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just found this over at StarWars.com.
just found this over at StarWars.com.
Looking for CW 2010 Sidious and TX-20...if anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated. thanks
sorry for some reason it didn't attach the pic it says that because I already posted the image under the Celebration IV thread I can't repost it. so check there for the pic.
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Looking for CW 2010 Sidious and TX-20...if anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated. thanks
Not too keen on this set... looks a bit cheaply made compared to the Stormie, Fett, and Chewbacca. Too bad it's a Celebration exclusive, or I might have actually picked it up at retail to complete the Concept figure set, but I'll never pay secondary prices for this thing. Oh well...
I actually think this is pretty cool. I heard a rumor that they would be on two separate cards at two separate places, so this is somewhat of a relief.
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Now this really chaps my hide. I was looking forward to being able to buy all of the McQuarrie concept figures, and was especially hoping they'd do these two. Since I can't really afford to go to CII, like a good many Star Wars fans worldwide I'm now pretty much out of luck! Thanks a bunch Hasbro. I just don't understand why they can't save convention exclusives for variations (package, paint or otherwise) that the general collector wouldn't mind missing out on - like CII's talking Darth Vader.
This is a pretty sweet set and I thought that since they were doing concept figures this should be one of the first ones out since most every SW fan has seen this pic. But I guess they have to get out the important concept figures like Fett first.
If I stay in the SW game I'll definitely try and get this somehow.
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I hope this goes on-sale at the SWShop.com. I'd really like to get these. I've always loved this design.


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researchers reveal that mona lisa may be history's first 3-D image
all images courtesy of claus-christian carbon and vera m. hesslinger
researchers claus-christian carbon and vera m. hesslinger (experimental psychologists based in germany) have reported that leonardo da vinci may have unknowingly created the very first 3-D image in history with his famed 'mona lisa' masterpiece. evidence has been drawn from the in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison between da vinci's own 'mona lisa' housed in paris' louvre and an additional version held at the museo del prado in spain — often thought by historians to be made by a copyist.
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a detailed view of the face regions of the prado and the louvre versions and a red–cyan anaglyph combining both depictions
however, based on their documentation, the two researchers have hypothesized that the prado rendition was actually painted by an apprentice in da vinci's workspace at exactly the same time as the original, from a slightly different positioning in the room. the space between the two perspectives would have created a stereoscopic 3-D effect when overlaid on top of each other. 'we reconstructed the original studio setting and found evidence that the disparity between both paintings mimics human binocular disparity.' they describe in their report 'this points to the possibility that the two giocondas together might represent the first stereoscopic image in world history.'
the famous mona lisa exhibited in (right) the louvre, paris and her sister painting in (left) the prado, madrid
further study indicates that the paintings' mountainous background was actually a flat canvas, hung behind 'la gioconda', just like a backdrop in a modern portrait studio. the overwhelming similarities between the two works — and again their relationship to perspective — assert that they were made side-by-side at the same time. 'by analyzing divergences between the mona lisa and her prado double that was painted in parallel but from another perspective we found mathematical evidence for the motif- canvas hypothesis: the landscape in the prado version is 10% increased but otherwise nearly identical with the louvre one, which indicates both painters used the same plane motif-canvas as reference.'
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a detailed view of the hand regions of the prado and the louvre versions and a red–cyan anaglyph combining both depictions
the supposed setting during the painting of the mona lisa as recreated in playmobil
(ML stands for mona lisa, the portrayed person; 1st = painter of the louvre version; 2nd = painter of the prado version)

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HIV Testing Among Men Who Have Sex with Men --- 21 Cities, United States, 2008
Although men who have sex with men (MSM) comprise an estimated 2% of the overall U.S. population aged ≥13 years (1), 59% of persons with diagnoses of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in the United States in 2009 were MSM, including MSM who inject drugs (2). CDC recommends HIV testing at least annually for sexually active MSM to identify HIV infections and prevent ongoing transmission (3). Results of HIV testing conducted as part of the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System (NHBS) in 21 cities indicated that 19% of MSM who were tested in 2008 were HIV-positive; of these, 44% were unaware that they were infected (4). To assess whether MSM were tested as recommended and whether more frequent testing might be indicated, CDC analyzed NHBS data for 2008. This report describes the results of that analysis, which indicated that, of 7,271 MSM interviewed and tested who did not report a previous positive HIV test, 61% had been tested for HIV infection during the past 12 months; among these, 7% had a new, positive HIV test result when tested as part of NHBS. Given the high prevalence of new HIV infection among MSM who had been tested during the past year, sexually active MSM might benefit from more frequent HIV testing (e.g., every 3 to 6 months).
NHBS is a behavioral surveillance system used to monitor HIV-related risk, testing, and prevention behaviors and HIV prevalence among populations at high risk for acquiring HIV (5). In 2008, NHBS staff members in 21 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) with high prevalence of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)* collected cross-sectional behavioral risk data and conducted HIV testing among MSM (4). MSM were sampled using venue-based sampling methods (6). NHBS staff members identified venues (e.g., bars, clubs, organizations, and street locations) and days and times when MSM frequented those venues (7). Venues and days/times were selected using a computerized random selection process each month for interviews and supplemented by up to three nonrandom events (e.g., Gay Pride events) per site per month. Staff members systematically approached men at each venue, intercepting potentially eligible men in the order in which they entered a designated "counting area" (6). Men eligible to be interviewed were aged ≥18 years, residents of the MSAs, and able to complete the interview in English or Spanish. After participants gave informed consent, trained interviewers used a handheld computer to administer a standardized, anonymous questionnaire about sex, drug use, and HIV testing behaviors. All respondents were offered anonymous HIV testing, which was performed by collecting blood or oral specimens for either rapid testing at venues or laboratory-based testing. A nonreactive rapid test was considered a definitive negative result; a reactive (preliminary positive) rapid test result was considered a definitive positive result only when confirmed by Western blot or immunofluorescence assay. Incentives were offered for participating in the interview and HIV test.
This analysis excluded MSM who reported a previous positive HIV test. CDC determined the proportion of MSM who received an HIV test during the past 12 months and, of these, the proportion with a positive NHBS test result, stratifying by demographic and risk characteristics. Those testing positive were considered to be unaware of their infection. CDC sexually transmitted disease (STD) treatment guidelines recommend that MSM who have multiple or anonymous partners, have sex in conjunction with illicit drug use, use methamphetamine, or whose sex partners participate in these activities be screened for STDs and HIV more frequently (every 3 to 6 months) than those without such risk factors (8). To reflect these guidelines, MSM with high-risk behaviors were defined as those reporting at least one of the following: more than one male sex partner during the past 12 months, methamphetamine use during the past 12 months, sex in conjunction with illicit drug use at most recent sex, or a most recent male sex partner who definitely or probably had concurrent sex partners. CDC determined the proportion of HIV-infected men among MSM who did and did not report high-risk behaviors.
A multivariable Poisson model was used to create unadjusted and adjusted prevalence ratios to determine factors associated with being HIV-infected (9). The adjusted model controlled for various factors: race/ethnicity, age, annual household income, education, health insurance status, time since most recent HIV test, unprotected anal sex, and high-risk behaviors.
Of 28,468 men approached, 12,325 were screened for participation at 626 venues. Of men screened, 11,074 (90%) were eligible for the survey. Men who were surveyed were excluded from analysis if they did not complete both the survey (n = 396 [4%]) and the HIV test (n = 1,535 [14%]), did not report sex with a man during the preceding 12 months (n = 1,744 [16%]), had an indeterminate HIV test result (n = 85 [0.8%]), or reported being HIV-positive (n = 1,214 [11%]). These reasons were not mutually exclusive. Of eligible men, 7,271 (66%) were included in this analysis.
