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Canadian startup Thalmic Labs made a splash at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week with its MYO armband, the latest in the trend to wearable devices.
The gesture-based control device allows users to operate toys, video game functions, cameras, robotic devices and PCs based on the movement of muscles in the forearm.
Created by a Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont., company that is innovating in the hot new field of human-computer interaction, the MYO is a narrow arm band that works with device you may already have, like a Mac or Windows PC.
Thalmic Labs co-founder Stephen Lake has been thinking about the MYO since his university days.
"This device picks up the tiny signals to muscles in your forearm and it's detecting all the motions of your hands and fingers and you can control computers and any visual device," Lake said in an interview with CBC's The Lang & O'Leary Exchange.
The MYO features a new type of biosensor, which can pick up minute electrical impulses in our arm muscles. There's also an accelerometer, a gyroscope and a magnetometer, which can record differences in hand and body movement.
At CES, the MYO was competing to woo consumers with Google Glass and Samsung and Sony smartwatches, among other wearable devices.
Unlike early wearable devices, it doesn't require a camera to watch what the user is doing, nor a long training period to get it to respond.
"Once you put the device on for the first time, it's very simple. You make a single gesture that calibrates it and tells us how it can work with your arm – in order to wear it, you're going to put it on this way -- and from that it can detect all the motions and gestures," Lake said.
Thalmic Labs is taking orders now for the MYO, from 138 countries around the world. It sells for $149.
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50 Cent and Floyd Mayweather Jr. have had no problem whatsoever capturing the boxing world's imagination with the announcement of their TMT Promotions, also known as 'The Money Team' Promotions.
Having built a formidable empire in the world of music, 50 Cent, real name Curtis Jackson, will be looking to bring that same acumen into the realm of boxing, and at the moment he is patiently awaiting Mayweather's August 3rd release from the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Swinging through the Mayweather Boxing Club this past week, the buzz about boxing's latest promotional entity is very high. I caught up with respected trainer and former IBO junior lightweight champion Jeff Mayweather, who didn't mask his feelings whatsoever about TMT.
"The best thing to ever happen," Mayweather would tell me. "I got a chance to talk to 50 and be around him; he's a brilliant businessman and he knows exactly what he's doing. I expect TMT Promotions to become the strongest promotional team in boxing, period. There are some very, very big plans that I can't even reveal at this time, but they're huge."
"You're working with a situation where you have a guy who is a brilliant businessman and he's also very wealthy," Mayweather would continue. "Floyd of course, being who he is, it's an awesome combination when you put the two of them together. And they're still young guys that people can relate to. The young fighters want to be a part of it."
So far, the likes of Yuriorkis Gamboa, Andre Dirrell, Zab Judah, and Andre Berto have either signed or are in talks to become part of the TMT family. It's a good look for a company that is just coming out of the gates and Mayweather points out that those aforementioned names have already made their marks in the game.
"They're off to a great start. They also have my fighter, Celestino Caballero," said Mayweather of the WBA featherweight champion from Panama. "They're off to a good crew of fighters. Basically, all the guys they signed are already established in the game."
It remains to been how TMT Promotions will get along with other promoters, specifically Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions. 50 Cent had a little back-and-forthing with Golden Boy president Oscar De La Hoya over the relevance of his company last week and there are still a lot of questions that remain unanswered.
Golden Boy has helped to promote Floyd's last six fights but Jeff eventually feels their services may not be needed at all.
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I am new to all of this and have secured 2 hours work a day I can do from home (admin work from a friend that involves emails and telephone calls so needs to be done in office hours). I have a 2 year old with a normal kind of todder routine. E.g. up at 7am, no nap anymore but a 1 hour quiet time after lunch, and bed at 7pm. How can I fit 2 hours freelance work in a day to my routine without childcare? I know some people will say it can't be done, but I my DD is very laid back. I won't need to fit in much housework a day as we live in a small flat that seems to keep clean without doing much so hopefully that is a bonus.
Thanks in advance
I'd do one hour during her quiet time, when you can tell her that mummy is working, and the other after bedtime.
I can't do after bedtime as it has to be done in office hours (it is all phonecalls and emails). Do you think 2 hours of quiet time would be too much?
Well done on securing the work.
You know your child best, I guess the main question is will your DC happily watch TV for 2 hours during the day? And will they do that without interuptting you. You might find that whilst they'll happily sit for an hour whilst you are pottering, but as soon as they realise your attention is on the PC they leave the TV and come hassling. This may get worse the older they get. I talk from experience here!
If they do interupt, what was an hour in the am, could be drawn out over 3 hours etc. You will need to time your time to ensure that you charge your client what you do.
And calls with a little voice in the background isn't ideal and I guess not what your client is expecting.
There are people on here who manage to work without childcare but I believe that is because they mainly work/top up in the evening.
Is there no way you can do the work when your DC is in bed or you have cover?
I can see the appeal of doing work and staying at home, but I think it sounds really stressful. Sorry.
Hope you work out a way.
That's tricky. Two hours quiet time is too much I think - my kids would never leave me alone for that long.
I would get up, have breakfast, play with dd. Then stick on the tv for 30 minutes at 9am and work - obviously you could get a full hour in if dd was happy to amuse herself for that length of time. Then go out and do something physically active; come back and do 1 hour at the quiet time (again you might be able to stretch it a bit). Then do something at home like baking or sticking etc, or go to the local shop, or play in the garden if you have one. Then give her a few nice snacks in front of tv for another half an hour around 4 if you still need to make up the time.
My kids do better in front of the tv if they have a snack pot - like cucumber and breadsticks and fruit bars - plus a drink but food might not work with a toddler because of the choking risk.
The other way of doing it is to find another mum who will come over with her child and amuse the two of them for an hour while you work. You could reciprocate by having her child for the odd day, or babysitting etc.
Nothing is easy when you combine work and childcare - it's bound to be really difficult sometimes - especially if your dd is ill - but maintaining some kind of work pays off in the long run.
I would do an hour after breakfast and an hour at quiet time
Breakfast finished by 8am, would toddler play with toys quietly until 9am? I know toddler prob would here. Then you have time 9-1 to go out and do something with her ' praise for playing so nicely whilst mummy had important work'.
Ideally the morning out will wear her out and you can come back, have lunch together, then pop her down for 'quiet time' whatever you do with that.
Work 2nd hour during quiet time.
