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An Interview with David Kirp: Kids First
Michael F. Shaughnessy – My experience as a member of the 2008 Presidential Transition Team, where I was working on education policy, prompted me to write Kids First.
Michael F. Shaughnessy
Eastern New Mexico University
Portales, New Mexico
1) David, your latest book, Kids First: Five Big Ideas for Transforming Children's Lives and America's Future is really getting a lot of publicity and discussion. What led up to this book?
My experience as a member of the 2008 Presidential Transition Team, where I was working on education policy, prompted me to write Kids First. We must have met with 150 groups, each with its' particular cause-the needs of English language learners, Vocational Education Students, Native American, Head Start students and so on—and while each group was doubtlessly well-intentioned, no one was interested in linking these concerns. Instead of thinking in terms of system of support, there was a raft of disconnected programs, each with its own advocates. KIDS FIRST aims at building those links, developing a cradle to college strategy that meets the golden rule test- every child deserves what you'd want for a child you love.
2) Why do we have to renew, revamp and re-energized public support for children? (Especially now in these bad economic times?)
Americans consistently tell pollsters that the needs of children are high on their priority list. For some it's a matter of making a sound investment in the future- for kids are our best investment—and for others, it a matter of being a good steward, leaving our children at least as well off as we are, but parents aren't politically savvy, children's organizations can't agree on priorities and too many politicians still believe that aside from providing great photo ops, kids don't matter because kids don't vote. They're wrong, but they need convincing.
3) David, I think every American wants all children to have a shot at the American dream. Yet, teenage pregnancy runs rampant (and yes I have the statistics to show you ). Should we first start at attempting to end teenage pregnancy, so that sincerely wanted, and desired children can be nurtured, mentored and well educated?
Teen pregnancy does indeed remain a real problem, though the data shows that the rate of teen pregnancy has been slowly steadily declining. But as I discuss in KIDS FIRST the research demonstrates that the most effective way to discourage teens from becoming pregnant isn't with a finger wagging abstinence class or a banana-and-condom demonstration of safe sex but by showing adolescents that there are alternative possibilities. This means embedding education about responsible sex in the context of youth development; that's one thing community schools can accomplish.
4) Let's face it. You have to take a paper test , then a road test to get a driver's license. Yet any two 18 year olds can get married and have kids and proceed to wreck the lives of those kids. What do we need to be doing to ensure that all kids get good parenting?
Everyone understands that parents are children's first and most influential teachers, but as you rightly say, little is done to help them do the best job they can. Most of the policy makers' attention has focused on evidence based programs that target poor families, like the Nurse- Family partnership. The problem is that such initiatives are expensive and reach relatively few families. In KIDS FIRST I write about an initiative called Triple P (Positive Parenting Program) that aims to change parenting practices across entire communities by applying top parenting the social marketing lessons learned in the campaigns to combat smoking and drunk driving. There's solid data showing that the program works including a recent 22 Country study in South Carolina sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control. Though Triple OP is widely used in Australia and Europe it may well be the best kept secret for improving parenting in the U.S. If it is widely implemented, Triple P has the Potential of Turning Parenting Support from " Poor People Need Help " into something as taken-for-granted as kindergarten or public libraries.
5) I have been a Head Start evaluator, and have worked with Head Start. How do we ensure that nationwide all kids in Head Start get a very good quality education?
By coincidence, I just met with the Whip Smart Head Start Director in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His program has been evaluated many times, he told me, but on no occasion did the evaluators ask how the kids were doing and what metric the program was using to evaluate their progress. Instead, the evaluators were fixated on making sure that teachers had the right number of child development courses and that all the electric sockets were covered. Head Start is the one nationwide program for poor kids; we need to make it better, not trash it. But Washington needs to get local programs to adopt evidence-based curricula and to help with their implementation. Otherwise, we'll continue to get the kind of dismal outcomes that were reported in the 2010 National Head Start Impact Study- results that embolden conservative politicians to gut the program.