Of men included in this report, 44% were white, 25% were Hispanic, and 23% were black. Mean age was 34 years (range: 18--85 years); 62% had less than a college education, 29% reported an annual household income <$20,000, and 34% had no health insurance (Table 1).
Among the 7,271 MSM, 680 (9%) were HIV-infected. Of these, 16% had never been tested for HIV, and 29% had been tested during the past 6 months (Figure).
Among the 7,271 MSM, 4,453 (61%) had tested for HIV infection during the past 12 months and did not receive a positive HIV test result. The proportion tested was higher among MSM in younger age groups and those with higher levels of education and income but did not vary by race/ethnicity (Table 1). Among 5,864 (81%) MSM with high-risk behaviors, 44% had been tested for HIV infection during the past 6 months.
Among the 4,453 MSM who had not received a diagnosis of HIV infection previously and were tested for HIV during the past 12 months, 7% (15% of blacks, 7% of Hispanics, and 3% of whites) were found to be HIV-infected when tested by NHBS (Table 2). Of 3,672 MSM with high-risk behaviors who were tested for HIV in the past 12 months and did not receive a positive HIV test result, 7% were HIV-infected when tested by NHBS, compared with 8% of those who did not report any high-risk behaviors. Prevalence of HIV infection among these two groups remained similar after adjusting for time since most recent HIV test. After adjusting for risk and testing behaviors, substantial and significant differences between black, Hispanic, and white MSM persisted (Table 2).
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Editorial Note
The findings from this analysis suggest that adherence to annual HIV testing recommendations for MSM is low and that even among MSM who reported being tested during the past 12 months, a substantial proportion were newly infected. Because persons often reduce their risk behaviors when they receive a diagnosis of HIV infection and persons who do not know they are infected are estimated to account for more than half of sexually transmitted HIV infections (10), increasing the frequency of HIV testing for MSM can reduce the time from HIV infection to diagnosis and reduce HIV transmission.
Current CDC guidelines identify MSM who should be tested more frequently according to their risk behaviors (8). However, among MSM in this analysis, those who had high-risk behaviors were not more likely to be newly infected than those without high-risk behaviors, suggesting that self-reported risk behaviors might not determine which MSM should be tested more frequently. The 7% prevalence of new HIV infection detected through NHBS among MSM who had been tested for HIV during the past year and the similar prevalence of new HIV infection among MSM with and without high-risk behaviors suggests that more frequent testing, perhaps as often as every 3 to 6 months, might be warranted among all sexually active MSM, regardless of their risk behaviors. In considering revising guidelines regarding frequency of testing among MSM, public health officials also should weigh other factors, including the acceptability and cost effectiveness of testing MSM more frequently and the sensitivity of tests in the early stages of infection.
That MSM with less education and income were less likely to have been tested suggests that efforts to expand access to and use of HIV testing among MSM should concentrate on these populations. Additionally, although recent HIV testing did not vary by race/ethnicity, the high proportion of HIV-infected persons among minority MSM, particularly black MSM, who had not previously received a diagnosis of HIV infection and were tested during the past year underscores that testing among these populations should be a priority for HIV testing programs.
The findings in this report are subject to at least three limitations. First, positive HIV status might have been underreported, and recent HIV testing might have been overreported during this interviewer-administered survey, thereby inflating estimates of the proportion of MSM in the sample with new HIV infections. Likewise, MSM might have underreported high-risk behaviors, resulting in some MSM being miscategorized as not having high-risk behaviors. This social-desirability bias also can influence response in HIV testing settings, which suggests that identifying persons for more frequent testing based on self-reported risk might not be effective because it might miss those at risk who underreport risk behaviors. Second, MSM with high-risk behaviors who were tested in the past 12 months might have been more likely to receive a positive HIV test result and be excluded from this analysis compared with MSM without high-risk behaviors, which might have resulted in an underestimation of HIV risk among those with high-risk behaviors. Finally, participants were recruited at venues, most of which were bars and clubs, in 21 cities with high AIDS prevalence and might not represent all MSM; data have not been weighted to account for the unequal selection probabilities of venues or frequency of venue attendance.
This analysis demonstrates that MSM remain a key population for expanded HIV testing efforts. Efforts to increase the proportion of HIV-infected MSM who are aware of their infection should include 1) enhanced outreach of HIV testing to sexually active MSM, particularly populations with higher HIV incidence, in clinical and nonclinical settings, and 2) reexamination of existing recommendations and consideration of HIV testing every 3 to 6 months for all sexually active MSM regardless of self-reported risk behaviors.
National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System staff members, including Jennifer Taussig, Robert Gern, Tamika Hoyte, Laura Salazar, Atlanta, Georgia; Colin Flynn, Frangiscos Sifakis, Baltimore, Maryland; Deborah Isenberg, Maura Driscoll, Elizabeth Hurwitz, Boston, Massachusetts; Nik Prachand, Nanette Benbow, Chicago, Illinois; Sharon Melville, Richard Yeager, Aaron Sayegh, Jim Dyer, Alicia Novoa, Dallas, Texas; Mark Thrun, Alia Al-Tayyib, Ralph Wilmoth, Denver, Colorado; Emily Higgins, Vivian Griffin, Eve Mokotoff, Detroit, Michigan; Marcia Wolverton, Jan Risser, Hafeez Rehman, Houston, Texas; Trista Bingham, Ekow Sey, Los Angeles, California; Marlene LaLota, Lisa Metsch, Dano Beck, David Forrest, Gabriel Cardenas, Miami, Florida; Chris Nemeth, Carol-Ann Watson, Nassau-Suffolk, New York; William T. Robinson, DeAnn Gruber, New Orleans, Louisiana; Chris Murrill, Alan Neaigus, Samuel Jenness, Holly Hagan, Travis Wendel, New York, New York; Helene Cross, Barbara Bolden, Sally D'Errico, Newark, New Jersey; Kathleen Brady, Althea Kirkland, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Vanessa Miguelino, Al Velasco, San Diego, California; H. Fisher Raymond, Willi McFarland, San Francisco, California; Sandra M. De León, Yadira Rolón-Colón, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Maria Courogen, Hanne Thiede, Nadine Snyder, Richard Burt, Seattle, Washington; Michael Herbert, Yelena Friedberg, Dale Wrigley, Jake Fisher, St. Louis, Missouri; Tiffany West-Ojo, Manya Magnus, Irene Kuo, District of Columbia.
- Purcell DW, Johnson C, Lansky A, et al. Calculating HIV and syphilis rates for risk groups: estimating the national population size of men who have sex with men. Presented at 2010 National STD Prevention Conference; Atlanta, GA. Abstract no. 22896.
- CDC. HIV surveillance report, 2009. Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC; 2011. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports. Accessed May 26, 2011.
- CDC. Revised recommendations for HIV testing of adults, adolescents, and pregnant women in health-care settings. MMWR 2006;55(No. RR-14).
- CDC. Prevalence and awareness of HIV infection among men who have sex with men---21 cities, United States, 2008. MMWR 2010;59:1201--7.
- Gallagher KM, Sullivan PS, Lansky A, et al. Behavioral surveillance among people at risk for HIV infection in the U.S.: the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System. Public Health Rep 2007;122(Suppl 1):32--8.
- MacKellar DA, Gallagher KM, Finlayson T, et al. Surveillance of HIV risk and prevention behaviors of men who have sex with men---a national application of venue-based, time-space sampling. Public Health Rep 2007;122(Suppl 1):39--47.
- Allen DR, Finlayson T, Abdul-Quadar A, et al. The role of formative research in the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System. Public Health Rep 2009;124:26--33.
- CDC. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2010. MMWR 2010;59(No. RR-12).
- Zou G. A modified Poisson regression approach to prospective studies with binary data. Am J Epidemiol 2004;159:702--6.
