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I need to update my reading list. :)
When I was in elementary school, every time I heard about something happening in the world and I had questions, I always asked my teacher. I always believed that my teachers had the answers to EVERYTHING. I think about that now and it hits me…I am now that person to THAT kid who looks at their teacher with longing eyes and questions. This is why I believe teachers should be up to date with news. It is so much easier now with the technology we have around us. Don't be that teacher who answers that eager student with, "I'm sorry, I haven't heard about that."
Of course it is okay to not always have the answers, that is not what I am saying. But teachers hold a great responsibility to always be ready to teach…that doesn't necessarily mean teach something that is embedded into the curriculum. We just have to always be ready.
…those that shouldn't be teachers, wouldn't be
and those that were meant to be in that position, would be.
It's like I am a big kid or something.
LMK (that means "let me know" according to my dad, the texting aficionado) if you have any advice!
What grade did you get placed in? Student teaching is so exciting!
Kurt Vonnegut
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It used to really bother me when I would read negative comments about teachers such as "they're just lazy and teaching is so easy plus they get the summers off!" But now, it drives me because one day the world will understand that there would be nothing without teachers. They are the ones that help to inspire eager students to strive for their dreams and reach the unreachable. They are the ones that put the tools in student's hands and leave them with the promise that they CAN do it. I will forever stick up for us teachers because we deserve the recognition.
I am so anxious to find out about my student teaching placement. What kind of host teacher will I have? What grade will I be teaching? How far is the school from where I live? All of these questions have been roaming around in my brain and it is all I can think about this summer. I wish they would tell us sooner, but we only find out a couple of weeks before school starts. Exciting times ahead!


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Posts by Simon Oxlade
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Hawkeye technology turns tennis into a cartoon
Hawkeye adds to Tennis
I thought the Tennis coverage was excellent this year - Hawkeye, as it has been accepted into the rules of the game, is an excellent tool and can make a direct influence on the game.
The slo-mo TV replays were only for the TV viewers and couldn't actually change the game. It adds another element to the sport - does the player challenge that one, or let the game slide?
Murray used up his challenges on calls that Hawkeye confirmed to be correct, only to lose two points later on through line calls that were (thanks to Hawkeye for the TV viewers) wrong, but he'd shot his bolt.
Microsoft pledges to fight Vista 'myths'
Vista has better audio - err... no
Are they really trying to say that Vista has better audio capabilities than XP?
Perhaps this is because Microsoft have finally licensed Dolby Digital for the OS.
Thing is - that's all it can do. You may have Cyberlink PowerDVD BD edition and a shiny Blu-Ray player, but the audio you're getting at your speakers is Dolby Digital - even if the disc audio is Dolby Digital Plus 7.1.
The internal pathways on the PC (either the internal bus or software paths through Windows - I left before I discovered which) are unable to pass a wider audio bitstream than Dolby Digital - something my Windows 98 PC was able to do via its Creative DVD drive, hardware decoder card and Live1080 card was able to do.
What currently happens is that the DVD playback sw decodes the 7.1 source audio then downconverts that to Dolby Digital and sends it to the soundcard for digital connection to your amplifier. The Amplifier (if its 7.1 compatible) sees the incoming stream as Dolby Digital and then upconverts the 5.1 to 7.1 and plays it out. This works really quite well, but it isn't true 7.1 channel descreet audio, and is no better than machines ten years ago were capable of. Nor is it any better than a £300 Tesco's special running XP.
I have no idea how the PC handles DTS' 7.1 audio streams, but would imagine it is dealt with the same way.
AFAIK the only way to get more than 5.1 channels of audio out of your PC is to use a direct audio connection from the BD drive to a suitably equipped soundcard - just like in the early days of CD-equipped PCs.
I'm not sure if this 'feature' has been fixed in SP1 as I don't have Vista (i stuck with XP), but my understanding is that it is a fundamental issue that is not easily fixed...
Phones 4u accused of misleading customers
Better than Caprhone Warehouse
They're not as bad as CPW. Just bought a new phone from those scumbags - everything fine until I insert the SIM (thus breaking the seal that says "If you break this seal you cannot return the phone" - nice!).
Cue phone calls from CPW checking that I'm alright ("Fine thanks, please cancel your insurance.") followed by four phone calls inside a hour ("Why don't you want our insurance?" "I just don't, please go away" "Why not try it for the 'free' first month?" "Are you serious??")
Then I discover that they'd also signed by up to some 'helpline' at £2.99 per month which is actually pretty tricky to cancel (hidden online cancellation button).
The whole process is so underhand and sneaky I'd never use them again...
Phones 4 U gave you the hard sell, but I found them to be pretty solid at explaining everything and also didn't sign you up to stuff you didn't want...
Blu-ray Xbox 360 to be sold at a loss?
PS3 for me
I'm a PC gamer - have been for years, but I'm just about to buy a PS3 over an Xbox360 for a number of reasons:
1) The PS3 is a bloody good BluRay player - comparable to £400 standalone players and has all the decoding licences on board all for the asking price. By contrast the PS2 was a pretty awful DVD player.
2) Online play is free - I don't play online much, but I like the occasional dabble - and I simply wouldn't make enough use of Xbox live to warrant the subscription fee (seriously I barely play online at all)
3) You can load and stream content around your network.
4) I'm not a fan of console games per se, but I am interested in GT and GTA IV (just as I was interested in Forza, Project Gotham and Burnout). Difference is that I couldn't justify the expenditure on JUST a games machine when I won't be using it every night of the week. However add in the other functions the PS3 offers out of the box and I feel it is worth the extra money.
5) Seems to be built better - we haven't had a PS3 fall over yet at work, but have said good bye to two xbox360s so far...
I also have a Wii and I know which machine will be played the most. SuperMario Galaxy is a work of art...
P.s. Star Wars not recorded in a High def compatible format??? It was recorded on FILM which is analogue and is the highest def format you can get (excluding comments about grain etc from the size of a 35mm negative). The special Editions were digitally remastered and regraded in order to clean up the image (New hope was especially bad) and to better integrate the new effects. No matter what format it was recorded in - even if it was shoved on a HD-D5 tape, they can still easily ingest it into the latest digital equipment and remastered. I'd expect a Star Wars BluRay when either there is enough demand for it (sales still small), Lucasfilm isn't in the middle of a massive production (Indy IV) and when they have created some new additional content in HiDef (which is more of an issue than the films themselves).
Asus Eee PC 900 flips one at MacBook Air with multi-touch input
Touchpad is bigger ... a bit
Touchpad seems to be a little bit bigger than my model 701. Looks like it now fills the case depression in the 'wrist-rest' area in front of the keyboard - so it's about 10mm wider and possibly (it's hard to tell) 2-3mm deeper. The case depression itself doesn't appear to be any bigger...