6) David, you can look me up as I have been writing about mentoring since the early 80's. But so few adults actually get involved in mentoring? How do you and I (and maybe Peter Benson) turn this around?
Getting adults involved in mentoring is, as you point out, the hardest thing to achieve, but 10,000 men and women are turning sixty every day. When polled, many of them say they want to get involved in their communities, and next to church activities helping kids is their number one priority. A National organization called Experience Corps, which I talk about in KIDS FIRST, is bringing thousands of adults into the classrooms, but more need to be done. More needs to be done as well to sustain the interest of college students: They volunteer a lot while they're in school, but then do far less once they graduate. The most critical shortage is African-American men; here, black churches need to be enlisted in getting the word out, expanding programs like Atachi, which have been so valuable to African American youth.
7) David, I have to agree with you 1000 percent on trying to provide a nest egg for college (and maybe even graduate school) for kids. Who are going to tell parents that they had better start saving or else their kids are going to up to the necks in debt?
The miracle of compound interest is that putting aside a little bit of money-say $50.00 a month, generates a sizeable return. And $40 isn't unrealistic; it what poor families in Britain were able to do when a national child savings account program was in place (It was eliminated as part of the Tory Government's cuts last spring). If the government kick starts the program by investing, say $500.00 for each newborn, $ 1000 for families earning less than $40,000, and then offering to match contributions that those families make, the evidence suggests that those families will get into the savings habit. When that happens, parents think harder about options for their kids- and the kids become more money-smart. It's an idea that should have bipartisan appeal; for liberals, it promotes equity, and for conservatives, it creates a generation of little capitalists
8) What are some of your ideas of linking schools and communities?
At present, most schools run on a 19th Century Model: 8AM- 3 PM, five days a week, from September to June. As Arne Duncan has said, schools should be neighborhood hubs, open from sunrise to sunset, 12 months a year. That means more opportunities for kids, including medical care on the school premises, engaging activities (science projects, art and music, sports) . It also means bringing the talents of the community into the schools, and every community, however blighted, has something to contribute. Ideally, parents should be able to draw on the resources of the school. It should be a place where they can study for the GED or learn English or learn a trade. That approach which is similar to what the Education Department has promoted with its Promise Neighborhoods Initiative is a potential game-changer for kids and for communities as well.
9) What have I neglected to ask?
You've asked great questions about the Big Five Ideas I write about in KIDS FIRST. Each of these ideas , by itself, can make a difference, but we need to think about connecting the dots , looking at the synergies between programs, building a system of supports that can help helping kids acquire both human capital ( better–trained minds) and social capital ( the capacity to navigate the world around them ).
10) Where can people get a copy of your book? Do you have a web site?
The book is available through the publisher, public affairs, on Amazon, and at bookstores near you (if it's not there, nudge the bookstore to order it. Here's an offer that authors don't usually make. If you buy KIDS FIRST and don't like it, send me an e-mail at email@example.com and I will refund your money. I am that confident that anyone from parents to policy makers, with a stake in kids' futures will get something of value from the book.
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MDNT: How about two...Future Soul
How did you come up with your moniker?
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Further celebrating November 30 as a good birthday for satirists: a salute to Mark Twain (30 November 1835–21 April 1910), also often relegated to the children's section, but more than capable of wielding "a pen warmed up in Hell."
As with Swift, Twain's most famous works of social observation—The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn—have been dismissed as children's books, and their complexity has led to library and school challenges. Reading works like Letters from the Earth, however, or Twain's opinion pieces on the US war in the Philippines, paints a very different picture of the famed humorist's geniality.
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Debate Held on Ballot Measure to Change How Nevada Judges are Chosen
The chief justice of Texas' Supreme Court said at a forum last week that he supported a ballot measure before Nevada voters to change the way judges are chosen. A legal scholar from Vanderbilt University argued against the measure at the same forum, held at the Boyd School of Law on the campus of UNLV.
Both brought unique perspectives. Texas is a state that elects its judges who collect campaign donations from those who may appear before them creating bright-line conflicts-of-interest.