Emails etc can be drafted the eve before if you know about them ready for the morning if needed.
Thanks for the good suggestions. I do not start until next week so I had a practice today. She managed to do a 1 hour and 45 minutes of quiet time and then got fed up. So maybe 2 hours could be doable but if not I really like the suggestion of an hour at 9am, and then an hour at quiet time. I am quite excited to start now. She starts pre-school next year for 3 hours a day so I want to take the job now as it will fit in perfectly ones she starts pre-school. Thanks again, hopefully next week will go well!
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I asked manager Buck Showalter earlier today if he had a tough decision choosing between Robert Andino and Cesar Izturis. Andino had reached base nine times in his last 10 at-bats. Izturis was 3-for-7 with two RBIs lifetime against Twins starter Nick Blackburn.
"Yes and no," he replied. "Every day's a little different. What are those three hits? Are they swinging bunts or flares off broken bats? To base a lineup decision off seven plate appearances is probably not very good, but there will maybe be times where that's a tie-breaker.
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I mentioned how Britton finally hit a rough patch in his last outing, when he allowed five runs and eight hits in six innings in Cleveland.
"There are a lot of people who would like to have that type of rough patch, so to speak," Showalter replied. "It's an ongoing process. He's going to step on his tail again and go through things that show you how young and inexperienced he is, but his arm is experienced. We like his chances, and everything is a growing experience for him.
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The men had entered the bank on Yosemite Avenue shortly before 11 a.m. – one with a semi-automatic hand gun and the other with a duffle bag, Manteca Police said. An undetermined amount of cash was taken.
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The resident of a home on the south side of the alley said the men and two police officers cut through his yard as they ran back toward Lincoln Avenue and the duplex where they would take refuge. The two motorcycle officers saw them run down Lincoln and neighbors witnessed them entering the duplex.
45 officers on the scenePolice set up a perimeter around the neighborhood block and called in mutual aid from other departments. Ripon Police Department was the first to respond with four officers in addition to the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department, East Bay Park Police, a park ranger from Caswell State Park and the FBI. In all there were six agencies that responded with some 45 officers on the scene.
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Why I like to keep my helicopter clean.
The other day, I did a Santa flight. When I landed and shut down, one of the many people who'd crowded around the helicopter for a closer look commented on how clean and shiny it was. Although I thanked her, I didn't say what I was really thinking: it was filthy.
That was my opinion and it wasn't shared by many others. I'm often complemented on how good my helicopter looks. Just the other day, a pilot friend from Oregon stopped by and he said pretty much the same thing. I pointed out the smashed bugs on the mast and leg fairings and the grime on the back panel near the tailpipe. He then saw what I saw and conceded that it could use some cleaning.
Indeed, it had not been washed with a hose in more than two years.
Keeping it Clean
Back when I was still living in Arizona, I'd take it out a few times a year with a hose and sponges and a ladder and give it a good cleaning, from back to front and top to bottom. It was quite a chore and often took as much as two hours. I had to time it right so the sun wasn't full on it and I could towel it dry before water droplet stains could form. Often, I'd finish it off with a coat of RV spray wax. Occasionally someone would help, but more often than not, they didn't seem as interested as I was in getting it perfectly clean — or as close to perfection as possible.
Since January 2013, my helicopter has been bouncing from Washington to California and back to Washington on various agricultural flying contracts. It lived outdoors for months at a time, spending the winter of 2013/14 in a Wenatchee Airport hangar before settling into its permanent space in my RV garage at home only two months ago. The last time I washed it was when it still lived in Arizona, back in 2012. Since then, I've had to satisfy myself by wiping it down with a microfiber cloth after a heavy rain. That took care of most of the dust and some of the bugs. Spot cleaning took care of the rest.
Although my building has a handy drain in the floor and a hose spigot indoors, I haven't gotten around to washing it in there — mostly because it's too cold this time of year for it to dry properly. I expect I'll be washing it indoors once in a while when spring comes. Otherwise, I can wash it outdoors on its landing pad in the summer, when the late afternoon sun sinks behind my building and leaves the driveway apron in the shade. That's the plan anyway.
My Prized Possession
Why is it so important for me to keep it clean? It's simple: I'm proud of it. It's my prized possession.
Please understand that it's not really the value of the helicopter that makes me so proud. At this point, it's 10 years old. Both the house I still (unfortunately) own with my wasband and my current home are worth more (although the helicopter was once worth more than either one). Resale value does not make it a prized possession.
Instead, it's what the helicopter represents: the result of hard work, smart investments, and a never-ending drive to make my business grow and thrive with good-paying work.
I look at the helicopter and I see long days sitting in front of a computer, writing book after book for my publishers. I wrote or revised 85 books in 20 years. Because they were computer how-to books, they had tight deadlines. How many 12-hour days and 7-day workweeks did I spend in my office banging away on a keyboard to meet a deadline? Too many to count. And don't even get me started about the 12 summers in a row that I spent mostly indoors, working to meet deadlines for my Quicken books. It was only because a handful of my titles became bestsellers that the money started flowing in. That money made it possible to buy my first helicopter, a much smaller two seater that I put 1000 hours of flight time on in just five years.
I look at the helicopter and I see real estate investments I bought to explore a role as a landlord. The property with a two-bedroom home and four furnished studio apartments that I bought in the early 2000s stands clear in my mind. Yes, I got a good deal on it, but I also poured a lot of time and money into it, improving each furnished unit, showing it to a countless stream of snowbirds and transients, cleaning apartments over and over, dealing with complaints and tenants who couldn't pay their rent on time or at all. And then the suicide in one apartment followed closely by the suicide of a tenant before she even moved in. (Seriously, I can't make this shit up.) This property taught me how much I could hate being a landlord. But when I sold it shortly before the peak of the real estate market and pocketed a 50% profit in less than five years, I wasn't complaining. That money, and the proceeds from the sale of my first helicopter, is what made up the sizable downpayment for my prized possession, making monthly payments for the balance almost affordable.
