main players (dino bait) include:
-Sam Neill (above) a Stargate vet, earning this rep in the film "Event Horizon". Event Hori(ZO)n was featured in a recent post highlighting Laurence Fishburne.
-Chaos theorist (again 'the butterfly effect' sync winks at us, as seen in the Simpson's Treehouse of Horror 5) Jeff Goldblum a Stargate vet, earning this rep in the film "The Fly". "The Fly" was recently featured in connection with Goldblum's post teleportation sugar/candy fetish and Stargate jumping, Thoth resonating, baboons.
Our heroes come under threat when park technician Dennis (Wayne Knight, Newman from "Seinfeld") shuts down the security network, including electrified fences to facilitate his escape with valuable dinosaur embryos. His computer workstation used for this caper features a Zebra striped young lass. Philip K. Dick called VALIS, Zebra originally, making Zebra a Stargate (contact with higher intelligence) theme. VALIS was also described as being a super intelligent computer from the future, the computer resonance echoed here in "Jurassic Park".
Another scene connectible to our current sync web sees the T.Rex being bated, on our mystery island, with a goat. Goats resonate Pan, 77 and OZ adding this particular Stargate flavor to dinosaurs. See the 911 Stargate video and Rant in Z-Minor for more info on the syncnificance of OZ.
Reid Mukai has authored a most ambitious, broad spectrum analysis of synchromysticism, its potential meaning and history, at Reality Sandwich. Thanks Reid.
I have been authoring the last few post while on vacation in South Africa. More ambitious posts and perhaps even videos to be considered upon returning to Canadian home base.
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So, it seems that Oracle has now a free version of their database. Even with limitations, this seems to be real good news.
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Its been really amazing to connect to people through this format and to offer you stuff directly from me, instead of a 3rd party. Like a band or a big giant corporate company I would have done art for. I like to keep it small and connected to the people that like what I do! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for supporting my art and checking in with me because I know there's no shortage of amazing artists to check out! THANK YOU!
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I had to do something like this to show appreciation and love! Anyone who was part of the secret pre sale that I sent out a couple days ago get a small painting as well. You can subscribe to the monthly mailer tiger in on these discounts as well, but for now? GET READY FOR FRIDAY AT NOON! WHEN THESE PRINTS GO ON SALE!