Vanderbilt's Brian T. Fitzpatrick is from Tennessee, a state that uses "merit� selection similar to one that Nevada voters are considering. In Tennessee the merit system has come under fire for creating a system of cronyism and giving voters too little say.
"It's hard to lose a race when you have no opponent,� Fitzgerald said. "The retention rate is 99% if you look all across America. For us…it means that whoever the governor tells to put on the bench is going to be there for as long as they want to be there. It is basically a life tenure for the judges selected by the bar.�
Texas' Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson argued that a merit system would be better because of the influence campaign contributions have in judicial races.
It comes down to "the money,� Jefferson said.
"We're talking millions and millions of dollars,� Jefferson said. "From 1999-2006, the candidates in Alabama raised $9,090,388 for State Supreme Court elections. Texas was over $3,000,000.�
The merit system before voters – Nevada Ballot Question Number 1 – roughly entails three tenets.
If there is a vacancy in a Supreme or District Courts, candidates will submit their names to the Commission on Judicial Selection who will review those names based on their experience and impartiality.
The Commission then submits them for approval to the public and to the governor for appointment. This probationary appointment lasts until the next general election.
It goes on to say: "Justices and judges seeking another term would be evaluated based on their record by the newly created Commission on Judicial Performance, which would consist of the Chief Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court and equal numbers of attorneys and non-attorneys.�
This report by the C.J.P. would be available to the public at least 6 weeks before the election for review.
The vote would be a "retention referendum� or "Yes/No� question as to whether to retain the judge.
While the current system is not perfect, Fitzgerald said, there are better approaches than this for Nevada voters.
Longer terms, public financing, appointments like the federal system and anonymous campaign contributions would help alleviate voter complacency and judicial bias, he said.
One example: "I have a friend who is a judge in another state; he gets a report from the bank on how much money is in his account,� Fitzgerald said. "He's not allowed to know [who gave it].�
Jefferson, however, cited massive voter complacency in judicial races as a reason to allow for first-term appointments.
He described how voters tossed out an overwhelming number of good judges in 2006 because of the whims of voters.
"Was it because they were bad judges?� he asked. "Was it because they were unethical or lazy or inefficient? No, they lost because in 2006 Dallas County turned Democrat.�
The UNLV Federalist Society hosted the debate.
"While the current system isn't perfect, the solution to improve the way we elect judges in Nevada is not to remove the public from the election process and replace it with those who supposedly know better,� Federalist Society President Jason VanMeetren said. "Instead, a better solution would be to find ways to better engage the public and inform the electorate about who they are voting for.�
Disclosure: Jason VanMeetren is married to Karri VanMeetren who is a Nevada News Bureau executive board member and director.
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Fitzpatrick worries the public will not be represented in a merit selection system, rather lawyers:
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Fitzpatrick argues incumbency would be a problem in merit system's "yes/no" vote:
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Fitzpatrick cites 99% retention rate in judicial merit votes:
092310Fitzpatrick3 :15 all across America."
Jefferson expresses concern that popular elections do not guarantee a judge's merit:
092310Jefferson1 :14 fair and impartial."
Jefferson says the public does not have enough information to be informed in their vote:
092310Jefferson2 :10 an informed vote."
Jefferson decries current political volleying for judicial positions as "illogical":
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Summary: This is a book about what many teachers know but are increasingly being prevented from talking about: that real education always involves a risk. The risk is there because, as W. B. Yeats has put it, education is not about filling a bucket but about lighting a fire. It is there because education is not an interaction between machines, but an encounter between human beings. It is there because students are not to be seen as objects to be molded and disciplined, but as subjects of action and responsibility. Biesta's book opposes the risk aversion that characterizes many contemporary educational policies and practices and makes a strong argument for giving risk a central place in our educational endeavors. The book is organized around a critical discussion of seven key educational concepts: creativity, communication, teaching, learning, emancipation, democracy, and virtuosity.
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None of the parties involved are commenting, of course. Yet the potential of that sort of acquisition is anything but far-fetched. Sure, Google has stated interest in making deeper inroads into print advertising, and is dropping tantalizing hints about television -- not to mention Google Base.