I look at the helicopter and I see all the ways I tried to build my business and make it profitable. I think about the tours and photo flights I'd do no matter how little revenue they generated. I think about the first few regular clients I got — a Russian photographer who led photo expeditions in the Southwest and needed a pilot over Lake Powell, Monument Valley, and Shiprock; a local addiction treatment center bigwig interested in showing off to client parents and investors by flying them to the desert facility; a proving grounds manager needing an aerial photo pilot who wasn't afraid to operate in the deadman's curve; an environmental impact study company that needed to fly hour after hour along cliff faces looking for raptor nests; orchardists who needed protection for their valuable cherry or almond crops. I think about the epiphany I had when I realized that these clients and this work was what would make my company succeed and that I was simply wasting my time trying to attract one-time clients looking for a deal.
I look at the helicopter and I think about all the hard work involved to keep my business profitable. I think of flying through weather to get to a client on schedule, I think of long hours flying slowly along the top of winding canyons, I think of hour after hour hovering low-level over cherry trees, I think about staying in cheap hotel rooms and having to walk three miles with luggage just to get back to the helicopter, I think of living in an RV for months on end. I think about writing proposals, sending out contracts, and tactfully nagging for payment. I think about patiently explaining to a client why he should fly with me instead of a cheaper alternative in a smaller aircraft piloted by a less experienced pilot. I think about networking and getting the word out and landing cherry drying and frost control contracts that finally got me in the niche I needed to ensure long-term profitability. I think about moving my helicopter and my RV between Arizona and Washington state — four 1000+ mile trips each year — usually by myself, year after year in all kinds of weather. And moving them again between Washington State and the Central Valley of California — four 500+ mile trips each year — for the past two years. I think about taking annual check rides with the FAA and dotting all my I's and crossing all my T's to satisfy government requirements.
I think about the money I spent on the helicopter since buying it in 2005: $268,000 for maintenance, $123,000 for fuel, $144,000 for insurance, and $47,000 on interest for the helicopter's loan. I think about those numbers along with the other expenses I've had for simply owning the helicopter and operating a business — well over $1,300,000 total in the past 10 years — and how I feel when I explain to a passenger that it costs more to fly a helicopter than just the cost of fuel.
And then I think about the amazing flights I've had at the controls over the past ten years. Flying through desert canyons and up or down the California coast. Floating over the clouds at San Francisco, seeing one end of the Golden Gate Bridge poking up through the fog layer. Cruising over Lake Powell at sunrise or sunset as the sun's first or last light touched the red rock cliffs. Flying along snow-covered hoodoos at Bryce Canyon. Crossing Cascade Mountain ridges above valleys full of clouds. Zipping past weird rock formations in Utah, Arizona, and Nevada. Speeding low across the empty Sonoran desert, over ridges and around tall cacti. Crossing the Navajo Reservation with wild horses and the remains of abandoned hogans below me. Skimming 50 feet above the surface of the Columbia River, waving to boats and water skiers I pass. Chasing race trucks on desert trails and go-fast boats on desert lakes. These are just examples off the top of my mind; a look through my log books would yield dozens of others.
And I remember that none of this would be possible without my prized possession.
And my prize possession wouldn't be mine without all the hard work and long hours I put into earning the money to buy and keep it.
It's more than just a costly possession that makes people (erroneously) think I'm rich. It's a symbol of my achievements in life, the result of working hard and smart for a long, long time. It's my reward for staying focused and doing what needed to be done, to the best of my ability, to move ahead, even when certain people tried so hard to hold me back.
Catching Up on Cleaning
So yesterday, I took advantage of the big, heated space inside Pybus Public Market, where my prized possession is currently parked. I brought in some Meguiar's Detailing Spray, Turtle Wax Bug and Tar remover, and clean microfiber cloths. And then I finally cleaned the bugs off the mast and the leading edges of the horizontal and vertical stabilizers, leg fairings, and cockpit. I covered all the painted surfaces with the detailing spray, wiping it with a succession of clean rags that soon got dirty from the thin film of grime that had been on the helicopter's skin. I worked slowly and carefully while a handful of people wandered by to check out the shiny red thing unexpectedly parked by the south door.
When I was done, it was even shinier.
But I can still see a few bugs I missed on the mast…


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Google is making some big-ish changes to Adwords specifically affecting the pharmaceutical industry. The first change will undo the process Google implemented (back on 2010) to accommodate Black Box drug ads which was incredibly manual (from a Google perspective) and not scalable. The other change affects unbranded pharmaceutical ads which previously allowed advertisers to display an unbranded url which then clicked through to a branded landing page. Considering how much emphasis Google puts on user experience, it is a bit surprising this was ever permitted.
The first change will go into effect July 20th, 2015. Previously, Black Box drugs would be whitelisted by Google and company approved ad copy would be sent to a Google representative who would review the ad copy and manually implement the ad. It's obvious how this process isn't very scalable from a Google perspective. And since a small number of Google Reps were trained on Black Box ads, the process was usually relatively slow. A Black Box drug ad would contain an extra line of copy with a 2nd link driving directly to the Prescribing Information (often as a PDF).
Current Black Box Adwords example:
This example shows the extra line of copy available to Black Box drugs. Post July 20th, the extra line of copy will not be supported by Google. Since Black Box drugs are required to provide direct access to the Black Box warning, the new ads will have to look like:
Extensions such as call-outs and sitelinks can be added to make the ad larger and drive visitors to other areas of your website. Even though there are no guarantees that Google will display the extensions, it makes sense to add them as the ad as shown above is pretty weak and will most likely not generate a great response rate.
Are there any positives from these Google updates?
2 main ones:
- Black Box Adwords ads will be able to be implemented more quickly
- The old format was not supported on mobile devices, so after July Black Box ads will be able to be displayed on mobile devices.
However, these new ads should be tested as the call to action for non-Black Box warning information is relegated to sitelinks which are not guaranteed to be displayed. Plus if the drug name plus generic name does not fit in the headline of the ad, using Adwords may not be a viable advertising channel.
The 2nd change won't go into effect until January 12, 2016. This change impacts the common practice of using vanity urls to utilize unbranded copy to drive to branded pharmaceutical websites. Pharma companies (contrary to existing Google policy) are allowed to use a vanity url as the display url which is a different domain than the branded landing page url. Historically, this has been an exception made just for the pharma industry. Currently an unbranded ad which makes no mention of a branded drug can promote awareness and information without having to use valuable character space for disclosure or the drug name such as the example below:
The vanity url must be "owned" by the pharma company. However, since the landing page was a branded webpage no content was required on the vanity url. With this change, Google has agreed to try to accommodate unbranded pharma ads using 3 new formats:
All these methods allow for a branded landing page without displaying a vanity url which could have led to a poor user experience.