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Don´t you think that it´s a bit preposterous that textbooks for ESL have such unnatural language in their contents? If it weren´t for my years abroad I´m sure I would have sounded even more like a foreigner, when writing or speaking...We, esl teachers, have to put up with having students asking us about ain´t when they´re in an "advaced" level textbook...If it weren´t for some teachers that point out these things and bring songs to their classes, I dunno...That´s why I think that sites like this very one, are invaluable..
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They are single, widowed, divorced, yet they were brought together by their faith and willingness to help. Today, one abbess and 13 nuns live and work in the Evangelical Lutheran convent at Wienhausen Abbey in Lower Saxony. Prior to the Reformation, the site was also a nunnery.
Women of all ages bond over their faith and work in Wienhausen, regardless of the reasons that bring them there. Their life philosophy is simple, and their devotion deep. Their duties include worship and services as well as tours of the abbey and museum, where they proudly showcase rare exhibits dating back almost 800 years.
They work in the archive, library and garden. They take care of maintaining the abbey's valuable art treasures, including the luxurious collection of 14th and 15th century Gothic tapestries which are put on display every year after Pentecost. The nuns also help the church parish to serve the people. They plan and organise seminars and events. They teach the rare Klosterstich embroidery method in needlework classes. The women in Wienhausen have always done everything for themselves, even prior to the Reformation, when nuns lived here and followed the teachings of the Cistercian Order. They also put up stiff resistance when Duke Ernest of Brunswick-Lüneburg decreed that the abbey must convert to a Lutheran convent. The duke meant it in earnest, but the women did what they wanted: they were said to have held Catholic services in secret for a number of years.
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For a use-case of 9 databases spread across 3 time zones, is it advantagous to spread the databases onto multiple SQL Server instances on the same server?
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A man in suburban Detroit has had enough of the high prices at the movie theater concession stands. Joshua Thompson's filed a class-action lawsuit, the Detroit Free-Press is reporting:
He filed a class action in Wayne County Circuit Court against his local AMC theater in hopes of forcing theaters statewide to dial down snack prices.
"He got tired of being taken advantage of," said Thompson's lawyer, Kerry Morgan of Wyandotte. "It's hard to justify prices that are three- and four-times higher than anywhere else."
American Multi Cinema, which operates the AMC theater in Livonia, wouldn't comment on the suit. A staffer at the National Association of Theatre Owners in Washington, D.C., angrily hung up the phone when asked about industry snack pricing practices.
The suit accuses AMC of violating the Michigan Consumer Protection Act by charging grossly excessive prices for snacks. It seeks refunds for customers who were overcharged and a civil penalty against the theater chain.
The suit says that on Dec. 26, he paid $8 for a Coke and a package of Goobers at the Livonia theater. (Personally I think he's getting off cheap at $8 for a movie theater.)
What would a Coke and a package of Goobers cost in the real world, outside the movie theater? I know, at least in Houston, you can get a 2-liter bottle of Coca-Cola for under $2. (Online, too.) That's more than you'd probably drink in a theater, but for the sake of argument, let's use that.
Goobers, let's see: At amazon.com you can get the "movie size" 3.5-oz. box of 18 for $22.34, which breaks down to about $1.25 per box. That seems too cheap, so let's double it to $2.50.
You're still only at $4.50 and that's being generous.
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The Smithsonian exceeded its crowd-funding goal of $125,000 for a yoga exhibit.
The Smithsonian wants to highlight the history of yoga with a special exhibit opening in October at the Freer and Sackler galleries, and it sought ordinary citizens' help to fund the unique exhibit.
The Smithsonian raised more than $170,000 for the exhibit, receiving money from more than 600 donors, including a $70,000 donation from Whole Foods.
The many forms of yoga have influenced many cultures for thousands of years. In America, it's moved from edgy to mainstream with millions of practitioners for both mental and physical health. Exhibit Curator Debra Diamond told News4 whole societies have risen and fallen with the power and mystical aspects of yoga.
The exhibit is the first to depend on a unique online fundraising campaign, which began May 29.
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Citing the economic risk of Britain leaving the European Union, Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen kept interest rates low in an effort to help America's deteriorating economy.
While several negative economic indicators at home have moved analysts to predict a rate hike would not happen in June, the Fed chair cited the risks of a Brexit for both Americans and people around the world. When asked if the possibility of a Brexit influenced the Fed's decision to delay its plan on increasing Americans' borrowing costs, Yellen said it was a factor.
However, critics are arguing that a Brexit is economically tangential to America's economy, which is many times larger than the UK's. A primary concern has been weak job opportunities for Americans as companies refuse to expand hiring efforts.
The Federal Reserve's Labor Market Conditions Index has deteriorated in recent months, after May saw substantially weakening job growth and a fall in the labor force participation rate. Both trends negatively affect incomes and price growth.
Yellen dismissed the importance of the LMCI in the Fed's decision-making, calling the index "an experimental research project" with limited impact on the Fed itself. Nonetheless, Yellen acknowledged that America's labor market is not as strong as the Fed insisted it was just a few weeks ago.
"Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in April indicates that the pace of improvement in the labor market has slowed," the Fed said in a press release, adding that inflation remains low.
The Fed also hinted that its previously bullish position was wrong, and that it was backing off its previous hints of a tightening monetary policy. "The stance of monetary policy remains accommodative," the FOMC said, adding that "the current shortfall of inflation from 2 percent" and evolving economic conditions "will warrant only gradual increases in the federal funds rate."
The Federal Reserve also conceded that the funds rate, which is closely tied to many financial products, "is likely to remain, for some time, below levels that are expected to prevail in the longer run."
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Many analysts are now projecting just an interest rate hike to come in 2016, with some believing no rate hike will happen at all. The FOMC's unanimous vote to keep interest rates low, despite several FOMC members' public pronouncements that it was time to raise rates in recent weeks, indicates the Fed's growing unease with current economic conditions and its previous plans for monetary policy.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 2011 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will hold the first meeting of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Animal Health on January 20 and 21, 2011. The meeting will be held in the Jamie L. Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Avenue S.W., Washington, D.C., from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day, in rooms 104-A and 107-A.
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USTR Insists Secret, MPAA-Backed TPP Is 'Most Transparent Trade Negotiation In History'... From Hollywood Studio
from the does-anyone-believe-this-crap? deptHonestly, it's somewhat difficult to believe that someone who works in the USTR didn't recognize that it was a bad idea to have their new boss, Michael Froman, who was once called one of the most "egregious examples" of the "revolving door" between companies and government, head out to visit two of the largest Hollywood studios just days after the IP chapter of the secretive TPP agreement was leaked, showing that it was basically Hollywood's wishlist of copyright crap. It's even more difficult to believe, given all that and given that Froman decided to go hang out with some friendly folks in Hollywood anyway, that someone at the USTR didn't think maybe, just maybe, Froman should avoid giving an interview in which he'd be asked about the leaked chapter.
But, it happened. Of course, the interview was with Variety, so maybe they figured that only Hollywood people would read it, and that the rest of the world would never catch on to the fact that Froman is either totally clueless or a blatant liar about the TPP. However, he did give an interview, while "touring Paramount's backlot" in which he said a bunch of nutty things. Here's my favorite:
He also called the talks over the trade pact "the most transparent trade negotiation in history," noting that they have held more than 1,000 briefings on Capitol Hill, have enlisted 600 advisers for input from various groups and have invited stakeholders to address negotiators from all 12 countries, among other efforts.Let's just say, this is pure bullshit. Extreme bullshit. Honestly, even Variety (which, as you might imagine, tends to toe the Hollywood line) seems to suggest that this claim isn't actually true. And, of course, considering that the USTR is infamously secretive, being "the most transparent in history" doesn't mean you were actually transparent at all. And, in this case, the fact that he's claiming it's "the most transparent in history" days after a chapter that no one in the public has seen during nearly four years of negotiations had to be leaked should highlight the level of bullshit that Froman is spewing.
He seems to have pulled this "most transparent" bullshit from his predecessor, Ron Kirk, who used to claim the same thing. Both are fundamentally trying to mislead. We've said it before, and we'll say it again, listening to lots of people, while not revealing what you're doing, is not transparency. It's listening. Listening may be better than not listening, but it's completely different than "transparency." Let me make this even clearer:
- Listening: People ---- information -----> USTR
- Transparency: USTR --- information ----> The Public
The other bit of bullshit in the interview was his misleading response to the claim by some that TPP is like SOPA. Now, I should be clear that we've avoided making that comparison, because there is a different set of issues here. And Froman used those differences to try to discredit all criticism of TPP:
"For example, as I understand it, I wasn't around for it, (the Stop Online Piracy Act) was about blocking rogue Internet sites from accessing the Internet from the United States. There is nothing in the Trans Pacific Partnership, zero, that has anything to do with that," he said.But "blocking rogue websites" isn't what's making people make the comparison between TPP and SOPA. It's two things: (1) a backroom deal negotiated in secret with no input from the public which (2) includes basically a wishlist from Hollywood. The fact that the two wishlists are not identical is not really the point, but it's the point Froman chose to focus on, because he's trying to mislead the public.
Froman continues to demonstrate that he has no business in the role he's in:
"Our goal through these trade negotiations is to make sure we are raising the standard of protection around the world, for artists and the people who support them," he said.Except that's not supposed to be the goal at all, and the fact that he thinks it is makes him clearly unqualified for his job. Remember that the TPP is supposed to be about free trade, yet here he is admitting that his actual agenda is increasing protectionism. Second, as anyone who knows anything about intellectual property knows, "raising the standard of protection" has been shown repeatedly to be rather harmful to creators and the public. And, again, the entire purpose of copyright law is supposed to be about promoting progress for the public. It would appear that Froman doesn't know this. And yet he's in charge of negotiating this thing? Really?
This is the reason why transparency matters. Because when you take someone who doesn't understand intellectual property at all, such as Froman, and tell him to negotiate a trade agreement in which the only people he shares the negotiating text with are maximalists, all he hears is how they have to "raise" standards, even as most of the world has realized that the "standards" are already way too high and tremendously damaging to the economy and innovation.
Either way, this whole situation is incredible. You have the USTR, just days after the secret treaty that was written with the help of Hollywood's lobbyists is leaked out, declaring that it's the most transparent in history despite the fact that, if he had his way, none of the public would have seen it, and saying so while touring Hollywood studios. The USTR is either extremely confident that no one cares about trade agreements, or a large segment of the staff there is profoundly clueless. Or maybe it's both.
SOPA was taken down because it was a backroom deal and a Hollywood wishlist, without respect for the public. ACTA went down for the same reason. If Froman doesn't want the same thing to happen to TPP, he might want to learn a thing or two about intellectual property and what transparency means. Because as of right now, he appears to be setting himself up to be roadkill for another internet uprising.
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Seitzer could join Rays again in Dunedin
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- One of the feel-good moments of the spring took place Friday in Dunedin, Fla., when Rays Minor League prospect Cameron Seitzer homered in front of his father, Kevin, the former Major Leaguer who now serves as Blue Jays hitting coach.
Cameron's blast came in the ninth inning of the Rays' 6-3 win over the Jays, when he connected on a 2-0 pitch from Todd Redmond and deposited the ball on the other side of the right-field wall.
The Rays drafted Cameron out of the University of Oklahoma in the 11th round of the 2011 First-Year Player Draft. He spent last season at Double-A Montgomery, where he hit .268 with six home runs and 61 RBIs. He has performed well when given the opportunity this spring.
Thus far he has been called up twice from Minor League camp to appear in games with the Rays. In those stints, he has hit two home runs in four at-bats, making him the only player in camp with multiple home runs this spring. His first Grapefruit League home run came a week ago in Bradenton, when he sent the game into extra innings with a ninth-inning home run against the Pirates. Friday's homer expanded the Rays' lead to four runs.
The Rays travel to Dunedin on Wednesday to play the Blue Jays again. Rays manager Joe Maddon was asked if Seitzer would be asked to make the trip.
"He's got to," Maddon said. "He's had two ninth-inning home runs. One tied it and one gave us a cushion [Friday]. I don't know a lot about him. He's a nice kid. And to do that in front of his dad, a pretty special moment, and it just worked out really, really well. And I was happy for him. I know Kevin. Kevin's outstanding also. It was a great day for the Seitzer family."
Seitzer's father was a two-time All-Star who played 12 seasons in the Major Leagues for the Royals, Brewers, A's and Indians. Cameron stands 6-foot-5, which is six inches taller than his father.


