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Adhiparasakthi Engineering College Of B.Arch Admission 2018
Established 1984
About us
Adhiparasakthi Engineering College was established in the year 1984 with the blessings of the Founder President His Holiness Arulthiru Bangaru Adigalar in order to meet the growing demands for engineers in the modern industries. The institution is governed by the Vice President of the ACMECT Thirumathi Lakshmi Bangaru Adigalar as chairperson. The institution is one of the prestigious educational institutions functioning under the Adhiparasakthi Charitable, Medical, Educational and Cultural Trust.The institution is approved by the Government of Tamilnadu and the All India Council for Technical Education and is affiliated to Anna University.On the first decade of its growth the college has been a pioneer in bringing out spiritually binded powerful engineers aptly referred to as Sakthi Engineers. The college completed its second decade recently and the college has been accredited by National Board of Accreditation, AICTE.
The College Library was started in the year 1984, and also functioning in the Main Building of the college (Main Block). Now it has been shifted to a spacious New Central Library Block with an area of 4000sq.m. It is a two-storied Building. A Conference Hall, Audio-visual section, Reference Section, Language Lab, Digital Library are in the first floor Stacksections, Circulation Section, Informal Reading Section, Book Bank Section and binding Section are in the Ground Floor.
- 56,615 volumes with 22,613 titles
- 245 Periodicals
- 4,800 back volumes.
Computer center
The Adhiparasakthi college computer center With constant up-gradation to provide students and staff the state-of-the-art facilities, the Institute has earned a reputation for the excellence of its work across a range of computer-based disciplines. The sterling hallmark of our campus is the O-Block Computer Center. It acts as a resource centre which has been equipped with the recent software and internet facility to feed the art of computer science to our budding engineers.
This air conditioned lab is centralized Computer Centre has been fully air conditioned.At a time 400 students can work individually. The system configuration is mostly Core i3 2nd Generation, Core i5 and Core 2 Duo.. Sophisticated and latest software have been purchased to enable the faculty as well as students to pursue their research / project works. Software and packages as per norms of AICTE and Anna University are loaded. Hardware peripheral facilities are available in plenty.
Other facilities
- A rich collection of about 56615 volumes with 22613 titles, 245 periodicals, 4800 back volumes etc
- Wifi campus
- Hostel facility with the capacity of 800 students
- Gym
- Cafeteria
- Transport facility
- Auditorium
- 24-hour medical facility available
Courses offered
- B .Arch Architecture
Why join Adhiparashakthi Engineering College
- Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai and approved by AICTE
- Grade 'A' accreditation by NAAC
- Provides CCNA certification through CISCO Local Academy Training
Adhiparashakthi Engineering College B.Arch Fees Structure 2018
Admission Criteria :
In order to be qualified for admission to different school/ college of architecture in India that accept NATA score, the Eligibility criteria of NATA 2017 requires that candidates should have at least 50% marks in 10+2 or equivalent examination with mathematics as one of the subject. Also, for applying to first year of 5-year B.Arch. Degree Course, candidates must have 40% score in NATA, i.e. at least 80/200.
About the NATA Entrance Exam:
The National Aptitude Test in Architecture or NATA 2018 will be conducted by Council of Architecture (COA) for admission to 5-year B.Arch. degree course across all universities and colleges in the country. NATA 2018 will be organised tentatively in the month of June to test the mathematical, general aptitude and drawing skills of Architecture aspirants. The admission procedure of NATA 2018 strictly adheres to the eligibility criteria as prescribed by COA and approved by Central Government, which is mandatory for candidates to follow before applying for the exam. Candidates will have to fill the application form of NATA 2018 to appear in the exam that will be tentatively available from the first week of January 2018. In the application form of NATA 2018, candidates will have to provide their personal details which includes their name, contact number, address etc. and their academic details like educational qualification, class X and XII scores etc. It should be noted that candidates will have to submit the NATA 2018 application form along with an application fee of Rs 1250 irrespective of category and gender in online mode.
NATA Important Dates 2018
The important dates of NATA 2018 will help the candidates keep a track of all the important events related to the exam. Candidates can check all the important dates of NATA 2018 from the table given below.
NATA 2018 Important Dates
|Dates (Tentative)
|Start date of NATA 2018 Application Form online
|First week of January 2018
|End date of NATA 2018 Application Form online
|Second week of February 2018
|End date of uploading of image
|Second week of February 2018
|End date of fee payment
|Second week of February 2018
|End date of Confirmation Page printing
|Fourth week of February 2018
|Date for candidate correction window along with uploading of correct testimonials
|Fourth week of February 2018
|Availability of NATA 2018 Admit Card
|Fourth week of March 2018
|Third week of April 2018
|Availability of NATA 2018 OMR Sheets
|Third week of May 2018
|Availability of NATA 2018 Answer Key
|Third week of May 2018
|NATA Result 2018
|First week of June 2018
NATA Eligibility Criteria 2018
Candidates planning to appear in NATA 2018 are required to check the eligibility criteria of the exam before applying for it. The eligibility criteria of NATA 2018 includes age limit, qualifying exam and marks etc. If a candidate is found not adhering to NATA 2018 eligibility criteria, then the application form of such a candidate will not be accepted.
The parameters for NATA eligibility criteria 2018 are:
Age Limit:
Candidates appearing in NATA 2018 should have attained 17 years of age as on July 31, 2018.
Note: During any stage of NATA examination or admission, if a candidate is found under age i.e. below 17 years on the above mentioned date or otherwise ineligible, then his or her NATA 2018 score will become void.
Qualifying Exam:
- NATA 2018 aspirants must have passed 10+2 or equivalent examination with Mathematics as one of the compulsory subjects. This applies to candidates appearing in 10+2 or equivalent examination in 2018.
- Candidates who have passed or appearing for 10+3 Diploma from any stream recognized by Central/ State Govts with Mathematics as one of the compulsory subjects.
- Candidates who have passed or appeared in International Baccalaureate Diploma after 10 years of Schooling with Mathematics as compulsory subject of examination.
Qualifying Exam Marks:
Candidates need to have minimum marks in their respective qualifying exams to be eligible for NATA 2018.
- It is mandatory for candidates to have secured 50% marks in 10+2 or equivalent examination with Mathematics as one of the subjects.
- Candidates pursuing or have completed 10+3 Diploma (any stream) recognized by Central/State Govts need 50% aggregate marks with Mathematics to be NATA 2018 eligible.
- Candidates appearing or have cleared International Baccalaureate Diploma after 10 years of Schooling with 50% marks in aggregate and with Mathematics as compulsory subject of examination need 50% marks in aggregate with Mathematics as compulsory subject of examination.
Number of Attempts:
The scores of NATA 2018 will be taken into consideration only for admission to B.Arch. course in 2018-19.
B.Arch. Admission 2018
- Candidates can get admission to B.Arch. course by qualifying a recognized aptitude test in Architecture (NATA or equivalent) in 2018 or have qualified in NATA 2017.
- Candidates should note that qualifying NATA 2018 exam does not constitute a right or guarantee in favour of the candidate for his or her admission to any Architecture course unless he or she has prescribed requirements as specified by respective counselling and admission authorities.
- It is also important to note that no direct lateral admission or entry is allowed at any year/ stage of B.Arch. course based on any qualification.
NATA Application Form 2018
- The authorities of the entrance exam will release the NATA 2018 application form for the candidates in online mode. Candidates will have to register themselves before filling the application form of NATA 2018 because without registration, candidates will not be able to fill the application form.
- After submitting all the necessary details in the application form, candidates will have to upload the image and documents required and pay the application fees.
- Once the payment is done, candidates will have to download the application form of NATA 2018 and take a printout of the confirmation page of the submitted form.
NATA 2018 Application Fees
- For candidates appearing for NATA 2018 in India, the application fees is Rs 1250 + processing charges.
- For candidates appearing for NATA 2018 in Dubai, the application fees is Rs 1250 + Rs 7000.
Mode of Application Fee for NATA 2018
Candidates can make the payment of application fees through Electronic Payment Gateway (EPG) via Net-banking, Credit Card or Debit Card.
Charges for application fee payment
- Domestic Credit Card: 1.25% of the NATA fee + service tax as applicable.
- Domestic Debit Card: 0.75% of the NATA fee + service tax as applicable.
- Domestic Multiple Bank Net Banking Payment Gateway: Rs 15 for each transaction.
- PAN India ICICI Branches collection in cash (through challan): Rs. 30 per transaction.