In summary, we at Siren Interactive feel that the new Black Box ad format is much less powerful than the format Google previously supported. However, unbranded ads have always been higher performing than branded, so we feel these new branded Black Box ads warrant testing as performance will most likely be brand and target audience specific.
As for the unbranded Adwords update, we strongly support these changes. In our opinion (and from our experience) these new ads are less deceptive, will cause less confusion and ultimately lead to a stronger (more positive) user experience.


text: On September 22, 2011 12:06:11 PM Steve Langasek wrote: > On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 08:19:32AM -0600, Bruce Sass wrote: > > > So *every* time a package outside of main is an installation candidate > > > > > > the decision should be made, not once, very much indeed. > > > > As someone who doesn't care about licences > > Since this effectively translates to not caring about the freedom of the > software you install, I think it's safe to say you're in the minority among > Debian users - and certainly among Debian developers. Your translation is off. It is simply a consequence of not being in a position where the restrictions that come with any license which allow Debian to distribute the software are relevent to my use of it. > I'm confident that Debian will continue to prefer to install only free > software as dependencies when installing from main, even when contrib and > non-free are enabled on the system. As am I. > > I disagree. The only way a non-free package is going to be automatically > > selected is if the sysadmin has added non-Main lines to sources.list, and > > the Maintainer has placed a non-Main package before one from Main in the > > dependency statement--that's two explicit actions that need to be taken, > > compared to zero if non-Main stuff isn't wanted. > > The latter is not something the maintainer is allowed to do, because it's > making a decision for non-free software *on behalf of the user*. > > If the free alternative doesn't work well enough to be listed first, then > the package depending on it belongs in contrib, *not* in main. That's my understanding of how things should be setup. > > I hope Debian would honour the Social Contract and put the needs of the > > users ahead of software freeness concerns in that case. > > Do we have a name for the DFSG equivalent of Godwin's Law? Because you > just failed it. Well, that's disappointing... called a Nazi for daring to explore the possibilities. <sigh>


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Asian Stock Markets Close Mixed
Published 7:00 pm, Tuesday, January 8, 2002
Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday, with Tokyo and Hong Kong falling but smaller markets closing higher.
In Japan, stocks finished lower, following the latest declines on Wall Street and further sapped by concerns over the ailing economy.
The benchmark 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average fell 31.62 points, or 0.30 percent, to end at 10,663.98. On Tuesday, the index lost 246.76 points, or 2.26 percent.
In Hong Kong, shares fell for the second straight session on heavy losses in mainland Chinese phone bellwethers and other blue chips.
The Hang Seng Index plunged 272.99 points, or 2.33 percent, to 11,440.72. On Tuesday, the index lost 178.93 points, or 1.50 percent.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 46.50 points, or 0.46 percent, to 10,150.55 on Tuesday, while the tech-focused Nasdaq composite index rose 18.64 points, or 0.92 percent, to 2,055.74.
In currency dealings, the U.S. dollar reversed gains against the Japanese yen.
The dollar bought 132.52 yen in late Tokyo trading, down 0.12 yen from Tuesday in Tokyo, and below its level of 132.74 yen from late Tuesday in New York.
BANGKOK: Thai stocks rose on gains in the electronics and telecommunications sectors. The Stock Exchange of Thailand Index gained 0.60 point, or 0.2 percent, to 319.24.
JAKARTA: Indonesian shares ended higher on late buying in select blue chips. The JSX Composite Index added 1.0 percent, or 3.804 points, to 391.498.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian shares closed higher on local buying in major companies, including Tenaga Nasional and Telekom Malaysia. The weighted Composite Index climbed 8.26 points, or 1.2 percent, to 700.47.
MANILA: Philippine shares fell as investors cashed in on recent gains. The 30-company Philippine Stock Exchange Index dipped 3.29 points, or 0.3 percent, to 1,183.68.
SEOUL: South Korean shares rose as retail investors continued to bet on an economic recovery. The Korea Composite Stock Price Index, or Kospi, gained 16.85 points, or 2.3 percent, to 751.61.
SINGAPORE: Shares fell as investors locked in recent profits. The Straits Times Index slipped 17.82 points, or 1.1 percent, to 1,686.20, snapping a five-day rally.
SYDNEY: Australia shares closed slightly lower on losses in heavyweights including News Corp. and BHP Billiton. The All Ordinaries shed 9.30 points, or 0.3 percent, to 3,354.90.
TAIPEI: Taiwan shares surged to a nine-month high amid expectations of a positive economic outlook. The Weighted Price Index of the Taiwan Stock Exchange closed up 55.46 points, or 0.95 percent, at 5,865.54.
WELLINGTON: New Zealand shares ended marginally higher, boosted mainly by bellwether Telecom Corp. The NZSE-40 capital index rose 2.13 points, or 0.1 percent, to 2,084.68.


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The Preston manager, Graham Westley, has accused four of his players of deliberately leaking tactical information before their 2-0 League One defeat to Sheffield Wednesday.
Westley, who replaced the sacked Phil Brown in January, has been the target of growing criticism for overseeing a dire run of results, with only one win in their last 11 games leaving them 16th, only six points above the relegation zone.
Speaking after the defeat at Hillsborough, Westley said: "This squad's got a lot of losing ways installed in it, and there's no better example of that than what Wednesday's bench told me during the second half. I have to work on the basis that their bench wouldn't lie, and they said that four players of ours yesterday, at five o'clock, revealed our team to them.
"Does it surprise me? When you've got a number of agendas within a club – and I've said since I've been here that that's the case – this sort of thing happens. And it's not the first time that something's happened here that's surprised me.
"This dressing room is fighting against itself. There are 35-odd players in the squad and they will be very disappointed that some are working against their team-mates.
"It's a difficult place at the moment … But at times it pays to let people know the type of stuff that goes on in a losing environment. It's my job to put a stop to it."
Westley's claim has the potential to prompt a Football League investigation should officials believe the apparent leak harmed the competition's integrity.
Westley, 44, had previously hinted at the problems behind the scenes after being abused by Preston's fans during last Tuesday's 3-1 home defeat by Brentford – suggesting he was planning to sell those players who were reacting badly to his methods.
"When you have a new regime coming in people do react … I have listened to lads saying they are getting fitter and stronger and I don't understand why anybody would react against that, but there are players that do. When you have got that sort of split you are working towards the summer where you can change it. People who don't want to be here can move on."