- Marks G, Crepaz N, Janssen RS. Estimating sexual transmission of HIV from persons aware and unaware that they are infected with the virus in the USA. AIDS 2006;20:1447--50.
* The 21 MSAs included in this analysis were Atlanta--Sandy Springs--Marietta, GA; Baltimore--Towson, MD; Boston--Cambridge--Quincy, MA--NH: Boston--Quincy Division; Chicago--Joliet--Naperville, IL: Chicago--Joliet--Naperville Division; Dallas--Fort Worth--Arlington, TX: Dallas--Plano--Irving Division; Denver--Aurora--Broomfield, CO; Detroit--Warren--Livonia, MI: Detroit--Livonia--Dearborn Division; Houston--Sugar Land--Baytown, TX; Los Angeles--Long Beach--Santa Ana, CA: Los Angeles--Long Beach--Glendale Division; Miami--Ft. Lauderdale--Pompano Beach, FL: Miami Division; New Orleans--Metairie--Kenner, LA; New York--Northern New Jersey--Long Island, NY--NJ--PA: New York--White Plains--Wayne Division; New York--Northern New Jersey--Long Island, NY--NJ--PA: Nassau--Suffolk Division; New York--Northern New Jersey--Long Island, NY--NJ--PA: Newark--Union Division; Philadelphia--Camden--Wilmington, PA--NJ--DE--MD: Philadelphia Division; San Diego--Carlsbad--San Marcos, CA; San Francisco--Oakland--Fremont, CA: San Francisco--San Mateo--Redwood City Division; San Juan--Caguas--Guaynabo, PR; Seattle--Tacoma--Bellevue, WA: Seattle--Bellevue--Everett Division; St. Louis, MO--IL; and Washington--Arlington--Alexandria, DC--VA--MD--WV: Washington--Arlington--Alexandria Division.
What is already known on this topic?
The greatest numbers of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections in the United States occur among men who have sex with men (MSM). CDC recommends that sexually active MSM be tested for HIV infection at least annually.
What is added by this report?
Data from MSM recruited by the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System (NHBS) for interviews and HIV testing at venues in 21 U.S. cities indicated that 61% of MSM reported an HIV test during the preceding year; among these, 7% had a new, positive HIV test result.
What are the implications for public health practice?
Given the 7% prevalence of HIV infection among MSM who had not previously received a diagnosis of HIV infection and were tested for HIV during the preceding 12 months, sexually active MSM might benefit from more frequent HIV testing (e.g., every 3 to 6 months).
FIGURE. Time since most recent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) test among men who have sex with men who were unaware they were HIV-infected* --- National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System, 21 cities, United States, 2008
Alternate Text: The figure above shows the time since most recent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) test among men who have sex with men who were unaware they were HIV-infected in 21 U.S. cities in 2008, based on data from the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System.
TABLE 2. (Continued) Proportion of men who have sex with men (MSM) with unrecognized human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among MSM not previously diagnosed with HIV infection who had been tested during the past 12 months, by selected characteristics and risk behaviors --- National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System, 21 cities, United States, 2008* |
Characteristic |
No. |
Unadjusted proportion HIV-infected and unaware |
Unadjusted prevalence ratio |
Adjusted prevalence ratio† |
% |
No. of male sex partners during the past 12 mos |
1 |
1,010 |
7.5 |
(6.0--9.3) |
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--- |
2 |
683 |
8.6 |
(6.6--11.0) |
--- |
--- |
3 |
576 |
6.6 |
(4.7--8.9) |
--- |
--- |
≥4 |
2,184 |
6.1 |
(5.1--7.2) |
--- |
--- |
Methamphetamine use during the past 12 mos |
Yes |
320 |
6.6 |
(4.1--9.9) |
--- |
--- |
No |
4,132 |
6.9 |
(6.1--7.7) |
--- |
--- |
Drug use before or during sex at most recent sex |
Yes |
600 |
11.0 |
(8.6--13.8) |
--- |
--- |
No |
3,849 |
6.2 |
(5.5--7.0) |
--- |
--- |
Most recent partner had concurrent partners |
Definitely yes |
986 |
8.1 |
(6.5--10.0) |
--- |
--- |
Probably yes |
1,153 |
6.6 |
(5.2--8.2) |
--- |
--- |
Probably no |
758 |
6.2 |
(4.6--8.2) |
--- |
--- |
Definitely no |
1,217 |
6.2 |
(5.0--7.8) |
--- |
--- |
Reports one or more high-risk behaviors** |
Yes |
3,672 |
6.7 |
(5.9--7.5) |
0.8 |
(0.6--1.1) |
0.9 |
(0.7--1.2) |
No |
781 |
8.0 |
(6.1--10.2) |
Referent |
Referent |
Unprotected anal intercourse during the past 12 mos |
Yes |
2,541 |
6.3 |
(5.4--7.3) |
0.8 |
(0.7--1.02) |
1.0 |
(0.8--1.2) |
No |
1,907 |
7.7 |
(6.5--8.9) |
Referent |
Referent |
Type of partners during the past 12 mos |
Main only |
1,161 |
7.4 |
(6.0--9.1) |
--- |
--- |
Main and casual |
1,799 |
6.7 |
(5.6--8.0) |
--- |
--- |
Casual only |
1,492 |
6.6 |
(5.4--8.0) |
--- |
--- |
Most recent HIV test |
≤6 mos ago |
3,055 |
6.4 |
(5.6--7.4) |
Referent |
Referent |
7--12 mos ago |
1,353 |
7.8 |
(6.5--9.4) |
1.2 |
(0.97--1.5) |
1.2 |
(0.98--1.5) |
Unknown |
45 |
6.7 |
(1.4--18.3) |
1.03 |
(0.3--3.1) |
0.6 |
(0.2--1.9) |
Total |
4,453 |
6.9 |
(6.1--7.7) |
--- |
--- |
Abbreviation: CI = confidence interval; PR = prevalence ratio. * Numbers might not add to total because of missing data. † Adjusted for race/ethnicity, age, income, education, health insurance status, months since most recent HIV test, one or more high-risk behaviors, and unprotected anal intercourse. Robust variance estimation was used to calculate 95% confidence intervals for the adjusted prevalence ratios. Source: Zou G. A modified Poisson regression approach to prospective studies with binary data. Am J Epidemiol 2004;159:702--6. § Includes persons who indicated American Indian/Alaska Native, multiple races, or other race. ¶ 66% of respondents indicated a household size of one. ** High-risk behavior defined as the following: more than one male sex partner during the past 12 months, methamphetamine use during the past 12 months, drug use before or during sex at most recent sex, or most recent partner definitely or probably had concurrent partners. |
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Clark County public schools may be struggling according to almost every assessment, but they have a "chance to break through," according to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, who visited the nation's fifth-largest school district for the first time in more than two years on Wednesday.
"This is a district that has the opportunity to make incredible progress," Duncan said after meeting with 11 principals from Clark County's highest-performing or fastest-improving schools.
Largely because of Clark County, Nevada's public school system ranked dead last in the nation for a second year running, according to a 2013 analysis from the Annie E. Casey Foundation on the rate of fourth-graders reading at grade level, eighth-graders with grade-level math skills, graduation rates, and the number of children attending preschool.
Less than two-thirds of Clark County students graduate on time, according to the Nevada Department of Education's most recent data for the 2011-12 school year. But Duncan said that's the past — he's focused on the future and has high hopes for the Clark County School District.
He pointed to Bracken Elementary School, near Eastern and Washington avenues, where he met with principals and Clark County Superintendent Pat Skorkwosky, as a reason to be optimistic.
The U.S. Department of Education, headed by Duncan, awarded Bracken a National Blue Ribbon Award this year for its progress, one of only three earned by Nevada schools.