NATA Exam Centres 2018
The centres prescribed by the exam conducting body where candidates will have to visit to be able to appear in the entrance exam will be the exam centres of NATA 2018. Candidates will have to choose from the prescribed list of NATA exam centres 2018 according to their preference and fill in the application form of NATA 2018. The admit card of NATA 2018 will have the name and complete address of the allotted NATA exam centre 2018. It is advisable for candidates to visit the allotted exam centre of NATA 2018 a day or two before the exam, to avoid hassle and last minute delays. NATA 2018 will be conducted at 70 exam centres – 69 in India and 1 will be outside the country.
NATA Exam Pattern 2018
Candidates of NATA 2018 are advised to follow the exam pattern to appear well prepared and confident for the same. The exam pattern of NATA 2018 informs about the type, number, pattern and marking scheme of the question paper.
- The question paper of NATA 2018 will be divided into 2 sections – one includes Mathematics and General Aptitude and second includes Drawing.
- The entrance exam of NATA 2018 will be held in offline mode for 3 hours (180 minutes). The first 90 minutes would be for Mathematics and General Aptitude and remaining 90 minutes for Drawing.
- The Mathematics will have 20 questions and General Aptitude will have 40 questions. The Drawing section will have 2 questions of 40 marks each.
- NATA 2018 will not have negative marking.
NATA Syllabus 2018
The syllabus of NATA 2018 has been prescribed by Council of Architecture for candidates who will appear in the exam. NATA 2018 syllabus includes topics and chapters from which the question paper of the exam will be made. NATA syllabus 2018 has been given in brief below:
NATA 2018 Syllabus for Mathematics:
- Logarithms
- Algebra
- Complex Numbers
- Binomial Theorem (Positive Integral Index)
- Quadratic equations
NATA 2018 Syllabus for General Aptitude:
- Visualising different sides of 3D objects
- Objects, texture related to architecture and built environment
NATA 2018 Syllabus for Drawing Test:
- Conceptualization and visualisation
- Drawing of patterns – both geometrical and abstract
NATA Sample Papers 2018
The sample papers of NATA 2018 will help the candidates have an idea about the type, pattern and number of questions that will be asked in the exam. Candidates are required to refer to NATA 2018 sample papers to be familiar with the topics and chapters that will be covered in entrance exam. This way they will help themselves feel prepared and fearless to face the question paper. NATA sample papers 2018 will also help candidates by bringing in their shortcomings in front of them and increasing their speed, efficiency and time management skills. It is advised that candidates must practice NATA 2018 sample papers in abundance before appearing in the exam.
NATA Admit Card 2018
The admit card of NATA 2018 will be released by the authorities in online mode only for those candidates whose application form will be submitted successfully. NATA admit card 2018 will have the following things mentioned over it – candidates' name, roll number, exam name, date, time, allotted centre with complete address, photograph and signature. It is advised that candidates check all the details carefully before downloading the admit card and take a print out of the same. In case of any discrepancies, candidates must immediately contact the concerned authorities and get it rectified before appearing in the exam. Candidates must retain the admit card of NATA 2018 till the admission procedure gets over.
NATA Answer Key 2018
The Council of Architecture will publish the answer key of NATA 2018 for all candidates who appeared in the exam. NATA 2018 answer key will be released for candidates to verify their answers they have written in the exam with the ones provided by the experts in the official answer key. This verification of answers will help the candidates to calculate their scores in the entrance exam. Candidates will also be able to estimate their ranks using NATA answer key 2018 and hence foresee their chances of admission. If not satisfied with the responses given in NATA 2018 answer key, candidates can claim correction from the authorities within the stipulated time period.
NATA Cutoff 2018
The cutoff of NATA 2018 will not be provided by Council of Architecture officially because every institute offering B.Arch. Programme and admission on the basis of NATA scores releases its own cutoff for candidates. NATA 2018 cutoff will be basically the minimum marks required for admission in that particular institute and therefore it varies from institute to institute depending on certain factors like number of seats in the institute, difficulty level of the exam, previous year's cutoff trends etc. Candidate, if scores less than NATA cutoff 2018 in the entrance exam will be denied admission in the institute to their B.Arch. Programme.
NATA Result 2018
For candidates who will appear in NATA 2018 exam, the result will be announced by Council of Architecture (COA) in three formats:
- Marks obtained out of 200 and in each component.
- Merit listing – unique based on marks and tie breaking rules.
- Percentile score based on the merit listing.
Candidates will be considered as qualified for NATA 2018 only if he or she fulfills all three conditions mentioned below:
- Minimum 25% must be secured in MCQ portion (30 out of 120)
- Minimum 25% must be secured in Drawing portion (20 out of 80)
- Overall qualifying marks (out of 200) would be based on post-exam statistics and at the discretion of the Council.
Note: An attempt will be made to normalize scores (with respect to NATA 2018) the scores of NATA 2017 qualified candidates seeking admission in the session 2018-19 in order to specify their position in order of merit for counselling purposes. Such guidelines would be based on statistical analysis and the Council's decision would be final in this regard.
NATA Score Card 2018
After checking the NATA 2018 result, candidates will be able to download the score card of the exam. The exam conducting body of NATA will not dispatch the score card of NATA 2018 by any means except online. Candidates are required to take a print out of their NATA result or score card as it will be required during admissions to apply for various B.Arch programmes offered by the various universities and colleges. Candidates will be able to download their NATA score card 2018 from this page as and when it will be released.
NATA Counselling 2018
There is no common counselling for NATA 2018 for the qualified candidates of the exam, however, most states and universities will conduct their own NATA 2018 counselling for admission to their B.Arch course. Candidates will have to apply to their preferred college to attend the counselling of NATA 2018 and take the admission procedure further.
NATA Participating Institutes 2018
The engineering colleges and institutes offering admission to candidates on the basis of their NATA scores are called as the participating institutes. These institutes offer B.Arch. Programme.
The scores of NATA 2018 will be accepted by the institutes mentioned in the table below.
NATA 2018 Participating Institutes
|Participating Institutes
|School of Architecture, CSI Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh
|Guwahati College of Architecture, Assam
|Angel Valley School of Architecture, Chhattisgarh
|Faculty of Architecture, College of Engineering, Andhra Pradesh
|Institute of Architecture, Gujarat
|Dignity College of Architecture, Chhattisgarh
|S.A.R. College of Architecture, Andhra Pradesh
|College of Architecture, Vastu Kala Academy, New Delhi
|College of Architecture, Holy Mary Institute of Technology & Sciences, Andhra Pradesh
|Sri Venkateswara College of Architecture, Hyderabad
This article has been written on last year's information. It will be updated with the new information as soon as it comes in.
Contact Details
Adhiparasakthi Engineering College,
Melmaruvathur – 603319,
Kanchipuram District,
Tamil Nadu
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Janelle Monáe: Artistic Android of Excellence
AllHipHop Staff
The musical work
of Janelle Monáe cannot be easily defined or categorized. And while such tasks have grown in
importance on the business side of the equation, the only issue that concerns
Monáe is that she remains fearless in her music-making.
Bridging (and
blurring) the categorical lines that separate music lovers, Janelle has created
a debut album for the ages, which masterfully pushes the limits of rock and
soul music. And at the age of 24,
as a byproduct of the hip-hop generation, the spirit of innovation flows
through her blood, and her music, too.
On May 18, 2010,
Janelle Monáe released the follow-up to her critically-acclaimed EP Metropolis:
The Chase Suite (Special Edition), which
featured the GRAMMY-nominated singles, Many Moons. In the midst of a promotional campaign for TheArchAndroid, the singer managed to squeeze some time out of her busy schedule and
settle down for an interview with Clayton
Perry reflecting on her early experiences at American Musical &
Dramatic Academy, her emotional attachment to Smile, and the kindred spirit
she shares with Erykah Badu.
AllHipHop.com: Since "Tightrope" served as the lead single for TheArchAndroid, I am curious to learn if there was a particular piece of advice or a
particular life experience that forced you to learn how to tip on the
Monáe: Oh, yes, for sure. But really,
just simply being an artist, there are so many highs and lows in the music
industry that I knew early on that I needed to stay right in the middle of all
of that, not getting too high off accolades and praises. Whenever you let ego come in and stand
front-and-center, that's a hard to thing to get rid of. And also, just learning
to not get too low over opinions and critiques and all of the reviews and
different things like that. And so, personally, I know that I have to have
balance, and have to pull back and not lean too much on one side. I feel like
when I was writing "Tightrope," I wanted it to be an anthem for the
people who also are going through being oppressed for just being themselves.
And in those words that I wrote, I want them to recite those words. This is
what you say to those people who are trying to hold you back from being you.