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RALEIGH � North Carolina's unemployment rate increased slightly in July to 8.9 percent, the state Commerce Department announced Monday, as a drop in the overall government workforce tempered private-sector employment gains.
The new rate, which rose from 8.8 percent in June, is the first month-to-month increase since January, when the rate was 9.5 percent. The monthly rate had fallen four months in a row through May.
North Carolina's rate, which had been fifth-highest in the nation in June, is now tied with Rhode Island for third-highest. Only Illinois, at 9.2 percent, and Nevada, 9.5 percent, have higher rates.
The higher rate comes as the national rate fell to 7.4 percent in July. The wider gap exemplifies North Carolina's continued struggle to rebound economically, an economics professor said.
"We seem to be going sideways, and that is an issue for a state that is trying to get itself out of the major depths of a recession," Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi Winston-Salem State University said in an interview.
North Carolina employers dropped nearly 14,000 jobs from June to July: to nearly 4.3 million employed workers overall, the commerce agency said. The largest decline was in the government sector, at a loss of 5,300 positions. The sector's decline is common in the summer, department spokesman Larry Parker said, as many public school teachers are in transition. Many don't have contracts, and local school boards are making hiring decisions for the coming year.
While the rates are seasonally adjusted to count for annual trends, the government decline likely partially contributed to the unemployment rate increase because the state budget wasn't approved until late July, Madjd-Sadjadi said. That caused greater uncertainly in local governments about hiring levels this fall, he said.
Trade, transportation and utility fields saw the largest employment sector gain at 5,200 positions, followed by leisure and hospitality services at 2,700, state officials said. Increases in finance-related positions (2,400) and manufacturing (1,200) were positive signs for the economy, according to Madjd-Sadjadi.
The General Assembly passed legislation this year that Republican lawmakers say will encourage job creation and economic growth, including a tax overhaul bill that reduces individual and corporate income tax rates and an omnibus regulatory measure. The regulatory measure still sits on Gov. Pat McCrory's desk awaiting action.
Madjd-Sadjadi said businesses are making future hiring decisions based on these changes, and it will be at least six months before the provisions would have an effect on the jobless rate, if at all, he said. "If we don't see a closing of the gap" between the state and national rates, he said, then the policies "may not be working."
McCrory said during last fall's campaign that he wants North Carolina's unemployment rate to fall below South Carolina's in his first year in office. South Carolina's rate was 8.1 percent in July.
Nearly 15,000 more people are employed overall in North Carolina compared with the past year, the Commerce Department said. Almost 418,000 people are listed as unemployed in the state, a decline of nearly 37,000 in the past year but an increase of 1,500 since June.


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Julie Sykes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor: TESOL
Julie Sykes earned her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota with a focus on applied linguistics and second language acquisition. Julie's research focuses on the use of digital technologies for language acquisition with a specific focus on inter-language pragmatic development and intercultural competence. She has taught courses on second language teaching and learning methodology and research, language learning and technology, Hispanic linguistics, and inter-language pragmatic development. Julie's experience includes the design, implementation, and evaluation of online immersive spaces and the creation of place-based, augmented-reality mobile games to engage language learners in a variety of non-institutional contexts. She has published various articles on CALL-related topics, including synchronous computer-mediated communication and pragmatic development, gaming and CALL, and lexical acquisition in digitally mediated environments. Julie serves as the UO Scholar-in-Residence and also holds a faculty appointment in the Department of Romance Languages at the University of Oregon.
Working with students around language teaching and learning is a true joy. I always learn something new and look forward to my next adventure in the classroom where we all take a learning adventure together. Our online context affords us the opportunity to cross physical boundaries and engage with one another around a variety of interesting topics. I look forward to meeting you soon!
Sykes, J. & Reinhardt, J. (2012). Language at Play: Digital Games in Second and Foreign Language Teaching and Learning. Series on Theory and Practice In Second Language Classroom Instruction, J. Liskin-Gasparro & M. Lacorte, series eds. Pearson-Prentice Hall.
Edited Volumes
Reinhardt, J. & Sykes, J (Eds). (2014). Game and play activity in technology- mediated L2 teaching and learning. Special Issue of Language Learning and Technology, 18(2).
Taguchi, N. & Sykes, J., Eds., (2013). Technology in Interlanguage Pragmatics Research and Teaching. John Benjamins Language Learning and Teaching Series.
Articles in Refereed Journals
2011. Holden, C. & Sykes, J. Leveraging mobile games for place-based language learning. International Journal of Game-based Learning. 1(2), 1-18.
2010. Sykes, J. (In)Commensurable Discourse: Researchers and Practitioners Bring Pragmatics to the Language Learning. Viewpoints Article. Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, 253-263. [invited]
2009. Thorne, S., Black, R., & Sykes, J. Second Language Use, Socialization, and Learning in Internet Interest Communities and Online Games. Modern Language Journal, 93, 802-821.
2009. Mack, S. & Sykes, J. ¡Qué feíto estás tú también, cariño!: A Comparison of the Response to the Use of 'Positive' Irony for Complimenting in Peninsular and Mexican Spanish. Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, 2, 305-346.
2008. Sykes, J., Oskoz, A., & Thorne, S. Web 2.0, Synthetic Immersive Environments, and Mobile Resources for Language Education. CALICO Journal, 25(3), 528-546.
2008. Sykes, J. & Cohen, A.D. L2 Pragmatics: Six Principles for Online Materials Development and Implementation. Acquisition of Japanese as a Second Language, (11), 81-100. [invited]
2007. Lafford, B., Lafford, P., & Sykes, J. Entre dicho y hecho...: An Assessment of the Application of Research from Second Language Acquisition and Related Fields to the Creation of Spanish CALL materials for Lexical Acquisition. CALICO Journal, 24(3), 497-529. [Awarded CALICO Article of the Year, 2007]
2005. Sykes, J. Synchronous CMC and Pragmatic Development: Effects of Oral and Written Chat. CALICO Journal, 22(3), 399-431.
2004. Colina, S. & Sykes, J. Educating Parents in the Spanish-Speaking Community: A Look at Translated Educational Materials. Bilingual Research Journal, 28(3), 299-317.