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Russell Fire Department
Community served: Russell, Mass.
Department type: Volunteer firefighters
Fire stations (department)1: 2
Fire stations (town): 2
Square miles (town): 17.9
Square miles per station (town): 8.9 [ See rankings ]
1 Some communities have more than one fire department.
On-time rate, building fires receiving a response within 6 minutes, 1986-2002: 47.4%
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On-time rate, early years, 1986-1998: 55.6%
On-time rate, recent years, 1999-2002: 40.0% DETAILS:
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|Total building fires studied
Insurance companies use ratings from ISO, a New Jersey company, to help determine fire insurance premiums. ISO rates communities on a scale from 1 (best) to 10 (no protection). The ratings are based on the community's fire department, water supply, and dispatch communications. The ratings are not based at all on response times. The same scale of 1 to 10 is applied to the effectiveness of building codes. In a split fire rating, such as 4/9, the second number applies to properties more than 1,000 feet from a hydrant.
ISO fire protection rating, Nov. 2004: 6/9
ISO building code rating, residential, Nov. 2004: 4
ISO building code rating, commercial, Nov. 2004: 4
Fire spending FY 2003 (town only): $44,622
Fire spending as percent of total budget, FY 2003 (town only): 2.5% [ See rankings ]
Fire spending as percent of total budget, FY 1987 (town only): 1.1%
Fire spending per capita, FY 2003 (town only): $27 [ See rankings ]
Fire spending per capita, FY 1987, in 2003 dollars (town only): $12
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The Binghamton University department of Anthropology and the Public Archaeology Facility (PAF) announce a newly approved track in Public Archaeology within the existing M.A. degree in Anthropology. Archaeologists at Binghamton University were early practitioners of public archaeology in the 1970s, and it has continued to be an emphasis of the department. Public archaeology includes work in Cultural Resource Management (CRM), archaeological education, museum archaeology, and a number of other arenas in which archaeologists and their publics interact. The proposed MA track will be a two-year program that prepares students for positions in the field of Public Archaeology, broadly defined.
Graduates can expect to find employment in the private and public sectors. Within the wider field of public archaeology, CRM represents the largest arena of employment for archaeologists in the United States. CRM archaeologists work for a diverse range of employers, including federal, state, tribal, and local agencies (in the public sector) and engineering firms, environmental consulting firms (domestic and international), architectural design companies, and energy companies (in the private sector), where CRM archaeologists help businesses comply with federal and state historic preservation laws. Many private sector businesses hire CRM firms, research facilities, and individuals to provide these services. In addition, students will also find employment in museums, heritage organizations, federal and state agencies, and in schools.


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Born Rhatha Phongam, Thai actress and pop star Yayaying (Ying for short) is the daughter of famed comedic actor Noi Phongam. Yayaying has recorded with some of Thailand's top talents, and released her debut album when she was only 16. She is also an excellent dancer, and has studied ballet since she was 6 years old.
An international talent- fluent in both Thai and English, Yayaying has stared in productions in Thailand Germany, and most notably in acclaimed director Nicolas Winding Refn's "Only God Forgives", along with Hollywood star Ryan Gosling.
Yayaying is now filming as the headed cast of "Jan Dara" the erotic Thai movie base on the novel by Utsana Phleungtham about the sexual rivalry between a Thai nobleman and his illegitimate son directed by ML Pantewanop Devakula on September 2012 release in Thailand.
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Discussion in 'Waffle' started by $marty, Nov 29, 2011.
Thanks again for ruining the Walking Dead
Tepid regards
What thread did it get spoilt in? I'm only on s02e04 at the moment so I don't wanna read it by mistake.
as if it matters, the whole of the new series has been a pile of shitfuckery.
the only decent episode so far was this one.
and maggie has dat ass.
Matter of opinion tho ain't it mate, just cos you think it's shit doesn't mean it's ok to spoil it for everyone else.
Now go to your room, no dinner for you tonight.
Yes, go play in traffic and get mugged off at Subway again.
It was from a week or two ago mate. It's got a spoiler tag on it now. Unfortunately I saw it pre-tag.
as if you didn't know it was gonna happen.
No I didn't. Considering the graphic novel's were completely different to what's happened in this season. I didn't have a clue, but once again, thank you so much for ruining it.
I was actually considering banning you when I saw your thread. It pissed me off that much.
Dude I suggest you keep on watching teenie slasher films instead of spoilering adult entertainment
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LOL, I totally hoped for it, I was fucking mad angry aswell.
sure is gheyfags in here
i dont mind the drivel ahmed normally post but that was not cool. watching a good series is something we all enjoy.
there was a guy i used to work with he would enjoy telling the whole plot including ending of new films to people like it was an interesting and amusing story from his life on fucking mars and he would tell it loud and proud in the middle of the office so you had to hear unless you leave the room or put on headphones. so i told him, i said hey motherf$£ker! stop that! and he did stop telling the plot of new films but went on to telling the plot of old films to people who hadnt seen them and reciting popular pop songs too.
You have to clarify rich, otherwise I won´t be buying any releases of yourz anymore
i know that feel, someone ruined the end of Batman: Arkham City for me
..... what?
well i'm currently working my way through half life 2. so feel free to spoil that for me if you really that mad
the end of HL2, is that it ends on a cliffhanger and Valve wont release HL2:E3 or Half Life 3 so we can find out what actually fucking happens
meanwhile at valve
what's this '3' you speak of?
well, ghey mean gay... as in liking the company of men
and fag as a suffix is applied to anything you want, ergo, gheyfags
seriously doe, ruined endings is a bit shit, if someone had told me the end of dexter i would have ragefagged them... buuuuuut, the walking dead went pretty shit pretty quick, so im on the fence, brool story co
that post was amazingly full of internets rich.
Dee Dee blew his experiments to smithereens!
haaaaaaaaaaaa. yeah you can suck it rich.
not even the end doe... only halfway through the series.
the reason walking dead has gone down the shitter is because they sacked the original writer, got some silly bitch in and slashed the budget.
complete lack of pace, hardly any development in story or characters and hugely predictable plots.
looking back on it, yes, spoiling was a bit of a dick move, but i was feeling trollish and if you'd spent more than 5 minutes on 4chan you would've seen the screenshot anyway.