AllHipHop.com: Since you intended Tightrope to serve as an anthem of
sorts, when you reflect on the lyrics of "Cold War," what do you hope
music lovers will be inspired to fight for when they listen to your music?
Monáe: Well, I come from a working class
family, so I create music for the people. My mother was a janitor and my father
drove a truck for trash collection.
And my step-father, who is like my father, works for the post office. So
I definitely empathize with those who are turning nothing into something, going
through life struggles, everyday life struggles and just really, whether
they've gone through oppression, depression, suppression and just trying to
stay sane in this world. And so that's how I craft my music, to inspire and
motivate the people always.
AllHipHop.com: To date, I have had the pleasure of seeing you perform in
New York City on two separate occasions. And at your album release party, I saw
you perform "Smile" for the very first time. What kind of special
attachment do you have to that song?
Monáe: Oh, man! I've been performing
"Smile," for as long as I can remember. It's definitely one of the
highlights of the set. I just think, as a human being, I have to ensure that I
stay sane. And sometimes we can really lose perspective and we can get caught
up in some of the negative things that are going on in our lives, and in the
world, and not realize that life itself is just a blessing. And so
"Smile," when I heard Stevie Wonder's rendition on With a
Song in My Heart, it made me cry, and I've
always wanted to give that same emotional experience that I had with it to my
AllHipHop.com: Although you are a tremendous singer, I just have to say,
James Brown would just be proud of your energetic performance. I know that you
attended the American Musical & Dramatic Academy in New York City, but do
you credit a particular pre-professional experience for merging your love of
singing and dancing?
Monáe: Well, I was always heavily
involved in musical theatre programs, which led me to school for musical
theatre. In high school, I had the lead role in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. I had a part in The Wiz, too. And I wrote plays as well. I was a part of the
Young Playwright's Roundtable at the Coterie Theatre. And so I was always using
my imagination and just writing. I guess this has been with me over half my
life. It seems the musical theatre is just instilled in my heart. I went to
school for a little while, but I left the American Musical & Dramatic
Academy because I didn't want to be too influenced by the standardized teachings.
I didn't want to sound like everybody else. I didn't want to approach music and
art or musical theatre like everybody else. I wanted to create my own musicals
and bring out the things that made me human.
AllHipHop.com: For me, it is hard to imagine someone having that much
strength to just walk away from an opportunity like that. What inspired and led
you to Atlanta?
Monáe: Not really an interesting story.
It was just me following my inner compass. Something was telling me to move to
Atlanta, and it was one of the best things that happened to me because I was
able to meet so many like-minded individuals. I started my own recording label:
The Wondaland Arts Society. This is my home. I'm from Kansas City originally,
but artistically I had to make it to grow here, and I'm so glad I made that
decision. I listened and I trusted my instincts.
AllHipHop.com: Shed a little more light on the Wondaland Arts Society,
especially two of your fellow collaborators, Chuck Lightning and Nate Wonder.
What kind of special relationship do you have with them?
Monáe: Absolutely. The Wondaland Arts
Society serves as a recording label. We look at it like a Motown. There are so
many artists that we're going to be putting out. Deep Cotton is next in line to
put out their projects, and I'm excited about those guys. The label and the
collective consists of artists, from visual artists to performance artists to
actors to screen writers, graphic novelists, graphic artists, I mean musicians,
you name it. We just want to help preserve art and create a blueprint for a
generation coming behind us to follow. And we really want to help promote
individuality, celebrating our differences. And we use music as our weapon and
we have a right to our imagination. And Nate "Rocket" Wonder and
Chuck Lightning have been creating all the music that you've heard. We've been
collaborating together, just us three. Nate usually handles all the music that
you hear and Chuck and I, we write and conceptualize together. So those are my
favorite writers and producers. If you ask me all the time, who do you want to
work with, I'm working with my dream team.
AllHipHop.com: When you look back on your recording experiences together,
is there a particular word that immediately comes to mind?
Monáe: Fearlessness. We were very
fearless in this process. A lot of the songs came to me, and I think Nate and
Chuck also said they had some of these experiences. But I got a lot of my song
ideas in my dreams. I would literally wake up in the middle of the night. I
would have my iPhone recorder by my bed, and I would just record whatever I
dreamt, whether it was a full song or it was images that I'd seen, or whatever.
We kept ourselves very open, and we tried to be as free as we possibly could in
creating and not doing things just for the sake of being different, and, at the
same time, not trying to allow politics on this album. We just really listened
to our Maker, and a lot of the stuff couldn't have been planned. We focused on
the music. We knew that we wanted to create music to uplift and motivate the
people. And that's all we focused on when creating.
AllHipHop.com: As I encountered your music, it also allowed me to be
introduced to other artists. I actually saw the video for Sun Ra's "Space is
the Place" for the first time on YouTube just after discovering your work.
And in my conversations with others, they have discovered and re-discovered
artists like Fela and James Brown, too. What kind of historical appreciation do
you hope that your fans will generate and pull from the previous generation of
Monáe: Yes, as much as I love the past,
and I love the past artists, artists like James Brown and whatnot, I think it's
also important to focus on new concepts and ideas. We really want to have focus
on the future and create something that really hasn't been done. Those are our
goals. At the same time, we definitely understand those artists who come before
us and who've helped open up doors and make it a little more easy for us to do
the type of music that we love doing. People fought for us to have the creative
freedom that we have, and we do pay homage to those artists. You can find that
however you can.
AllHipHop.com: I know this summer you are hitting the road with Erykah Badu
and you also have a few appearances on the Lilith Fair. As you began to prepare
for these experiences, what conversations did you have with Erykah and other
fellow female artists?
Monáe: Erykah Badu and I are really good
friends. She has definitely been a huge supporter of me at a very early stage
of my career, and I support her evolution. So I am excited be on tour with her.
We both really stand up and want to fight for individuality. I think it's very
important. So I'm excited to go on that tour. We also are musical theatre
lovers at heart. We auditioned for the same school, the American Musical &
Dramatic Academy. So I'm on tour, and I'm on the Lilith Fair tour that I'm
honored to be a part of. And then I'm also on tour with Of Montreal, and
they're good friends of mine. I have a song with Kevin Barnes on The
ArchAndroid entitled "Make the
Bus." If you listen closely, we were such huge lovers of each others'
voices that he was trying to imitate me, I was trying to imitate him, and we
ended up sharing the verses. So one line, I would sing. The next line, he would
sing, and we'd go back and forth like that. So I'm excited to be working with
him because they're also pretty wild and dramatic. We're all going to save our
dramas for onstage.
AllHipHop.com: As you speak on the individuality you and Erykah Badu honor
and appreciate, have you ever felt any backlash or pushback for trying to
maintain your individuality?
Monáe: Thankfully, I have a very
supportive team. I mean from Sean Combs to Big Boi to Atlantic Records,
everyone here can remember when we decided we all really believe in the
message, and we are free. It's time that, as being a black woman and of the
black people, that people understand that we are not all monolithic. We need to
celebrate our differences. Being a woman in the music industry, I think that
it's extremely important that somebody is saying that, and saying that we need
to celebrate our differences. Redefining how a woman can wear her hair and how
a woman can dress and the type of music that she can create. I think that
that's important. I think that sparks the fire and it encourages other young
girls who are deciding if they're going to be comfortable with themselves and
their unique qualities or if they're just going to live vicariously through
somebody else and follow somebody else. It helps them to love the person that
God made them to be.
AllHipHop.com: The
ArchAndroid stands as the centerpiece of
a four-part Metropolis series.
What reflection do you have on your first encounter with Fritz Langs
silent film? And do you see the
series evolving past the fourth suite?
Monáe: I can't give away too much
of that information, but we're constantly
creating music. Suite IV will be out sooner than you think! We'll
never stop, like a waterfall, and that's why we try to do what's right with it,
so that God doesn't take away our superpowers and if it's given us, that we're
very thankful for it. But right now, we're just focusing on creating the
visuals for every song on The ArchAndroid.
It's going to be a mini-movie a mini motion picture that translates the music
to the live experience.
AllHipHop.com: Recently, I came across a quote from Brentin Mock in the
Atlantic, and I wanted to get your thoughts on his assessment of the ArchAndroid. He wrote: Monáe has given pop music its first Toni
Morrison moment, where fantasy, funk, and the ancestors come together for an
experience that evolves one's soul.