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Adai is a protein-packed nutritious dish that is prepared by grinding together a combination of rice and different lentils. The batter is one that requires no fermentation and the adai can be prepared instantly as long as the rice and dals are soaked for sufficiently long enough (6-8 hours). I would recommend soaking the rice-dal mix for a minimum of two hours at least. The proportions of the dals and rice vary each time I make adai.
This is how I prepare it sometimes.
½ cup raw rice
½ cup toor dal
½ cup urad dal
½ cup chana dal
4-5 red chillies
A small piece of ginger
8-10 curry leaves
Salt to taste
Oil for making adai
Soak the rice and dals overnight (or for at least 2-4 hours) along with the red chillies. Drain most of the water off and grind together with the curry leaves and ginger to get a coarse thick batter. Add a pinch of asafoetida and salt to taste.
Heat a non-stick griddle or a cast-iron pan. Pour a ladleful of the batter in the center of the pan. Spread it out in a circular motion using the back of the ladle. Make the adai thick or thin depending on your preference. I like mine thin and crispy.
Drizzle some oil around the edges of the adai and also a little in the center. Cook till it turns golden brown on the bottom, then flip over and cook the other side.
Serve hot with avial or jaggery on the side. I had mine with some tomato chutney and jaggery.
This goes to Sunshinemom for FIC- Brown.
I just came across this event being hosted by Sangeeth and realized that adai is the perfect example of a diabetic friendly meal.
Lentils, which make up a major portion of this dish, are good for everybody, not just for people with diabetes. They're rich in complex carbohydrates and protein, and high in dietary fiber, as a result of which they are digested slowly resulting in a steady and gradual rise in blood sugar levels (low glycemic index). This keeps one feeling fuller for longer. Lentils are also a rich natural source of B vitamins and minerals. Besides, its cholesterol-lowering properties helps reduce the risk of heart disease in diabetics. In short, it is a good idea for diabetics to have lentils in some form or the other with every meal.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Adai is a protein-packed nutritious dish that is prepared by grinding together a combination of rice and different lentils. The batter is one that requires no fermentation and the adai can be prepared instantly as long as the rice and dals are soaked for sufficiently long enough (6-8 hours). I would recommend soaking the rice-dal mix for a minimum of two hours at least. The proportions of the dals and rice vary each time I make adai.
Cooked by TBC on Friday, October 24, 2008
44 Burps:
- Arundathi said...
those are great photos!
- October 24, 2008 at 1:45 AM
- amna said...
love LOVE love the pics :)
been meaning to make adai avial for a long time now!
- October 24, 2008 at 2:01 AM
- sra said...
Hi TBC, can this be made without the rice?
- October 24, 2008 at 5:02 AM
- Finla said...
No fermentation, that i love. As it is cold weather it is always difficult.
Why does the proportion vary each time you make
- October 24, 2008 at 7:55 AM
- Laavanya said...
You've got a new header! :) Nice.
I love the golden coloured thin adais you have... ravishing. I add too many veggies that i can never spread it thin enough..
- October 24, 2008 at 7:59 AM
- Unknown said...
This looks incredibly gorgeous, TBC. Adai has to be one my most favorite eats, especially when it's crispy and golden like that. Love it!
- October 24, 2008 at 1:37 PM
- mitr_bayarea said...
I love adais, unbelievable how yours came out so thin and crispy. I've always made them thick and darker and I add onions and cabbage to mine.
- October 24, 2008 at 2:41 PM
- Unknown said...
Nice golden color..and pretty pic.I add all lentils I have on hand while making adai..
- October 24, 2008 at 4:48 PM
- Uma said...
looks so crispy and thin. ooh so tempting!
- October 24, 2008 at 9:03 PM
- Sunshinemom said...
OMG - that is one beautiful picture!! Thanks for the adai - I just had dosais:)
- October 24, 2008 at 11:16 PM
- raaji said...
Wonderful!!!!!What a co-incidence....You know i finally fixed to this Adai dosa after going thr a lot of online dosa recipes and made the batter too just an hour before....I looked up for the measurements in paachakam site.They were very slightly different than yours....But i was thinking throughout how it would turnout since i didnt have a pic attached to the recipe to feel much more comfy&satisfied.....
Just a day before would have made me even happier...lets hope those dosas turn out well......
- October 24, 2008 at 11:24 PM
- Sangeeth said...
Thanks you so much! your pics are awesome!!!
- October 25, 2008 at 4:33 PM
- Sujatha said...
Adai looks so crispy! Mouth watering..
Happy Diwali to you Tbc!
- October 26, 2008 at 12:09 PM
- Anonymous said...
The thin and delicate nature of these is just beautiful! Wow, that's a great close up photograph!
- October 26, 2008 at 6:59 PM
- AnuSriram said...
That looks so crispy! delicious!
- October 27, 2008 at 4:40 PM
- Mandira said...
looks just delicious, happy diwali to you and your family.
- October 28, 2008 at 11:00 AM
- Srivalli said...
Hello TBC..long time no see!..Wish you and your family a happy Deepavali!
Header looks great!
And adai super!..:)..hope you also know abt Rice mela at my place!..
- October 28, 2008 at 1:15 PM
- Shah cooks said...
your adai looks so thin and crispy. i usually grind it coarsely!! nice!
- October 29, 2008 at 7:09 AM
- Laavanya said...
Nice to know that your chickpea tikkis were from Helene's site too :) I actually use the blog search tool on your site quite often... very handy.
- October 29, 2008 at 9:26 AM
- Anonymous said...
The adai looks crispy and delicious..mmm. Ever since I was lucky enough to obtain a wet grinder, I have started making all kinds of adais and they are so tasty.
Off-topic: thanks for stopping by :) Here's wishing you and your family a very Happy Diwali and a joyous festive season. Oh, and I like the new header (cup of something hot and a good blog to read...what more can one ask for?) :)
- October 29, 2008 at 1:48 PM
- TBC said...
Arundathi- thanks!
Nags- thank you so much! :-)
I like adai avial too, but have u tried it with jaggery? It is so good! :)
Sra- I don't see why not. If you do try it minus the rice, do let me know how it turned out...
HC- no fermentation required, but you must remember to soak it at least an hour or two in advance. I cannot tell you the number of times I've wanted to eat adai but couldn't only 'coz I'd forgotten this simple step.:-(
As for the proportions varying, it really is only 'coz I've never measured the ingredients while making it and use whatever dals I have on hand. This was the first time I measured everything.:D
Laavanya- I'm so glad you noticed the new header! In fact you're the only one who did.:-( Thank you! :D
I add veggies too sometimes- carrots, onions- but it is difficult to get paper thin adais then as you have mentioned.
Vaishali- thank you!:)You like it thin and crispy too!
I like the fact that this is a complete meal by itself and it doesn't take too many of these to fill u up.:-)
Mitr- I add onions too sometimes, but cabbage is something I've not yet tried. I have a thing for paper thin dosas and adais.:)
Divya- thank you! :D
Uma- :D thank you.
Harini- thank you!:)
I'm glad I could participate.
Raaji- I know what you mean. It helps so much if you have a pic of dish before you actually make it. :-)
Well, I hope your dosas/adais turned out well. Paachakam has some good recipes. :)
Sangeeth- thank you! :D
Sujatha- thank you!
Happy Diwali to you too, Sujatha. Hope you are having a good time! :)
Todd and Diane- thank you so much! :)
Anusriram- thank you!:)
Mandira- thanks.:D
Diwali wishes to all of you too from me. I'm so jealous that you have your parents visitng right now.:-(
Srivalli- I know! How have you been? You must be busy cooking up a storm these days since it's the festival season! We expect nothing less from you, you superwoman!! :D
And you noticed my new header? yay!
Thank you.
I did check out "rice mela". It would be a shame indeed if I did not participate 'cos I'm the kind of person who needs to have rice in some form or the other at least once a day!
Shaheen- thank you! :D
I did too. I just spread it a little thin 'cos I like it crispy, that's all.
Your gajar ka halwa looks gorgeous!
How's the little one doing? Keeping you busy, I'm sure.:D
Laavanya- Yay! Even though I have it right on my blog, I end up doing a google search for the blog search tool! :D
Nupur- it's so nice to see u here. Please post something, girl! We're missing you and your posts.
I got myself a proper Indian mixer(no wet grinder yet) during my recent trip home. I seriously have no idea how I managed all these years without one!!
I'm so happy you noticed the change in header! Thank you!:D
Happy Diwali once again!
- October 29, 2008 at 9:55 PM
- Sona - quick picks/pick quicks said...
hi TBC....(u still with the sma ename!..i think i will keep nagging u till u change that!..lol)..long time friend,,how u doin? liked the luk of the adai..that was just exactly how my dad used to like these..crispy thin...like paper roast..
- October 30, 2008 at 1:43 AM
- Sia said...
simply gorgeous... belated diwali wishes to u and ur family dear :)
- October 30, 2008 at 5:31 AM
- Asha said...
Thank you TBC for your wishes. Hope you had a great Deepavali too. I didn't cook much but made a Microwave Almond burfi, that's about it.
Right now, I would kill for that Adai! ;D
Take care, see you next year! :))
- October 30, 2008 at 7:35 AM
- Deepthi Shankar said...
its been looong since i had adai .. lovely pic .. Hope U guys had a great diwali
- October 30, 2008 at 2:44 PM
- Mallika said...
This is like chrila no? Looks amazing. I especially like the no fermentation part!
- October 30, 2008 at 5:20 PM
- Pooja said...
looks soooooooooooo crispy. :)
want to gran it from screen :D
- October 30, 2008 at 5:30 PM
- Uj said...
Hey Adai looks so crispy and brown. I have heard a lot about adai but never tasted them. your recipe sounds perfect to me :) will try and let you know
- October 31, 2008 at 12:29 PM
- Uj said...
Hey Adai looks so crispy and brown. I have heard a lot about adai but never tasted them. your recipe sounds perfect to me :) will try and let you know
- October 31, 2008 at 12:29 PM
- Rajitha said...
yummm...the pic looks so good..i hate adai tho...but the pic looks so good...
- October 31, 2008 at 1:51 PM
- Rajitha said...
hey..i just noticed the new header..now u gotta tell me how to do it..next year ;)
- October 31, 2008 at 1:52 PM
- Sig said...
That is a great looking picture TBC! I love how you captured that crispiness... I am not a big ada fan though, all those lentils together scare the hell out of me :)
- November 2, 2008 at 9:03 PM
- Indian Khana said...
Love the pics...very nice indeed...you adai is simply rocking
- November 2, 2008 at 9:38 PM
- Aparna Balasubramanian said...
Nothing quite like hot, crisp adai with jaggery or home-mde butter. Yeah, that's how we have it.
Liked your new header.
- November 3, 2008 at 5:25 AM
- TBC said...
Sona- I'm so happy to see that you're back! :D...and yeah, still the same name...;-)
Sia- thank you:D
Asha- we don't really celebrate Diwali being Keralites and all that.;-) Growing up in Bombay though, it was something that was always a part of my life only 'coz it was difficult to not get caught up in the festival spirit. After coming here, it's pretty much just Onam and Vishu for us.
Thanks for the wishes though. Hope the work on the house is coming along just fine.
Deesha- thank you.:D
Mallika- now what is this chrila? Now I have to go google it!:(
How are you feeling now, u hot mom-to be? :D
Pooja! How are you? It's been ages since I saw u here!
Hope you had a good Diwali.:)
Uj- Welcome! :D
You have to try adai at least once.
Please let me know how it turns out for you, o.k.? :)
Rajitha- you only think you hate it.;-) You will like mine.. hatred is such a strong emotion, especially for paavam adai.;-)
At least you said u like my pic, so itz o.k.
The new header- I just got it from one of those sites where u can download it for free. I will help you if I have not forgotten myself, but for a small fee.;-)
BTW, what do u think of it???
Sig- thank you.:D
You are beginning to sound like Rajitha now- what is the matter with u gals? ;-)
You can get all your protein from other sources. What about poor vegetarians like us?:-)
Priti- thank you.:D
Aparna- I agree! :D I like it with jaggery too.
I don't care much for the adai-avial combination though.
I'm glad you noticed the new header.:D
- November 3, 2008 at 2:59 PM
- PG said...
came here through sunshinemom's food colours round up. The adais look wonderful! Have been wantig to try something similar since long. You are inspiring me to finally do it.
Look veryb tempting ! and beautiful pictures!
- November 6, 2008 at 4:31 PM
- TBC said...
PG- Welcome! I'm glad you visited.:D
Thank you! So when are you going to make it?
- November 8, 2008 at 12:24 AM
- foodbin said...
we call it thosai, best with dry mutton curry.
- December 24, 2008 at 5:29 AM
- foodbin said...
we call it thosai, best with dry mutton curry.
- December 24, 2008 at 5:29 AM
- Poornima Nair said...
Hey...thanks for visiting mu blog...U have a great place here...adai looks so crisp...just the way I like my dosas...I have adais with sugar at times, never had it with jaggery...will definitely try next time...
- February 23, 2009 at 10:13 PM
- TBC said...
Poornima- welcome here, and thank you!:)
- February 26, 2009 at 11:39 PM
- Unknown said...
Good post! Lots of informative information :)
Low Glycemic
- August 19, 2010 at 3:17 AM
- sharikahline said...
Tried this recipe yesterday and the Adai turned out great! I added black pepper when grinding. Next time thinking of adding some onions for new flavor!
Nice pic! :-)
- February 11, 2013 at 8:48 PM
- TBC said...
Sharikahline- Thanks so much for the feedback! The black pepper is a great addition. :)
- February 13, 2013 at 11:25 PM


