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Older News » Computer skills for parentsLast updated 10:54 AM on 15 September 2011
Has your child left you behind in the technology stakes? Update your computer skills easily online now with video tutorials and classes, many of which are free.
Video tutorials, vodcasts and webcasts (different people call them different things) are the easiest way to learn about technology because you can watch example tasks being performed onscreen while you listen to the explanation.
You'll find video instructions on the eHow website for everything from how to use iTunes or how to set up a WiFi hotspot at home, to how to make a website. The videos are contributed by the eHow community and cover an impressive array of topics.
The BBC's Webwise Guides are also great learning resources, with videos on sharing vodcasts, social networking tools and how to watch TV shows online through streaming or downloads.
Software being used in schools
NSW public schools all now have access to the latest Adobe and Microsoft software, which is also pre-loaded on the new laptops all Year 9 students receive through the Digital Education Revolution.
To learn how to use Microsoft Office products like Word, Excel, Outlook, Publisher and PowerPoint, check out the webcasts and podcasts or watch self-paced training courses for Office 2007 or 2003.
Adobe TV is a great place to become familiar with much of the innovative software your child may be using in class. Their has lots of easy-to-understand video tutorials on all the Adobe products, which are suitable for beginners to advanced users. You can learn to make your own podcasts with online tutorials on how to use the free audio editing software, Audacity, which is also being used in schools.
Go back to school
TAFE NSW is Australia's largest training provider, and it's not just for teenagers completing apprenticeships. As well as giving students of all ages the opportunity to further their careers with industry-recognised qualifications, TAFE offers a range of courses, including computer and IT subjects, for anyone interested in broadening their education.
TAFE courses can be undertaken at 130 TAFE campuses across NSW or completed online.
On the TAFE website, go to the "Find A Course" search box and enter "computers" or "information technology" to view the range of short courses through to advanced-level qualifications.
Fees for short computer courses start at $160. Certificate to Advanced Diploma level course fees range from around $220 to $750 per semester. Courses that contribute to professional self-education may be tax deductible, so check with the ATO.
Read more about the technology your child may be using, in Click- a technology guide for parents.


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Gerard Butler Flashes Guns at Global Citizen Festival!
Gerard Butler keeps it cool in a black leather jacket while attending the 2013 Global Citizen Festival in Central Park on Saturday (September 28) in New York City.
The 43-year-old Scottish actor was seen showing off his guns while speaking onstage at the music festival, which aims to end extreme poverty by 2030.
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Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, John Mayer, and Kings of Leon are all performing tonight to combat poverty.
Earlier in the week, Gerard carried his own bags while catching a departing flight out of LAX Airport.

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Man who crashed car into building had been shot
Investigators called to 49th & Hampton early Wednesday
Milwaukee police are investigating an overnight crash that is now being called a homicide.
Capt. Jason Smith told WISN 12 News that police were called to the 4900 block of West Hampton Avenue shortly after 1 a.m.
Smith said witnesses reported a vehicle driving erratically before crossing the median and striking the side of an apartment building.
He said Milwaukee firefighters discovered the driver had died at the scene prior to their arrival.
Sgt. Mark Stanmeyer said the victim was a 30-year old Milwaukee man who had been shot. Police are investigating whether he was shot while in the vehicle or before he entered the vehicle.
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Wendell Barnhouse is a nationally-known and respected columnist who has spent over 20 years covering collegiate athletics. He has reported from 23 Final Fours and more than three dozen bowl games and has written about the Big 12 and its schools since the conference's beginning. Barnhouse will be updating the Big 12 Insider on happenings and behind-the-scenes information about the conference.
July 2009
Friday, July 31
From blocking tacklers to hitting notes
Here's an outstanding and interesting story from The New York Times. Keith Miller, who played fullback at Colorado in the mid-90s, started becoming interested in operatic singing after seeing "Phantom of the Opera." Later this summer, he will be the bass soloist in the final three performances of the Metropolitan Opera's Summer Recital Series in New York parks on Friday and on Aug. 7 and 14. The soprano in all three performances will be his wife, Joyce El-Khoury.
Sunday, July 26
Former OU All-American Rick Bryan dies
Former University of Oklahoma All-American Rick Bryan has died, according to Barry Switzer, the man who coached him at OU in the 1980s. Switzer said Sunday morning that Bryan, 47, died overnight of congestive heart failure.
Bryan lived in Coweta, Okla., where he attended high school. His son, Mike, is a linebacker on the University of Tulsa football team and his daughter, Jenni, averaged 21.2 points per game last season as a junior basketball player at Coweta.
Rick Bryan was a two-time All-America defensive lineman for OU in 1982 and 1983. He set a record that still stands for most career tackles by a Sooner lineman. He became a first-round draft choice with the Atlanta Falcons. He played nine NFL seasons, all with the Falcons.
"Great, great player," Switzer said. "No one worked harder than him. I remember the Atlanta Falcons' line coach telling me that he would take a truckload of Ricky Bryans and go play against anybody."
Bryan was a three-time All-Big Eight player at OU during his career from 1980-83. He had 365 tackles, surpassing Lee Roy Selmon's school record for a lineman. Selmon had 335 tackles from 1972-75. Bryan had a career-high 19 tackles in a game against Kansas State in 1983.
Big12Sports.com to cover football media days
The 2009 Big 12 Conference football media days start Monday. Big12Sports.com will provide extensive live coverage of the event. Each head coach's media interview will be carried live plus Your Humble Correspondent will be conducting interviews with players, members of the media and other folks connected with Big 12 football.
The coverage starts at 12:50 p.m. Monday. Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Iowa State and Texas A&M are scheduled for Day One. On Tuesday, coverage will begin at 8:50 a.m. with Missouri, Baylor, Kansas and Oklahoma scheduled. Wednesday's coverage will again start at 8:50 a.m. with the final four teams - Kansas State, Texas Tech, Colorado and Texas.
Sunday reading
Chuck Carlton of the Dallas Morning News has this Q and A with Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe.
Steven M. Sipple of the Lincoln Journal-Star uses a computer analogy to describe how Nebraska and Kansas State have tried to restore their football programs. He writes that both used a "system restore."
And as Bill Snyder begins his second stint as Kansas State's coach, he's embracing technology when it comes to recruiting.
Jimmy Burch of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram asks and answers five questions about the Big 12 before Monday's start of media days while John E. Hoover of the Tulsa World uses the ask-and-answer method with 12 Big 12 questions.
Oklahoma State and coach Mike Gundy have reached the big time according to Berry Tramel of the Oklahoman.
Dave Matter of the Columbia Daily Tribune concludes his Big 12 Summer Countdown, by reviewing the best storylines about to emerge from the "mysterious" North Division.
A one-on-one Red River Rivalry
The Oct. 17 meeting between Texas and Oklahoma in Dallas is the most-anticipated game of the 2009 season. ESPN is already hyping it. Texas quarterback Colt McCoy and Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford got together Saturday at the Cotton Bowl to take part in an preseason interview and competition staged by the network.
An interview with the two quarterbacks aired Sunday on SportsCenter. The majority of the McCoy vs. Bradford "competitions" will air the week of the Red River Rivalry on ESPN's GameDay the week of the game.
McCoy and Bradford competed in a wiffle ball home run derby, basketball game of H-O-R-S-E, closest to the pin golf competition, a football throwing challenge and game of ping pong. Here's a link to a photo gallery posted on texassports.com plus a link posted soonersports.com.
Texas to wear Royal-inspired throwback uniforms at Texas A&M
The 2009 Texas team gave former coach Darrell Royal an 85th birthday present Saturday. For this season's game at Texas A&M on Thanksgiving night, the Longhorns will wear throwback uniforms that copy the style worn by the team in 1963, Royal's first national championship team.