"It was our low expectations keeping students exactly where they were," said Bracken Principal Katie Decker. The school demands much of its students and religiously tracks student progress while involving parents in education.
Duncan agreed that more needs to be asked of American students, recalling a meeting he had with exchange students who said expectations were higher in their home countries.
"We're asking less of our students, setting them up for failure," said Duncan, pointing to the schools represented in the room as models that need to be duplicated across the 357-school district.
"Our school would not function without community support," Decker said. She offered just two words when Duncan asked what these top principals need to sustain their success. "More funding."
The principals spoke of teachers' and principals' frustration over the monumental challenge of switching to Common Core standards without enough training. They said not offering enough training is provided for new principals who are often promoted without much preparation for being a school leader.
Clark County schools don't have up-to-date textbooks. Duncan asked if the district is instead giving each student an iPad and using digital books.
Nope, answered Skorkowsky. Just nine of 59 middle schools offer iPads. Clark County schools have been relying on aging textbooks for years, which is what President Barack Obama discovered in 2012 when he talked to a Canyon Springs High School teacher using 10-year-old history and government textbooks.
"We had to balance the budget," so no new textbooks, said Skorkowsky.
Duncan acknowledged Nevada's "low funding" for education. The state spent about $8,527 per student in 2011 compared to a national average of $10,560 per student, according to a 2013 report by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Only North Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arizona, Oklahoma, Idaho and Utah spent less on education.
Unfortunately, Congress sees education as an "expense" while others see it as an "investment," Duncan told the school leaders.
But it's also a local decision.
"The simple fact is, on a relative basis, Nevada invests less (in education)," said Duncan, noting that "without community support, we in education are not going to win in this battle."
However, he said, "money alone is never the answer."
He pointed to Tennessee, which spends $285 less per student than Nevada, but was the state to make tremendous gains this school year, according to the U.S. Department of Education's National Assessment of Educational Progress — also called the Nation's Report Card – given this year to 719,000 students nationwide in fourth and eighth grades, which are seen as educational milestone years.
Average scores of Nevada's students, on the other hand, fell short of the national average in math and reading for both grades, a dubious showing made only by the Silver State, California, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
Contact reporter Trevon Milliard at tmilliard @reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0279.


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The name of the restaurant below sounds like "Meow Choowan Chim", which translates to something like "Cat Invites You In For a Taste". It works better in Thai.
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Various poses the hero "Edwin" may find himself in when he finally makes it into some of the comic panels.
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A few rough designs for my next comic book. Kitty is a Bangkok noodle vendor. The script is almost finished, so once the designs are complete I'll start drawing pages. Hurray!
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(Washington, D.C— October 11, 2011)— Synteractive announced today that it received a strategic investment from Smartronix, a Washington, DC-based technology consulting firm that focuses on strategy, business transformation, and business solution engineering.
Synteractive will use the funds to expand its market presence in the design and deployment of innovative collaboration solutions as well as next generation solutions for migrating large, complex enterprises to the cloud.
Smartronix has a longstanding business and mentor relationship with Synteractive and collaborated with them on such groundbreaking projects as Recovery.gov and Treasury.gov, which were the first Federal and Cabinet level agency platforms delivered in the public cloud.
"Our previous joint successes on projects such as the re-design of Recovery.gov and Treasury.gov have shown us that Synteractive brings immense value through their agility and innovative thinking," says Smartronix CFO, Joseph Gerczak. "We believe this strategic partnership will allow both companies to really accelerate growth in the cloud computing space in both Federal and commercial markets."
Smartronix and Synteractive are both Microsoft Certified Gold Partners and dedicate a significant portion of their business to providing industry-leading solutions around Microsoft technologies, specifically Microsoft SharePoint, Exchange, Azure, and Office 365.
"It is an exciting development as Smartronix and Synteractive have been pioneers in providing Microsoft solutions in the cloud, especially for the public sector," says Greg Myers, Vice President of Microsoft, Federal. Synteractive was the 2010 Microsoft Federal Partner of the Year, and, most recently was named a finalist for the 2011 Microsoft Worldwide Partner of the Year for Portals and Collaboration.
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Synteractive is committed to solving complex problems through social and technological innovation. Headquartered in Washington, DC, Synteractive develops enterprise products that simplify the adoption of cloud computing and leverage the power of social collaboration, while providing consulting expertise in strategy, business transformation, and business solution engineering to both the public and private sectors. In 2011, Synteractive was a finalist for Microsoft Worldwide Partner of the Year in Portals and Collaboration. Last year, the company was named Microsoft Federal Partner of the Year and was ranked 64th in the INC 500 list of fastest growing companies.
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Though Twitter hashtags have been around almost as long as Twitter itself, many people still do not understand what they are – or more importantly, how to use them appropriately. This post offers seven tips – plus a decision-making flowchart – to enable Tweeters to not only avoid looking like a Twitter rube, but to maximize the value of Twitter hashtags for both themselves and others. Additional tips are welcome.
This post updates and consolidates two classic SMinOrgs S.M.A.R.T. Blog posts from June 2012. As with all of the posts we've elected to transfer to the new blog, its ideas and suggestions are still valid today. I recently shared this advice – and more – via a webinar entitled Twitter for Professional Purposes: 21+ Tips. Click here to learn more about the webinar, access the recorded session, and view the enhanced slide deck.
Even though they're ubiquitous, not everyone knows what Twitter hashtags are or do. You can get a detailed explanation from this Wikipedia entry and/or Twitter's help center, but it is basically a convention for aggregating tweets from disparate, unconnected Tweeters into a single stream. Twitter hashtags can also be used to automatically repost tweets to other platforms like Facebook (i.e., #fb), but that's not a best practice, and I generally recommend against it.
Although hashtags were used previously in other applications (e.g., internet relay chats), Chris Messina is generally attributed with proposing the idea of the Twitter hashtag. The convention was popularized by Nate Ritter in 2007, when he appended #sandiegofire (for San Diego fire) to his tweets, and it became even more widespread during the 2009-10 Iranian election protests. Over time usage of Twitter hashtags has evolved, as described (somewhat snarkily) in this New Yorker piece. The convention has also spread to other platforms (e.g., Google+, Instagram, Facebook) – sometimes with the intent of connecting posts, and sometimes to just highlight a common theme or cultural meme (e.g., #justsayin or #tbt). Click here to read more history and background.
The easiest way to find a hashtag thread is via the search feature on Twitter. Click on #Discover on the top bar of any Twitter page and enter the hashtag you're interested in. You can also search on keywords, which is important to know because it means you don't always need a hashtag to find tweets on a topic of interest. More on that below.
There are several ways to identify the hashtags people commonly use:
It's important to remember, however – as evidenced by this post in GovLoop and this criticism from a New York Times social media staff editor (and the responses from readers) – that there are still few standards or widely agreed-upon conventions for using Twitter hashtags. It's hard to say whether or how they'll evolve, but in the meantime we can all make more effective use of them.
In this post I share seven recommendations based on the most common mistakes I see people make when trying to use Twitter hashtags. I have also created a related decision-making flowchart, the fundamental point of which is to help people avoid adding unnecessary, gratuitous, and potentially spammy #s to their tweets. Hashtags are less critical than many people assume, and using them inappropriately can actually detract from a tweet rather than enhance it. Plus, with only 140 characters to work with, precious space shouldn't be squandered. A good rule to follow is
When in doubt, leave it out!
As always, I welcome your comments and questions – and especially additional tips and suggestions. Together, we can define a workable set of best practices…
Twitter Hashtags: 7 Best Practice Tips
For the purposes of this post, I will focus on the original intent of Twitter hashtags – and more specifically, on their use by individuals and organizations for professional purposes.
To better understand each of these tips, I encourage you to open your Twitter page and enter the various terms and tags mentioned below (plus others you commonly see) using the #Discover feature. Doing so will provide a variety of living, real-time examples that help illustrate the points I make.