However I'm not entirely sure the touchpad is quite big enough for gesture input - not for my fat fingers anyway. Wait and see...
Shame they're moving to a 'dope on a rope' style power supply. Standout feature for me on the 701 was the convertible powersupply (US/UK) without the need to carry a seperate 'figure of 8' lead.
Screen size looks nice though, and they really should have included Bluetooth from the off. Can't wait to have a play with the new one...
Apple ships Air
@ Paul
Re: attaching external batteries - I think you'll find the power connector is one of Apple's beloved magnetic power couplers, so attaching an external batterypack will just result with the weight of the batteries disconnecting the pack.
I have a 7" Eee which is a borderline pocketmoney price and does everything I want out of a lappy except connect to my mobe out of the box. Apple have made some real dogs in their time, this appears to be another one...
The Icon? Well, for the gratuitous mentions of 'lappy' and 'mobe' of course...
ABC fined $1.43m for NYPD Blue a*se flash
Swift Justice
from 2003???
Clash of the compacts: Eee vs Air
Eee for me
I was going to buy a Mac Book Pro, so I could have a decent lappy with a different OS to learn. ultimately I felt that £2k was just too much for something that wouldn't really be used to its full potential - so I bought an EEE and don't think I could have done better. 8Gb SDHC card fitted with the second series of the IT crowd on it (downloaded from my Humax PVR) - check. Bluetooth added for connection to Mobe and GPS - check. WINE installed to support Windows programs when I need them - check. Does everything I want, simple interface and complicated at the click of a button, small, light, cute, expandable and - get this - realtively easy to type on (can't touch type). My Wife (definite non-geek) wants one - nuff said.
Vs the Apple which is quite a bit bigger (not a sub-notebook IMHO), has one USB port (huh?), needs a dongle to connect to any monitor (I just need a VGA cable) and has a sealed in battery (my Ipod battery has just failed again so I wouldn't want a PC with a non replaceable one.) This isn't innovative, isn't clever and is massively overpriced!! I like Apple's stuff, but this one's a pup. Go EEE go!
LG lifts skirt, reveals watchphone
Dick Tracy style would be better....
Hmm ... so it is designed to work with a bluetooth headset then. So I'd have to wear one of those stupid bloody things all the time? No thanks.
I prefer the Sony Ericsson MBW-150. You can see who's calling you, choose to accept or reject the call from the watch (if you choose to accept you can use a headset or use the phone), it displays your text messages and allows you to control your music playback. Neater, more subtle and more flexible solution if you ask me....
However answering phonecalls Dick Tracy style is extremely cool especially if it could include a video phone......
Wii buyers follow French Connection for consoles
Dumb parents + Spoiled Kids = £££
CEX, the exchange shop, has a number of Wiis in the window for a range of prices. Those with the box are £300 (no WiiSports and no Nunchuck by the look of things), and a couple out of the box for some £230-£280.
A swift walk inside the shop and you'll find several copies of WiiSports (some in the cardboard sleeve as opposed to the DVD packaging) for £20 a pop. So you're looking at paying somewhere between £250 - £320 for a Second-hand console and the software it chould have come with for £170!
I'm glad to see they're still there at the moment, but I don't doubt some idiot will buy them before Christmas - and all that lovely profit goes into CEX's pocket, not Nintendo's, which sucks too.
How HMRC gave away the UK's national identity
"... the data lost is not enough to access bank accounts...
No, but it is more than enough to open one. Credit Card, pretty easy once the bank account is established (just deal with that troublesome "Oh I've changed addresses, you must have my old one" step first). Overdraft, pretty much defacto nowadays. Short Term Loan, easy with a solid set of bank account details.
So 25 million details, which ones to pick? Simple, you have the addresses. Think about where you live, now work out which streets the nice middle class people live on and search for those, then pick and choose.
Apply techniques in Paragraph one, and then multiply several thousand times.
I reckon about six weeks of work and you'd be able to set up enough accounts/cards/loans to make a decent amount of wonger. Leave rented house (rented using the database details, naturally - it's easy enough to fake an electric bill and the rest are just numbers) and head for Caribbean to live off your earnings.
No risk? - B*ll*cks. Glad I'm not on the list.
To continue the rant - why is the database accessible by a machine that has a CD/DVD burner attached? Why is the NAO asking for this data in the first place when the data is not supposed to leave the building? Why is the member of staff concerned so blase about the data that he feels it's ok to do this? Why has this happened several times and nothing has been done? Why are there not secure network links between all these government offices? Why are these clowns still in power? Why are they using TNT to deliver secure internal mail?
Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot K850i camera phone
Wait and see
Not utterly convinced after having a play at my local store. however my K800 is dying a death (usual joystick issues) so I welcome any way SE choose to fix that problem.
Don't quite understand the two buttons being enclosed by the d-pad. Surely one would make a bit more sense as this could operate as the select key when you are navigating around menus.
Menu is a bit dull, and I think it could do with bigger internal capacity and add some of the walkman features. Maybe SE will eventually put the cybershot and Walkman leaders together in one phone, but until then I'll be buying the K series as it is better for what I tend to use my phone for: calls, texts, and snaps. Just not sure if I'll wait for the 6 month revision to see if they tidy things up a bit.
As for the N95 as an alternative. Ouch, not really a like for like comparison (N95 is a smart phone, K850 isn't), but my wife's N95 is an absolute pup. Slow, fiddly, network crippled, and loaded with inconsistencies and dodgy software. My K800 does just about everything the N95 does, to a lesser standard to be sure, but it all actually hangs together.
At least the K850 actually works, and now SE have fixed their PC suite, it's a borderline joy to use with your PC. Maybe SE will chuck the new cybershot and the walkman features in the P1 replacement? until then, the K850 is really tempting me, but I think I'll play with it a bit more first...
Evesham sale imminent?
Evesham is a solid company making decent machines and charging sensible prices - everything that Time were not. Had one Evesham machine and it was brilliant, and the company has been showing real flair recently with its TV and media centre products.
I agree with Barry that no who was ever involved with Time computers should show their face in computer space again. Not only were their products poor and their service woeful (I had a Time PC once too), but the way they went bust just showed how poor a company they were.
Sony NAS-50HDE Gigajuke audio system
Worst Product name ever
"GigaJuke" - WTF? Sounds like a million John Waynes......
So what's in a URL? The Reg URL?
.co.uk only
The Times newspaper, one of the finest publications ever created and certainly the one with the richest history, is reached by the URL www.thetimes.co.uk. This is because it deals with news from the UK perspective. Type in www.thetimes.com and you get the Shreveport Times, which is in the south of that former colony run by that ghastly Shrub fellow.