All this without yet having the ability to serve a wide variety of display advertising online? It can't be long now before they buy -- or make -- some sort of solution.
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Aki Sora Hentai Anime DVD ReviewPosted by Chris Beveridge
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Aki-Sora revolves around Aki Aoi and Sora Aoi, a pair of close siblings who have shared an intimate bond since childhood. During their coming of age, they each come to realize the true depth of the love they feel for each other and consummate that love in secret. They keep their younger sister, Nami, Sora's twin in the dark about their new relationship. Nami, clueless of what is happening in her household aims to set her brother up with her best friend, Kana Sumiya. Despite these relationships Nami seems to have feelings for someone near to her too but keeps them secret.
The audio presentation for this release is pretty good as we get the original Japanese language only but encoded at 384kbps. The stereo presentation is one that covers the bases well for this dialogue driven work, with a few moans along the way, and it's generally a full feeling work with some minor placement here and there. The show has some incidental music to it and the closing song as well which helps to expand its full feeling, but mostly there's just a straightforward mix at work here that doesn't stand out strongly yet does the job that it needs to. Dialogue is clean and clear throughout and we had no problems with dropouts or distortions during regular playback.
Originally released in 2010, the transfer for this two episode OVA series is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.78:1 and is enhanced for anamorphic playback. The series is decent in its approach overall with the animation, not heavily detailed but not overly simplistic, and the transfer captures that mostly but with a lower bitrate than it needs. There's a moody nature about the show at times and that brings in a certain softness to a number of scenes which ends up introducing some noise in the backgrounds. It's not full on macroblocking or anything, but it's more noticeable the larger you go in screen size. Colors are generally good looking with a few vibrant areas along the way, but it has a bit of a muted approach overall which in some of the darker scenes can add to a bit of the general murkiness you get from there.
The packaging for this release goes simple but effective as it gives us a full length shot of Aki in her school uniform as she lays down on the bed. Of course, the uniform is falling off of her and there's plenty of skin and undergarments exposed, but it at least has a sense of being tasteful about it rather than just full on butts and boobs, which I can appreciate. The logo is spread across her and it's also kept simple but effective. The back cover uses a familiar piece of artwork as its main basis with the three main family members together in their school uniforms, though the girls have theirs coming off a bit and showing some skin. The premise is well placed and easy to read as are the production credits for the Japanese side. The technical grid along the bottom is laid out well in a very easy to read format so you know what's on there, but unfortunately it's rather wrong in a couple of ways. It lists the run time as 90 minutes when it's really 50 and it lists it as a bilingual release when it's Japanese only.
The menu design works off of the concept from the back cover artwork and uses the main trio there, which has a bit more vibrancy to it in the menu with its colors and detail. The white clouds expand over to the right where under the overly large menu we get the navigation, which allows for scene selection submenus and a top level language setup. The layout is cute as it has a kind of rough pencil feeling to it and some broken hearts as the icons, which figures into the show nicely. It's easy to navigate and setup is obviously a breeze, making it quick and accessible overall while fitting the mood just right.
Based on the manga by Matsuhiro Itosugi, Aki Sora is a two episode OVA series by Hoods Entertainment which reworked what they did in a previous standalone OVA . The show is sort of like a henta-like work, which is something that we don't see too much of these days. We don't see much in the way of hentai being acquired either for a variety of reasons and it feels like it's been several years since I saw anything that would qualify as a real full on new title. So Aki Sora was definitely appealing from that point of view simply because it wasn't a clip job or a re-release of something that's been out several times over the last decade or more.
Aki Sora may not be the full on hardcore hentai that some would want, but one thing I always liked about hentai was that just like anime in general, there can be a wide variety to what they do. Aki Sora plays up the taboo stuff pretty well here and it gives you some decent characters to work with, characters that I'll easily admit that I'd like to see more of and how som eof the motivations came together, but as a two episode show it's just a glimpse into a particularly dirty little world that most would like to believe never happens. The show has some good character designs, some good eroticism to it and provides an entry into a genre of anime that has been long neglected when it comes to new works.