Royal was honored with a birthday party Saturday at Royal-Memorial Stadium and the uniform announcement was made during the celebration.
The white road uniforms, designed by Nike, will feature a patch on the hip with Royal's initials – DKR. UT's helmets will have each player's number above the Longhorn logo.
Friday, July 24
Texas tight end Blaine Irby out for season
Texas junior Blaine Irby, who started the first three games last season before severely injuring his right knee, will miss the 2009 season as he continues to recover. The Longhorns had projected him as their starter.
Irby, a 6-3, 235-pounder, had 10 catches for 95 yards and two touchdowns before being hurt in the Rice game. He dislocated his knee and suffered significant ligament and nerve damage. Irby has undergone two surgeries, the second to help repair nerve damage.
"It's always unfortunate any time a young man sustained such a devastating injury, but in Blaine's case it was a real blow to our offense and our team," Texas coach Mack Brown said. "He's such a tremendous leader, player and person. We have a great history of tight ends and Blaine was quickly developing into the type of player to follow in those footsteps."
Texas played much of last season using four wide receivers and no tight end. With Irby out, juniors Greg Smith and Josh Marshall plus freshmen Trey Graham and Barrett Matthews will have the opportunity to play the position.
Crawford leaves Kansas program
Here's the story from Tully Corcoran of the Topeka Capital-Journal:
Running back Jocques Crawford has left the Kansas football program, KU announced Friday.
"Jocques was looking for an opportunity to get more playing time," Kansas coach Mark Mangino said. "We support his decision and wish him well."
Crawford's departure had been long rumored since he was involved in a vehicular accident that sent teammate Ben Leuken to the hospital in the spring.
The 2007 national junior college offensive player of the year at Cisco (Texas) Junior College, Crawford came to KU expecting to replace Brandon McAnderson as the Jayhawks' starting running back. But he never beat out Jake Sharp for the job and finished his only season at Kansas with 232 yards and four touchdowns on 62 carries.
Crawford's departure, combined with Angus Quigley's move from running back to linebacker this season, leaves KU without an obvious backup to starter Jake Sharp. Rell Lewis took on No. 2 duties in the spring game, rushing 14 times for 64 yards.
Other options are freshmen Toben Opurum and Deshaun Sands. Sands ran for 28 yards on eight carries in the spring game. Opurum was not yet on campus.
Crawford, a Memphis native who ran for nearly 2,000 yards as a sophomore at Cisco, has his best game against Texas Tech, to which he originally committed in high school, running for 44 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries.
The media, the frenzy and the Frat Boys
Media days are upon us. The Big 12 will conduct three days of meetings (four teams a day) starting Monday. The reason for these preseason gatherings is to allow reporters from the print, electronic and World Wide Web to quiz coaches and players about the upcoming season.
It's really about hype. There's little factual to discuss, no games to analyze. Before the first pads pop finding facts involves asking speculative questions that receive speculative answers.
Your Humble Correspondent has covered dozens of media days and that as we head into the final year of the first decade of a new century he's here to tell you the train is off the tracks and the car is in the ditch. Some of the topics pursued by the media give new meaning to the word "frenzy" while some of the "reporters" are posers.
Here are two examples of the frenzy:
The Big 12 announced its preseason football poll which was determined by the vote of 32 reporters. Texas and Oklahoma finished tied for first in the South Division. Texas received 17 first-place votes and Oklahoma had 15.
This deadlock had at least one reporter trying to figure out how Texas wound up in a tie despite receiving two more first-place votes. It's a media, preseason poll for Rockne's sake. It is what it is.
Frenzy example No. 2: The Southeastern Conference's preseason football team is determined by a vote of the head coaches and the coach can't vote for his own players. That means unanimous selections receive 11 votes. Florida senior quarterback Tim Tebow, a Heisman Trophy winner who has played on two national championship teams, was not a unanimous first-team choice. At Friday's final day of SEC media days, the four coaches yet to speak will be asked if they left Tebow off their ballots. If one 'fesses up, it will be treated as Big News.
While we're on the topic of what passes for news, here's an example of Reporters Gone Wild. Again, the scene is the SEC media days and the topic is Tim Tebow. During Thursday's meet the press, the devout Christian quarterback was asked a very personal question: "Are you a virgin?"
Dear readers, if you are near to Tebow in age or if you can remember when you were 21, ask yourself if you would like to be asked that question in private, much less in front of dozens of microphones and a hundred leering reporters (some of whom apparently stuck in the Frat Boy Years.)
Tebow could have/should have said "Next question." He could have/should have said "None of your business." He could have/should have said "I'm done" and walked out. Instead, he politely and in good humor answered the question. (Google to find Tebow's answer; YHC ain't gonna go there.)
There is a certain amount of Tim Tebow/Florida Fatigue. The Gators are the preseason No. 1 and will attempt to win their third national title in the last four years. Tebow has become a national celebrity garnering far more attention than your typical Senior Quarterback. Tebow has been cast as Mr. Perfect and for some reporters the challenge is finding something, anything that blind sides him off the pedestal.
But that doesn't excuse or provide a reason for tawdry, titillating and/or inappropriate questions. If this trend continues, we might see media days eliminated. And not just because of cost concerns.
Links to close out the week
Blair Kerkhoff of the Kansas City Star takes a look back at the highs and lows he has observed in the Big 12's first 13 football seasons.
Dan Hurwitz of the Daily Texan points out the similarities for Texas between the 2005 national championship season and the upcoming season.
Vahe Gregorian of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch profiles Missouri's two new coordinators who are polar opposites. Offensive coordinator David Yost has gained attention on the recruiting trail for his laid-back attitude and long and unruly hair. Defensive coordinator Dave Steckel is a former Marine who would rather talk about anything but himself.
Steve Wieberg of USA Today delves into the reasons why Bill Snyder came out of retirement for a second tour of duty as Kansas State's football coach.
Thursday, July 23
Let's talk hoops
Your Humble Correspondent can read a calendar. He's knows it's July. He understands that Big 12 football media days start Monday, that football is the current hot topic. But college sports is more and more a 365-day proposition. And there are reasons to talk about Big 12 men's basketball.
* ESPN analyst Dick Vitale unveiled his preseason All-Rolls-Royce teams. He listed seven five-man teams. The Big 12 had at least one player on each unit and eight total. The Big Ten and Atlantic Coast each had six players
Kansas teammates Cole Aldrich and Sherron Collins both made Vitale's first team. Texas' Damion James was a second-team selection, Oklahoma's Willie Warren made the third team, Iowa State's Craig Brackins the fourth team, Oklahoma State's James Anderson the fifth team, Kansas State's Denis Clemente the sixth team and Baylor's LaceDarius Dunn the seventh team.
That's an impressive Great Eight gaining national recognition from a national analyst whose comments tend to grab the attention of fans.
* ESPN college basketball analysts Fran Fraschilla and Jay Bilas each were at the Nike LeBron James Skills Academy in Akron, Ohio earlier this month. In addition to high school players in attendance, there were 20 college players who were camp counselors who participated in drills conducted by the camp's coaches.
Here's what Fraschilla wrote about Oklahoma sophomore Willie Warren: "He's built like a linebacker (and almost broke my ribs in a defensive drill), but is a terrific NBA point guard prospect who didn't force a shot all week and made most of them anyway. And the way he made the game easy for his teammates showed me that he is definitely ready to step into a leadership role for coach Jeff Capel now that Griffin is off to the NBA."