Point is that El Reg delivers IT and tech news from a British perspective, complete with attendant jingoism and mild xenophobia - something that makes it very different to all the other 'tech news' sites out there. By all means run a .com site, with appropriate filters for the US if really necessary, but please keep the .co.uk. It's a little news union jack waving amid the wastes of bland US coverage....
And, it keeps me sane.
2012 Olympics logo debuts to whalesong
Bag of w**k
Without a doubt the single worst logo I think I have ever seen. It it desperately wanting to be 'hip' or 'street' or 'urban' becos dat's wat da kidz wan. Innit?
It's embarrassing. If this is what they've come up with (especially after the older one which was perfectly fine), I dread to think what's going to happen at the opening ceremony.
Shallow, infantile, out-of-date nonsense. Why can't our capital city warrant a capital "L" for heaven's sake.
Utter, utter toss.
G-Wiz electro-car fracas leaves Top Gear blubbing
A case of misleading marketing
Shurely this is an arguement about how the G-Wizz is marketed, not about the size of Clarkson's balls or the responsibility of Top Gear?
I cycle to work occasionally and my route takes me along a very busy main road where speed are at least 50MPH. It's terrifying - so I make myself as visible as possible and (generally) I have no problems.
However having seen the crash photos from the G-Wizz test I'm pretty convinced that I'm actually safer on my bike.
The thing looks like a (small) car, has door and lights and indicators, but clearly offers the crash protection of an mobility scooter. It is even advertised as an electric car - it only mentions 'quadricycle' once on the product page here: http://www.goingreen.co.uk/store/content/gwiz/ and even then there is no actual mention of what Quadricycle licencing actually means (essentially, if I put four wheels on my bike it would also be a quadricycle, but I wouldn't want to take it on the M4).
If I buy a car I know that it has been crash tested, has seat belts, hazard lights, meets EU and UK safety criteria and will collapse in such a way that should I crash it will minimise the forces exerted on my body in an attempt to keep me as undamaged as possible. The Prius does this, the Smart does this, the G-Wiz does not. It should not be allowed to be marketed as a car - this is the point Top Gear was making and, I feel, that it is a very valid one.
It certainly is not a petrol-head Vs Eco-Greenie arguement, it's a valid complaint that people are not being given the full facts about a product. Personally I'm a committed recycler and cyclist who happens to own a classic rally car with the carbon footprint of a small powerstation, so I'm not picking a side. I just feel the G-Wiz is pulling a bit of a fast one and the ASA/OFT should be involved.
Spammers stuff PlusNet email accounts (again)
That's it, I'm off
As a Plus Net user I get battered by Spam, but it comes in waves. The most recent wave (which sees between 25-50 spam mails arriving every day) started a week ago. I did wonder why...
Now I find out from El Reg, they've had my details nicked! Nice of them to tell me. This is the final straw - they didn't tell me they'd released new connection offerings, so I was paying over the odds for two months; they have no way of controlling the amount of spam your virtual accounts generate (there is something galling about receiving spam from your own address); they lose email; and now this.
Anyone know a good ISP???
Nokia N95 multimedia slider phone
WiFi and IP connectivity hobbled on Orange
Had the phone for a week now and the review is pretty spot on. However, our phone is from Orange and as such, it's been crippled.
The only use I can get out of the phone's IP functions is to surf the internet at home - and even then the Orange OS made it as fiddly as possible. VOIP? Nothing, no programs and no mention in the manual (kinda as I expected).
I cannot find any file explorer software either, so I can't access my music/movies from my file server - only via USB. Groan.
The GPS has never worked once, and Nokia Maps is all about getting you to spend as much as possible over your data tariff. I haven't tried installing Symbian TomTom yet, but I don't hold out much hope for the GPS reciever then either.
As a phone it's excellent. The camera's good and music/video playback (once you've got it on the phone) is very good. Signal handling etc is superb and the menus are easy to navigate and use.
Shame Orange have restricted so much of the more interesting elements of the phone. TBH, probably would have been just as well off with a SE Walkman phone or an O2 Orbit for less of an onerous contract given how much functionality has been crippled.
Will keep plugging at it, some of these features may just be well hidden. However the lousy battery life doesn't help.
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Cereal Thinking Outside the Box
My milk obsession is simple and that is the lure of breakfast. Breakfast is what gets me moving in the morning, breakfast meaning cereal. Nothing else seems to fuel me through to lunch like a brimming bowl of flakes and clusters, raisins and granola, nut and crunch. The choice is endless and the taste-bud-cum-stomach-satisfaction is a sure-fire guarantee.


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POTUS sets a bad example with cheesy, fatty campaign-trail food
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Caused error while trying to partition
I need serious help with this matter. I was trying to partition my hard drive to dual boot Linux and while changing the partition size I didn't select the partition as primary so i just pressed esc while the partition was in process. Now i get a message when I try start my computer(Compaq Presario CQ62). "Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem:
1. Insert your Windows installation disk and restart your computer.
2. Choose your language setting and then click "next".
3. Click "Repair your computer"
If you do not have this disk, contact your system administrator or computer manufacturer.
Status: 0xcoooo225
Info: The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessable.
First of all I do not have a system disk and second will i lose my information because i did not back up my info?
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|22 Jan 2012
Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit
Check this tutorial, which explains how to create a system repair disc.
System Repair Disc - Create
Thos repair disc won't reinstall Windows, but it will get you into the Recovery Environment, from where you can access various repair options.
Obviously, you won't know if you've lost any data until you get your system up and running again.
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|22 Jan 2012
Thanks very much for your help. I will keep this thread open to post as the process progresses
|My System Specs
|22 Jan 2012
Vista x64 / 7 X64
How do you plan to create a system repair disc if you can't boot into windows?
The same recovery options are on the windows 7 installation dvd - but I assume if you had one of those, you would have mentioned it.
You could always borrow a windows 7 installtion disc - or in extremis , google is a well known search engine.
|My System Specs
|22 Jan 2012
Try booting into System Recovery Options on the F8 menu as shown in Option One in blue link.
If these fail and you cannot make a Windows 7 System Recovery Disk or don't have access to an Installation DVD, try booting into free Partition Wizard bootable CD, rightclick on your Windows 7 partition to see if data is still intact. If so make sure partition is marked Active then click on Disk # to highlight it, from Disk tab select Rebuild MBR, Apply steps, reboot.
This may preclude the need to run Startup Repair 3 Separate Times to repair or rewrite the System boot files to the Active partition.
If this fails, what is your licensed Windows 7 version printed on the COA sticker? 32- or 64-bit?