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Audio Grade: B
Video Grade: B-
Packaging Grade: B
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Extras Grade: N/A
Release Date: May 24th, 2013
Running Time: 50 Minutes
Video Encoding: 480i/p MPEG-2
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
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text: Vauxhall (ne Opel) offers a monumentally dull selection of cars, but with one exception - the VX220. When the company needed a desirable roadster to boost its image, it turned to its old friends at Lotus. The boys from Hethel could draw on their experience of the Elise, and they were also responsible for tuning the suspension of the Astra hatch. The production reality, launched at the end of 2000, was a car that shared 15 percent of its parts with the Elise, but had a subtly different character. While the Lotus puts all its efforts into delivering a sensual driving experience, the VX220 is more of an all-rounder. The cabin, while still relatively spartan, has an airbag, anti-lock brakes and a stereo. The 2.2-liter engine fitted to the entry-level model focuses on low-end torque, in contrast to the 1.8-liter Elise's high-rev freneticism. The standard car is quick - 0-60 mph takes just 6.1 seconds - but the new Turbo model lifts the performance into a whole new stratosphere. It's 2.0-liter engine boasts 197 bhp at 5600 rpm and 184 lb-ft of torque all the way from 1950 rpm to 5600 rpm. The results are dramatic - the VX220 Turbo rockets to 60 mph in 4.7 seconds, to 100 mph in 12.8 seconds and reaches 151 mph. A Ferrari 360 Modena is scarcely quicker and an Elise is laughably off the pace. The suspension - unequal-length wishbones at both ends - was developed by Matthew Becker, who's dad was responsible for the Esprit. The younger Becker also honed the Elise, but he's given the VX220 a subtly different feel. In tune with Vauxhall's instructions, the VX is less extreme than the Lotus, trading the last tenth of tactility for extra comfort and driveability. But this is not to suggest that it's any less accomplished. The ride quality is nothing less than exceptional for such a sporting car. Couple this with staggering stopping power from the ventilated discs and more agility than a Porsche Boxster, and the Turbo becomes an extremely rapid cross-country machine. There's no question that it's faster against the watch than the Lotus and at least a match for rally bred specials, such as the EVO VIII. With the standard car retailing at #22,995 ($36,100) and the Turbo costing #25,495 ($40,027), the VX220 is also excellent value for money. It's fractionally cheaper than the equivalent Elise, offers more kit and, of course, more performance. But a single, crucial problem has compromised its success in Europe. Its elegant, chiseled lines make it look unlike any other Vauxhall and it's built on the same production line as the Elise, but it's nose still carries a telltale 'V' grille and a Griffin badge. The Griffin, for the sports car snob, carries none of the cache associated with the green and yellow moniker of Lotus. And in Europe, such things matter. <--Back to Main Article Enjoyed this Post? Subscribe to our RSS Feed, or use your favorite social media to recommend us to friends and colleagues!


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When the former New York governor Eliot Spitzer ran into trouble for employing the resources of an escort agency called the Emperor's Club, I checked it out (unsleeping sense of journalistic duty, you understand) and was impressed by the way the site described its enticements. "Meet Samantha," read one. "Breathtaking beauty, inspiring conversation and a candid personality make her a peerless companion. When seeking a vivaciously rejuvenating girlfriend experience, Samantha is the obvious choice."
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Roxxxy will be a boon to certain male dwellers of Losers' Lane. At last, they can have a "girlfriend experience" with someone interested in their views on the BMW Z4 compared to the Porsche Boxter. But will the robots be programmed to hold proper conversations, with robust exchanges of views? I can imagine S&M Sarah telling her new owner that, although he is a god, a Titan, an Olympian between the sheets, he knows less than sod-all about goalmouth tactics. And I can't see the "outgoing and adventurous" Wild Wendy holding back her contempt after listening to half an hour of techno-bollocks about torque ratios.