Monáe: I appreciate those individuals who
are listening to the music, from critics to supporters and music consumers, and
their letting it move them. They're not trying to categorize it and keep
accepting it for what it is. But I try to stay very balanced. I don't get too
high, I don't get too low. At the end of the day, I am interested in breaking
boundaries and exceeding all the genres and labels. I want to do away with all
those things. I mean, great music is great music. You either love it or you
hate it, in my opinion. I'm going to continue to create that music, hopefully
lead by example and help promote individuality. Not just being different for
the sake of being different. I think it's important that you have a message and
that you do the music that's in your heart. That's what I'm doing without
getting too high or low over any comment.
AllHipHop.com: As more and more people become acquainted with Janelle
Monáe, the artist, what would you like for them to know about Janelle Monáe,
the person?
Monáe: I'm a doer. I don't really do a
lot of talking, I guess. But I'm very interested in uniting. I want you to know
that. The thing I love about the Android is that it represents the other. And that's why I connect with the Android. I think that we are going to live in a world with
androids soon, because of the rapid advancement of technology. I think, though,
that we'll need a mediator for the other and the majority, of the haves and the
have nots, the oppressed and the oppressor. There's a saying in Metropolis, the movie, which inspired me. "The mediator
between the mind and the hand is the heart." And I consider myself the
AllHipHop.com: Well said, well said. As you have traveled internationally,
how do you gauge your reception? It is often said that music is the common
denominator for all people. Is there something you have seen in your travels
that might have proven that?
Monáe: Well, I haven't been able to not
go anywhere and feel at home. I mean, we've played festivals with so many
different ethnicities and colors and cyborgs and androids and gays, straights
All that. If music is making us united, I'm just very grateful that we've been
able to create that music that people can bond over and unite on. And that's
happened across the world. That's in North America, in Europe and in the UK as
well. I think that people love what they love. Music has no color. So that's
the thing that I think makes people feel so inviting, and I think their live
experience juxtaposes that. As it pertains to me, it has been keeping people
coming, so that's a blessing.
For more information on Janelle Monáe, visit her official
website: http://www.jmonae.com/

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Random, Random, Random, And Ask Me
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Well, because it's getting late, I figured I'd give random updates, news, quotes, and mini rants before I get to bed. Seems better to have a wide range of completely spontaneous subjects compiled into one blog entry than spread out into about nine.
So, first, just like to get this out of the way: At my ballet place, my teacher has been telling me/my parents that one of my friends and I are the two most advanced students in the class. Despite the fact it's going to happen anyway because of my age, she's thinking of moving me up to the advanced 12+ class.
As well, this Russian ballet guy is coming the day after my birthday (my birthday is January 21st), and because I'll be 12 at that point, I'd take the advanced master class he's teaching for a day. Now of course the other teachers, including the assistant teacher, will be in this exact class, and my teacher thought it'd be awesome if I were in that class. So, just to see what my best abilities are, I'm going to be taking that class. =D (But unfortunately for me this guy doesn't speak a word of English, so I'm going to have to be working on ballet phrases and anything that he will understand when in communication.)
So that's update #1.
Now secondly, my brother (Tifosi 94) is having his birthday in six days, which will be five days tomorrow, but still, can't wait for that. My mom and I will be making a chocolate cake, either that or a black forest cake. For my birthday, I'm wishing for the Portal cake - anybody wondering what specific cake-type that is or if anybody has the recipe?
Annd for an entirely random part, I'm busy watching Cheers while typing this. It's interesting to see that there's basically a tie-in with about six other shows because of the producers/creators/directors of Cheers made those other shows. So, about all of them: M*A*S*H, Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Wings, andone other one I can't remember. All of them are really cool shows. :'D
And again, on an entirely different note, writing has been semi-good. I've been wanting to do a human-Bionicle story lately, but haven't gotten any good ideas for it. Anybody have any practical ideas for a story? I'm wanting to use some of the characters in Danger Close (which, by the way, could use some attention, people), but I just can't think of any specific story background. =/ Also, advertisement for the following stories:
- Wings by Inferna Firesword
- Divided We Fall by Grant-Sud
- Rebirth by Me (Self advertisement is pitiful, but what the heck)
- Danger Close by Me
So, there's a small list, but deserves attention. Again, I didn't want to advertisement my own stories, but they do need some attention. Grant's story and my story are both SSC8 entries, so we'd appreciate views on both. Inferna's epic has had reviewers bail on her (No clue who those people are, but get with it, guys), and just about the same with Danger Close. Reviews for all those stories would be great.
And last but not least, ask me stuff. No clue what, but just ask me stuff.


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Dad shoots daughter's laptop after reading her Facebook rant
Tommy is a little pissed. Tommy is armed. Laptop is toast. Video on YouTube.
I gotta admit that the tactic of taking away a favorite toy can work. Unless, of course, they have too many toys. Which mine do.
Thus far our strategy is the expensive electronic stuff is owned by mom and dad and lent on occasion to our kids. If they want a iPod Touch or DS or laptop they can go buy one themselves subject to parental approval.
Even then I'm thinking no electronic devices allowed in the bedrooms.
I'm also not looking forward to needing to lock down the internet and computers or playing cat and mouse like Tommy on Social Media sites.
with a father that works in IT that you'd have better sense than doing it again
There's been quite a few times where my kids are surprised that I know when they are being bad or lying about something. And I answer that I'm older, sneakier, been there, done all that and do they really think I'm stupid?
So far I'm able to decisively outsmart a seven year old. I'm hoping that the rope around a baby elephant's leg trick works on kids…'cause I'm not so sure I can keep that up when they are 14.
Ameda Purely Yours Vs Medela Pump In Style – Tear Down and Comparison
What? Breast pumps AGAIN?
Well if you're a tech geek and you need to buy a $200-$300 electronic device to attach to your wife's anatomy you're probably googling for the pros and cons of various pumps and wishing for a tear down or two.
I wrote a very long blog post about reusing 2nd hand breast pumps and there was a nice tear down of the Medela Pump In Style in a similar article by a poster named Robb. I finally took apart the Ameda to see what was inside.
We bought our Purely Yours for our first child back in 2004 which is a long while ago. But based on the minimal internal changes between Robb's older Pump In Style and our newer one as well as the fact that pictures of the Purely Yours on Amazon looks exactly like ours I'm guessing that breast pumps are not a rapidly evolving technology segment in comparison to say…smartphones.
If this were a product marketed toward men you'd probably see a new model every year with high end models CNC'd out of aircraft grade aluminum or made from carbon fiber complete with a touchscreen providing critical statistics like total volume pumped and fastest pump time. Fortunately, not so much and as near as I can tell these things don't change all that often.
The Ameda Purely Yours is much lighter than the Medela and is not built into a bag. That's a nice thing since you can buy just the pump and save yourself some money if you don't want their smallish bag, bottles and ice pack. It's also a lot more compact that way and fits better on a end table or desk than the Medela in its huge bag or backpack.
The primary reason it's lighter is because it's made out of plastic and not metal like the Medela. And that's a serious downside as ours broke halfway through pumping for our second child. It stopped sucking well and you could hear some broken plastic part rattling around inside.
Folks buy the Ameda because it's a closed pump system that can be safely reused…all the parts that touch the breast milk can be sterilized or replaced. Pumps are expensive and if you can sell or gift it to someone that's really nice. That's mostly why we picked the Ameda over the Medela the first time around (we got our gently used Medela as a gift from a friend and that saved us quite a bit).
But if the pump isn't made to last then the closed nature of the pump system isn't that much of an advantage, either for yourself or for a friend/relative.
So lets take a look what's inside the Ameda. Once you pry off the plastic cover, and in my case breaking off several plastic tabs in the process, you see what is essentially a glorified syringe driven back and forth by a little electric motor. For a $150-$250. Niiiice.
It's actually a nice little design if attachment points had been built more robustly. Ours failed where the clear cylinder attached to the main pump body with the shaft and gearing. Once you break that seal it can't pump effectively.
There's just these four little (brittle) plastic tabs that hold the thing together. Two of the four failed and one of these had fallen off completely which was what we heard rattling around inside the case. The piston still moves back and forth but with the cylinder detached it's pushed outward on the outstroke and there's no air seal and doesn't generate suction on the instroke.
It's all driven by this little motor driving a little rubber belt.
In comparison the Medela has a metal case and the motor and piston components are far more ruggedly built:
As you can see the casing, motor and gearing are all much more substantial than the one in the Purely Yours and made of metal. Even the plastic parts are far more substantial and tougher with the weakest link being the membrane itself. Mechanically nothing else is likely to break.
The Ameda Purely Yours Carry All ($185) is nearly $100 cheaper than the Medela Pump In Style Advanced Backpack ($279) on Amazon at time of posting but the Ameda in the backpack form ($233) isn't much less. If you're shopping for a breast pump and expect to only have one child I'd recommend getting the cheapest Ameda sans tote for $160. The pump might last through a second child but didn't for us.