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thanks gregrocker i will try this option. I'll probably be up all night on this one.
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency later this month will open its doors to potential partners in a bid to accelerate innovation and acquire advanced technologies that span a wide scope of requirements.
DARPA's Tactical Technology Office is hosting Proposers' Day, which will actually take place over two days, April 23 and April 24 at the agency's Arlington, Va., headquarters. According to a DARPA website detailing the event, registration is now closed due to reaching capacity.
The TTO's responsibilities represent a range of areas of focus, missions and capabilities, and now DARPA officials are looking for ways to more efficiently address the broad array of requirements in ways that better integrate evolving technologies – and take on evolving threats.
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President Obama has called for a "jobs bill" aimed directly at "growing"jobs. The Administration is carefully avoiding any suggestion that this is a "stimulus" bill. No surprise here, the still not fully spent "Stimulus Bill" has not stemmed growth in unemployment. And while one can say it has prevented an even worse unemployment situation, it has not held the line at 8%. Indeed unemployment is at 10% and there is considerable evidence that this really understates the poor jobs picture.
But is the "jobs bill" really different? The main components are extended unemployment benefits, aid to States, tax credits for small business, money for infrastructure projects and for creating "efficienty" energy. Sound familiar, well yes, take a look at the "Stimulus Bill." Remarkable, it has the same featrures.
Obviously the first question about the "jobs bill" is why add more public funds to prodding the economy, and thereby create jobs, when we have only spent half of the $787 billion in the "Stimulus Bill?" The next question is how does this new bill differ from what we have already done, i.e. the "Stimulus Bill?"
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Advertisers Beware: 2013 Is the Worst Year in Traditional TV's History
The past 12 months have made up the worst year in traditional TV's history. Advertisers need to be wary of TV as a primary marketing channel, and may need to invest in other marketing channels to reach younger crowds.
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If you're a young person in America, the likelihood that you'll ever sign up (or continue paying) for a traditional TV subscription, such as Cable, is at an all-time low since TV blew up as a staple in American culture. The total number of cable subscriptions continue to free fall off the charts, and satellite and telecom service providers can't attract new customers fast enough to counter Cable's fall. It looks like the trends will only get stronger over time, but your TV shows aren't in peril.
Netflix, Hulu, Amazon and iTunes will take care of your shows (and even produce new shows and/or episodes) as TV producers, directors, writers and actors take to the Web as a primary, first-rate broadcasting channel. Actually, it's the TV networks that have a lot to worry about. Their cash cow, the TV commercial, is losing value fast, and other marketing channels are eating up all the left-over profit.
Suddenly, companies with innovative and incredibly sophisticated targeting techniques, like Google and AdRoll, are moving in on TV's territory while historically stable marketing channels, like promotional giveaways, trade shows, direct mail/email, and billboards, remain strong.
Furthermore, mainstream social networks tout massive audiences that dwarf those of even the biggest TV networks, and it's easier than ever to accurately target your audience on these networks, ensuring that you don't pay for irrelevant impressions or clicks. Topical blog sites also do a great job of attracting smaller niche audiences of the Web, and many of those sites employ creative advertising teams that partner with businesses to build and serve relevant ads to their audiences.
Ditching Traditional TV in My 20s
In my own experience of 27 years on this planet, I ditched cable on my way to college. I was an avid TV fan growing up in my parents' home with Battlestar Galactica, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Lost, The X-Files and much more. Sadly, I would often construct my daily schedule around my favorite shows and not the other way around. Clearly, that's not how life should be. TV should adjust to my schedule.
As a college student with robust university-grade Wi-Fi, I discovered a beautiful truth. The Web and a-la-carte methods, such as Netflix DVD subscriptions, are more liberating and satisfying ways of watching TV. The best part is that it costs much less than cable or satellite.
No, scratch that. The best part is I'm no longer forced to sit through long stretches of ads in between cliffhangers of my favorite shows.
Don't get me wrong. I don't mind the occasional commercial as long as it's relevant to me, but I can't stand a long stream of irrelevant commercials every seven to ten minutes. Neither can my peers.
For example, if I was ever in the mood for Saturday morning cartoons during a weekend study session, Cable would force me to sit through tons of relentless ads for too-sugary cereals, poorly-designed action figures, and make-your-own jewelry kits. As a 19-year-old male, these ads would be wasted on me, but no matter what I watch on the Web, the shows either come ad free or only slightly interrupted with very relevant ads.
As a result, TV's fatal flaw is that it can't segments audiences very well, and TV networks are way too greedy, steadily and stealthily increasing total ad-broadcasting time throughout the history of TV. Marketers, be careful of your strategy on TV; depending on your audience, the marketing channel could turn into a huge waste of money for your business. If your goal is to reach folks under 40, your best bet is probably not TV.
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Too-Busy Chris Hardwick Shares His Time-Management Philosophy
Chris Hardwick is considered one of the busiest TV professionals today, hosting and contributing to a wide range of shows across several networks. The man somehow does too much with too little time, and here's how he does it without burning out.
by Fausto Mendez / photo by Fast Co.
When Chris Hardwick isn't hosting the new Comedy Central talk show @Midnight, he's hosting AMC's The Talking Dead, voicing Nickelodeon cartoons, getting nerdy on BBC's The Nerdist, releasing podcasts, cracking up audiences as a stand-up comedian, pitching his next project, or…. well, the list goes on. I think you get the picture. He's obviously Superman's buddy the Flash in a suit & tie, or maybe he knows something we don't.
His achievements in the past few years would make anyone jealous. Thankfully, he's willing to share his secret to success: utterly amazing time management. He shares 7 eye-opening tips in an interview with Fast Co, and the one about overcoming a creative block (similar to a "writer's block") is perhaps the most inspiring.
"Even if what you're coming up with is gibberish at first, you're unsqueaking the wheel, and you might not notice the benefits right away, but after 15 minutes or so, you'll find them. You just have to push through it. There's no trick."
Though he finds value in pushing through a creative or even physical slump, he warns not to over exhaust yourself.
"Your body tells you when you've taken on more than capacity. That's when you start getting really anxious, or getting insomnia … It's important to take some time off to recharge, even if it's just a day or two. Sometimes my girlfriend and I will go to Disneyland, just to take a day off."
Keep in mind that you have limits. Sometimes, pushing through the block isn't worth it, and your relentless drive starts to backfire. Learn how to read your body. Know what it needs in every moment, and give it that.
The Most Important Time-Management Skill: Know Yourself
Knowing your body and decoding its messages are invaluable productivity tools, and that's something I quickly learned after college. It's amazing what a difference my level of performance is now compared to the first year out of school.