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What Christmas tradition is synonymous with Savannah, Georgia's B&B of choice? Christmas Day Dinner, of course! We create traditions usually through happenstance of a moment in time which turned out to be so delightful that we incorporated it into our lives until it became an expected tradition.
Years and years ago my widowed mother instituted a family "Secret Santa" pool to keep the cost of gift giving for 8 children, spouses and grandchildren within a reasonable budget for one and all. Though it was difficult to let go of the largess of my memories of Christmas, as my meager part-time job monies dwindled, I found it easier to embrace this new Christmas tradition. Later, as I began my foray into the world of fulltime employment, I was inducted into the office world of the Christmas "White Elephant Exchange." The very idea of re-gifting items that don't suit you is inspired and sure to bring about an interesting and lively one-up-manship for some seriously odd gifts. This tradition is a panacea to those living on fixed incomes who often find themselves starring at yet another set of flannel pajamas, box of chocolates, or bottle of cologne.
In 2005, Azalea Inn and Gardens began a Christmas tradition of our own – dinner with our "just for the day family." It seemed so odd to be approaching this holiday season without our two sons and at that time, one daughter-in-law, but other family obligations kept us all apart our first Christmas at the inn. As we cast about for how to spend the day, we realized that the opportunity to share our traditions was standing in front of us – guests who were themselves without family for Christmas! This year will mark our seventh Christmas Day Dinner at the Inn and we are eagerly looking forward to 4 pm on December 25, when food, wine, good cheer and new friends will be our blessing for the day.
There is still room at the table so call us today to reserve your room (and be sure to take advantage of our Christmas gift to you – stay three nights and the third night is 1/2 off!) Do you need more persuasion? Here is a glimpse at what is sure to be on this year's Christmas Day menu.
Azalea Inn and Gardens, historic Savannah, Georgia's bed and breakfast of choice!
Caramelized Onions and Blue Cheese Bruschetta
Warm Figs Stuffed with Goat Cheese
First Course:
Creamy Butternut Squash Soup with Candied Walnuts
Second Course:
Mixed Greens with Roasted Pecans, Apple Slices and Basil-Balsamic Dressing
Main Course:
Standing Rib Roast*
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Green Beans with Orange-Rosemary Gremolata
Roasted Root Vegetables
Housemade Rolls and Butter
Desserts: Be Surprised!
*Vegetarian and Vegan substitutes will be available if we have at least a 7-day advance notice.