And here's Bilas' comments on Warren: "Warren is a power guard who just bounces off people. He can really score and is in attack mode from start to finish. I really enjoyed watching him work."
Fraschilla also had this to say about Kansas junior center Cole Aldrich: "If his low-post game matches his defensive prowess, he could be a First Team All-American."
* Rivals.com debated which college basketball player would be best around which to build a team. Writer Steve Megaree picked Kansas center Cole Aldrich. Here's what Megaree wrote:
"I thought about going with Notre Dame power forward Luke Harangody before I remembered the Irish couldn't reach the NCAA tournament last season even with a veteran lineup surrounding him. And it was even more tempting to take Kentucky freshman phenom John Wall, but if I could have my pick of one player in the entire country, I wouldn't want to gamble on someone who still hadn't played any college basketball.
"Just about anyone building a team would start out with a point guard or center. Unless you're already sold on Wall's upside, there really isn't a consensus on the best point guard in college basketball? You could make equally solid cases for Kansas' Sherron Collins and Michigan State's Kalin Lucas. So I decided to go with Kansas' Cole Aldrich, the clear-cut choice as the game's best center.
"Aldrich collected 21 double-doubles last season and had developed into one of the nation's top defensive players by the end of the season. He averaged a double-double (14.9 points and 11.1 rebounds) and also delivered 2.7 blocks per game. He even recorded a triple-double in the NCAA tournament, with 20 rebounds, 13 points and 10 blocks in a second-round victory over Dayton.
"Aldrich probably won't end up being the best player in college basketball this season, but you know what you're going to get from him. He's going to win his matchup with the opposing post player just about every game. Aldrich's status as the game's elite center would give my team a rare commodity. As long as I could find adequate guards and forwards, Aldrich's ability to dominate the paint on both ends of the floor would make my team a winner."
Wednesday, July 22
Get ready to hoop it up
If you're not pumped up about the upcoming Big 12 men's basketball season, check your pulse. You might need medical attention.
The Conference announced the league composite schedule for the 2009-10 season. The Big 12 likely will have the preseason No. 1 team in Kansas while Texas should be a top five team. Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Iowa State, Oklahoma State and Kansas State all have a shot at being ranked in the preseason top 25.
The Big 12 returns seven of 10 members from last season's All-Big 12 First and Second Teams. Nine of the league's top 13 scorers return, with nine of 12 squads overall having at least 50 percent of their scoring back from a year ago. Several top newcomers and transfers will also join the conference, including 21 of the top 90 players from the ESPNU/Scouts Inc. recruiting rankings.
The Big 12 schedule is highlighted by three national television windows each week on ESPN or ESPN2. A total of 79 conference games will be televised nationally or regionally on an ESPN network, ABC, CBS or the regionally-syndicated Big 12 Network. Over the course of the 2009-10 campaign, every school in the conference will be showcased on ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC.
Conference games not on the telecast schedule will be selected at a later date for local telecast packages and inclusion on ESPN Full Court - the pay subscription college basketball outer-market service.
Texas Bowl move to ESPN significant
The Texas Bowl has aired on the NFL Network in its first three years. It was an odd marriage of college and pro football. Now, the Texas Bowl – one of the Big 12's bowl partners – has an agreement in place that will put its game on ESPN.
"This is a really big step in the right direction for the Texas Bowl," Heather Houston, Texas Bowl manager, told the Houston Chronicle. "Getting the game on ESPN will put the Texas Bowl in the homes of millions of college football fans and increase the exposure."
The Texas Bowl will be part of ESPN's Bowl Week. That exposure will benefit the bowl and the Big 12.
This year's Texas Bowl will air at 2:30 p.m. CT on Dec. 31 from Reliant Stadium and will match Navy, if bowl eligible, and a Big 12 opponent selected seventh.
Former Texas players unveil web site
Your Humble Correspondent is not a fan of reality (read: cheap, tawdry and exploitive) television. That's why he is heartened to learn that five former Texas basketball players who considered a reality TV show as a vehicle for communicating with fans have opted for a more practical medium.
Ex-Longhorns and current NBA players T.J. Ford, Royal Ivey Kevin Durant, D.J. Augustin and LaMarcus Aldridge this week launched a Web site - www.Texas360now.com.
"There is going to be a lot of cool stuff," Ford told the Austin American-Statesman. "We're opening our world to people."
Some of the video posted to the site is shot by professionals and some has been shot by Ford and Ivey. The site is not restricted to Longhorns; former Texas A&M guard Acie Law, now with the Golden State Warriors, will have a blog.
Hot links
Steve Weiberg of USA Today writes about the reasons why Colt McCoy returned to Texas for his senior season instead of entering the NFL Draft.
Bruce Feldman of ESPN.com ranks the 10 most dangerous quarterbacks in spread offenses. Three of the top six selections were from the Big 12.
Jake Trotter of the Oklahoman points out that Oklahoma offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson has been adept at changing the Sooners' offensive philosophy to match the personnel.
The Oklahoman used EA Sports' NCAA Football 10 to run a simulation of the upcoming college football season. There were several surprises.
Texas A&M coach Mike Sherman is rallying Aggies fans with his enthusiasm about the football program's direction and his honesty.
Oklahoma State mega-donor T. Boone Pickens says in a Q and A with The Sporting News that the Cowboys' offense will be unstoppable. "I don't think anyone can shut us down."
Tuesday, July 21
Women's schedule notables
The Big 12 announced the 2010 women's basketball Conference schedule Tuesday afternoon. Here are some of the highlights.
* Women's Conference games begin on Saturday, Jan. 9 and conclude on Sunday, March 7.
* Opening Day (Jan. 9) matchups feature two intrastate rivalries – Kansas at Kansas State and Texas A&M at Texas.
* The final day (March 7) of regular-season play has Texas playing at Baylor while Oklahoma State is at Oklahoma in Round Two of Bedlam.
* Texas A&M was the only Conference team to beat Oklahoma last season (in the regular season and in the Big 12 Championship in Oklahoma City). The Aggies and the Sooners meet for the first time Jan. 17 in Norman.
* Also on Jan. 17 is the first edition of the Border Showdown when Missouri is at Kansas. Each team won on its home court last season.
* Oklahoma plays at Iowa State on Jan. 27. The Cyclones are one of only two Big 12 teams (Texas is the other) with a winning record against the Sooners in Big 12 play.
* Texas travels to Texas Tech Jan. 16 on Jan. 16 while Tech is at Texas on Feb. 6. The teams have split regular season-games five of the last six seasons with the home team winning on its court.
* Two North Division foes will again have to wait before meeting. Colorado plays at Nebraska on Jan. 30 – three weeks into Conference play. Last year, the first meeting between the schools came on Jan. 31.
* Oklahoma State will have incentive for its trip to Nebraska on Feb. 3. Last season, the Cornhuskers beat the Cowgirls in Stillwater.
* Perhaps the hottest rivalry in the North is Kansas State and Iowa State. The second meeting between the schools will occur on Feb. 27 in Ames.
How Zac Robinson spent his summer vacation
Oklahoma State senior quarterback Zac Robinson recently served as a camp coach at the Manning Passing Academy in Thibodaux, La., where he worked alongside some of the nation's top quarterbacks, along with the camp's namesakes, Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning. Here's a Q and A with Robinson conducted by okstate.com.
Okstate.com: So what was a typical day like at the Manning Camp?
Zac Robinson: The first day, we got there in the morning and in the afternoon, the college guys threw with Peyton and Eli. The other days, we'd wake up at 7:30 and coach kids. My station was the deep ball. We would have lunch, then another afternoon session, then we'd have dinner and come back for a little seven-on-seven. My team was 4-0 and won. Manning Camp champs. Another night we did something called "Air it Out" where we'd throw to the receivers.