For example, knowing the difference between a caffeine comedown and actual exhaustion is critical for a creative professional like myself, but I had no idea how to tell the difference during my student years. I'd caffeinate myself for way too long with way too much, and little did I know that less caffeine in the right moments goes much farther than tons of caffeine all the time.
In a similar lesson, I had to figure out that exercise has a very positive effect on my my mental state. My focus and energy were annoyingly inconsistent as a student. As a professional, I discovered the difference between over-exhaustion and exhaustion from not being fit enough. Little did I know that my brain's energy is directly affected by the state of fitness of my body. The more fit I am, the more my brain can handle, and I could have only learned this lesson by first learning myself.
Knowing yourself is one the most important time-management skills that you'll ever develop. Start there, and everything else will surprisingly fall into place.
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How to do Better Business: Stellar Graphic Design Caused Massive Boost in Sales of Classic Novel Pride & Prejudice
In marketing, stellar design and great presentation are critical if your goal is to maximize brand awareness and sales, and this point is clearly illustrated with the sales spike in 2009 of the classic, heart-wrenching novel Pride & Prejudice.
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Design and presentation are often overlooked by too many small businesses because it can be costly (if you don't know how to manage a graphic designer), and many hard-core, data-driven, business managers don't believe that good design is worth their time and money. Personal opinions aside, it's hard to argue with hard data, such as sales numbers.
In the above graphic, New York magazine put together an insightful bar graph of total sales of Pride & Prejudice at different points in time. For each point in time, Pride features a unique cover design. As you can see, less-exciting covers, such as the 1993's text-book-looking Pride failed miserably.
However, the recent success of the Twilight novel series prompted Pride's marketing team to design a cover that features a similar attitude as Twilight's cover. Clearly, Twilight's cover designer has a much better understanding of what moves the genre's target audience. The result was a massive spike in sales after the cover launched in 2009.
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How to do Better Business: Making Brand Evangelists
The brand evangelist is the holy grail of any marketing team. He/she promotes your brand to the most relevant audiences, and the best part is evangelists are free, unlike employees. But how exactly do you make a brand evangelist?
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Brand evangelists are difficult to make, and some brands can never figure it out. Some companies never even give the concept a shot, assuming brand evangelists are impossible for their respective companies or industries. While it's true that brands like the NBA have a much easier time developing evangelists than brands like Delta Airlines, it's not true that it's impossible to make evangelists for your specific business. Think about it…
Success Story: Virgin Airlines
Prior to Virgin Airlines, it's hard to believe that an airline could ever be a hip brand like Coca Cola, especially in social media, which is where many evangelists do some of their best evangelizing. But if you take a look at the company's online presence, it's clear there is an army of evangelists out there working on behalf of Virgin, and it could not have been as successful as it is today without those evangelists.
What is Virgin's secret? More importantly, what is the brand doing that other airline companies are not doing? The answer is actually pretty simple: Virgin has Richard Branson, the company's CEO and ultimate brand evangelist.
Branson is one of the most famous businessmen on the planet right now. His fame and work rival that of Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Warren Buffet. More importantly, the global impact of his companies are literally changing the world as I type out this article, not just in terms of technology but in terms of philanthropy as well. Don't believe me? Check back in ten years when Virgin Galactic is shuttling tourists in space as one of the first space "airlines" for consumers. Oh wait, it's already happening, and you can reserve your seat right now.
You could argue that space flight is actually the answer to making brand evangelists for Virgin. After all, that is another major difference between Virgin and the rest of the airline industry, but you'd be wrong. There are a handful of other companies that have achieved similar feats as Virgin Galactic, but most people have no idea those companies even exist. Branson, it turns out, is the key to making brand evangelists out of Virgin customers.
Steve Jobs Illustrates the Importance of Public Leaders
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Steve Jobs, Apple and its customers have a similar relationship with each other, but don't misunderstand this. It's true that you need to have a great product/service and a stellar marketing team to make brand evangelists. However, the company's "fearless leader" is ultimately the foundation that ensures the existence of brand evangelists. Without the fearless leader, there'd be little to no die-hard fans, or evangelists.
The Brand Mentalist describes the relationship between Apple and its fans in an excellent piece titled "Evangelism".
"Apple users are evangelists because they truly believe in the values of the company. They feel that the company's motto ("Think Different") is a reflection of who they are as individuals. Apple evangelists feel inspired and connected when they see Apple commercials, as these advertisements show people who share Apple's beliefs, messages that challenge the status quo, and people who actually "Think Different." Most importantly, all of Apple's products are a reflection of this belief. The company has always innovated products that actually do "Think Different" from what the mainstream version of that product is.
It's not a coincidence that the leader of Apple held the same beliefs as the company. Steve Jobs was a misfit. Everything he did in life followed the mantra "Think Different." In fact, you can even argue that one of the reasons he died is because of this belief."
Apple represents Jobs, not the other way around. It's important to keep that in mind when making evangelists. If your company doesn't represent its fearless leader, you'll never make evangelists.
"If you, as a leader, live a life that embodies your company's meaning, and you make sure that all company decisions are a reflection of this mantra, your users will slowly begin to join you. Your users will start to advocate for you, and truly believe that your company is a representation of who they are. They will start to feel that your company always has their best interests, without even questioning you."
As long as your customers feel that your brand's fearless leader shares their beliefs and values, they will trust the company and its decisions. They will even promote it to their friends and family for free. After all, who doesn't love to share good news?
"This kind of loyalty has nothing to do with design or features; this is about the innate need of social creatures to join groups that represents their values."
You can always break down any marketing strategy to basic psychological elements that accurately predict the customer's behavior, and in this case, people naturally feel a primitive desire to join groups with members that share the same values. Exploit this psychological tick with your company's fearless leader, and you have yourself a competent brand-evangelist-making strategy.
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How to Do Better Business: Van Halen Explains How to Filter Out Bad Business Partners
How can you do better business? Van Halen's David Lee Roth explains how seemingly absurd demands in the band's contracts filter out bad business partners.
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Van Halen's David Lee Roth was notorious for including absolutely absurd demands in the band's touring contracts with venues. One famous demand, often called the "No-Brown-M&Ms Clause", says that a big bowl of M&M's must be provided backstage for the band, but that part is not so unreasonable. Here's the kicker. The contracts demanded - under penalty of the show's cancellation and full compensation to the band - that there be no brown M&Ms in that bowl. Bratty, right?
There's a Method to David Lee Roth's Madness
Upon closer examination, it's not madness at all. The No-Brown-M&Ms Clause is a strategic business move that protects the band's personal safety and guarantees each show's stellar quality. Roth explains how it works in his memoir Crazy from the Heat.