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Have you ever received one of those weaselly I'm-sorry-if-you-were-offended apologies that only make you madder? Worse, have you ever sent one?
I asked Sarah Kidder, a professional etiquette expert and event planner in Oakland, for tips on how to apologize properly.
Tip No. 1: Mean it. "The most important ingredient in an apology is sincerity," says Kidder. "An insincere apology adds insult to injury."
Tip No. 2: Less is more. "When you're late for my birthday party, would I like an acknowledgment that you're sorry? Yes. But should you stop the party for a 10-minute monologue on your amazing adventures in traffic, hijacking the party and boring the entire room? No.
"Of course, when you've done something that truly hurts someone's feelings, a fuller apology may be required. But that doesn't mean throwing in a bunch of justifications. It's not about you; it's about what you did. Why you did it is irrelevant."
Tip No. 3: If you break or lose something, replace it. "Again, the bother and the cost should not be borne by the person who owned the item, but by the person who broke or lost it," says Kidder. "They already did you one favor by lending it to you in the first place. They shouldn't have to keep doing more."
Speaking of borrowed stuff, Kidder says few things hurt a friendship more than not returning stuff.
"Trust and respect disintegrates with each month that you don't give the stuff back," Kidder said. "Since embarrassment and forgetfulness are often to blame, I've created Return To Sender Day to make it easier for people to ask for their stuff back without sounding like a nag, and to take the shame out of returning something two years late."
Return To Sender Day — RTS Day, for short — is held twice a year: on the spring and fall equinoxes, which means the next one is Sept. 22. To make it easier, Kidder has set up a website and Facebook page with some downloadable reminders to send your friends. Among them:
"Missing: Deep Fryer. Last seen: Your house. You said you'd bring it back Monday. That was nine months ago. I'd like it back on RTS Day." "Wanted: Faux Vintage Telephone. You borrowed it for a theme party. You don't even have a landline. Please return it on RTS Day." "I have your DVDs. I'll drop them in your mailbox on RTS Day. Sorry it's taken so long to get them back to you."
To access the Facebook page, go to www.facebook.com/RTSDay. To access the website, visit www.sarahkidderdesigns.com.
"I don't know where this is all headed, but I hope it goes viral," she says. "I think it would be wonderful if people had a way to get their power drills or Tupperware back and keep their friendships." What's on your RTS list?
puddles turns 10: Finally, happy birthday to Puddles the Duck, one of the most popular residents at Children's Fairyland in Oakland, who celebrated his 10th birthday last week.
That's twice the normal life expectancy of ducks like him, which goes to show how much TLC the animals at Fairyland get.
Puddles is a very friendly duck who will jump up in your lap. But don't let him stay there too long.
They don't call him Puddles for nothing.
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More clouds over Nashville. Much on my mind today, but nothing to share right now. We have a nice selection of music so… shall we?
After the JUMP
In the Pre-Shuffle…
"Cigareets and Whuskey and Wild Wild Women" by Black Jake and the Carnies (Our friends from Ypsilanti, Michigan are up first today with a track from their latest release, Watching, Waiting – the video comes from their performance at Scenic City Roots in Chattanooga which took place the day after I saw them at the sister even Music City Roots in Nashville)
"OK Corral" by T. Hardy Morris (A nifty song from the Audition Tapes album by Dead Confederate Hardy Morris. This album was produced by Cosmic Thug (Adam Landry and Justin Collins) who have previously worked with Deer Tick and Middle Brother.)
"AnnaRexia" by Marla Mase (yesterday, we had the Bill Laswell Dubmix of this song, today, we have the album version of the song, which is a power and stirring indictment of body image and insane societal expectations.)
"I'll Start Again" by prattle on, rick (prattle on, rick is primarily Patrick Rickelton from Nashville by way of North Carolina. This is some groovy soulful music. Today's track comes from a Noisetrade sampler – a new album from prattle on, rick is due out in the fall)
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–> "Goodnight Chicago" by The Dirty Guv'nahs (We close out the Pre-Shuffle with another sweet track from Knoxville's The Dirty Guv'nahs)
In the Shuffle…
"Freedom Jazz Dance (The Evolution of the Groove)" by Miles Davis from Miles Smiles (1967)
The band: Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams
In my book, you can't go wrong with Miles.
"Human Heart" by Courrier from Cathedrals of Color (2013)
Courrier is from Austin, Texas, but they have a definite British-Alternative-Arena-Rock sound. It is stirring and expansive, and sounds great.
"Exit Me" by The Imperial Rooster from Cluckaphony (2013)
How fitting that we close out today's mix of music with The Imperial Rooster's song Exit Me. Cluckaphony is another favorite of mine from 2013. Way back in the Spring or something, we did an ever so clever dual/duel review of this album and Watching, Waiting by Black Jake and the Carnies (who started off today's mix). The Imperial Rooster are from Espanola, New Mexico and I can't wait to see them live.


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Hello, gentle readers, and welcome to the RPG Reload, the weekly feature where beards beat dragons every time. Each week, we take a look at an RPG from the App Store's past to see how it holds up in the here and now. It's a chance to revisit old favorites, reflect on their place in the overall iOS library, and to take a deeper dive than our reviews typically allow. I try to present a balanced plate of RPGs from week to week, but if you feel like I'm missing something important, please let me know. You can do that by commenting below, posting in the Official RPG Reload Club thread, or by tweeting me at @RPGReload. You might not see it soon, but I will add your suggestion to my master list, so you'll be able to look forward to seeing it someday.
First of all, I have to apologize about the screenshots in this week's article. We've been lucky so far, but I suppose a technical problem had to mess with my schedule sooner or later. I was very deep into my replay of this week's game a couple of days ago when, suddenly, my iPad developed a habit of restarting itself randomly. I haven't been able to fix it or keep it on long enough to get my screenshots off of it, so I had to just start a new file and grab some shots from early in the game. They are not very exciting, but it is what it is. Let's all wish my iPad a safe trip to the iPad hospital and a quick recovery, yes? He's worked awfully hard these last couple years.