OSU: Who were some of the other quarterbacks there?
ZR: Sam Bradford, Colt McCoy, Jevan Snead from Ole Miss. He was my roommate. T.J. Yates from North Carolina and Jonathan Crompton from Tennessee. There were more, but those were some of the guys that immediately jump out.
OSU: Did you get any time to visit with any of the Mannings?
ZR: I did get to talk to Peyton and Eli. I spoke to Eli for about 45 minutes the first night. Those guys brought us in to answer any questions that we had. They talked about the NFL and what to expect when you get there. That whole session was a great part of the camp because they really want to help you as a college quarterback and teach you some things both on the field and off the field.
OSU: What did you take from those sessions and from the camp in general?
ZR: They said the biggest thing is to just enjoy your senior year because it's the last time you are going to play college ball and have that camaraderie with your teammates. Don't even think about the NFL at this point. Just enjoy what you have because it's a great thing.
OSU: What did they know about you as a quarterback going into the camp?
ZR: They watched a bunch of our games last season. Archie Manning in particular kept up with me because I worked their camp last summer too. He sent text messages to me before a few of the games last season wishing us well. They knew that I am an athletic quarterback who can throw it too.
OSU: Describe what it was like to be around those other quarterbacks who worked camp, some of whom are on teams that you'll face this year:
ZR: It's good to be around those guys. Sam Bradford, Colt McCoy and I actually hung out together out at the camp. It's fun to sit around and talk to those guys about their experiences and kind of compare notes because we are all in a similar situation and we all face the same teams in the Big 12. It's good to get their input.
Monday, July 20
Links to start the week
FoxSports.com listed the top 10 returning players in college basketball for the 2009-10 season and five of the players were from the Big 12.
Check this out to find how the late Walter Cronkite, perhaps the greatest broadcast journalist ever, was connected to Oklahoma football.
Dave Matter of the Columbia Daily Tribune continues his Big 12 Summer Countdown by ranking his top dozen story lines for the upcoming season.
Baylor's apparel deal with Nike means that the Bears will have redesigned uniforms this season that will allow for nine different color combinations.
Interesting read about former Baylor basketball coach Dave Bliss, who said his transgressions at Baylor were even worse than people have believed.
Tim Griffin, ESPN.com's man on the Big 12 beat, has spent the past few weeks counting down and recapping his top 25 football memories/moments in league history. Check out what he listed as No. 1 (this link also includes the entire countdown with links to each).
Summer league news
The NBA Summer League wrapped up its time in Las Vegas Sunday and several Big 12 players had solid performances.
Oklahoma's Blake Griffin, the overall No. 1 pick, was named as the event's Most Outstanding Player. The Los Angeles Clippers selection averaged 20 points and 10 rebounds in five games. In his final game, Griffin went up against older brother Taylor, a second-round pick of the Phoenix Suns.
Chinemelu Elonu, a former Texas A&M player selected in the second round by the Los Angeles Lakers, had 16 points and eight rebounds in his final summer league game. He apparently played well enough to be invited to the NBA champions' training camp in October.
Former Missouri players DeMarre Carroll and Leo Lyons also played well. A first-round pick, Carroll helped the Memphis Grizzlies go 5-0 by averaging 12.2 points and 4.8 rebounds per game. Lyons, who was not drafted and his hoping to earn a free agent contract, averaged 7.6 points in 14.2 minutes a game for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Oklahoma State's Gundy to work at ESPN 'car wash'
Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy will go through "The car wash" Monday and Tuesday. That's what they call the process when interview subjects visit ESPN's campus in Bristol, Conn. "The car wash" is appearing on all of ESPN's many outlets – television, radio, web site, etc.
Here's the tentative schedule: Monday – Tape ESPNU College Football podcast; Tape College Football Live to air on ESPN2 at 2:30 p.m.; appear on ESPNews Hot List at 1:40 p.m., Tape interviews for various ESPN Radio shows, Tape segment for SportsCenter. Tuesday – Appear on Mike and Mike in the Morning on ESPN Radio (also airing on ESPN2) at 8:25 a.m.; Tape College Football podcast; appear on ESPN2's First Take at 9:40 a.m.
Friday, July 17Movement still happening on the basketball schedules
There are a number of instances where schools have to make the decision about moving games from Wednesday to Tuesday, from Saturday to Sunday or to play a same day men's & women's doubleheader on weekends. In some instances, the Wednesday to Tuesday switch is made to assist schools who don't want to play at 6 or 6:30 p.m., CT (or earlier) in avoiding exclusive telecast windows on Wednesday nights. The Big 12 is going through that process with schools now as it finalizes the schedule.
Thursday, July 16Big Monday & scheduling challenges
The Big Monday schedule for men's basketball will be released today. Check Big12Sports.com for the full release. One of the difficult parts of the overall schedule is when games are set prior to the students returning from winter break. There are three play dates (Saturday-Wednesday-Saturday) prior to the students returning at Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and Texas A&M. The situation guarantees that each of those schools will have at least one or maybe two games before the students are back in classes, an unfortunate but unavoidable situation.
Wednesday, July 15Checking the in-season "Holidays"
At this point, no Big 12 men's basketball teams are scheduled to play on Super Bowl Sunday (slated for February 7) - but there could be a women's game or two that day. Valentine's Day falls on a Sunday in 2010 and most participants should be able to spend the day with a significant other as there are only a couple possible Sunday contests.
Tuesday, July 14About Big Monday
The Big 12 will announce the Big Monday schedule prior to the release of the full schedule. That release is expected within the next week.
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USA Today ran a great story on super-runner Jenny Barringer of Colorado. You can read the full story by clicking here.
Monday, July 13Men's basketball 2009-10 schedule work continues
The Big 12 basketball scheduling process continues, but the eight Big Monday games have been set, as well as games for CBS. Kansas and Texas have non-conference games during league play on CBS, which necessitates bye dates on weekends for two teams. Iowa State and Baylor drew the weekend byes but have filled the dates with non-conference games that will be televised on ESPNU. Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma State and Texas will be involved in the two Big 12 Conference games on CBS in 2010.
Friday, July 10
Athlete of the Year nominees due
The Big 12's Athlete of the Year nominees for each school will be featured on Big12Sports.com starting Monday, July 13 and continuing with one school per day through July 24.
After each school's nominees have been featured I the series, fans will then be able to vote on the nominees from July 24-29. The fan vote will be included in the final tally for selecting the male and female winner.
Big 12 basketball schedule update
For the most part, the 2009-10 Big 12 men's basketball schedule has been completed and has been forwarded to the women's basketball staff, who is putting finishing touches on their portion. ESPN has presented its requested list of games for telecast on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and the Big 12 Network, but there are always minor adjustments being discussed between staff and ESPN reps in Bristol and Charlotte along with game times to finalize. The schedule won't be presented to the schools until times have been set and some adjustments for conflicts (men and women teams playing at home on the same day) have been made. Check back with the Big 12 Insider next week for DAILY updates on the schedule process.
Gary Bedore of the Lawrence Journal World writes that Kansas senior point guard Sherron Collins is relieved after finding out a cancer scare for his mother turned out to be a false alarm.
Colorado offensive lineman Max Tuioti-Mariner is considering taking the year off to heal from two ACL injuries he has suffered in the last 10 months.
Austin Murphy, Sports Illustrated's college football writer, has ranked his top 10 most-thrilling players on SI.com. Texas players checked in at No. 1 and No. 2.