If the Ameda had been built with a metal clip/fastener holding the two important plastic pieces together rather than these fragile little clips that eventually failed from the constant physical stress we'd still be happily using the Purely Yours and these two blog posts wouldn't exist.
Feeling a little cynical it strikes me that the Ameda's strategy is to sell a "reusable" closed pump but build it in such a way that it will likely break after one or two users/children. Medela went the other route in designing their pump to make sterilizing it for reuse by another Mom a huge annoyance but made it robust enough for the Brady family (you know, the show with six kids from the 70s…oh never mind…).
If you expect to use it for more than one child or want to pass it along to a relative then I'd go with the Medela. Then let them buy the Ameda Purely Yours Replacement Parts Kit that also doubles as a one hand manual pump for $45. This provides a fully closed system that's completely air separated from the Medela pump and likely as safe to reuse as the Purely Yours. The tubing fits our Medela pump and it works as well with our old Ameda kit as the Purely Yours pump did when new.
If you do get the Medela, remember to clean the membrane every so often unless you're using an Ameda kit with it. As an open system milk can get on the membrane and you end up with the mold growth some users have reported. That's pretty nasty and given the membrane is located behind the front panel it's easy to forget.
Next Project: rebuilding the Ameda Purely Yours with carbon fiber replacement parts, an upgraded motor with Neodymium magnets, micro-chain drive belt assembly and LED light kit…
Claimchowder: Apple iPad vs Kindle DX: Which is Better for Education? | PCWorld
Apple iPad vs Kindle DX: Which is Better for Education? | PCWorld.
I was looking at Kindle vs iPad/iBooks 2 for textbooks and ran across this gem from two (was it only 2!) years ago:
Yes, I realize it's far too early to write the iPad's eulogy in the consumer market, and I have no intention of doing so. The device hasn't even shipped yet and, besides, numerous bloggers have already pointed out the iPad's shortcomings. Still, the iPad does appear to be hard sell to consumers who already own a smartphone and a laptop, and its appeal as a household entertainment machine seems limited.
My household can't live without the iPad these days and ironically the only thing it can't do is run the Flash based math drill site my school uses. Thank goodness for the TouchPad I bought for Flash.
I'm looking forward to learning with my kids. I grew up as part of the first generation with video games. They're growing up as the first generation with truly mobile computing and the fulfillment of the e-Learning potential that my dad, as an educational technologist, glimpsed at in the 60s with the first computers entering K-12 schools. Somewhere there's a picture of me with a digital light pen and an IBM terminal catching electronic butterflies in 1968.
It should be fun.
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Tech Tip: Reusing a Previously Owned Medela Pump-In-Style Breast Pump
Here's not a topic you'll see on many tech blogs. How to safely reuse a used breast pump.
Obligatory Disclaimer: I am not a doctor nor breast pump engineer. Do not rely on this article for medical advice. I am only describing what we choose to do. For the impatient, skip to the last section.
We're expecting a new baby and madly scrambling to get everything together for the event. You'd think with two kids already we might have our act together but its been six years and we gave away or tossed most of our baby stuff.
One item, our Ameda Purely Yours Breast Pump, had died. We bought it because it was one of the few pumps listed as reusable…alas, made out of plastic it was not to be.
A friend very kindly offered their Medela Pump-In-Style pump to us which is really awesome since electric breast pumps aren't cheap. But if you google you end up reading very dire warnings about reusing breast pumps. Some of these warnings are well intentioned from other parents. Some of these warnings are a bit self serving from companies.
Here's the FDA warning provided in many baby forums:
Only FDA cleared, hospital-grade pumps should be used by more than one person. With the exception of hospital-grade pumps, the FDA considers breast pumps single-use devices. That means that a breast pump should only be used by one woman because there is no way to guarantee the pump can be cleaned and disinfected between uses by different women.
The money you may save by buying a used pump is not worth the health risks to you or your baby. Breast pumps that are reused by different mothers can carry infectious diseases, such as HIV or hepatitis.
Buying a used breast pump or sharing a breast pump may be a violation of the manufacturer's warranty and you may not be able to get help from the manufacturer if you have a problem with the pump.
OMG! HIV OR HEPATITIS! Most sane parents stop considering used pumps right there. Me, I kept googling. A reporter at U-T San Diego looked into this and it turns out that it's not quite that clear cut.
First, there are no such things as "hospital-grade" pumps as certified by the FDA. The FDA also doesn't certify any breast pump for reuse. The FDA spokesperson Karen Riley had this to say:
"If a breast pump has a separate breast cover and tubing, then it can be reused once cleaned," she said, "but the pumps are not labeled as such.
"We have allowed breast pumps that clearly separate (no possible contact of breast milk with the pump mechanism) to be marketed as reusable with appropriate instructions for cleaning and disinfection," Riley said.
So as the article states…pretty much the manufacturer decides whether or not to market their breast pumps as reusable and how easy they make to disinfect.
Gee, I wonder if it is in Medela's interest to sell everyone a new $300 pump or let folks reuse perfectly good used pumps.
The Medela Pump In Style® Breastpump has an internal diaphragm that cannot be removed, replaced, or fully sterilized. Therefore, the risk of cross-contamination associated with re-using a previously owned pump such as the Pump In Style cannot be totally dismissed. Multiple use of single-user breastpump automatically voids the warranty of the Medela product. Each mother who wishes to express milk with a pump should use a clean, uncontaminated breastpump. This is the safest way to eliminate any risk of cross-contamination.
This is sort of true. It used to be that you could buy a replacement internal diaphragm from resellers. Today, these are all listed as discontinued and to contact Medela. I'm guessing they aren't likely to sell you one for your used pump. So can you disinfect it enough to be safe? They sure don't want you to think so.
Here's the solution we started with:
First question is there any access to the "internal" diaphragm. Actually yes. Just pop off the front plate which you need to do to sterilize it anyway. Here's a nice tear down of an older pump in style. The 2008 model we have is largely the same although the face plate was redesigned. The diaphragm looks like this (from Robb's posting):
It's not hard to disassemble the Medela breast pump. On the one we borrowed it's held in via velcro. And unlike the Ameda it's not glued plastic but a sturdy metal frame. One screw later and you can see the guts. The only somewhat tricky part is accessing the pins for the second plastic face plate that holds the diaphragm in place.
Once you get this far you realize that Medela could have made this a fairly painless thing to do. You also realize that this $300 breast pump consists of about $30 worth of parts and that's being generous.
Now Robb just used alcohol wipes…which turns out isn't quite enough to kill Hepatitis C viruses. I found this article regarding disinfecting Goldmann tonometers.
Hepatitis C virus was placed on Goldmann tonometer tips, air dried, and then disinfected by dry gauze wipes, isopropyl alcohol wipes, cold water washes, povidone iodine 10% wipes, and hydrogen peroxide or isopropyl alcohol soaks followed by a cold water wash and dry.
Percentage of hepatitis C virus RNA remaining after disinfection: dry gauze wipes 95.65%, isopropyl alcohol 5-second wipes 88.91%, cold water wash 4.78%, povidone iodine 10% 5-second wipes 0.72%, hydrogen peroxide soak with cold water wash 0.07%, and isopropyl alcohol soak and cold water wash 0.02%.
89% of Hepatitis C virus RNA left after 5 second Isopropyl wipes isn't so good. It probably means some are still active. What I did was to pull the pump unit out so I could set it on it's back on a flat surface. Then I filled the concave diaphragm with 70% isopropyl alcohol and left it for 5 minutes and then carefully dumped it out with soaking the motor. I wiped down the edges with more alcohol and finally took tissue, saturated it with alcohol, and left it across the diaphragm for 5 minutes. A lot of this was random experimentation to figure out an adequate way to "soak" without taking the assembly apart and actually soaking.
Replicating the cold water wash was pretty much impossible without risking the electronics board, again because I wasn't willing to pop the diaphragm out of the pump. I wasn't really sure I could actually reassemble it. So I wiped it several times with a wet cloth. If there were any hepatitis virus (which I doubt) contamination on the surface it was probably down below 1% at this point.
Given that I didn't believe there was anything wrong in the first place and I repeatedly soaked and wiped the surface with alcohol (wasn't going to risk iodine) I would have gone with this as a 99%+ safe solution.
As for HIV and herpes and other viruses it seems they are less hardy than Hepatitis. Wiping with an isopropyl alcohol swab and then allowing the alcohol to evaporate seems to "inactivate" these viruses.