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Unions Oppose Charter School Petitions, Favor Alternative Education Program
At the Jan. 13 Berkeley School Board meeting, the Berkeley Federation of Teachers (BFT) joined the Berkeley Council of Classified Employees (BCCE) in opposing applications for two new independent charter schools in Berkeley, one a middle school and the other a high school. Both unions favor the development of a new educational program that is not independent of the school district. -more-


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Podcast EP 107: CineStory Beginnings
This month we bring you a conversation with Pamela Pierce, CineStory's Executive Director Emeritus, about why she co-founded CineStory and how the industry, and screenwriting, has evolved since then.
One of the original recipients of the Nicholl Fellowship, Pam has been working with emerging screenwriters for over two decades. In this podcast, we discuss how things have changed over this period and what tools screenwriters need to get ahead in the current marketplace.


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This tops the perinatal drugging recruitment of the internet blog trollers over at Postpartum Progress, who attack blogs of people they deem via remote blog reading to have depression or anxiety. This is beyond sick – but then what do you expect? Break out the press releases!
Let's go call Rachel at the number below to tell her what we think of her study and efforts.
—– Original Message —-
From: survivor030406 <survivor030406@ …
To: email@example.com
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 2:33:37 AM
Subject: [Antipsychotics] MGH Boston Drugging pregnant women
Extremely depraved. This needs to be stopped.
Bipolar Disorder In Pregnancy Study (Mass General Hospital – Boston)
Reply to: comm-815043769@ craigslist.org [?]
Date: 2008-08-27, 9:43AM EDT
Are you an expectant mother? Do you have questions about bipolar
disorder and antidepressants or mood-stabilizers during pregnancy? The
Center for Women's Mental Health at Massachusetts General Hospital is
conducting a research study on Bipolar Disorder in pregnancy. If you
are pregnant and diagnosed with bipolar disorder (or manic depression)
you may be eligible for this research study. Participants meet with
research coordinators and psychiatrists who specialize in bipolar
illness during pregnancy. For more information contact Rachel at (617) 726-2912.
In Atypical_Antipsycho tics@yahoogroups .com, Amy Philo
<amyphilo@.. .> wrote:
Advertising on CRAIGSLIST?? ? How low can they go? Maybe they could
stand on street corners begging for change and then approach pregnant
women's cars in parking lots outside OB offices and pour drugs through
the window expecting a payout when the moms come out of the office.
I included their funding from Eli Lilly in one of my articles…
they had a petition going online through the DBSA, and several
"studies" claiming no risk of heart defects and other birth defects
with pregnancy exposure, no risk for nursing babies, etc.
Bottom of page 1.
(posted by survivor03…)
The pharmacaust is so big, it boggles the mind.
Big Pharma bribed the CDC to encourage drugging pregnant mothers.
"Overall, our results are generally reassuring with respect to the use
of antidepressants during pregnancy," said Jennita Reefhuis, a CDC
http://www.cdc. gov/Features/ MedicationUse/
Fortunately, Dr. Peter Breggin is exposing the truth here.
"Her study had funding from two pharmaceutical companies, including
GlaxoSmithKline, the manufacturer of Paxil (Seward, 2007), one of the
most implicated antidepressants in regard to birth defects"
http://breggin. com/index. php?option= com_wrapper& Itemid=74
Hopefully members of this group will forward the truth to the
newspapers, craigslist (copy and paste Breggin's article in the body),
and the congress. (hopefully they might read it)


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Book News: Fifty Shades Of Greenbacks: Random House Profits Jump
The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly.
- Profits at Random House shot up 75.6 percent last year because of Fifty Shades of Grey sales, according to Publisher's Weekly. The Fifty Shades trilogy has been so successful that CEO Markus Dohle announced at the 2012 Random House Christmas party that every single employee would receive a $5,000 bonus, even warehouse workers.
- The Daily Beast says it has found more problems in Jane Goodall's new book: "A quick check of other passages, randomly selected, suggest that there are many more instances of plagiarism that went undiscovered by the Post." The Washington Post reported last week that parts of Goodall's Seeds of Hope were lifted from sources such as Wikipedia.
- Literary rockstar Junot Diaz debated immigration with Stephen Colbert on the comedian's show Monday. Diaz argued that "every single immigrant we have, undocumented or documented, is a future American. That's just the truth of it."
- Today's award for worst books headline goes to The New York Times for an article featuring books about bullying: "Publishers Revel in Youthful Cruelty."
- Michael Kimmage writes about Philip Roth for The New Republic: "The national writer, a product of the nineteenth century, is a relic of the past. Yet it was Roth's calling to be exactly this, to join nation and imagination and to serve his citizen-readers as a writer-citizen, the worthy object of as many monuments as the nation is willing to sponsor."