Wednesday, July 8
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* Kansas State hired Reid Sigmon as senior associate athletics director for administration. He will oversee all financial, contractual and legal matters and serve as a conduit between the athletic department, the university counsel and the vice president for administration and finance. Sigmon previously was the executive director of the Tampa Bay Super Bowl Host Committee.
* Derrion Thomas, the son of former Kansas City Chiefs star Derrick Thomas, has announced he'll walk on at Missouri this season. A graduate of Blue Springs (Mo.) South High School, Thomas hopes to become academically eligible by completing course work at a Kansas City area community college. In his only season as a starter, the 6-3, 205-pound Thomas had 11 sacks and was an all-state selection. Derrick Thomas died in 2000, 17 days after being paralyzed in a car accident. He will be inducted into the the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Aug. 8. Derrion will give the induction speech.
* Iowa State junior point guard Diante Garrett broke a bone in his right foot Monday night during a workout. It is expected he'll be sidelined up to six weeks but is expected to be recovered when the Cyclones start preseason practice. Garrett has been playing in a Des Moines summer league.
* Texas swimmer Aaron Peirsol reclaimed his world record in the 100-meter backstroke Wednesday night in the U.S. National Championships in Indianapolis. Piersol, a three-time Olympian, became the first person to break the 52-second barrier in the event with his time of 5l.94 seconds. Piersol set a world record of 52.54 in the 2008 Summer Olympics but that mark was broken last week.
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Colorado women's coach Kathy McConnell-Miller believes her incoming class of freshmen, led by versatile Janeesa "Chucky" Jeffery, will make the Buffs more competitive in 2009-10.
Oklahoma State will go fishing for a national championship this weekend. Seriously. The school has two students in the 69-team Under Armour College Bass National Championship that will be held in North Little Rock, Ark.
Bronson Burgoon, the former Texas A&M golfer whose clutch approach shot gave the Aggies the 2009 NCAA championship, is focusing on becoming a winner on the PGA Tour.
Tuesday, July 7
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Former Kansas football coach Jack Mitchell, who died Sunday at the age of 85, is recalled as a master motivator and recruiter. Mitchell also was Bud Wilkinson's first quarterback at Oklahoma.
Kyle Ringo of the Boulder Daily Camera goes over some of the questions facing Colorado's football team one month before it starts preseason workouts.
Mark Schlabach of ESPN.com offers his pre-season top 25 college football rankings. Three Big 12 teams are in the top 10 and a total of five are in the top 25.
(Can you tell football season is fast approaching?) Bruce Feldman of ESPN.com breaks down his 10 "must see" games of the 2009 season. Two Big 12 games made the list.
Mike Hugenin, college sports editor for Rivals.com, breaks down the best of the best for the 2009-10 NCAA championship season. Texas A&M was the only school to win three national championships.
Terry Frei of the Denver Post writes that Colorado coach Dan Hawkins believes that his assistants and support staff should work hard but also have time for their families.
Fans of BYU, which opens the 2009 season by playing Oklahoma in the new Cowboys Stadium on Sept. 5, are famous for being frugal. But they're not hesitating to spend big bucks to see the Cougars play the Sooners.
Monday, July 6
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Baylor incoming freshman Bryce Petty threw three touchdown passes without throwing an incompletion and the United States won the gold medal at the Junior World Championship Sunday with a 41-3 victory against Canada.
Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford had no idea what celebrity was like until he won the Heisman Trophy. Now he faces a season in the spotlight.
Texas A&M athletic director Bill Byrne believes that the NCAA national championships won by the Aggies this spring will have a carry over effect for the entire athletic department.
Iowa State teammates Craig Brackins (United States) and Lucca Staiger (Germany) are competing for their country's teams in the World University Games in Belgrade, Serbia.
Dave Matter of the Columbia Daily Tribune continues his Big 12 Summer Countdown by ranking the conference's best offensive backfield stars.
ESPN.com's Pat Forde ranks the top 10 rivalries in college football and college basketball heading into the upcoming seasons. Each list has two entries from the Big 12.
Thursday, July 2
Hot links
Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy discussed the high expectations for the Cowboys this season in a Q and A with the Tulsa World.
Here's another nice read on Iowa State's Craig Brackins, who is getting a lot of national attention for his decision to skip the NBA Draft in order to play his junior season in Ames.
Rarely does a basketball coach hold a teleconference to discuss players who have already committed to his team. But that's what Kansas coach Bill Self did Wednesday to react to Tuesday's flash-point story that Xavier and C.J. Henry were considering withdrawing their commitment to the Jayhawks.
Jason King of Rivals.com wonders if it's such a good thing that Xavier Henry and his brother C.J. have affirmed their intent to play for Kansas this season.
Wednesday, July 1
Two examples of the "power" of the old and "new" media
The Orlando Sentinel is ranking the top 10 national championship teams of the decade. The 2000 Oklahoma team checks in at No. 5.
Your Humble Correspondent spent 35 years in the newspaper business so there is little that surprises him. Still, YHC can be found shaking his head ruefully over what passes as a news story in The Age Of Twitter.
Kansas basketball fans spent much of Tuesday in a panic. On K.C.'s 610 Sports Radio, Carl Henry told listeners how his family was upset about how it was portrayed in a Sunday story in the Kansas City Star. Henry said that his sons - prized recruit Xavier and older brother C.J. - might consider backing out of attending Kansas and go to Kentucky instead.
(The story, by the way, was linked on Big 12 Insider; read it here.) Tuesday night, Xavier Henry sent a text message - what, you're surprised? - to a staffer at 610 Sports Radio confirming his commitment to KU. "I'm goin' to Kansas and that's final," the text read.
YHC assumes that's the end of this particular sensational, 24-hour-news-cycle story.
Another story that didn't even last 24 minutes happened recently in Austin. Dennis Dodd, senior writer who covers college football for CBSSports.com, was in town for some interviews and having dinner with Texas sports information director John Bianco. Bianco's cell phone figuratively blew up.
Turns out there was a rumor goin' round town that Longhorns quarterback Colt McCoy had suffered a compound leg fracture. THIS WAS AND IS NOT TRUE.
Here's an excerpt from Dodd's blog: "... apparently a radio production assistant in San Antonio had heard from a guy who had it on good authority that Texas' quarterback had broken his leg. ... What was troubling was that five of McCoy's teammates had come up to him inquiring about his busted leg. This literally could have been something someone made up. For a couple of hours, it had Texas Nation trembling. That's what scares me. Wherever this came from, someone is likely to blame 'the media.'"


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SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 20, 2004--Artisan Components, Inc. (Nasdaq:ARTI), a leading provider of physical intellectual property (IP), and Sandburst(R) Corporation, a provider of adaptive silicon for advanced packet systems, today announced that Artisan's analog and digital IP was selected by Sandburst for use in its latest HIBEAM(R) Packet Switching Chipset. This innovative solution is a high capacity, non-blocking switch fabric chipset optimized for supporting the industry's highest levels of Ethernet and IP switching.
In their product development, Sandburst moved from an ASIC environment to customer owned tooling (COT) environment where IP integration and speed were critical issues for their design's success. Sandburst's BME-3200/SE-4000 chip design required integration of large amounts of high-speed memories running at many different frequencies. Additionally, Sandburst's design required increased throughput and performance coupled with a unique mixed-mode of operation whereby a single device can support both arbitration and switching. The mixed mode functionality enables Sandburst's OEM customers to leverage the BME-3200 to support a single-chip 80 Gbps switch fabric solution.