If you are using any Medela pump (new or used), I recommend wiping down the diaphragm regularly with an alcohol swab, let evaporate and then wipe down with water anyway. Milk CAN get in there and you can get mold growth on the surface. That's pretty nasty and a complaint you see on Amazon.
Here's the Actual Solution We're Going To Use
99%+ safe isn't actually 100% safe. Even assuming I got any viral contamination down to 0.02% some parents are still likely unwilling to take the risk. Given that I wasn't able to do the full cold water rinse it's probably not that low anyway.
Remember that I said we have a broken Ameda Purely Yours breast pump?
The reason this kind of pump can be safely reused is because it's a fully "closed" system. Meaning the part that touches milk is fully contained in the replaceable breast shield. You can never get milk into the pump portion and there's no air exchange between the two sections. What happens is that the pump creates suction which collapses a diaphragm inside the breast shield assembly…creating localized suction within the shield. The only parts that milk can touch are the fully sterilizable or replaceable parts.
Ameda claims:
The HygieniKit is the only milk collection system approved by the FDA to protect against cross contamination. It also safeguards the purity of expressed milk from bacteria and viruses by keeping milk and outside air separate from one another.
The Medela pump generates the same amount or more suction than our broken Purely Yours did. The tubing is same size so I plugged the Ameda kit into the Medela pump. The external diaphragm in the Ameda breast shield collapses just fine despite some minor leakage and the combo probably works better than the original Ameda pump (don't ask how this was tested). Certainly better than when it was half working.
As far as I can tell (remember disclaimers above) this is a 100% safe solution regardless of how contaminated the diaphragm is on the Medela. There's simply no contact with the air used for suction. Milk can never get in the tubing nor ever touch any part of the Medela pump.
You can buy the Ameda parts from Amazon. I believe that the full replacement kit should work and even comes with a one-hand-manual pump as a bonus. I'm not sure since we already have all the parts I need. I may buy it anyway since our kit is 6 years old and a little worn anyway. If I do, I'll report what I find.
This technique should be able to work with any breast pump that uses similarly sized tubing for suction.
Important note:
This worked on the Medela Pump-In-Style 2008 bag model because the Ameda tubes fit tightly into the front face plate. The Medela tubes are harder than the Ameda ones but the same size. Newer Medela models have a different face plate but the replacement Medela tubes I purchased fit all of Pump-In-Style ones but the only model I tested (because it's the only one I have access to) is the 2008 model.
The price at the time of writing for the replacement Ameda kit is $46 from Amazon. Because these components are single user use they are not returnable if opened. If it doesn't work with your used pump you will be out the price of the kit although you can still use it as a manual pump.
Also, since my wife isn't pumping yet it may be that the Medela kit simply works better than the Ameda kit. Medela is a popular brand for a reason. One, they seem to be built better. Second, they may simply work better.
If that's the case, we'll likely go with just using the Medela tubing and breast shields since I already bought all the parts and opened them (again, single user). For me, I'm reasonably certain I did enough to kill anything that might have been on that diaphragm.
Also consider, as stated by Medela, if you are reusing someone else's pump the warranty is automatically void.
Links (Active on Jan 2012)
Why does the FDA tell consumers that breast pumps can't be reused? | UTSanDiego.com.
Can you reuse a breast pump safely? What is Medela hiding? | Medical Noise.


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Ever since my three year old discovered Ben 10 on the Cartoon Network, everyone in the house has devoured the animated series. I really dig the epic arcs, the humor, and the character design. While there have been a few live action animated Ben 10 live-action movies, those were made for television. The good news is Ben 10 is headed to the big screen with an eye on Warner Bros. to distribute the big screen adaptation of the cartoon franchise.
The thing that might have a lot of people hesitating on the news is word that Joel Silver has signed to make this movie a reality. While Silver is responsible for The Matrix and Die Hard, he's also responsible for Speed Racer, Ninja Assassin, and Fred Clause. There's a lot of winners and losers on his resume (including the movie The Losers), so it will be interesting to see what he does to make this movie fall into the success category.
"I tried to do (something similar) with 'Speed Racer' and failed miserably," he said. "You always learn more from the ones that don't work than the ones that do work."
Steve Richards who is producing the movie told Variety that they are recasting the big screen adaptation and are hoping to go as big as possible with the project, hopefully pushing it to a big tentpole production. What will be really curious is to see if they stick with the ten year old Ben Tennyson, or the highschool-aged hero.


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Just as No. 7 Kentucky seemed headed toward blowing out another opponent, the Wildcats suddenly lost the focus and accuracy that had Harvard on the brink.
The pesky Crimson took advantage down the stretch to get within single digits, only lacking enough time to make things even tenser against a team still learning that a 20-point lead should be a starting point toward finishing off games.
"We have to be able to put our foot on their throats and get good plays and good shots and not try to turn into a selfish team," freshman forward Kevin Knox said after scoring 20 points in Kentucky's 79-70 victory Saturday in Lexington, Ky. "I think that's what we do when we start to get up, people start trying to get their own. Next thing, they're down eight."
Officially, Harvard's deficit was nine after Seth Towns' 3-pointer with 22 seconds left capped an 18-7 closing run after trailing 72-52 midway through the second half. Kentucky (7-1) ran out the clock, which seemed logical considering it missed seven of its final eight shots and went without a field goal for the final 2:31.
"Give Harvard credit," Kentucky coach John Calipari said. "They shot the ball." Coach Tommy "Amaker did a great job of putting his people in positions. It was another good game for us to play where a team's not just going to give us a win. This team needs that."
Hamidou Diallo added 19 points as Kentucky used a 13-0 run over 2:42 for a lead that seemed safe during a game when things were mostly clicking on both ends.
Georgia 73, Marquette 66: In Milwaukee, Yante Maten scored 13 points with seven rebounds to lead Georgia.
The Bulldogs used a 7-0 run to build a 60-55 lead with 3:09 remaining and would not relinquish the lead.
William Jackson II added 11 points for Georgia (6-1), and Tyree Crump finished with nine points.
Houston 91, Arkansas 65: In Houston, Devin Davis scored a career-high 28 points to lead the Cougars (6-1), built an early 11-0 lead over the Razorbacks (5-2) and never looked back.
Houston held Arkansas scoreless for the first six minutes, 41 seconds, and the Razorbacks didn't score their first field goal until nearly eight minutes into the game.
Jaylen Barford and Anton Beard led Arkansas with 13 points apiece, and C.J. Jones added 11 points off the bench.
Virginia Tech 83, Mississippi 80 (OT): In Oxford, Miss., Chris Clarke scored 16 points and grabbed 12 rebounds off the bench as Virginia Tech rallied from a 16-point deficit in the second half.
Virginia Tech (7-1) placed five players in double figures, led by Kerry Blackshear Jr. with 17 points.
Terence Davis and Breein Tyree scored 17 points apiece for the Rebels (4-3), who led 47-31 with 18:01 remaining and 39-29 at halftime. Markel Crawford and Deandre Burnett added 13 and 11 points, respectively, as Ole Miss dropped its third game in the last four starts.
South Carolina 76, UMass 70: In Columbia, S.C., freshman Justin Minaya scored 17 points and Chris Silva had 12 of his 14 points in the second half for the Gamecocks.
The Minutemen cut the advantage to two with 19.4 seconds remaining on a 3-pointer by Carl Pierre, but Hassani Gravett made four straight free throws to seal it.
Gravett finished with 14 points for South Carolina (6-2), while freshman Felipe Haase chipped in 11.


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We've all had the sinking feeling of looking at the semester grade for a class, then trying to calculate what poor exam or assignment would have brought down the letter on our transcript. It could have been that time you stayed up for 36 hours straight before an exam, the paper you decided not to edit or the pop quiz you took while you had the flu. Or, your grade might be low because your professor's distribution of grades is significantly different than GW's average.
Curves are a vital tool for professors to ensure that the distribution of As, Bs and Cs within classes is consistent with other classes at the University and around the country. By raising students' grades to a desired average, professors ensure that students are not penalized for tests that are overly challenging.
As any student will tell you, there is a huge disparity in grade distribution across departments – especially in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields, where GPAs tend to be lower. Even within the classes that I've taken, each professor calculates his or her own curve differently, since the University doesn't have a specific policy on grade distribution. Instead, the University should provide guidelines to ensure that grade curves are at least similar across the board for every class at GW.
According to research conducted by former Duke University professor Stuart Rojstaczer, grade inflation has reached endemic proportions at the national level. In 1950, a 2.5 GPA was the average for students at private universities. In 2007, the average GPA at private institutions was a 3.30. The myth that a C is an average grade has long since been replaced by a reality in which almost 45 percent of grades given in 2008 were As. In 2011, the average undergraduate GPA at GW was 3.26, making GW comparable to other universities.