Tip #1: Only use a hashtag when a regular key word is unavailable or ineffective
There is generally no need to hashtag a brand name or Twitter handle, or even a webname or url (e.g., Pinterest, YouTube, 37Signals, Razr Maxx), unless you want to direct someone from your tweet to that stream. If your intent is simply to add to a conversation, you can drop the #.
Tip #2: Find and use the most popular tags in your industry/profession
Doing so will ensure your tweets are connected to the most active streams. For example:
Tip #3: Make sure the tags you use are unique, clear and relevant
Neither tags nor handles in Twitter are case sensitive, which means that #SoMe and #some are identical. You can use CamelCase for clarity, but that doesn't change the meaning or relevance of the tag. If you use the handle #SoMe, for example your tweets will be caught up in a stream that includes every tweet with the word "some."
Tip #4: Keep hashtags simple
When people use Twitter personally, long hashtags are fairly common, especially for trending topics and memes (e.g., #WeHaveThatOneFriendWho, #ThoughtsWhileOnAdate), but they are less appropriate and effective in a professional context. You should be parsimonious, while still conveying complete meaning in a recognizable, memorable way.
Tip #5: Don't inadvertently include spaces between hashtag terms
In computer code, spaces are generally used as delimiters between chunks of data. Therefore, adding a space between hashtag terms effectively breaks the tag.
Tip #6: Do Your Due Diligence
Before you start using a hashtag, check Twitter and other resources to see if it's already being used, and in what context. Doing so will ensure you:
Tip #7: Don't game the tags
As certain brands like Kenneth Cole have found out, hijacking someone else's hashtag to serve selfish purposes is not cool – and very likely to backfire. Don't use hashtags gratuitously simply to promote your own brand or Twitter handle. The intent should be to legitimately connect your tweets to an ongoing conversation or thread.
To Hash or Not to Hash? A Decision Making Guide
This decision-making flowchart (also available directly via SlideShare) helps people decide whether to add a hashtag to a tweet, and how to find the most appropriate hashtag(s) to use. It enables people to avoid adding unnecessary, gratuitous, and potentially spammy hashtags to their tweets. Remember the Golden Rule of Twitter hashtags: When in doubt, leave them out!
Twitter Hashtag Decision Making Flowchart from The Denovati Group
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FC Barcelona have tied down attacker Christian Tello for a further three seasons after the 21-year-old agreed a deal committing him to the Camp Nou outfit until June 2016.
The announcement ends uncertainty about the future of the home-grown player given Tello's previous contract was due to expire at the end of the season. His new terms include a €10m buyout clause.
The winger made his Barcelona debut under Josep Guardiola in a 1-0 Copa del Rey victory at CE L'Hospitatlet in November 2011 and he has gone on to score five goals in 23 Liga games. The Spanish Under-21 international also netted his third UEFA Champions League goal in Barça's 3-2 Group G victory at home to FC Spartak Moskva on matchday one.
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The Office of the Prime Minister assists the Prime Minister in leading and coordinating the work of the Norwegian Government.
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The Office of the Prime Minister assists the Prime Minister in leading and coordinating the work of the Norwegian Government.
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The Ministry is responsible for labour market policy, the working environment, pensions and welfare policy.
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The Ministry has the overall responsibility for children welfare services, family affairs, childhood development, anti-discrimination, equality and consumer affairs.
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The Ministry of Finance is responsible for planning and implementing the Norwegian economic policy and for coordinating the work with the Fiscal Budget.
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The Ministry of Defence is a Government Office with responsibility for the formation and implementation of Norwegian security and defence policy.
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The Ministry of Health and Care Services (HOD) is responsible for providing good and equal health and care services for the population of Norway. The ministry directs these services by means of a comprehensive legislation, annual budgetary allocations and through various governmental institutions.
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Contrary to the flat, thud design of these caveman feet, I was a dancer once. What began as an opportunity for my mother to get an hour-a-week break from my spazzing self transitioned into an hour-a-week chance for my spazzing self to put a rhythm and heartbeat behind my moves, to believe just for a second that these wild limbs made perfect sense.
It was a year into this artistic career when I sat, jittery-kneed and drooling on grain-rich dance floor. The older girls, the pristine team of competition dancers practiced for an upcoming performance. Eyes darted to catch the tall blonde leaping- splits through the air!- another girl's delicate point bending high, high, higher. Limbs slicing and gliding, neck twists and flicks of the wrists in tempo, I marvelled. Dance teacher hollering at this lazy flex or that too-slow turn, but I couldn't listen. This was the day I realized I could become the dazzling thing I'd seen.
I interrupt my son as he plays with a plastic fire truck. He clutches the truck's driver, a stern-faced figure with an authoritative mustache who he calls Jimbo. "We're going to visit Uncle Jimbo at work," I explain. He eyes the tiny Jimbo in his palm, unsure of what weird game I'm playing.
We drive, the boy quiet and contemplative in the backseat. I can see cords crossing, wheels chugging along inside his head. There can't be two Jimbo's and One Jimbo works in the toy room, just as Mom's name can't be Tori, and broccoli can not possibly be good for anyone. He gets still for a moment, and I hear his thought cloud thicken, heavy in denial: This is all false.
We park deep in the belly of the city and I announce that we've arrived at Jimbo's job. I hear the sharp inhale. I know he spied with his little eyes all things red and shiny. I glance back and yes, there I are the wires short circuiting, sparking like crashing lightbulbs over his brain. This. This is what a dream looks like. And I can put that face of his into words. Those words are panting, awe-shivering, and teary-elated, "Oh. My. Gods. This is not K-Mart".
He tucked and rolled from our almost parked car. I trailed off a few words into my explanation of genealogy, my enthusiastic lecture on how Thomas comes from a family of actual life-saving bad asses cut short as he sprinted across the lot. I left it at "You got the hero's blood in you, boy". Watching him stare awe-smacked at the flesh and moustached face of an authentic, fire-fighting Jimbo, I think he got my point.
My uncle feigned offense as I hauled three dozen "Police Pellets" into a break room. I stayed busy getting rid of the evidence… with my mouth, while a young boy's mind was being blown with each honk and holler of real fire engine's siren outside.
Poles were scaled and horns honked. Manual windows were rolled up and down and up again, because even the most basic aspects of this wonderland are exotic and exciting. We clenched all major body parts as we soared high above Nashville in the 100-Foot Boom. (Calm down. I'm pretty sure it's ranked #2 on a list of Totally Safe Toddler Activities. I read it on Pinterest. It must be true). Somewhere between firing off a hefty water hose and viewing with much fascination the twin bunks and cinderblock walls of real firemen's real living quarters, I spotted the adrenaline jitters, the drool sneaking from my son's mouth, and I knew. I remember this moment for what it is for him, what it was for me.
We are at home. After many protests for the kid to "Stop Munchausen-ing me!" I've relented and agreed to one more harrowing experience getting lodged in a play tent's tunnel. "Something needs to get wescued, Moms," he scolds, and I am just the victim this hero is looking for. I'll hide the matches. Maybe put out a disclaimer that should the neighbors find small lawn blazes and stuffed animals suspiciously trapped in drainage ditches, they need not worry. Yeah, yeah, yeah, my boy did that. Chill out. He's on the way to save the day.
For a boy who faithfully clings to last Halloween's flimsy fireman costume, a boy who commands a fleet of big and small toy engines every day from his playroom Captain's chair, a boy who- until this very minute- was content with the tiny wailing of battery-operated sirens, the phony mustache of an imposter Jimbo, these are the blindingly brilliant moments of inspiration.