The BME-3200/SE-4000 provides the crossbar functionality and QoS arbitration required by packet switching systems. SE-4000-based fabric cards require half the space and consume half the power of the first generation SE-1600. The SE-4000 scales linearly with bandwidth requirements supporting packet fabrics ranging from 40 Gbps to 1.28 Tbps, which allows system designers to maximize efficiency while using the minimum number of devices.
Sandburst selected Artisan's high-speed DDR PHY solution consisting of PLLs, DLLs and DDR I/Os and HSTL and LVDS high-speed I/Os optimized for TSMC's 0.13-micron process for its HIBEAM chipset. Additionally, Sandburst used Artisan's single-port memory generators and register files and its SAGE(TM)-X and SAGE(TM)-HS Standard Cell Libraries in the chipset design.
"The fact that Sandburst was able to achieve first-pass success on a chip of this performance level and scope is a testament to the strength of their design expertise and methodology," said Callan Carpenter, vice president and general manager of Artisan's Analog/Mixed Signal Business Unit. "Given the inherent complexity of the SE-4000 project, our job was to reduce risk factors wherever possible. As a broad-line supplier of IP that is both silicon-proven and mutually compatible, Artisan is leveraging Sandburst's industry-leading solution to provide a robust foundation of components that customers rely upon to build such impressive designs."
"Artisan's IP integrated into our complex design reduced development time and helped us to successfully meet our time-to-market goals," said Karen Schramm, Vice President of Engineering at Sandburst.
Sandburst's chipset accelerates the delivery of high performance packet switching equipment. By utilizing readily available packet forwarding, traffic management, and fabric components, developers can focus their critical resources on differentiating features such as protocol software, network systems knowledge and management functions.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the impact of Artisan products on speed of design implementation and compatibility and statements regarding the performance and benefits of Sandburst's products and technology. These statements are subject to various risk factors including, without limitation, unforeseen compatibility issues, technical difficulties in design, integration or operation, continued demand, market acceptance and competition. We refer you also to the documents that Artisan files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in particular the section entitled "Factors Affecting Future Operating Results" in Artisan's annual report on Form 10-K and its quarterly reports on Forms 10-Q.
About Sandburst
Sandburst(R) is a fabless semiconductor company delivering adaptive silicon to power advanced Ethernet and IP switches. Sandburst's HiBeam(R) chipset provides its system vendor clients with a complete packet switching data path for Enterprise and Service Provider applications. A privately held company, Sandburst is financed by leading venture capital investors. Sandburst services the worldwide networking market from its headquarters in Andover, Massachusetts. For more information, see http://www.sandburst.com.
About Artisan Components
Artisan Components, Inc. is a leading provider of physical intellectual property (IP) components for the design and manufacture of complex system-on-a-chip integrated circuits. Artisan's products include embedded memory, standard cell, input/output, analog and mixed-signal components, which are designed to achieve the best combination of performance, density, power and yield. Artisan has licensed its IP components to over 2,000 companies involved in integrated circuit design. Artisan is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. More information about Artisan Components, including free library access, can be found at access.arm.com.
Artisan Components and Artisan are registered trademarks of Artisan Components, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Contact details
Pelorus Communications for Sandburst
Maureen MacGregor, 978-525-3688
Artisan Components, Inc.


text: Zhong Zheng Lake is a favorite spot in the Meinong District and is known for its serene natural beauty and easy accessibility for visitors. The surrounding park is 21 hectares in size. The water and the land are well-integrated as visitors are just one fence away from the clear, partially duckweed-covered water. During sunrise and sunset, various species of birds can be spotted flying over the water or perched on the surrounding trees and shrubs. A pagoda sits in the middle of the lake for visitors to take a rest and view the landscape. Strollers and bicycle riders are also welcome to visit.


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HD camcorders group test
From social networks to the iPhone 4, home video and video recording are everywhere these days. It's partly inspired by the narcissistic, celebrity-fixated times we live in, of course, but it's also because the technology is so widely and cheaply available: even Apple's lowest-end MacBook has a built-in video camera.
The problem is that a lot of the video we're shooting is either low quality or deemed just 'good enough' – a bit like making mix tapes by recording songs off the radio or listening to low bit-rate MP3s. Ultimately, it's not going to be very satisfying. That's especially true when it comes to capturing our most precious memories of friends and family, or a great holiday, or something more. Do you really want to capture baby's first steps or an amazing Amazon adventure as a 320 x 240 video clip? Probably not.
What we've lined up in this group test are six high-end HD consumer camcorders that promise the best possible picture quality, while offering a great mix of automatic and manual features, bags of storage and ease of use. The six camcorders are the Canon Legria HF M32, Canon Legria HF S21, JVC GZ-HM1, Panasonic HDC-HS700, Panasonic HDC-TM700 and the Sony HDR-CX550V.
One thing that's common to all these 2010 models is that they're pushing the boundaries of HD video quality. Most of them max out at 1080i 24Mbps resolution, which is the highest quality available using the AVCHD video codec. Panasonic's HDC-TM700 goes even further, including 1080/50p video to give you Full HD quality, but at a cost – you'll find out why later.
All the camcorders in this test make a virtue of new standards in image stabilisation, which helps your handheld footage look smoother, along with the inclusion of face recognition technology, which can help the camcorder stay in focus when filming people, either as individuals or in small groups. We'll be looking to see how both of these advances help you capture better quality video. Or not.
Then there's the question of usability: these camcorders need to be pleasurable to set up and use for everyone, from complete novices to video enthusiasts. So we're looking for a good range of auto features and comprehensible, logical menus, as well as manual controls to help you make the most of your footage.
Finally there's storage: our six HD camcorders offer a mixture of storage options, from built-in flash memory and hard disk drives to removable flash memory cards. We'll help you discover which works best for you and whether they allow you to easily switch between different options for continuous recording. Ready?


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Accessibility Toolkit
From Emergency 2.0 Wiki
Main Page | Accessibility Toolkit
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The Accessibility Reference Group will be managing the development of content for this section and will be a point of contact for questions or help.
This page is under construction
The Emergency 2.0 Wiki Accessibility Toolkit was developed to empower the disabled community to use social media for disaster preparedness, response and recovery. This toolkit was developed in response to the fact that not all people with a disability are able to access life saving messages delivered through social media due to the accessibility challenges that the tools currently pose.
The online toolkit provides tips, resources and apps to assist people with a disability to overcome accessibility challenges of social media.
The kit also includes guidelines for emergency agencies and government.
Tips and Guides for people with a disability on how to access social media
Tips to help overcome Twitter's accessibility issues:
- Easy Chirp Easy Chirp: an alternative Twitter portal which enables tweets to be read with assistive technologies such as a screen reader. * Twitter Help Center: a good resource for using Twitter.
- Mobile apps: there are a wealth of accessible Twitter-related mobile apps on iOS-based devices such as the iPhone and the iPad. Apps include the main Twitter app, Twitterrific, Twittelator for iPad, Tweetosaurus, Tweetero and TweetList Pro.
- Mobile Twitter website: another alternative portal is the mobile site m.twitter.com.
- Twitter apps: Accessible Twitter apps for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad include include the main Twitter app itself, Twitterrific, Twittelator for iPad, Tweetosaurus, Tweetero and TweetList Pro (links via applevis.com).
Additional resources:
Tips to help overcome Facebook's accessibility issues:
- Mobile Facebook website: if the main Facebook website proves too difficult to use try the mobile site m.facebook.com.
- Facely HD app: if you use an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, this app provides Facebook access that works with the Voiceover screen reader.
- Keyboard shortcuts: the Facebook website has some additional keyboard shortcuts available.