But I wonder if the inventors have missed the point about bedroom conversations. In my experience, they tend not to be about subjects, topics, current affairs or world events. They tend to be about people, the oddities and shortcomings of previous partners (to delight and reassure one's present partner), or the theoretical desirability of other people as yet unexplored (to tease one's present partner). Whatever her other virtues, it's hard to imagine Foxxxy the robot lying beside you and murmuring: "I used to be involved with this servo-mechanism in Detroit. He was cool, mostly steel and chrome but with, you know, attachments. He showed me his circuit board. That was amazing. He'd do anything for me but he was too much of an automaton."
A study by a linguistics professor at Lancaster University suggests that the speech of British teens is limited to 800 words of "teen-speak", as used on social networking sites like Facebook. Jean Gross, the Communication Champion for Children, says the failure of children to use their full linguistic potential will damage their later job prospects. I don't share her gloom. The teenagers I know enjoy two things related to language. One is making up and phrases ("Totally rammin'", "well weapon") and persuading their elders that they're from the new, decadent teen-speak. The other is finding long or unusual words ("It was relentless"; "I was aghast") to salt their conversation. Last week, I told a boy that my favourite line in the Sherlock Holmes film was Holmes's reply when asked by Irene Adler: "Why do you never seem to trust me?" "Shall I frame my reply," he murmured, "chronologically or alphabetically?"
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This article describes the issues that are fixed in the Windows-based Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 client update package that is dated December 17, 2007.
This article describes the following items about the update package:
This article describes the Windows-based Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 client update package that was released on January 3, 2007. This update package brings the Windows-based Live Meeting 2007 client to version 8.0.6362.39.
Issues that the update package fixesThis update package fixes the following issues:
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943003/ )The video pane in Live Meeting 2007 does not display the video when you try to connect to a video
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943005/ )Error message when you use Live Meeting 2007 to connect to a meeting: "Server Error"
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943009/ )The download operation takes a long time when attendees try to download content by using Live Meeting 2007
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946094/ )The Windows-based Live Meeting 2007 client stops responding when you use annotation tools that change the mouse pointer
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946096/ )You cannot use the user principal name (UPN) to connect the Windows-based Live Meeting 2007 client to a meeting that is hosted by Communications Server 2007
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946097/ )The Live Meeting 2007 client program stops responding when you play back a recording that requires a download
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946099/ )The Live Meeting 2007 client stops responding and encounters an access violation when you use annotations
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946145/ )You must enter an E.164-compliant telephone number in the "Enter a phone number" dialog box for audio integration to make a call in Live Meeting 2007
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946093/ )An access violation error occurs when you use the Live Meeting console to try to upload a document to Communications Server 2007 or to the Live Meeting 2007 service
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946101/ )Incorrect text appears in the "Communicating with Server - Microsoft Office Live Meeting" dialog box in the Live Meeting 2007 client program if the language is set to Dutch
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946103/ )A Meeting Poll report does not appear when the meeting language is set to Danish, Finnish, or Portuguese (Brazil) in Live Meeting 2007
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946105/ )Heading text that appears in the Uninstall Wizard incorrectly wraps to a second line in Live Meeting 2007 if the language is set to Japanese
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946109/ )When you enter an unsupported number in the "People per room" box or in the "Room" box in Live Meeting 2007, you receive an error message whose title column is translated incorrectly
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946110/ )In Live Meeting 2007, some unexpected signs or strings appear in the "Country/Region" list in the "Edit telephone number" dialog box
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946141/ )In Live Meeting 2007, there is no PLUS SIGN (+) in front of a country name or in front of a region name in the "Country/Region" list
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946142/ )The registered trademark symbol is missing from Microsoft® Office Live Meeting when you open the Windows-based Live Meeting 2007 client
Update informationTo download the update, visit the following Microsoft Office Online Web site:
PrerequisitesThere are no prerequisites for installing this update.
Restart informationYou do not have to restart the computer after you apply this update.
Replacement informationThis update replaces version 8.0.6362.39 of the Windows-based Live Meeting 2007 client. This article has been replaced with the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947881/ )Description of the Windows-based Live Meeting 2007 client update package: January 22, 2008
Registry informationTo use one of the updates in this package, you do not have to make any changes to the registry.