Among courses with curves at GW, professors' ideal grade distributions vary significantly. As a result, students commonly use sites like RateMyProfessors to determine which professors will have grade distributions that will favorably impact their GPAs. For many students, selecting classes based on professors with ratings that suggest easy As – instead of based on course material or teaching acumen – detracts from their educational experiences. Professors who grade harshly or don't curve are similarly avoided.
To fix this problem, officials should publish a set of non-mandatory guidelines for grade distribution. This way, professors would have a base from which to create a grading policy that would be comparable to other classes.
These guidelines would establish basic expectations and a rough distribution for grades, rather than one that requires an exact distribution of As through Fs. This would allow all professors at GW to be on the same page regarding grading, while maintaining the important autonomy regarding student evaluation that professors currently enjoy. This autonomy would be especially important in more subjective grading.
Of course, in some situations, professors need to be able to diverge from a certain grade distribution due to an unusually qualified or unqualified class. But having a unified set of guidelines would at least make expectations more clear.
With Ivy League schools leading the way, grade inflation appears to be a permanent phenomenon in higher education. Because average GPAs are increasing, graduate school admissions officers must consider measures like GPA by looking at those figures in the context of a student's graduating class. Thus, the actual GPA figure is meaningless unless compared the GPAs of a student's peers.
The problem at GW arises not within specific departments or for the University as a whole, but rather for individual professors with grade distributions that are lower than average for the school or department.
Employers and graduate admissions officers can use class profiles to determine relative academic performance, yet the difficulty level of individual professors is not translated in these measures. Because individual professor difficulty is not taken into account in student-class rankings, students tend to look for the least challenging professor teaching a specific course.
Plus, grade inflation can result in a larger emphasis on standardized tests like the MCAT or the LSAT. Recently, conversations about standardized tests have questioned whether they are actually representative of students' abilities, and some schools have begun discounting them altogether.
Having the school publish a University-wide set of guidelines for grade distribution would ensure greater equality and fairness in grading across departments, and the University as a whole. It would also re-focus course selection on teacher skill, rather than individual course difficulty.
Kendrick Baker, a sophomore double-majoring in political science and economics, is a Hatchet opinions writer. Want to respond to this piece? Submit a letter to the editor.
This article appeared in the December 3, 2015 issue of the Hatchet.


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The Shahrukh Khan masala entertainer Raees has finally been declared a hit by the Aam janta. The superstar of Indian cinema is back like never before and in an rugged avatar.
The film opened to some strong reviews and sent the cash registers ringing at the box office. The film collected close to 50 cores in just two days of its release and is going super strong. Pakistani actress Mahira Khan plays the female lead and she has a huge craze all over.
With the weekend starting tomorrow things will be even better for the film which is directed by Rahul Dholakia. Nawazuddin Siddique played the role of a cop in this film and there has been a superb response for his role too.


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About the clinic
Acupuncture is a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) modality that uses points on the body that lie on meridians or pathways along which the body's life-giving energy called Qi circulates.
Under the supervision of professional clinic mentors, Georgian College Acupuncture students provide treatments including electroacupuncture, acupressure, cupping, herbal remedies and moxa.
If you are a new client, please take a look at the Acupuncture acknowledgement agreement before your first appointment.
All instructors/mentors involved in training students and supervising the Georgian College Acupuncture Clinic are duly regulated members in good standing with the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of Ontario (CTCMPAO). CTCMPAO is the governing body established by the Government of Ontario under the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 and the Traditional Chinese Medicine Act, 2006.
Intro Grand Rounds
Duration: One hour appointment and one hour. follow-up appointments
Initial intake appointment: complimentary
Consultation and treatment – public: $30
Georgian College students: $20
Advanced Grand Rounds
Duration: One hour initial appointment and one hour follow up appointments
- Initial intake appointment: complimentary
- Consultation and treatment – public: $30
- Georgian College students: $20
Student-Led Acupuncture Clinic
Duration: One hour appointments
Initial intake appointment: complimentary (a treatment may or may not be provided during the initial consult)
Follow-up appointments – public: $30
Follow-up appointments- Georgian College students: $20
Qi Balancing Clinic
Duration: One hour appointments
Initial intake appointment: complimentary (a treatment may or may not be provided during the initial consult)
Follow-up appointments- public: $10
Women and Children's TCMP Clinic (summer 2020 only)
Duration: One hour appointments
Initial intake appointment: complimentary (a treatment may or may not be provided during the initial consult)
Follow-up appointments – public: $TBD
Follow-up appointments- Georgian College students: $TBD
What to expect during your first visit
Your first appointment will include:
- A complete assessment during which you discuss in-depth your health history and your current complaint(s)-approximately one hour long
- A physical assessment based on TCM diagnostics which may include pulse and tongue diagnosis, and the physical palpation/examination of an area associated with the health complaint
- A treatment during the initial consultation-not guaranteed (full treatments will be provided during each subsequent booking) and depends on the time available and type of clinic format booked
- Prior to attending your first appointment, fill out the required consent forms
For the best treatment results, keep a few things in mind:
- Please arrive on time
- Don't eat a large meal or consume alcohol before you visit
- Wear loose, comfortable clothes
- Be sure to discuss any questions or concerns with your acupuncturist
- Refrain from overexertion, drugs or alcohol for at least six hours after treatment
- Follow your treatment plan in between visits
- Keep all of your appointments – each builds on the previous one
- Empty your bladder before starting your treatment
- Stay well hydrated (drink water) following your treatment
- Enjoy a warm Epsom salts bath following treatment (optional)
Book an appointment
For the Student-Led Acupuncture Clinic
- Go to our online booking page
- Select "Register" to create your personal profile, then select sign up (a confirmation with your password will be sent to the email address you provided)
- Use your password to log in, then choose the day, time and select your student therapist
- Once you are logged into the system use "My account" to make changes to your profile or cancel an existing appointment.
If you have any questions, please call us during business hours at 705.722.5156
For all other Acupuncture Clinics
Book by phone or email
Please email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 705.722.5156
Georgian College alumni receive three complimentary student-led acupuncture treatments per calendar year.
NOTE: Initial intake assessments are always complimentary. These promotions are for treatment appointments.
Check out promotions from our other Health and Wellness Clinics here.
Contact us and hours of operation
Public Clinic Appointments – Student Led (closed reading week Feb 24 to 28 and all statutory holidays)
Online booking available
- Mondays: 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
- Tuesdays: 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
- Wednesdays: 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
- Thursdays: 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
- Saturdays: 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.*
*Saturday is a TCMP Clinic and will include herbs as part of treatment (e.g. tinctures, ointments, etc.)
Intro. Grand Rounds Clinic
No online booking available. Please call 705.722.5156.
- Mondays: 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
- Wednesdays: 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
- Fridays: noon and 1:30 p.m.


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The first official trailer for Spider-Man: Homecoming has finally arrived.
After the teaser trailer that showed off Spidey's new wings was unveiled yesterday, the full clip has been revealed.
Most of the first glimpse sees Peter Parker struggling to juggle his responsibilities at school with his desire to save the world from bad guys.
But Iron Man's insistence that Spidey isn't ready for action yet spurs the web slinger on to go rogue.
Although Spider-Man can't now fly, he can now glide through the air as he pursues baddies throughout New York.
While it may seem like a new addition to film buffs, Spidey's new outfit closely mirrors the superhero's original suit when he first appeared in comics.
Spider-Man Homecoming is the latest in an army of Marvel movies and the reboot is sure to make new star Tom Holland one of the biggest young stars in Hollywood.
But the Brit is keeping his feet on the ground by employing his best friend Harrison Osterfield as his assistant.
Referring to a fellow Superhero actor, Tom said: "Chris Hemsworth gave me some great advice.
"Once I got cast he sent me a really lovely email about just make sure you keep your feet on the ground and you don't let this affect you.
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WWW Wednesday is a weekly feature hosted by Sam at Taking on A World of Words.
To play along, just answer the following three questions…
• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you'll read next?
What I'm currently reading
I'll be finishing A Million Worlds With You this week, and I have to say I'm disappointed that this is the last week I'll have one of Claudia Gray's gorgeous Firebird covers on my WWW! (But since I'm way behind on my reviews, I still have a review for the second book in the series coming up, as well as this one). I love this series…all the Marguerites, all the Pauls, all the Theos…I'm not ready to be done reading it!