- Finding friends: one potential barrier for blind or vision impaired users is finding friends without being able to see their photo. it's helpful to know that the first search results will be people who live closest to you or have friends in common with you and are more likely to be the correct person.
- Captions for photos: photo descriptions are helpful for screen reader users and can be added by using the 'add a caption' option beneath an image.
Additional resources:
- Facebook Accessibility help
- Sociability: tips for Facebook (PDF 137 KB)
- Sociability: tips for Facebook (Word 68 KB)
Tips to help overcome YouTube's accessibility issues:
- Accessible YouTube players: websites such as Accessible YouTube, Easy YouTube and Accessible Interface to YouTubeprovide screen reader-friendly websites for playing back YouTube videos.
- YouTube app: the YouTube app for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad works with the VoiceOver screen reader.
- Captions: if a YouTube video is captioned, a 'CC' button will be available in the bottom right-hand corner of the video. Select this and captions should appear.
- Requesting auto-captions for your video: YouTube has the ability to automatically caption videos. after uploading your video, go to the captions and Subtitles pane and select the 'Request Processing' button. The captions are generally completed within 24 hours.
- Editing captions: The auto-captions service, while helpful, is not always accurate. Free online applications such as overstream and captiontube provide a way to create and edit captions.
Additional resources:
- Contact YouTube
- Sociability: tips for YouTube (PDF 164 KB)
- Sociability: tips for YouTube (Word 72 KB)
Emergency smartphone apps for people with a disability
Emergency smartphone apps for people with a disability
These apps are provided to help people with a disability to prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies.
Emergency preparedness You Tube videos (captioned,using sign language or voice over)
Videos for people with a disability
These videos links are provided to help people with a disability to prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies including:
- Natural disasters and severe weather events such as flood, storm surge, cyclone, hurricane, tornado, bushfire, earthquake and blizzard
- Manmade emergencies such as a train/bus/plane crash, gas leak/chemical spill//nuclear event and terrorism
- Health emergencies such as pandemics
Practical guidelines for emergency sector, government, community and business to make social media messages more accessible
Social Media Accessibility Guidelines
Create social media accessibility tips and resources for people with disabilities
It is recommended that agencies create their own 'social media accessibility tips' on their own sites which include information on or links to the following resources for people with disabilities:
- Sociability: tips for Twitter (PDF 164 KB)
- Sociability: tips for Twitter (Word 70 KB)
- Sociability: tips for Facebook (PDF 137 KB)
- Sociability: tips for Facebook (Word 68 KB)
- Sociability: tips for YouTube (PDF 164 KB)
- Sociability: tips for YouTube (Word 72 KB)
Twitter is very inaccessible for assistive technology users. Agencies are encouraged to provide advice on the following options that have assisted people in navigating around these issues:
- Easy Chirp: an alternative Twitter portal at Easy Chirp
- Twitter Help Center: a good resource for using Twitter.
- Mobile apps: there are a wealth of accessible Twitter-related mobile apps on iOS-based devices such as the iPhone and the iPad. Apps include the main Twitter app, Twitterrific, Twittelator for iPad, Tweetosaurus, Tweetero and TweetList Pro.
- Disability-related support: many disability groups and users of assistive technology use Twitter and can be contacted by sending tweets for additional community help including Media Access Australia (@mediaaccessaus) and ACCAN (@accan_au).
See also:
Adding a caption to Facebook photos
For people who are blind or vision impaired, adding a caption to a photo will enable screen readers to read out information about the photo. To add a caption:
- Go to your Home page.
- Select the 'Photo' option.
- Select the album that has the photos you wish to add captions to.
- While viewing a photo, select the 'Add a caption' option located beneath the photo.
- Enter the text you wish to use to describe the photo in the box provided.
- Select the 'Save' button.
Caption support for Facebook video
Unfortunately there is no support for captions when videos are uploaded to Facebook. People who are Deaf or hearing impaired have suggested that if you want to share a video, upload it to YouTube and caption it there, then put the link to the clip on your Wall. The video will then embed with the 'cc' icon highlighted in red.
See also:
- Facebook Accessibility help
- Sociability: tips for Facebook (PDF 137 KB)
- Sociability: tips for Facebook (Word 68 KB)
Requesting autocaptioning for your YouTube video
YouTube has the ability to automatically caption videos that contain English using its own speech recognition software. While the captions may not be entirely accurate, it can save a lot of time and the file that contains the captions can be downloaded for editing.
To request YouTube to caption your video:
- Sign into your YouTube account.
- Upload your YouTube video.
- In the Captions and Subtitles pane, select the 'Request Processing' option.
- Periodically check to see if the captions have been added. The process generally takes 24 hours but may take longer.
Downloading YouTube captions for further editing
Once your YouTube video has captions, you may wish to download the captions and use an editor to tidy them up.
To download the captions:
- Sign into your YouTube account.
- In the Captions and Subtitles pane, look for the track you wish to download. If you have used automated captions, it
may be called 'English: Machine Transcription'. Select the Download button next to that track.
- A file called 'captions.sbv' will be downloaded and saved to your device. This is a text file that contains the captions and timecode information which can be used in other captioning software.
Creating or editing captions for YouTube video
If you wish to create captions for your video from scratch, or you would like to edit your existing YouTube captions, there are a number of free tools which can help:
- Overstream: a popular webbased captioning tool
- CaptionTube: a web-based captioning tool designed specifically for YouTube
- MAGpie: a free Windows application from the National Center For Accessible Media
Tutorials and resources for Overstream, CaptionTube and MAGpie:
- Overstream website
- CaptionTube website
- MAGpie on the WebAIM website
Uploading captions to YouTube
To upload a caption file to your video:
- Sign into your YouTube account.
- In the Captions and Subtitles pane, select the 'Add captions' option.
- Select the 'browse' option and locate the captioned file.
- Select 'Upload File'.
See also:
Blogging tools
Choose a simple blog template
Most blogging tools provide a number of different templates to make your blog look unique. Consider using a template that only has one column with a simple layout. This will be helpful for people using assistive technologies to access your blog.
Choose your font carefully
There are often many different fonts to choose from. Consider using a sansserif font like Arial and make the font a standard size. If you have the ability to choose how the font is represented in HTML code, select a font size that is variable like 'em' rather than a fixed font size like points or pixels.
Open links in the same window
A common accessibility issue faced by bloggers is making a link that opens in a new window. Bloggers often prefer this option as it opens a new website while still keeping the blog on the screen. However, for people using assistive technologies a new window opening can make it very confusing. Allow users to go to your link without opening a new window as the user can always return to your blog using the 'back' button in their web browser.
Label links
When sharing a website link in your blog, make sure that the link is labelled with a description. Text such as 'click here' can make it difficult for people using screen readers to understand the nature of the link. A full description such as 'the digital technology section on the Media Access Australia website' will make it easier for people with disabilities visiting your blog to understand the nature of the content.
Describe your images using alternative text
In order to make sure that your images are accessible, add some alternative text to them. In many tools the user is prompted to enter some text about an image when an image is added, but for people using the Blogger tool in BlogSpot they will need to follow some additional instructions.
Provide a link to videos rather than embedding them
It is often difficult to embed a video in your blog and maintain the accessibility features of the video, such as captions. Embedded videos can also provide challenges to screen reader users who try to play videos using inaccessible controls. By providing a link to the video rather than embedding the video, users can go directly to a website that contains a potentially accessible version of the video. Examples include the accessible YouTube players and YouTube captioned video. Alternatively, if providing a link and embedding a video, provide the link first.
Adding captioned video from YouTube
See YouTube section.
Directing screen reader users to view videos through an accessible YouTube portal
See YouTube section.