File informationThis update may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build. This update contains only the files that you must have to correct the issues that are listed in this article.
The global version of this update uses a Microsoft Windows Installer package to install the update. The dates and the times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) in the following table. When you view the file information, the date is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.
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BHP Billiton's proposed Port Hedland Outer Harbour project has received approval under national environment law, Environment Minister Tony Burke announced today.
Mr Burke said he had approved the proposed development, located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, with 37 strict conditions after it underwent rigorous assessment.
It provides for a new port to be built in Port Hedland's outer harbour to complement the existing port facilities in its inner harbour.
"This decision shows that it is possible to apply high environmental standards to major infrastructure and resource projects and ensure potential impacts are managed and minimised to an acceptable level,'' Mr Burke said.
"BHP Billiton will have to develop a plan to monitor and manage dredging and spoil disposal to protect dugongs, marine turtles and their habitat.
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"During construction strict exclusion zones, avoidance measures and 'soft start' procedures for any underwater piling will also apply, to safeguard threatened and migratory marine species. BHP Billiton must continuously monitor local waters to make sure that no whale is nearby before noise from piling begins. It must also show how it will protect marine fauna from fuel or chemicals spills and vessel strikes.
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100,000 is not impossible. 100,000 in 25 years probably is impossible (magic not included). One of those things will have to change, or a non-realistic explanation created. rdanhenry is also right - somewhere between 10-30,000 is also quite plausible.
Waldronate, I should probably clarify what I mean by suburbs. I don't know how widely known this is, but in archaeology we often use the word suburbs simply to refer to the parts of a city outside the city walls. When I said 3/4 of the population could be outside the walls, I really didn't mean the suburbs that proliferate in America and Australia.
I also didn't mean to suggest sprawl. The people living outside the walls will live in fairly densely packed clusters.
The main point I wanted to make is that any city of this size will have many poor people, and probably some large slums; but no planned city will ever include slums as part of its planning. So, the poor people will come, and settle outside the walls. Their access to building materials will be limited, and they won't be investing in high-rise apartments. The houses would be much more haphazardly built, probably only one storey high (two at most) but also very tiny. The density would come from the smallness of the buildings rather than their height.
I once heard that in Istanbul in the 1970s(?) the government wanted the city to grow. The policy they came up with was to say that if a person can build a house on some land, that land would belong to that person. This resulted in lots of poor people from the countryside arriving at the city with all their friends/family, and putting up cheap shacks overnight. There was no planning, no laying out of roads or infrastructure. The best places were near existing roads, but, naturally, houses spread out from those. That is how I imagine the 'suburbs' of this city to look.
I may have used the word sprawl, though. What I meant was houses that spread (sprawl) along roads. Sometimes they will cluster, and sometimes they will be sparse. Sometimes they will form separate villages. As a caravan gets close to the city, it might be near dusk, and so rather than going to the gates, they'll stay at an inn. That means you'll have some people who set up their homes near the inns to try and sell odds and ends to the caravaneers etc.
The multi-storey apartments that Waldronate mentions are quite plausible for inside the walls, but I suspect they would have a higher class of resident living in them.
The wide boulevards I agree with. I originally posted a comment where I said that the European Baroque developed the notion of wide avenues quite late in history. This is not entirely accurate. Major avenues leading to important parts of a city existed in Roman, Egyptian, Chinese and Mesoamerican cities, but they were mostly processional ways (places for armies to make triumphal arches, or ritual events). The Baroque simply modified the idea substantially.
Mornagest, that map of Lyons you found looks like a Braun and Hogenberg. They were mapping the cities of the world between 1572 and 1617. The style they use is quite indicative of that period in mapping (and they are works of art in themselves). I don't know how good you are at drawing, but I doubt anyone on the guild (with perhaps one or two exceptions) could rival that type of thing. It might not look as pretty, but I'd recommend you stick to top-down images, and follow Midgardsormr's advice.