"Van Halen was the first band to take huge productions into tertiary, third-level markets.
We'd pull up with nine 18-wheeler trucks, full of gear, where the standard was three trucks, max. And there were many, many technical errors — whether it was the girders couldn't support the weight, or the flooring would sink in, or the doors weren't big enough to move the gear through. The contract rider read like a version of the Chinese Yellow Pages because there was so much equipment, and so many human beings to make it function."
With massive pieces of equipment and unprecedentedly technical shows, it became utterly critical for the venue staff to carefully follow all instructions. A simple weight miscalculation could easily result in killing the whole band, literally. Overlooking technical requirements could easily result in a poorly produced show that didn't live up to the band's standards.
As a result, Roth had to figure out a way to filter out the irresponsible venues that didn't pay attention to every detail in the contracts, not just for the band's safety but also for the band's success (and ultimately the success of the band's record label). Roth's best bet at making sure their venues were responsible enough and professional enough to pay attention to all the details was to make an absurdly stupid but easily verified demand in the contract with each venue. That's when the No-Brown-M&Ms Clause found its way into the band's contracts.
"When I would walk backstage, if I saw a brown M&M in that bowl," he wrote, "well, we'd line-check the entire production. Guaranteed you're going to arrive at a technical error… Guaranteed you'd run into a problem."
The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande expands on the importance of the clause and how it saved the band's life in at least one recorded incident.
"These weren't trifles … The mistakes could be life threatening. In Colorado, the band found the local promoters had failed to read the weight requirements, and the staging would have fallen through the arena."
When the No-Brown-M&Ms Clause first became public knowledge, it's easy to see why the average person would disregard Roth as being a coked out maniac. On the contrary, his precise demands ensured the band's success and health to the present day.
Other Famous Tricks that Filter Out Bad Business Partners
Henry Ford (or Thomas Edison?) supposedly had a similar trick for filtering out bad hires at his company. He would treat prospective employees to lunch, and legend says that if they added salt to their food without first tasting it, he would ultimately turn them down. The idea is to filter new hires that assume too much. The businessman behind the story changes every time I hear the story, so it could easily by a myth, not true.
The famous Zappos.com is known for offering prospective employees a big bonus for quitting before they begin their jobs. The point is to filter out hires that don't know how to identify the better deal. In this case, a quitting bonus is not the better deal.
Jamie from the Discovery show Mythbusters asks news hires to drill a hole through an x in a wall. He would only hire people that asked further questions, such as, "how big?"
If you've ever searched for jobs on Craigslist, you may have noticed that some employers ask candidates to include a specific phrase in their cover letters. The goal is filter out new hires that don't read the job listing from top to bottom.
What's my Filter? I Test Writing Skills.
In my own life, I carefully examine people's writing ability and general communication skills, so I often ask folks to initially contact me by email. The goal is to filter out people that don't remember basic skills or never cared to learn the fundamentals.
If you can't write a simple sentence with perfect grammar, what else didn't you care to learn? If you can't write, do you even care about your education? I don't care if you can code a whole e-commerce site from scratch if you can't clearly and easily communicate with me.
Similar to Roth's No-Brown-M&Ms clause, the test also filters out folks that don't pay attention to simple details. It also makes it easy to identify people that aren't self aware. Too many spelling and grammar errors make you look really bad, and if you can't see that, you'll never see my vision.
It takes critical thinking and organizational skills to put together a well-written piece of text. The writing-skills test has never failed me, and whenever I overlook a candidate's writing ability, it always comes back to bite me. How do you test potential business partners and prospective hires?
Ten Important Changes Happening at Workplaces Around the Nation
It's no surprise the way businesses internally operate is changing, but exactly what is changing?
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Forbes contributor Dan Schawbel details ten of the most important changes that businesses are experiencing in the United States in 2013.
Change 2: working from home is much more common, and it's saving businesses a lot of money. Read the rest of Schawbel's article at Forbes.com.
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Four Tips to Help You Pitch to Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors
Pitching is perhaps one of the hardest things to do in business. You're asking for a lot of money and - even more terrifying - faith in you and your ideas. Here's some tips to seal the deal for your next pitch.
Back in March, Kate Rogers published an insightful piece on tips about pitching your ideas to VC investors, but the same tips can apply to many other types of pitches. These tips will stay relevant for decades to come. Here's the second one.
Tip #2:
"…one of the biggest mistakes companies are making today is thinking too small. That won't get this VC veteran's attention."
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#DIY Promotional Giveaway: Gorgeous Greeting Cards
If you're a fan of #DIY crafts for personalized gifts, promotional giveaways and event supplies, you should consider adding a personal touch to your next gift, giveaway or event with gorgeous homemade greeting cards.
Sometimes, the best (and most affordable) way to say thanks is with a homemade gift, and a #DIY greeting card is perhaps one of the more fun, easier ways to express your creativity in appreciation of a great client.
This week's #DIY post isn't so much a tutorial as it is a source of inspiration. It's pretty easy to figure out how each of the below cards are made. The key is layering and having plenty of gorgeous materials to work with, including colored paper, colored poster board, foam paper, buttons, cloth, ribbons, printed graphics, pens, plastic pearls, beads, colored pencils, lots of glue and whatever else you can think of.
We encourage you to use these designs as a starting point for your own original creations, and if you're using these as promotional giveaways to thank your business's clients, sneak in your logo in a tasteful and classy way. For example, a great spot is the inside cover because it allows you to dedicate the other page to your message, and the logo won't disrupt or distract from the cover.
If you're feeling extra thankful, you might even include some custom candies or custom lip balm, which feature your logo and artwork on the wrapper.
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Bring-Your-Own-Lunch Recipes: Mini Cheeseburger Pies #BYOL #WTF
Every week, we suggest a fascinating, unique and delicious dish that is easy to reheat at your office lunchroom. This week's #BYOL recipe: Mini Cheeseburger Pies.
This is perhaps one of the most convenient and unique #BYOL recipes that we've ever posted, and if you love hamburgers, you have to try it out for your next in-office meal. It's basically all the ingredients that you'd put into a burger but in the shape of a pie… or a muffin.
It's a pie that small looks more like a muffin, actually, but that's enough small talk. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit, and throw on an apron.
Step 1 - The Grocery List
+ Burger mix: one pound ground beef, one chopped onion, one tablespoon Worcestershire sauce, one teaspoon garlic salt, one cup shredded cheese.
+ Baking mix: half cup milk, half cup Original Bisquick mix, two eggs.
+ Optional garnishes: twelve mini dill pickles, one chopped tomato, ketchup, mustard.