I'm not a dancer now. This is shocking. I know. Eventually my sturdy frame couldn't wield itself into art. I mean leotards. Really. Go shove an elephant through the front door of an ant hill. But I still tendu at the kitchen sink, sweep the old leg into arabesque to pick up a dropped sock on laundry day. I remember the day I saw a truth better than what I could have imagined, and I remember the sparkly years that followed. Lit up like stage lights, the red flashes atop a fire truck, I remember becoming ,just for a little while, the dazzling thing I'd seen.


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Rebecca Pronsky felt the first doubts about her tutoring job when her students started throwing up. "I was seeing this kid for 10 days straight. He was home from boarding school on what was supposed to be his spring break. His parents wanted him to take the last old SAT before they changed it. His hair was falling out while I was tutoring him, I think from stress. Two times he had to leave the room to throw up. I was like, 'Are you OK? Do you need to stop?' His mom says, 'We really need to get his verbal up to 780 [20 points shy of a perfect score] or he'll never get into Yale.'
Pity the kid, and know he's not alone. On New York City's Upper East Side and in its affluent suburbs, parents facing ever sharper competition for the "right" schools are hiring more supplemental tutors each year, in pursuit of higher grades and the perfect score. Yet a palpable irony lurks behind the practice tests and the No. 2 pencils. A seemingly endless supply of Ivy League graduates, like Rebecca, a 24-year-old alumna of Brown, can't find any better job than the freelance, part-time, no-benefits gig of tutoring the next crop of hopefuls to take their place.
Supplemental tutoring and test prep are booming in the U.S.: They're expected to become a $960 million business this year, compared to $702 million just two years ago. A new, more complex SAT introduced this spring has caused a spike in families investing in both private tutors and test prep courses like those run by Princeton Review and Kaplan, the market leaders. In New York City, however, the tutoring business has been exploding for several years.
"New York schools are getting so aggressively competitive," says Benjamin Soskis, a 28-year-old Yale graduate and Columbia Ph.D. student who tutors part-time. "I've seen it change over six years. It's like an arms race. Most of the families where I tutored, I was not the only tutor. There are usually three or four in different subjects. It must run thousands of dollars, on top of a private-school education."
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Most twentysomethings who tutor see it as a convenient means of making money while pursuing a true passion on the side. "I was having real trouble finding any kind of paying job," says Seth (not his real name), a 24-year-old Yale grad. "Kaplan has been my steadiest employerthey always need somebody. I can pick up $40 or $50 on the weekends proctoring a practice test." That leaves plenty of time for his band, which performs at small venues two or three nights a month.
Pronsky, a singer-songwriter, figures she "probably breaks even" on her music, when the cost of marketing, promotion, and touring is factored in. Before she started tutoring, she was on unemployment for six months. "Forty bucks an hour sounded really good when I started," she says. "But you have to go there and back, do the prep, the weekly progress report, and appease the crazy parents. The mothers have my cell phone number; they call at all hours." She says she makes between $200 and $400 a week, which is not enough to be a "psychotherapist making house calls."
For the tutors, helping the teenagers through the first big transition of their lives is often a pleasure; it's the parents who can be hard to deal with. Itamar Moses, 29, another Yale graduate, earned $80 to $90 an hour with a private company while his playwriting career was getting off the ground. "I really liked all the kids, and then you had the occasional excessive parental anxiety. They're extremely on edge about their students' progress, they know it's such a big deal, and they feel powerless."
Before they start tearing their hair outor making their kids' hair fall outthe parents might ask why it's so crucial to get their kids into those brand-name schools. A gold-plated degree may be a status marker, but in this day and age, it's far from ensuring economic security or a great career. Just ask your average SAT tutor.
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Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) ecosystem was the best in class and the investment community had turned needlessly negative on the company's demand and gross margin outlook, ISI Group analyst Brian Marshall said. Marshall also reiterated a Buy rating and a $710 price target on the stock ahead of the release of Apple's fiscal first-quarter earnings report on Wednesday.
For December, Marshall predicted $52.3 billion in revenue and $12.75 per share in profit, based on sales of 48 million iPhones and 19 million iPads. Wall Street consensus is for revenue of $54.9 billion and earnings of $13.47 a share, according to FactSet estimates. His fairly high iPhone estimate of 48 million received some backing from Verizon (NYSE:VZ) earnings data on Tuesday. The wireless carrier said it activated 6.2 million iPhones during the December-ending quarter, almost half of which were the newly launched iPhone 5.
"We view this as a solid number supportive of our estimate of 48 million total iPhones," Marshall had written then. In addition, for the ongoing quarter, the analyst expected Apple to bring in $46.5 billion in revenue and $12.32 per share in earnings on sales of 45 million iPhones and 16 million iPads.


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Fast National ratings for Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012
The final game of the NFL's regular season scored big for NBC on Sunday. The win-or-go-home game between the Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys drew the highest metered-market ratings ever for a prime-time NFL telecast on NBC.
The Peacock averaged 21.4 million viewers and a 12.0 rating/19 share in households for the night, numbers that will probably rise in the final nationals. FOX also got a boost from NFL games running into primetime and drew 10.3 million viewers and a 5.9/9. CBS (7.5 million, 4.9/8) came in third, and ABC (3.5 million, 2.0/3) trailed.
NBC's 7.3 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic beat the combined total of the other three networks. FOX scored a 3.7 to take second. CBS posted a 1.1 and ABC a 0.9.
CBS: NFL runover/"60 Minutes" (9.2 million, 5.7/9)
NBC: "Football Night in America" (9.1 million, 5.0/8)
ABC: "America's Funniest Home Videos" rerun (5.2 million, 3.0/5)
18-49 leader: NFL runover/"The OT" (7.5)
8 p.m.
NBC: "Sunday Night Football" – Cowboys/Redskins (24 million, 13.4/21)
CBS: "60 Minutes"/"NCIS" rerun (8.95 million, 5.8/9)
FOX: "The Simpsons" rerun (6.6 million, 3.8/6)/"Bob's Burgers" rerun (3.7 million, 2.2/3)
ABC: Movie – "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" (2.9 million, 1.6/3)
18-49 leader: "Sunday Night Football" (8.1)
9 p.m.
NBC: "Sunday Night Football" (26.8 million, 14.9/23)
CBS: "NCIS" rerun/"The Good Wife" rerun (6.4 million, 4.3/7)
FOX: "Family Guy" rerun (3.9 million, 2.3/4)/"American Dad" rerun (3.15 million, 1.9/3)
ABC: "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" (2.9 million, 1.6/2)
18-49 leader: "Sunday Night Football" (9.2)
10 p.m.
NBC: "Sunday Night Football" (25.9 million, 14.8/24)
CBS: "The Good Wife" rerun/"The Mentalist" rerun (5.4 million, 3.6/6)
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" (3.2 million, 1.8/3)
18-49 leader: "Sunday Night Football" (9.3)
Ratings information includes live and same-day DVR viewing. All numbers
are preliminary and subject to change. Source: The Nielsen Company.
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Which iPhone app is best Web or native?
May 15, 2009
Michael K. Brown is vice president of media and entertainment and head of the mobile solutions practice at Digitaria
Over the last year I have had several clients inquire about developing an iPhone application to complement their existing Web site or to create a separate mobile presence.
Although there are two different types of iPhone applications, without fail these clients are always referring to the kind of application you find in the iTunes App Store -- what I refer to as "native iPhone applications." These are the sexy software applications that you hear about constantly in the media and in the blogosphere.
Without question native applications are often very cool. As an iPhone owner, I understand the awesomeness of a truly good native application such as Evernote, Slacker Radio or Animoto, to name a few.
However, upon digging deeper with clients, I often discover that what they are looking to do has no inherent need to be a downloadable software application and could just as well be served by an iPhone "Web application."
What's an iPhone Web application? It is not a piece of software, but actually a Web site that is optimized for viewing on the iPhone.