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Today we are announcing that we will donate 10% of our advertising revenue receipts in 2014 to non-profits chosen by the reddit community. Whether it's a large ad campaign or a $5 sponsored headline on reddit, we intend for all ad revenue this year to benefit not only reddit as a platform but also to support the goals and causes of the entire community.
At the end of this year, after closing our books, we will solicit nominations from all of you for non-profits and then hold an election based off of eligible nominees for where we should donate the funds. Funds will be disbursed proportionally based on percentage of votes amongst the top 10 non-profits.
We want to show that advertising doesn't just support the reddit platform, it also directly supports the causes and goals of reddit as a whole.
Q: How will you keep this from going awry due to trolling and vote-stuffing?
A: My goodness, this is the internet, isn't it? That does make this plan a little complicated. Nevertheless, we will try:
First, I want to say right now (and will say again at year-end when we do the nominations and voting) that this isn't a game. It will be real money going to real causes doing real things in the world. You can make a real difference. That's a good reason to put aside the game-playing and be serious.
Secondly, we reserve the right to control the entire process and intervene if we believe there are shenanigans. For example, non-profit nominees will be limited to verified 501(c)(3) organizations, and we will filter out suggestions that seem to be clearly trolling. We'll also apply our usual anti-vote-manipulation code to ensure integrity in voting. Lobbying and campaigning for one non-profit or another will be fine (e.g. explaining why one is better than the other) but trying to cheat with votes will not be allowed.
Ultimately, it will be up to all of you what happens – if things go well, the community will be responsible for disbursing a very real amount of money to a set of causes of your choice. If it doesn't go well – then we'll simply just pick by ourselves. We hope you'll help us make this successful!


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Marvel Studios' "Black Panther" has already had a record-breaking night and the movie can expect to triple or more its numbers in the coming week, CNBC reported.
The first solo movie featuring Marvel's African avenger took in over $25 million.
"Black Panther" performed even stronger than expected Friday, bringing the first-day domestic estimate to $75.8 million, according to industry sources.
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The Ryan Coogler-directed film stars Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther also featuring Michael B. Jordan and Lupita Nyong'o.


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Rick and the gang made it all the way to the prison without picking up one very important character along the way. But that doesn't mean he's out for the count. And the casting is spot-on perfection. Spoilers ahead.
Rumors have been circulating for weeks about the character Tyreese joining Walking Dead (who technically should already be with the gang, and getting busy with Carol already). But alas, no Tyreese. Then the internet started chattering that The Wire's own Chad Coleman (better known as Cutty to the ladies and mother's of the jr. boxing league in Baltimore) was in talks to play Tyreese. And now there's a confirmation.
TV Line is reporting that this casting call has been confirmed. So make like the rest of the io9 team and start screaming your damn head off!


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The walk to school that put lives at risk
PHILADELPHIA— Each morning just before school, Dawn Hawkins and her 13-year-old son Khyrie hold hands, close their eyes and bow their heads.
"Be a shield of protection for my baby," Hawkins prays over the lanky 8th grader.
Then it's off to his new school: a 15 minute walk through Strawberry Mansion, one of the most violent neighborhoods in Philadelphia, in the most murderous section of the city. The school is a little less than a mile from home. But it could well be foreign territory.
Until September, Khyrie's daily journey didn't require a call for divine intervention. But he is one of 9,000 Philadelphia public school students taking new and often more dangerous routes to school this year. The district shuttered 23 schools over the summer, plunging an already beleaguered system into further disorder. These students, many of them elementary-school age and almost all of them black, have been scattered across 50 schools, often in unfamiliar or unwelcoming neighborhoods. Some must take longer walks to school, crossing dangerous intersections and neighborhoods. Deep budget cuts has meant fewer crossing guards.What's happening in Philadelphia is happening across the country. In major cities including Chicago, Detroit, New York and Oakland, mass school closings have affected thousands of black and Latino students. Opponents describe the closures as a steep blow to a generation of minority students already struggling with social and economic instability. The school closures and their unintended consequences have sparked protests among parents, students, and advocates who say the school board targeted minority students and low income communities.
"You have poor kids all over the country but the mass closures are disproportionately affecting children of color," said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers. "Instead of fixing a school and making public schools the center of a community where parents want to send their kids, you're hurting communities, you're hurting schools and you are sending kids outside of their neighborhood to places that in the long run, frankly, are no better than the places they left."
Weingarten said the mass closure model is an "abdication of responsibility" by school leaders that sends a chilling message: "The schools are dead and the neighborhoods are dead."
In Philadelphia, more than 80% of the students affected by the closures are black, though they make up just 58% of the public school population. Four percent of the affected students in Philadelphia are white.
The majority of the closings were in North and West Philadelphia in high-poverty neighborhoods where African-American students like Khyrie were disproportionately affected. Roughly 93% of them come from poor families, according to the National Opportunity to Learn Campaign, a national coalition of student advocates and organizers.
"I think part of what we are seeing is the targeting of African-American and Latino communities. That's not hypothetical, that's fact," said Pastor Kevin Johnson of Bright Hope Baptist Church, who has rallied against the closures. "My parishioners are coming to me saying, 'my child has to walk longer distances and through dangerous neighborhoods just to get to school.' Or, 'I have to get to work late because now I have to drive my child to school because I fear for their safety.'"
The school board's decision to close the schools— deemed underutilized, underperforming and by most accounts under-resourced— was a cost-saving measure in response to the district's $304 million shortfall. But even with the closures, the city had to borrow $50 million to help schools open on time and to provide the bare minimum needed to operate the schools.With shuttered schools came nearly 4,000 layoffs. Most city schools don't have counselors, librarians or full-time nurses. Hall monitors, often the first to break up fights and maintain order, were among those laid off. Classroom sizes in some cases have bloated to 40 or more students, without enough desks for every student. Resources such as paper, pencils and textbooks are in such short supply that Mayor Michael Nutter has made a public plea for donations.
Compounding the school district's funding and staff woes is a battle between state Democrats and Republican Gov. Tom Corbett who has cut nearly $1 billion from the state's education budget. More than month and a half into the new school year, Philadelphia teachers are working under an expired contract.
"It goes beyond education," said Hiram Rivera, executive director of the Philadelphia Student Union, a youth advocacy group. "It speaks to what kind of Philadelphia we want, one where the city is still a place where people are able to live and raise their families–or not."
Last month, 12-year-old Laporshia Massey fell ill at her Philadelphia elementary school and later died after suffering an asthma attack. The school has a single nurse on duty twice a week. The day that she died was not one of those days.
"We'll never know if having a school nurse on site could have spared Laporshia's life, but we do know that school nurses are trained to detect symptoms of asthma attacks," Weingarten wrote in an open letter to Corbett.
Dawn Hawkins, Khyrie's mom, said she simply wants a safe, sufficiently-funded public school in her neighborhood.
Leslie P. Hill Elementary, where Khyrie had gone since 1st grade and would have attended this year, was around the corner from home, tucked inside of Strawberry Mansion High School. For years, Strawberry Mansion ranked among the most dangerous high schools in the state. But it also served as a neighborhood anchor and point of pride for generations of residents who attended the school.
For Hawkins, her son's longer trek to a new school makes her more anxious than his life at the old one.
Their neighborhood has been shattered by gun violence. The number of incidents has decreased in recent years. But neighbors and police say rival groups continue to trade blood and bullets along the neighborhood's main corridors and down smaller side streets.
Just getting to and from school each day, Khyrie walks among invisible boundaries, tip-toeing around neighborhood grudges and older boys who may be part of the violence.
During the second week of school, a 12-year-old boy was sexually assaulted on the way to Morton McMichael Elementary. Police said that at about 8:25 a.m. on Sept. 16 the younger boy was approached by a stranger and pulled into an alley where he was attacked. The boy then ran to school and told staff that he was assaulted by an older boy, maybe 13 or 14 years old. No arrests have been made in the case, police said.
The incident, while isolated, heightened fears among parents.
"Worrying is an everyday thing," Hawkins said. "You'd think they could go to school and have a little safe haven. Now, I just don't know."
City leaders have tried to allay parent concerns with a program called Walk Safe, which places volunteers in brightly colored vests along 34 so-called "safe routes" to and from elementary and middle schools.
Anthony Murphy, executive director of Town Watch Integrated Services, the city agency implementing the program, said relying on volunteers to man the routes has been somewhat difficult, but that each of the routes has been sufficiently staffed.
"We have challenges and that's without saying, but for the first month I can say we have had no issues," Murphy said.
But the community isn't sitting back.
Hawkins has become part of a growing movement of parents and activists fighting further cuts in education and demanding that state lawmakers develop a consistent funding formula for city schools. She has joined Action United, a statewide organization that advocates on behalf of low-income families. She attends every rally and school board meeting.
"The big point here is that in these low income communities it's important that the schools get the resources that they need," said Kia Hinton, a mother of three public school students and co-chair of Action United's education committee. "These students are not getting the resources that other students in other areas are receiving. And a lot of what's impeding their learning has to do with societal issues like poverty, people not having jobs, violence, all of those things."
At 13, Khyrie knows how treacherous these streets can be. Gunfire this summer in a neighborhood park left one man dead and others wounded.
About six months earlier, a 24-year-old relative was shot and killed. His body was found under a rusting old overpass. Khyrie wears the young man's memory on his backpack in red ink: "Rest In Peace, Tony."
"Basically, it's like people just don't care," said Khyrie, a tall and slender, soft-spoken boy. "People have issues and they just want to take it out on other people."
On the first day of school last month, Khyrie stood on the corner of his block watching for a moment as the neighborhood came alive with working folks and school children spilling from row homes and the narrow side streets that line the block.
Just before 8 a.m., Khyrie and his mother left home. As they approached his new school, the din of school yard chatter grew louder. Khyrie rushed ahead of his mother and into a circle of waiting friends.
Hawkins called out that she loved the boy and wished him a great first day. Khyrie turned to his mother and smiled shyly.
"We need to educate these parents on what's really going on," she said, turning to a group of parents and asking them to sign a petition calling for better school funding. "We can't just drop our kids off at school and hope that everything works itself out."