Today, we're stepping back into the world of Spiderweb Software's RPGs with a look at Avadon: The Black Fortress HD [$9.99 (HD)]. It was almost a year ago exactly that we featured that developer's Avernum: Escape From The Pit HD [$9.99 (HD)] here in the Reload, and I'd recommend heading back and reading that, if you haven't already, to get some background information on Spiderweb Software. The short version is that Spiderweb is largely a two-person independent developer that has been making RPGs since the mid-90s. While Avernum is a remake of Spiderweb's first game, 1995's Exile, it wasn't the first experience iOS would have with the developer. Instead, that honor goes to Avadon, which kicked off a completely new story and setting. The story is planned to span three games, and with the third one most likely coming later this year, it seemed as good a time as any to take another trip back to where it all started.
As the first decade of the 2000s came to a close, Spiderweb's Geneforge series had been wrapped up and the developer was putting the finishing touches on the sixth and final game in the Avernum series. For the first time in almost 10 years, it was time to put together a whole new world and story. We aren't always privy to where developers draw their inspirations from, but in this case, Jeff Vogel of Spiderweb revealed it in a developer diary for the game on his blog. He and his wife had gone to a one-act Hungarian opera called Bluebeard's Castle, which itself was based on an old French folktale. You can read the specifics of the story at Mr. Vogel's blog, but suffice it to say, the enigmatic, powerful character of Bluebeard proved to be the seed of Vogel's new game's world.
Avadon is set in the continent of Lynaeus. Like most lands worth their salt in an RPG, this one is divided up into various nations who don't have the friendliest of relationships with each other. The forces of the Farlands represent the greatest threat to most of the other nations, so an uneasy Pact is formed to hold them back. At the center of it all is the fortress of Avadon, ruled by a powerful, seemingly ageless man by the name of Redbeard. He and his forces are charged with protecting the Pact, acting as sort of a fantasy police force. Those who serve Avadon have permission to break the rules of the Pact if it is deemed necessary, and you know the story is going to have its fun with that. You play as a new recruit to Avadon, and your first day is a doozy. There's been some kind of attack, and prisoners have escaped. You're sent down into the dungeons to try to recapture them or at least find out where they might have gone. You'll get your first whiff here that something is suspicious about Avadon. Upon finishing your task, you're allowed to finally meet Redbeard, who seems at least as jovial as he does scary. After that, you'll begin your regular work, though I use the word 'regular' very liberally.
Avadon: The Black Fortress released on Mac computers on the last day of February of 2011, with a PC version following in May and the iPad version coming in June. While the game drew some criticism from certain camps for being a more streamlined RPG than previous Spiderweb games, for the most part the response was a warm one on all platforms. Reviews were favorable, the players seemed happy, and financially, the game appears to have been a pretty good success for Spiderweb. The response from iPad owners was particularly warm, showing there was a demand for this kind of game on the platform that wasn't being met. Much of the praise centered around the story and writing, and those aspects are certainly among the game's strengths, in my opinion. The game does a few things quite differently from Avernum and Geneforge, and I think in examining them, it's easy enough to see how this appealed to a new, likely larger, set of players. It's also not difficult to see why some people found the game off-putting.
The Avernum games are basically about letting the players cut loose Ultima-style in a big, somewhat-open world. You generate your whole party, manage all of their skills and stats on a very granular level, and basically go wherever your gut and strength will take you. There's a main plotline to follow, and the essential goal is laid out from the beginning, but the path you'll be taking there is far from clear, nor is completing your goal terribly urgent even in a narrative sense. Escape whenever can find a way to, and do whatever you feel like doing on the way. Compared to that game, Avadon is a much more guided experience, and one whose ultimate goal isn't obvious from the beginning. Sure, there's a big world, and lots of side-quests to be found, but if you don't care to hop off the rails, you'll never have to. Some people see that as a bad thing, but I just see it as a different approach from Spiderweb's other games, and there's nothing wrong with a little variety.
Right from the start, Avadon presents fewer options than Avernum. You must choose your character from a total of four different job classes, each of them pre-built and ready to go. There are two men, a fighter and a ninja, and two women, a shaman and a sorceress. All of them are quite capable in their own ways, and none are meant to be played as pure support types. It doesn't matter a great deal who you choose here, because you'll soon have the option to recruit a character of each job class. Each class has their own unique skills to learn, though there's a fair bit of variation within each due to some carefully-planned skill trees. There are also plenty of weapons and armor pieces that are class-restricted. One interesting point is that while there are four job classes, you can only have three party members at any given time. You'll always be missing someone's skills, though the game is balanced well enough that any group can win.
The fortress of Avadon acts as a hub for most of your adventures. As an enforcement agent, you'll be called out to various locations within the five nations to solve problems, settle disputes, or perform other tasks. After finishing the job in whatever way you deem appropriate, you can come back the fortress and rest up for your next quest. Naturally, you'll eventually reach a point where this formula is broken, and there are a lot of twists and turns that come in the game's back half particularly, but it's a good, comfortable routine that gets you settled into this new world. It also presents Mr. Vogel with the opportunity to show off his talent for writing interesting vignettes. Some of them are amusing, others quite dark, and a few are even a little heart-breaking. They might even be more than one of those, depending on how you play your character in the dialogue choices. I opted to play as more of a jerk than I did in my initial playthrough last year, though with how ambiguous some of the situations are, it's not always clear which actions actually represent being a bigger jerk.
The battle system isn't anything surprising, going for a turn-based set-up laid out on a grid. To be honest, it's a little dull in the early going. Once you open up more skills and start facing off against bigger and more powerful groups of monsters, it's more enjoyable. It's not as difficult of a game as Avernum, where you could easily find yourself slamming up against a brick wall of a boss if you went too far in the wrong direction, but it's tough enough that the average player will enjoy themselves on the normal difficulty level, I think. No promises if you go off the rails, mind you. If you go looking for trouble, you'll probably find it.
I'll admit that the more linear structure of Avadon when compared to Avernum meant that it didn't occupy my thoughts to quite the same extent. At the same time, the added structure ensured that the time I spent with the game was more productive. So, certainly a different experience from Avernum, but not necessarily a worse one. It was certainly easier to segment the game out into smaller play sessions, and that's probably a better scenario for people who aren't playing these things for a living. And while I think I like the world of Avernum better, Avadon's got an overall stronger story. The characters are more memorable, the mini-scenarios are more interesting, and the main plot gets you wondering about where it's going to go, at least for a little while. I feel like Avernum's story didn't really heat up until near the end, while Avadon, in keeping with its more linear approach, is there during most of the game. As a result, Avadon feels considerably more informed by Bioware's later games as opposed to its earlier ones, and I wouldn't be surprised if Dragon Age: Origins didn't at least partly inspire some aspects of the game.