Step 2 - The Prep
+ In a skillet, preheat the beef and onion over a medium-high flame for five to seven minutes. Frequently and thoroughly stir.
+ Let the beef chill for three to five minutes, and add the Worcestershire sauce, cheese and garlic salt. Thoroughly mix.
+ In a separate bowl, drop in the baking ingredients, and stir, mix and poke until thoroughly blended.
Step 3 - The Bake
+ Cover a 12-muffin pan with cooking spray or your favorite cooking grease.
+ Spoon a small tablespoon of your baking mixture and a one-fourth cup of burger mixture into each of the twelve muffin cups. Spoon another tablespoon of baking mixture into each muffin cup in order to "sandwich" the burger mixture in between baking mixture.
+ Bake for about 30 minutes. A sign that it's done is if you can insert and pull out a clean toothpick and there's a nice golden-brown shade to the tops of the mini hamburger pies.
+ Allow the mini hamburger pies to cool for ten minutes outside of the pan. Add garnish, thank My Kitchen Magazine for the recipe, and eat!
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If you're a fan of #DIY crafts for personalized gifts, promotional giveaways and event supplies, you should consider adding a personal touch to your next gift, giveaway or event with Candy Cone Envelopes.
Sometimes, saying "thanks" or "hello" just isn't enough, especially in the business world, but it's not always prudent to spend a load of cash on promotional gifts for every client and partner in your contact list. And you definitely don't want to miss out on enhancing the relationship by not delivering a memorable gift, so next time, try dropping off one of these DIY candy cone envelopes. They're cheap and easy to build, so you can assemble them as you need them.
All you need is some gourmet candy, sheets of fancy colored paper, a roll of ribbon, a bottle of decent craft glue, and perhaps a printer (with paper) to attach a note that features your company's logo.
Making the Envelope
+ The envelope itself is super simple to build, and even origami newbies should find it rather easy. Start with a square sheet of paper in a diamond layout (as seen above).
+ Roll the sheet of paper into a cone, similar to the way waffle ice cream cones are formed. Glue it down.
+ The top of your diamond will form the closing flap of the envelope. Don't glue it down yet.
Making the Note
+ Next, print your company's logo onto paper with a "thank you" message. The above photos feature a personal note with a "secret wishes" message, but in the business world, you should make sure your logo is clearly associated with the gift in order to clearly associate the gift's positive emotional impact with your brand. A simple, "thank you" below your logo should suffice.
+ Make sure the logo is small enough to not over-cover the envelope. It should barely peek over the edges of the envelope (after the envelope has been flattened in the next step).
+ Flatten the envelope down. Then, stuff it with gourmet candies, and glue the top flap down.
+ Decorate it with a simple ribbon over the flap, and glue your note/logo over the ribbon.
+ Finally, thank Martha Stewart for the original concept!
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Our favorite and most popular #RBFM recipes often mash up two different deserts into one delicious concoction that most people don't even realize is possible, and this week's treat follows that tradition closely by combining cake and cookies. You can thank Lil Luna for the original "Ooey-Gooey" recipe, which we summarize down to the short-and-sweet version below. Let's start by preheating your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Step 0 - Gather Your Ingredients
+ One box of Yellow Cake Mix
+ Half cup butter
+ Half teaspoon vanilla
+ One 8 oz. cream cheese bar
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+ Powdered Sugar
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Step 2 - Add the cake mix.
Step 3 - Let it chill for 30 min. Roll into balls. Dip in sugar. Eat leftovers.
Step 4 - Bake for 10-12 minutes at 350. Drizzle sugar.
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Goodfellow AFB, TX - Dec 16, 2005 - It's burning, it's burning. The flames swell as the firefighters move into the mouth of the "dragon." In front of them - a 500 degree wall of propane flames. Firefighters continue to move Into a mock aircraft fuselage. These students battle a flame that slides over them and sweeps behind. At the nozzle is Airman 1st Class Cole Kyser (right); Petty Officer Second Class Jacob Gardner is his backup. Both are doing their best not to be the first students broiled while attending the Department of Defense Louis F . Garland Fire Training Academy at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas. At their side is Staff Sgt. Timothy Hagen, airport firefighter instructor. He know s this evaluation instills confidence in the use of their silver "bunker" suits and the techniques of fighting an aircraft passenger seat fire. Petty Officer Gardner thinks of the training a little differently. The flames lash out around him. Being the backup guy is no walk in the park. ..Now in their final week of the Apprentice Firefighting Course, Airman Kyser, from Erie, N.D., said, "Now that I'm trained I want to return to my hometown and help out the volunteer fire department, begin resident studies at North Dakota State University and join my unit, the 119 th Fighter Wing of the North Dakota Air National Guard." ..This is a far cry from the self-described quiet guy who attended Northern Cass High, a school that requires six counties of children to fill its classrooms. ..Airman Kyser, now the firefighter, sees dangers in the smoke, flames and everyday settings that people would never think of. His mind is now trained for the technical and dynamic side of both crash and structural firefighting. Back in the steel dragon's mouth, Airman Kyser applies his new knowledge and uses a circle pattern as he shoots down 200 gallons of water per minute onto the roaring flames. At 200 pounds per square inch, the hose has a constant 60-pound push-back against him. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Master Sgt. Lance Cheung and Staff Sgt. Tavio M. Soto)
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- CS100 Introduction to Computer Science [fall 2011, fall 2012]
- CS211 Data Structures [fall 2011, fall 2012, spring 2013]
- CS221 Computer Systems & Assembly Language [spring 2012]
- CS322 Operating Systems [fall 2011]
- CS331 Computer Graphics [spring 2012]
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- CS 127 Computer Science for the Arts and Sciences [spring 2003, winter 2004, spring 2004, spring 2005, fall 2005]
- CS 141 Introduction to Computer Science I [fall 2002, winter 2003]
- CS 201 Computer Organization and Assembly Language [winter 2005, winter 2006]
- CS 208 Programming Languages [fall 2003, winter 2005]
- CS 226 Operating Systems and Networks [spring 2005, spring 2006]
- CS 295 Special Topics - Fundamentals of Computer Engineering [fall 2004]
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My primary research area is the field of visual analytics. More specifically I have been looking at the nature of representations and how they can be leveraged by the user during the synthesis process to help develop understanding. The major themes running through this work are the use of physical space in the form of large, high-resolution displays and embodiment to help the user create more meaningful and useful representations. A key outcome of this work was the development of an analytic environment for intelligence analysts called Analyst's Workspace, which is designed specifically for use on a large display.
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1 Forest of Dean
It was designed with small legs in mind so there can be no excuse for mutiny on this family cycle trail. The signposted route follows purpose-built paths and railway lines dotted with plenty of picnic sites to stop at along the way.