I'm not totally sure how I'm feeling about A Study in Charlotte. The premise of this is great, really intriguing. The descendant of Sherlock Holmes (Charlotte Holmes) and the descendant of John Watson (Jamie Watson) meet in an American boarding school and work together to solve a crime. Awesome, right?! I picked up the audiobook and really enjoyed the first chapter. But then something happened. I think I stopped paying as careful attention and missed some stuff. And now I'm struggling a little bit with it. This is probably my fault more than the book's, and I'm making a concentrated effort to…concentrate more.
What I recently finished
Reviews for all four will be coming as soon as I can get to them, but sadly I'm getting way behind are reading faster than I can review! My Not So Perfect Life was excellent. I listened to the audiobook and I was completely hooked . Charming and funny, a perfect Sophie Kinsella! Replica had an extremely intriguing concept, though at times the implementation of it was a bit clunky. The story was interesting and a quick read though. Ten Thousand Skies Above You, well I pretty much love everything about the Firebird books. I didn't love this one quite as much as the first, but I enjoyed learning about the new universes and revisiting and old favourite. And even though I didn't love it quite as much as the first, I still loved it! Queens of Geek was a great read, though I felt it lacked a bit of story. Regardless, I loved the characters and the convention atmosphere and related a LOT to Taylor's anxiety. Thumbs up for this one!
What I plan to read next
I didn't get nearly as far on my TBR this week as I was hoping, and I feel like books still keep piling up and up. But here are the next couple books I'm hoping to read. I will also be searching out for a new audiobook to read when I finish Charlotte, unless one of my library holds comes in.
I'm on the blog tour for Internet Famous and I've been wanting to read this book for ages, so I'm excited to finally have a chance! And look out for my review June 5th. I wished for Bookishly Ever After on Netgalley, and this week the publisher granted my wish! I just love books where people love books! Maybe In Another Life has been on my TBR for months. The audiobook came in from the library a while back, but I was caught up in The Selection series and lost my hold on it. The ebook has just come through so I'm happy to finally get to read it, and I'm going to make sure I don't lose it this time!
Have you read any of these books? See anything you want to read? What's on your WWW this week? Leave a comment below, I'd love to hear about your week in books!


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From: arXiv.org e-Print archive
Posted: Monday, April 17, 2006
Astrophysics, abstract
From: Steven Allen [view email] Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 22:01:52 GMT (564kb)The relation between accretion rate and jet power in X-ray luminous elliptical galaxies Authors: S.W. Allen (KIPAC, Stanford), R.J.H. Dunn, A.C. Fabian (IoA, Cambridge), G.B. Taylor (UNM), C.S. Reynolds (UMD)
Using Chandra X-ray observations of 9 nearby, X-ray luminous ellipticals with good optical velocity dispersion measurements, we show that a tight correlation exists between the Bondi accretion rates calculated from the X-ray data and estimated black hole masses, and the power emerging from these systems in relativistic jets. The jet powers, inferred from the energies and timescales required to inflate the cavities observed in the surrounding X-ray emitting gas, can be related to the accretion rates by a power law model. A significant fraction (2.4^{+1.0}_{-0.7} per cent, for P_jet=10^{43} erg/s) of the energy associated with the rest mass of material entering the accretion radius emerges in the jets. Our results have significant implications for studies of accretion, jet formation and galaxy formation. The tight correlation between P_Bondi and P_jet suggests that the Bondi formulae provide a reasonable description of the accretion process, despite the likely presence of magnetic pressure and angular momentum in the accreting gas, and that the accretion flows are approximately stable over timescales of a few million years. Our results show that the black hole engines at the hearts of large elliptical galaxies and groups feed back sufficient energy to stem cooling and star formation, leading naturally to the observed exponential cut off at the bright end of the galaxy luminosity function.Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats
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Municipality of Barnston-Ouest
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MANY people of a certain age will remember the incredibly popular television series about students at a performing arts college in America and the subsequent hit film - Fame.
And now Fame the Musical is on its UK Tour starring soul legend Mica Paris, TV star Jorgie Porter and theatre favourite Keith Jack and they will be on stage at Malvern's Festival Theatre in the show's 30th Anniversary UK tour next week.
They will appear locally from Monday, July 8 to Saturday, July 13.
Based on the 1980 phenomenal pop culture film, Fame - The Musical is the international smash-hit sensation following the lives of students at New York's High School For The Performing Arts as they navigate their way through the highs and lows, the romances and the heartbreaks and the ultimate elation of life.
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Map of 2016 road projects
25. A205 East Sheen (2016-2018)
We are working with the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames on a scheme which runs along the A205 Upper Richmond Road West (between A205/Sheen Lane and A205/Priests Bridge Road) and along one of Richmond's key district town centres, as identified within The London Plan.
The scope of the work is to investigate, identify and develop road safety and highway improvements for all users, including pedestrians and cyclists. We're also looking at making improvements to the district town centre which is considered to be in a substandard condition.
26. Archway gyratory (2016-2017)
We are working with Islington council to transform the Archway gyratory by returning the one-way traffic system to two-way operation. Our proposals will make the town centre more pleasant and accessible, with improvements for cyclists and pedestrians. A public consultation was held from 3 November 2014 to 14 December 2014 and a number of changes have been incorporated into the proposed design. A consultation report will be published in March 2015.
27. Baker Street (2016-2017)
Baker Street and Gloucester Place form a large one-way system running from Regent's Park to Oxford Street. We're working with Westminster City council and Portman Estates to develop proposals to introduce two-way traffic on these routes.
28. Balham High Rd (2016-2017)
We are working with Wandsworth council to develop proposals for segregated cycle facilities, more trees and making better use of the available road space for traffic, loading and bus stops. The area extends to the junction at Balham station where measures to improve safety and convenience for all users are being assessed, including the potential to introduce a right-turn filter at the traffic lights. Design options are currently being developed.
29. Brent Cross Cricklewood (2016-2021)
The Brent Cross Cricklewood regeneration sets out a new network of streets and spaces in and around the area to improve retail, dining and leisure.
30. Chiswick roundabout/Kew Bridge junction (2016-2017)
We aim to provide a cycling route on Chiswick High Road to help cyclists through this area of heavy traffic area. We're working with Hounslow council to ensure that the route fits in with their wider vision for cycling in the borough.
We also want to make improvements for pedestrians, particularly at the junction with Kew Bridge Road.
31. Great Portland Street gyratory (2016-2017)
We plan to make the Great Portland Street gyratory more accessible for pedestrians and cyclists. A range of designs are being considered which will make it easier for cyclists to travel between Camden and Westminster. We hope to enhance existing pedestrian facilities and improve the local environment. Design is underway and discussions with stakeholders have begun.
32. Hammersmith Broadway (2016-2017)
We are working with Hammersmith and Fulham council to make Hammersmith gyratory safer and more accessible for cyclists. Our proposals, when ready, will provide major improvements for cyclists, fit in to the borough's wider cycling strategy and complement the long-term vision for Hammersmith. Consultation is expected to take place in late 2015, with construction starting in 2016.
33. Highbury Corner (2016-2017)
At Highbury Corner we are replacing the bridge over the rail line and removing the Highbury Corner gyratory system.
34. Lambeth Bridge (North) (2016-2017)
35. Lambeth Bridge (South) (2016-2017)
The northern and southern roundabouts at Lambeth Bridge have seen cycle numbers increase in recent years, and now have some of the highest cycle flows in London. Design options to retain and improve, or completely remove the roundabouts are being considered. We are also reviewing the connection between the two roundabouts and hope to make Lambeth Bridge safer and easier for cyclists to use. Plans will go to public consultation in 2015. Subject to results, construction could begin in 2016.
36. Stratford gyratory (2016-2019)
We are working with Newham council to build a new road system in Stratford town centre to help make the area safer for pedestrians and cyclists. We aim to remove the fast moving multi-lane gyratory system and replace it with two-way roads. Work will build on the success of the recent extension to Cycle Superhighway 2. We aim to consult in early 2016. Construction could start in 2017.
37. Westminster Bridge South
We plan to improve the roundabout to the south of Westminster Bridge so that it's safer, easier to use and more welcoming to cyclists and pedestrians.


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Most Merciful God, we place ourselves before You and your throne, thankful for your care through the night watches. One day has told its tale to another, and we arise ready to bear your banner into the world.
Drive far from us all sinful desires and purify our intentions, O Holy One, that we may live out our love for You anew. May our words and deeds testify to your glory, grace, and mercy: use our hands to do your will in the world. Strengthen us and uplift us, that we are made a holy people, unified by our love for You and each other.
Spread your love like a healing balm over those whom we now name, and bless them as we remember them throughout the day.