Country specific accessibility resources
United States
- Disability.gov - The federal government website for comprehensive information on disability programs and services in communities nationwide.
- Accessible Emergency Information - Videos under 18 Emergency Preparedness Topics and formatted to be friendly to deaf, blind, and vision impaired users.
New Zealand
- Ministry of Health Disability organisations and websites - Useful links relating to disability services in New Zealand.
- Office for Disability Issues - NZ focal point within government on disability issues.
- Office for Disability Issues - Emergency preparedness and responsiveness - Preparing and responding to emergencies need to be inclusive of everyone, including recognising disabled people.
- Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Inidigenous Affairs - Disability and Carers - Australian Government programs and services for people with a disability.
- Australian Government Web Guide - Accessibility - Accessibility guidelines for Australian Government agencies.
General web accessibility resources
References and Links
- Sociability: Social Media for people with a disability by Media Access Australia [2]


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Social Mapping to Build your Social Media Strategy
The second workshop I attended at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Fran was a great presentation by Mark Silva and Susan MacDermid from Real Branding. During this interactive session we looked at matching your target audience's technographics (similar to demographics, but groups users based on their level of interaction with social media) to the social media markteting and/or toolset you plan on using to engage your consituents. It's a great process to go through as you get ready to plot or improve your own social media marketing plan and/or online community strategy.
First, let's take a look at technographic breakdown and some handy tools to help you hone in on what might be the best offerings for you target audience. Then, let's apply them to a few markets I'm getting ready to target and see how it works. Not surprisingly, our friends at Forrester have some great resources to get started on their Groundswell website.
Social Technographics. Forrester's Technographic Ladder provides the groups web users into.: Creators, Critics, Collectors, Joiners, Spectators and Inactives. The brief slideshow below explains each of these "rungs" (categories) on the Ladder:
Here's slide 10 from Forrester's presentation with explanation of each category to refer back to as we look at the different technographics of the age and sex breakdowns available.
So now that you have an understanding of the various categories, let's apply this to social media planning. A quick way to do this is with the profile tool from Forrester's Groundswell.
Let's start with the United States. You can also pull information on Europe and certain other countries. I'm going to go a little crazy with the charts here, so bare with me. Here are all age range demographics in the US for both male and female users, so we can track the differences and match up available social media tools to each group. This first chart represents how adult web users (18 & older) in the United States interact with Social Media.
When planning strategy, match your target market, donors, customers, etc., to the age and sex breakdowns offered in the tool. Then you can match their preferred type of engagement to the toolset you will either need to offer or reach them through to resonate with that group. For example, if you are building an online community or planning a Social Media campaign targeted to young adults aged 18-24 you can pull the following two charts:
While the spectators categories is tops in all age groups, let's look at what stands out. First, the overwhelming majority like to be joiners by maintaining profiles and visiting social network sites. They are also almost twice as likely as the general web user, males slightly more than females, to be creators. Look for opportunities to let this group publish blogs, create their own web pages, upload videos and artwork that they create, and tell their own stories. Third, this age group likes to interact by critiqueing, rating and commenting, so be sure to offer these abilities in your plan. Online social networks like Facebook and YouTube also provide good outlets to reach these groups with Social Media campaigns.
OK, here are the other breakdowns you can pull:
So, we can definately see several trends – the younger you are, the more active you are in social media. This may be no surprise, even with the rapid adoption among 45+ age group of social media. However, there are also several trends we can see regarding the types of media you prefer to interact with at different ages, and perhaps life stages.
The joiners group falls in half after age 24, but still maintains strength (and is growing) through age 45. And the desire to rate and comment content as part of the critics group remains strong across all age group, and is one of the highest points of involvement over those 45+ years old.
Finally, here is a short list of some of the opportunities for Social Map marketing. You likely know of many more, and the list continues to evolve. These also represent several related toolsets to use in building an online community, including blogs, wikis, ratings, video sharing, widgets, social networking, friend following, microblogging, IM, presence, and virtual collaboration tools.
Social Networking
- MySpace
- Hi5
- Gather
- Orkut
- Plaxo
Photo Sharing
- Flickr
- Picassa
- Photobucket
- Snapfish
- Slideshare
- WordPress
- Podcasting
- Tumblr
- Typepad
- Yammer
- Facebook (new feature offers similar microblogging functionality)
- Delicious
- Digg
- Blogmarks
- StumpleUpon
- Ma.gnolia
Video Sharing
- Youtube
- Google Video
- Livecast
- Yahoo Video
Data from Forrester Research Technographics® surveys, 2008. For further details on the Social Technographics profile, see groundswell.forrester.com.


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The 1686 trading post was the first semi-permanent French settlement in the lower Mississippi River Valley, although 327 years later the area is sparsely populated.
Nestled deep into southern Arkansas County, Arkansas Post National Memorial's Osotouy unit covers approximately 400 acres just north of where Henri de Tonti established the "Poste de Arkansea" trading post at the Quapaw village of Osotouy.
The 1686 trading post was the first semi-permanent French settlement in the lower Mississippi River Valley, although 327 years later the area is sparsely populated.
Today, some of the only visible remains are the Menard-Hodges Mounds, a grouping of nine known mounds that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It became a National Historic Landmark in 1989.
Arkansas Post officials are now hoping to reconnect Arkansans with the site. Superintendent Ed Wood said they are working to develop a plan of action to interpret the unit to the public. The plan includes a visitor's center contact station, a Quapaw medicinal garden and various viewing stations overlooking the mounds, the former trading post area and Lake Dumond.
Park Ranger Kirby McCallie said the plans are nearly 95 percent complete with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission still needing to review it. Public meetings are tentatively scheduled for July to receive any concerns, suggestions or public input.
So far, the work has been a joint effort between area landowners, Arkansas Post, the Arkansas Archeological Society, the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma, also known as O-GAH-PAH, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
However, the project is still in the initial stages. Wood said it could be years before the project is started as well as completed.
"What we want is to have the people of Arkansas know the significance of the area, what went on there and how it is related to the establishment of Arkansas," Wood said.
The Osotouy unit has Menard-Hodges Mounds covering 40 acres while the rest is taken up with Menard Bayou, Lake Dumond, abandoned agricultural fields and hardwood forests. Its significance is in its Native American history.
"Quapaw believe it is their ancestral homeland," McCallie said. "Some of the mounds are burial mounds so when the Quapaw visit Osotouy, they have a very spiritual connection to the area and the mounds."
According to the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, the mounds' occupation span was between 1540-1700, and the area is known for being in the vicinity of the first Arkansas Post.
The U.S. National Park Service notes that the post's establishment "was the first step in a long struggle between France, Spain and England for dominance of the Mississippi River Valley."
The Post, which relocated due to flooding several times, held strategic importance over the decades for French, Spanish, American and Confederate military.
It also hosted the 1783 Colbert Raid, the only Revolutionary War fight in Arkansas, and was the first capital of Arkansas.
The Osotouy unit is also "the largest known civic-ceremonial site of the Mississippian culture along the lower Arkansas river, and also contains a 19th Century French vernacular house and evidence of 17th and 18th European settlement."
It is presently gated against motor vehicle traffic, although Wood said visitors could walk onto it now to view the mounds. Local residents already walk the area daily.


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Reviewed By Rumi H (Kapolei, HI) Reviewed for a 2010 Lincoln Navigator —2/19/2015 2:09 PM
This is a generic cover for Expeditions so the fit is a little cumbersome and straps are located in very inconvenient places and hard to access to connect. Also, head rest covers are definitely not made for the Navigator, it looks awkward where the velcro comes together. It took a long time to get them all on but they look good.