These sites can offer nearly all of the functionality of your traditional Web sites because they are based on the same technology. SoapNet's application is a good example of a well-executed iPhone Web application (you can also see what the application looks like in a regular browser).
With all this in mind, I decided to break down which iPhone application is appropriate for which business need or use.
A native iPhone application is best for your business if
You want to take advantage of the features built into the iPhone itself. Built-in features such as motion detection, voice detection, camera and GPS are some of the things that make the iPhone so hot and at the moment.
Right now, access to these phone features can only be accomplished using a native application. Yelp, the local business review network, would be a good Web application, but access to GPS information makes Yelp an even better native application.
You want to make sure your content or service is available offline. If the core purpose of your application is to make your content available on-the-fly, or without a strong Internet connection, then a native application is best suited for your needs.
For example, Pocket Aid offers first-aid and CPR information that is available on your phone, regardless of whether or not you are connected to the Internet. This availability is crucial to the application's success and therefore makes perfect sense to be native.
You are looking to make money directly from the sale of the application itself. In this case, a native application is the obvious solution.
Web applications have no proven models for paid access, and iTunes makes it way too easy for users to plunk down their money on native applications.
Of course, building a paid application doesn't guarantee a profit. In fact, most paid applications get lost in the shuffle and go relatively unnoticed.
You are hoping to get press coverage around the launch of your application.
Although I expect this to change in the next year or so, many name-brand iPhone native application launches still garner a decent amount of press attention in the trade press. Yours just might too if it offers a nice mix of brand recognition and innovation.
An iPhone Web application is best if
Your Web site has all the same content you want to feature on your iPhone application.
Since an iPhone Web application is essentially an iPhone-optimized Web site, you can use the same publishing system that you use for your main Web site. You can also use the same ad-serving software and the same Web analytics package as well.
Your content could be deemed inappropriate by Apple. Have you downloaded the great South Park application, submitted to iTunes by the show's creators? Of course, you haven't because Apple rejected it on the grounds that it was "potentially offensive."
Submitting an application to Apple carries the inherent risk of being denied entry into the iTunes App Store. If it does get denied, you will be left with a nearly useless piece of software.
If you think that your application has any chance of getting denied by the powers that be at Apple, you might want to re-evaluate your approach and consider a Web application.
Web applications have no approval process. As long as it is not illegal, you can build a Web application that contains any content or functionality that you wish.
You are interested in potentially reaching non-iPhone users with the same application. Apple iPhone native app development is very specific to iPhone and is not easily ported to other platforms such as Android and BlackBerry devices.
On the other hand, iPhone Web applications are displayed in Safari, which uses the open source application framework Webkit.
Since Webkit is also used as the foundation for the browsers in Android, newer BlackBerry models and the upcoming Palm Pre, a Web application built for iPhone can be ported over with little or no effort depending on the complexity of the application.
You want your application content to appear in mobile search results. As more people take advantage of their phones' Internet capabilities, mobile search results will become increasingly important.
Users will begin to demand that the sites that show up in those results are optimized for mobile. A native application will not help with that.
A few more general considerations
Cost. Generally, native iPhone application development is more expensive than its Web application counterpart.
This is mostly based on the fact that the skill set required to build native applications is far less common and garners a premium rate.
Furthermore, native iPhone application development is generally more time-consuming and therefore incurs more billable hours.
Maintenance and enhancements. With either type of application, be sure to include maintenance and enhancements in your budget.
User feedback often leads to unplanned changes in the way your application looks or functions, and you don't want to be stuck with no budget to improve the experience for your users.
Marketing. Many assume the "build it and they will come" model applies to iPhone applications. This is only the case for the biggest brands -- the rest of us have to work for it a bit.
If you are looking to drive awareness of your application, you need to support your efforts with a marketing plan.
At the very least you should consider building a search engine-optimized promotional Web site that offers deep details into the application's features and functionality.
Hopefully these tips will be helpful in deciding which iPhone application is best for your business. Whatever you do, be sure to act fast.
The iPhone and iPod touch's exploding popularity cannot be ignored and the race to engage this active and savvy user audience is well under way. Don't be left behind.
Michael K. Brown is vice president of media and entertainment as well as head of the mobile solutions practice at Digitaria, a digital marketing and technology service provider in San Diego. Reach him at .
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Comments on "Which iPhone app is best � Web or native?"
Facebook Apps says:
August 18, 2010 at 2:46am
As you might guess, I couldn�t agree more! Much simpler to use a mobile web interface to pick up a variety of devices and reformat for those as needed. It makes porting new content to mobile dead simple. For example, I took ITS�s labs page, ran it through a little PHP to cut out just the content I wanted and had a mobile computer lab app in under 15 minutes. The native app route would have meant republishing the app through the various stores, getting users to update, etc. Mobile web apps are way more flexible and allow you to roll out new stuff by simply updating the page. Next time someone visits they get the new tools. -
Bill French says:
July 12, 2010 at 1:13am
This is a great discussion thread concerning native vs web apps for mobile computing. Regardless of your viewpoint, I think we all agree that business and technical requirements are most important in setting a native vs web app strategy.
I created a dynamic spreadsheet to help marketing and technical teams consider the options in the context of a given project - http://ipadcto.com/mobile-apps-native-or-web/
Cheers! -
dd benald says:
June 17, 2010 at 3:37pm
you forgot a very important case, apps for proprietary use (not for use by the public)
in this case there is no way to distribute your app to specific clients (app store is for public apps), so a web app is the only alternative -
santosh shrestha says:
June 8, 2010 at 1:11am
really good article !!! it helped me understand concept of each aspect. thanks. -
Johan Jonsson says:
May 17, 2009 at 3:38pm
Great article with a really nice list of pro's and con's with iPhone applications! I'm really sceptical myself for some of the reasons that iPhone applications are being developed and used, a lot of times a web applications would be better and target more handsets. -
Matthew Szymczyk says:
May 17, 2009 at 12:39pm
Great article. I also blogged about the iphone app vs. optimized site debate here:
What I think it important to also note is that with the Android OS, new Blackberry OS, and other smartphone handsets is that cost becomes an even more important consideration when it's easier to optimize a site across the mobile browsers vs. creating multiple versions of the same application.
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Jonathan Paul Cambry (b.1982) is a Haitian-American, classically trained pianist from the southside of Chicago. He has been playing piano since the age of 3, studying with David Andrews of the Suzuki-Orff School for 15 years. During this time, he was a student at the prestigious University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. His other teachers after included Bethany Pickens, Mario Delli Ponti, Joseph Schwartz, Sedmara Zakarian Rutstein, Sanford Margolis, William Goldenberg, Graham Scott, and Kuang-Hao Huang. Jonathan Cambry is founder and serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the American Chamber Opera Company. Thanks to his previous YouTube popularity, he was invited to perform in a gallery opening in New York, performances in Svendborg-Denmark, Amsterdam, Malaysia, Italy, and all over the United States. Jonathan Cambry was also previously an accompanist at Ballet Chicago, a prominent ballet company in Chicago, IL.
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Michelle Yu is an anchor/reporter for the SNY network. Prior to joining SNY, she was a sports reporter at NY1 News. Michelle began her sports journalism career in print, writing for Gannett's Journal News and Sports Illustrated for Kids magazine. In 2003, Michelle made the transition from print to television when she joined College Sports Television. She has also spent time as a sports reporter on Time Warner Cable's "Sportstime" show in New Jersey. A Bronx native, Michelle co-wrote her first novel, "China Dolls," in 2007; her second novel, "Young, Restless & Broke," was published in 2009. She graduated from Manhattan College with a degree in communications. She currently lives in Manhattan, and she will be the co-chair of AAJA's 2013 convention.
Who do you look up to in the news industry as a role model?