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Global Knowledge Wins Cisco Learning Partner Top Quality Award
CARY, N.C. and TORONTO - Global Knowledge today announced that it is the recipient of the Top Quality in the Americas award for Cisco Learning Partners.
Cisco Learning Partner Awards are designed to recognize exemplary Learning Partners that demonstrate best-in-class business practices and serve as a model to the industry. The Top Quality award recognizes an overall commitment to the highest-quality training and enablement.
"We are honored that Cisco has once again acknowledged our commitment to providing outstanding training solutions to their channels and customers," said Brian K. Branson, Global Knowledge chief executive officer and president. "We are very excited to receive this award, as it is based on feedback directly from Cisco students about the quality of our services, and it reinforces the fact that Cisco customers can trust us to deliver the most value for their training investment."
"Cisco Learning Partners are an essential element of the Cisco channel strategy, providing best-in-class technical and business readiness authorized training and enablement that propels individuals to achieve successful careers, and their employers to boost profitable sales growth," said Andres Sintes, senior director, Worldwide Learning Partner Channel for Cisco. "With this recognition, Global Knowledge further demonstrates its capabilities, as well as depth and breadth in Cisco's technical architectures and business solutions, to deliver world-class innovative training and enablement."
Cisco unveiled the winners of its 2012 Regional Learning Partner Awards at its Global Learning Partner Conference, January 23, 2013, in Cancun, Mexico.
Cisco and the Cisco logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cisco and/or its affiliates in the US and other countries.
About Global Knowledge
Global Knowledge is the worldwide leader in IT and business skills training, with more than 1,500 courses that span foundational and specialized training and certifications. Our core training is focused on Cisco, Microsoft, Avaya, VMware, Red Hat, business process improvement, and leadership development. We deliver via training centers, private facilities, and the Internet, enabling our customers to choose when, where, and how they want to receive training programs and learning services.
Founded in 1995, Global Knowledge employs more than 1,300 people worldwide and is headquartered in Cary, NC. The company is owned by New York-based investment firm MidOcean Partners.


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It's the last thin weekend before the onslaught of summer magic begins, but there may be a shockingly pleasant surprise waiting for you.
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
Brandon Routh stars as a New Orleans detective who, along with his undead assistant Marcus (Sam Huntington), specializes in cases involving the paranormal. In theaters everywhere, watch the trailer
Fast Five
A bunch of gearheads band together to steal cars and money in Rio--we still can't believe how much we enjoyed it. In theaters everywhere, read our review and watch the trailer
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil
Little Red Riding Hood teams up with the Wolf to look into the disappearance of Hansel and Gretel in this animated 3D spectacle. Stars the voices of Hayden Panettiere, Patrick Warburton, Bill Hader and Amy Poehler. In theaters everywhere, watch the trailer
Aimee Teagarden of "Friday Night Lights" fame leads a band of teenagers as they get ready for the most anticlimactic night of their young lives. In theaters everywhere, watch the trailer
The Robber
Based on the real-life exploits of Johann Kastenberger, who spent the '80s gaining fame as Austria's fastest runner while also leading a double life as the country's most notorious bank robber. In German with English subtitles. In New York City, read our review and watch the trailer
13 Assassins
A group of highly trained killers band together for a suicide mission to take out an evil lord in this martial arts epic. In limited release, watch the trailer
The Arbor (on Wed.)
The life of British playwright Andrea Dunbar, who rose from poverty to become a national phenomenon before dying at a young age, told through the recreation of testimonials from her family with actors lip-synching their words. In limited release, watch the trailer
Bride Flight
Three women's lives become forever intertwined when they fly together in 1957 from London to Christchurch to be with the husbands. In limited release, watch the trailer
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Werner Herzog takes a documentary crew to the famed Chauvet caves of Southern France to capture the oldest known painting of humans--in 3D. In limited release, watch the trailer
Exporting Raymond
A documentary about the challenges of exporting "Everybody Loves Raymond" to Russia. In limited release, watch the trailer