2 Haldon Forest, Devon
With magnificent views over Exeter, Haldon forest is home to a network of flat trails for all the family (and also provides paths for extreme mountain bikers). Head to the Mamhead Obelisk for the best views across the Exe.
3 Bath to Bradford-on-Avon
The Kennet and Avon canal is heaven for family cyclists, passing a rolling green landscape dotted with those famous Georgian buildings. The eight miler can get busy and not just with people. Mind the swans at Bathampton.
4 Saundersfoot to Stepaside, Dyfed
Short but wonderfully sweet, this 2.5-mile route takes you on a journey of huge variety – past wooded valleys, crashing surf, along tunnels and cliffs.
- Download the route from www.sustrans.org.uk
5 Lisburn to Jordanstown via Belfast
Traffic free, level and pretty, the Lagan and Lough cycle way is ideal for all the family. It may be long at 21 miles but it can easily be cut short by bailing out at one of several railway stations en route.
6 The Solar System (York to Selby)
Ever wanted to cycle through the solar galaxy at 10 times the speed of light? Here is your chance. This six-mile route follows a model of the galaxy, where the sun is eight feet in diameter and suspended above the track.
7 Chocolate Tour, Birmingham
It won't be hard to persuade the family on this. The ride begins in Birmingham and follows the Rea Valley to Cadbury World seven miles later where a real-life Charlie and the Chocolate Factory experience awaits.
- www.cadburyworld.co.uk and route info: www.sustrans.org.uk
8 Melksham, Wiltshire
A magical 25-mile route that takes in Lacock Abbey, which featured in two Harry Potter movies. It links the towns of Melksham and Chippenham, passes Britain's first millennium bridge, the Cherhill White Horse and the Avebury stone circle.
Download the map at www.northwilts.gov.uk
9 Hamsey and Barcombe Mills, East Sussex
Great for boys – this 12-mile tour takes in wartime defences, Roman ruins and a steam railway at Isfield. You can even go into the signal-box and try pulling the levers. It starts and finishes in Barcombe, near Lewes.
- Download the route from www.theaa.com
10 Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfries and Galloway
Home to the blacksmith who invented the pedal bicycle in 1840, the castle of Drumlanrig is a must for cycle buffs. Those whose heart rates remain untroubled by the sight of an 1868 velocipede will just have to console themselves with amazing rides in the grounds.
11 The Tarka Trail, Devon
The unspoilt countryside of Tarka the Otter is one good reason for exploring north Devon. The other are the 32 miles of traffic-free trails. A short classic is the seven miler from the pretty village of Instow to Barnstaple, which passes the historic Fremington Quay.
12 The Cuckoo Trail, East Sussex
According to Sussex lore, the first cuckoo of spring was heard at Heathfield Fair. Part of the national cycle network, it follows disused rail lines through Hailsham woodland and passes Michelham Priory, home to England's longest medieval moat.
13 Hanson Way, Oxfordshire
In Oxford, cyclists are as ubiquitous as the spires – it's natural cycling territory. For a classic, follow the river south to Abingdon and Didcot, where you can catch the train back to Oxford.
14 Wast Water, Cumbria
The 12-mile loop from Wast Water to Santon Bridge via Gosforth is said to offer the finest view in the Lake District – but it's saved right until last. The hills make it unsuitable for young children yet the loop can be reduced to five miles if legs get tired.
15 Blickling Hall, Norfolk
The 17th-century Bickling Hall is a masterpiece of Jacobean architecture and a great starting point for this tour along the Marriott Way, a disused rail line. A mostly flat route follows a variety of tracks and country lanes and passes the market town of Aylsham.
16 Lon Eifion, Gwynedd
The Lon Eifion trail sweeps down avenues of trees between the historic town of Caernarfon and the village of Bryncir. It is popular for its gorgeous views of nearby Nantlle Valley and Snowdonia.
17 Castle Howard, North Yorkshire
The county is home to some of the country's finest landscape and Castle Howard, the eponymous setting for Brideshead Revisited. A nine miler that sets off from the Saxon village of Terrington.
18 Millennium Coastal Park, Llanelli
One of the finest stretches of the entire National Cycle Network, according to Sustrans (sustainable transport charity), this newly opened path, part of the Celtic Trail, is the result of a two-year project to turn 12.5 miles of industrial wasteland in to green parkland.
19 Isle of Man
Motorbikes aren't the only form of two-wheels on the Isle of Man's quiet road network. Famous for the TT race, but pedal power is a far better way to appreciate the stunning location. A very good 16 miler sets off from Ramsey harbour.
20 Middleton-in-Teesdale, Barnard Castle
One for the family with an aspiring Bradley Wiggins, the rides on the north Pennines take in some of Britain's finest landscape but they're also steep – and long. Find a range of 10 to 20 mile loops that will leave everyone proud at: www.northpennines.org.uk
21 Tissington Trail and Parwich, Peak District
Flanked by Manchester and Sheffield, Britain's first national park is the most accessible countryside for many. This 15 miler in the White Peak region connects Parsley Hey and Parwich village.
22 Flitch Way, Essex
A classic easy ride along disused rail lines rich in wildlife from Braintree to Great Dunmow. The eight miler follows an industrial centre of the 19th century with Victorian stations.
23 Crab and Winkle Way, Kent
From Canterbury West to Whitstable, this seven miler is mostly traffic free and passes through Blean Woods, one of the largest areas of ancient broadleaved woodland in southern Britain. Stop for a picnic at Winding Pond.
24 Clyde and Loch Lomond
A 20-mile route from Glasgow to the shores of Loch Lomond, one of the largest freshwater lakes in Britain. Culturally and visually appealing, it passes historic dockyards, the Erskine Bridge and Dumbarton Castle.
25 The Water Rail Way, Lincolnshire
Opened last year, the water railway links Lincoln to Kirkstead Bridge towards The Wash. A real treat for cyclists, with vast open fens, big skies and artwork en route.


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In seeking Medicare reimbursement, skilled nursing facilities should not claim that therapy was to maintain a patient's condition if documentation reflected only an improvement goal, according to officials with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has revised the Medicare Benefit Policy manual to clarify that skilled care and skilled therapy may be covered even for conditions that will not improve, per the settlement in the high-profile Jimmo v. Sebelius case.
Marking another step toward guaranteeing Medicare coverage for nursing home residents needing skilled services, a federal judge on Thursday approved the October 2012 settlement agreement in Jimmo v. Sebelius.
Federal health officials have agreed to changes in Medicare coverage rules that would make it easier for beneficiaries with chronic conditions to qualify for nursing home stays, outpatient therapy and home healthcare services, according to reports.