In the sports industry, I really respect Doris Burke from ESPN and think she's a true professional. I like her no-nonsense attitude and great knowledge of sports. In the news industry, I am a big fan of Michelle Kosinski of NBC. She's versatile and tells a great story whether or not it's hard or soft news.
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I have always wanted to be a sportscaster. I had that vision when I was in grade school. I was a big sports fan. I played tennis throughout my life and went on to play collegiately. I was also a huge NBA fan, and my dream was to meet Michael Jordan. Watching the Bulls as a little kid with my dad inspired me to be a sports anchor.
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The unemployment rates in Lucas and Wood counties rose last month, but fell in many other northwest Ohio counties.
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services said Tuesday that the jobless rate for Lucas climbed to 9.5 percent in May, up from 9.3 percent in April, and for Wood County rose to 8.7 percent, up from 8.5 percent the month before. The latest rates were well below the rates for May, 2010.
The rate in Toledo also increased, to 9.9 percent in May, up from 9.7 percent in April but lower than 11.5 percent a year earlier. The report shows 14,300 unemployed in Toledo and 20,800 jobless in Lucas County.
Unemployment rates fell in Ottawa County, to 9.9 percent last month from 12.5 percent the month before, and in Fulton County, to 9.4 percent from 9.7 percent. The picture was mixed for other area counties, with some rates rising and others falling.
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Spree for All returns for 11th year
Spree For All trails are flat, easy and approved for visitors on foot and those with wheelchairs, walkers, canes and strollers. |
Each of the Spree For All trails have been tested by clients from United Disability Services (UDS) of Akron. Shown are some UDS hikers. |
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"Spree For All offers opportunities for people of all abilities to enjoy the season," said Nathan Eppink, chief of marketing and communications for Metro Parks, Serving Summit County. "The trails are flat, easy and approved for visitors on foot and those with wheelchairs, walkers, canes and strollers."
All three of Metro Parks' multipurpose trails are represented in the Spree for All, Eppink said.
"These include the Bike & Hike Trail, the Freedom Trail and sections of the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail. Trails in seven parks are included, too," he explained. "Spree For All trails are flat and easy. For some, maybe the Spree is a way to ease back into hiking after a long winter. For others, it's a series of very manageable hikes for children, or a way to rehab an injury, or the opportunity to just enjoy the outdoors in spring."
Eppink said each of the trails gives hikers an opportunity to see what Metro Parks has to offer.
"The experience may vary by trail due to the location," he said. "On multipurpose trails, Spree participants will see cyclists, runners and others in our 'linear parks.' In other locations, the trails may wind through woods or a meadow. The wildlife will vary, too. You can complete the Spree by doing the same trail five times, but I would encourage visitors, if they're able, to see a few different areas."
Each of the Spree For All trails have been tested by clients from United Disability Services of Akron, Eppink said, and can be used by visitors on foot and those with wheelchairs, walkers, canes and strollers.
The program is open to people of ages, and dogs can even get in on the fun, Eppink said.
"Dogs are welcome on most Spree trails. F.A. Seiberling Nature Realm is a nature-study area, and dogs are not permitted there," he stated. "Elsewhere, with new signs, we're reminding visitors about proper 'PETiquette,' or pet etiquette. Leashes are required and cannot be more than 8 feet long, and pet owners are asked to pick up pet waste."
Since the program's inception, more than 26,000 participants have completed at least five hikes to earn Spree For All rewards, Eppink stated.
"Participants who complete five or more designated Spree trails from May 1 to June 30 earn rewards," he said. "First-timers earn a neck lanyard and pin. Veteran Spree hikers earn a pin."
Last year marked the 10th anniversary of the Spree for All and Eppink said it was one of the program's biggest years yet, with more than 3,00 people earning rewards — including 1,222 new hikers.
"We estimate, on average, 10,000 people participate in some way," he said. "Maybe they don't all finish five hikes or they forget to turn in their forms at the end of the series, but Spree hikers are out there enjoying the Metro Parks."
According to Eppink, one important change to this year's Spree for All involves the form that needs to be filled out in order to collect the rewards.
"The format of the form is new," he said. "Families and groups no longer need to keep track of multiple forms. Our new Spree form accommodates up to six names."
Entry forms are available online at www.summitmetroparks.org. They also can be picked up in person at the F.A. Seiberling Nature Realm, located at 1828 Smith Road in West Akron, or at Acme Fresh Market stores throughout Summit County.
Rewards are free for Summit County residents.
"Since the park district is funded by a Summit County real estate tax, out-of-county residents pay to receive their rewards," Eppink stated. The cost is $10 for first-year hikers and $5 for veteran hikers.
Completed Spree For All forms need to be turned in by Aug. 15 in person at one of two locations: the F.A. Seiberling Nature Realm Visitors Center or the Metro Parks administrative offices, located at 975 Treaty Line Road in West Akron.
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From left, guard Jerry Kramer (64), kicker Ben Agajanian (3), quarterback Bart Starr (15) and fullback Jim Taylor go through drills as training camp begins on the practice field across from new City Stadium in mid-July 1962. Press-Gazette archivesNumber 3 was retired for Tony Canadeo in 1952. So what is it doing on the practice field ten years later?
Canadeo should need no introduction. A ninth-round pick out of Gonzaga, his prematurely-gray hair earned him the nickname "The Gray Ghost." He played for the Packers from 1941-44 and again from 1946-52, spending the 1945 season in the Army. He was the first Packer (and third NFL player overall) to rush for 1000 yards in a season.
Canadeo retired after the final game of the 1952 season, where his number became the second to be retired by the Packers (Don Hutson's #14 had been taken out of circulation the year before). He immediately moved to the broadcast booth, broadcasting Packer games on television before joining the Packers' Board of Directors in 1958. The following year, he was elevated to the Executive Committee, which is where he was on November 18, 1961.
On that day, Vince Lombardi signed kicker Ben Agajanian to take over placekicking duties to replace Paul Horning, recently inducted into the Army. Known as "The Toeless Wonder" after having lost four toes on his kicking foot in an elevator while at the University of New Mexico, Agajanian had been in the league since 1945.
Green Bay Packers kicker Ben Agajanian (3) practices as training camp begins on the practice field across from new City Stadium in mid-July 1962. Press-Gazette archivesAgajanian had worn number 3 since college, and when he reported to Green Bay Lombardi issued it to him. Canadeo later told the Milwaukee Journal:
"Vince and I were good buddies. but Vince didn't give a damn. If Ben wanted No. 3, he could have it."Later, Canadeo indicated that Lombardi might not have realized that the number had been retired, noting that he "hadn't told (Lombardi) anything" when Agajanian was given it.
It was truly a different era, a time before old highlights on television and mass-produced media guides, before retired numbers were proudly displayed under the main scoreboard. It seems plausible that Lombardi might not have realized that the number had been retired at all.
As inconceivable as it is that the Packers would re-issue #15 or #92 (or even #4) to an incoming player today, it did happen back then (more than once, even—but that's a story for another day).


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0Adding more joists may be a bit difficult. The basement is finished with a Sheetrock ceiling
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0I think the above poster was talking about putting down an oversized piece of plywood to distribute the load to another joist, not physically adding one. That might help but might not look the best. If you could figure out where your joists are in the floor, you can at least make sure your positioned in a way that you are picking up the most. Hopefully, they are spaced 16" apart. With a 48" tank, that means you could either be picking up 4 joists or 3, depending on where the tank is sitting. If you can remove a floor vent, or even a ceiling vent or recessed light in the basement, you might find a joist. A studfinder might work as well. Once you find one, measure 16" on center (presuming thats your joist spacing) and set the tank up so you are sitting on 4 joists. 4 joists should easily carry the weight of your tank long as you aren't sitting a piano or refridgerator next to it.