For all that I've said about Avadon being a linear game, it's still incredibly big and open compared to most iPad RPGs. It might look and sound more primitive in some respects, but in terms of gameplay, I'd happily put it up against most of the other CRPG-style games on the App Store. Considering it's mostly the work of one guy, that's awfully impressive. But maybe there's something in that? Jeff Vogel's been doing his thing for more than 20 years now, and when this game was released, he'd already had the personal experiences from more than a dozen game releases over the course of 15 years. Most of the triumphs were his to enjoy, but so were the criticisms and faults. I have to believe that kind of personal responsibility works as a strong motivator to improve things as much as you can with each new release. That might be why, in terms of gameplay design, these indie RPGs can stand up to games with considerably bigger budgets and prestige.
As with Spiderweb's other games, Avadon hasn't needed many updates and as such has only received a small handful over the last five years. For the most part, they've just been bug fixes, and the last one was issued in November of 2012. For a brief period last year, it appeared that Spiderweb had given up on the iOS market, leaving the future of its games in doubt. With the developer's triumphant return with the fixed release of Avernum 2: Crystal Souls HD [$9.99 (HD)], however, things look pretty rosy for the future of these titles. Unless there's some reason that Vogel can't fix these games, I'm pretty sure he'll keep them working for a long time to come.
Anyway, that's my take on Avadon: The Black Fortress HD. What do you all think? Do you prefer Avernum's more open-ended structure, or is Avadon your preference? You can let me know by commenting below, posting in the Official RPG Reload Club thread, or by tweeting me at @RPGReload. Better still, we're recording the next episode of the RPG Reload Podcast this weekend, and Avadon is the main topic. So if you have any questions, please send them in to email@example.com. As for me, I'll be back next week with a pretty big RPG that most of you have likely played before. Thanks for reading!
Next Week's Reload: Final Fantasy 3 [$14.99 / $16.99 (HD)]
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|Primary & Secondary Colors
TOPIC: Experimenting with Primary Colors to create Secondary Colors
Artistic Perception: Each student will identify the primary and secondary colors and how they relate to each other.
RATIONALE: The visual arts offer the students the opportunity to work on artistic perception through developing skills that can be carried through for the rest of thier lives. With this lesson the students will gain the knowledge of how to create color/s. This is relevant in their lives as they will forever be exposed to color and learning to identify how color is created.
STRATEGY: Combination of direct instruction and guided discovery.
mix: to combine two things (paint)
primary colors: blue, yellow, red
secondary colors: purple, green, orange
INTRODUCTION: What would you do if I said we would be painting, but you only have 3 colors, blue, yellow, and red? Answer any questions and expand on comments that appear to be possible. If no students suggest mixing colors together suggest this in the form of a question. What do they think would happen if two "primary" colors were mixed together. Explain which colors are primary colors and explain the whole sequence of mixing colors to get more colors. Ask what colors it would take to make green,orange, andviolet. In front of the class the teacher will demonstrate one of the steps of painting circles and adding another dots of color to create a secondary color. The teacher will give directions of what is and is not appropriate behavior during the art lesson.
(Adapted from: Chapman, Laura H., "Discover Art", Teacher's Edition. Davis Publications,.Inc. Massachusetts, 1985: 24-25.)
The students will answer questions posed by the teacher regarding those directions. Example: Is it ok if I go over and start painting on my friend's paper?; or Should you be walking around with a paintbrush in your hand?" and of course the consquences question; What will happen if you are not following directions and not focused? By participatingin this whole class discussion each student will know expectations set and what is appropriate behavior.
ACTIVITY:Distribute the supplies to each student (cup of water, some yellow paint and paintbrush). Newspaper will already be covering their workspace, and they will have the butcher paper on their desks save time. Have them put their name of the left side of the paper. (helps establish left to right sequencing). Students will paint three yellow circles on their paper. Next have them wash off, in the water, the brush and then add a dot of red paint to the first yellow circle and brush it around. Discuss with them what has happened. Have them increase the number of dots and brush it around on each of the other circles. Discuss how the number of red dots on the yellow circles creates different colors. Compare and contrast between yellow-orange, orange and red-orange. Place the paintings on a flat surface or hanging line to dry. Some students may need to clean their brushes at this point. Begin with a blank sheet of paper again. Pass out some blue paint. This time have students make large circles with the blue paint. Repeat the process by adding red to these circles. Ask similar questions and continue discussion on what is happening with the different number of dots added to the blue paint. Hang these sheets up and begin the process over again with the red paint.
CLOSURE: Have the students answer questions about what they have learned. Ask them the same question once again. What would you do if I only gave you 3 colors to paint with? Summarize the mixing of colors and the resulting colors.
CLEAN-UP: After laying out or hanging up the last painting, collect the brushes, just a few students at a time. Placing them in a plastic container like a 2 liter bottle with the top cut out keeps them together and decreases the mess. Call students up in small numbers (3-4 ) to to dump their water. Fold paper up and place in trashcan or large bag. When students are helpful and do a good job, give thanks and compliment.
EVALUATION: Teacher will look look for student identification of primary and secondary colors. They will also orally share how the colors relate to each other: i.e., what happened with yellow and blue, red and blue and yellow and red?
MATERIALS:3 sheets of paper per students, tempera paint: red, yellow, blue; newpaper (enough for all students and replacements for paint messes), smocks, water supply, water containers, brushes (1 per child)
IMPORTANT TIP: Highly recommend that this lesson be done when teacher aides or parents are available.


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Farooq Abdullah had said that his father Sher-e-Kashmir shook hands with my grandfather for Kashmir. I want to say here that my family is also from Kashmir. We are also from Kashmir. I have two goals here. First, I know that you are going through great difficulties – I want to make a relationship with you and understand (with depth) your problems and sources of discontent. I want to make a long term relationship, a life-long relationship – the way my grandfather shook hand with Farooq Abdullah's father, I want to shake hands with you. My second gals is to get make the public and the youth at Kashmir see progress. Today in India we see a lot of progress. In any state that you go to, there is a lot of progress and education – these things should happen here. The benefit that the rest of the states get, the same advantage and benefits should be seen here. In education, health , infrastructure, and electricity . I was here last year and I was told that in winters the road closes. This is the first tunnel and soon we will build another.
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