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Detroit's Woes
Thanks to liberals, city spent beyond its means
Commentary writer Paul Krugman ("No, Detroit is not the latest Greece," July 23) argues that Detroit's long descent into bankruptcy was not "fundamentally a tale of fiscal irresponsibility" but rather that the city was "for the most part just an innocent victim of market forces," apparently referring to the long decline of the auto industry in the city. I'm confused — did the city of Detroit's government produce cars?
Krugman apparently believes that government officials have no responsibility to reduce spending when economic conditions dictate that taxpayers can no longer afford the spending that occurred in more prosperous times. Instead, it's OK to just keep borrowing and spending until you end up bankrupt and can't provide even basic government services, and that's not "fiscal irresponsibility."
That this is Krugman's opinion isn't surprising, since he advocates those same borrow-and-spend government policies for the United States as a whole.
Paul Daggett, Minneapolis
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Recent letters have offered opinions on Detroit's bankruptcy, but none have come right out and said liberalism defeated Detroit, so I will.
In the 1950s, Detroit's population was about 2 million. At that time, it had the highest standard of living in the United States, and some called the city the "Paris of the west."
Detroit has been almost exclusively under Democratic control for about 60 years. Detroit's last Republican mayor was in the late '50s; it last elected a Republican to the City Council in 1970.
Robert Reich, secretary of labor in the Clinton administration, opined the reason for Detroit's bankruptcy is because the rich left the city leaving the poor behind. I think one reason they left was correctly addressed by columnist Stephen Henderson in the Detroit Free Press, who wrote: Detroiters "pay more kinds of taxes, at higher rates, than any other citizens in Michigan … The city's tax structure is, by sheer numbers, among its most glaring problems."
Pay attention other large cities. If we do not learn from history, history will repeat itself.
Bob Jentges, North Mankato, Minn.
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Campaign Finance
The race to raise money overwhelms substance
The other day I received an e-mail asking me to contribute to Wendy Davis in Texas, who may or may not run for governor. I might vote for her if I lived there, but I do not and have no business trying to influence the outcome of an election in a state where I do not live. Crowdsourcing is foolish because a bigger, louder crowd will always form to counter the message.
When a good candidate, whose views are espoused by the majority of his constituents, cannot get his message to the voters because a group of zealots from Timbuktu gather enough money to drown him out with endless ads, that is not democracy. It is expensive folly that repeats again and again because the only possible defense is to raise more money, and the message is no longer about ideas and solutions, it is about clever, gimmicky ads designed to increase cash flow.
The failure of Congress to limit campaign fundraising and the Citizens United decision were not good for Republicans or Democrats.
If you do not want Planned Parenthood or the NRA, George Soros or the Koch brothers, tree-huggers or climate deniers controlling the agenda, stop sending them your hard-earned money.
Jill Page, Rockford, Minn.
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In The News
Here's a crack at rating the paper's priorities
As a longtime Star Tribune subscriber, I've become aware of what the top 10 issues are confronting Minnesotans today, based on the amount of space your paper seems to devote to them.
1. Tax-subsidized sports stadiums
2. Bicyclists and bike trails
3. The Minnesota Orchestra (Actually tied with #2)
4. Gay marriage
5. The very sad and numerous murders, particularly on the North Side of Minneapolis
6. Obamacare
7. The Martin/Zimmerman trial
8. A baby born in Britain
9. Minorities in our community
10. Beetles and bees
Note: Our illustrious state Legislature barely placed out of the top 10.
Dave Rand, Minneapolis
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Motorcycle Accidents
Consider all the factors in assessing numbers
The Star Tribune has made a point of emphasizing recent motorcycle accidents — excessively, in my opinion ("Motorcycle deaths hit boomers hard," July 22). The main responsibility lies with the motorcyclist in most cases. This is not to say that mishaps don't occur, but the fact that many of these accidents are avoidable and don't involve another vehicle speaks volumes to me.
So what are the common problems for motorcyclists? From my experience: speeding, fast acceleration, aggressive riding, inexperience, and alcohol and drugs. Many of the motorcyclists involved in recent crashes had blood alcohol concentrations of 0.08 percent or higher. A large number of two-vehicle fatal motorcycle crashes involved a vehicle turning left while the motorcycle, ridden in an aggressive manner, was going straight, passing or overtaking the vehicle. Likewise, a large portion of motorcycle mishaps involved riders with less than a year of riding experience.
In fairness, I would like to know the number of unavoidable crashes by experienced, responsible riders.
Bruce Burton, Bloomington
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The Price You Pay
You don't have to spend a lot to be entertained
As I read C.J.'s July 23 account of Paul Douglas spending $1,000 or so on VIP tickets for a Beyoncé concert, I thought about the "Tribute to Elvis" show that I recently watched at Pepito's Parkway Theater. For $30, my wife and I sat in front-row leather couch seats listening to Anthony Shore sing Elvis' songs better than Elvis himself could have sung them. Having attended many "big-buck" concerts, I am well aware of what you get when you pay those prices.
But getting the most from your dollar often comes when you spend $30 to listen to someone who connects personally to his adoring audience and simply sings his songs.
George Larson, Minneapolis
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Melissa Stockwell (right) fits a client with her new prosthetic leg Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012 in the Scheck and Siress lab at UIC.
Stockwell, a three-time world champion Paralympic triathlete, works at a prosthetics lab helping fit amputees with artificial limbs. The first female soldier to lose a limb in the Iraq war, she also founded a non-profit, dare2tri paratriathlon club.
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Alfresco Named Winner in 6th Annual EContent 100 Awards
EContent Named Alfresco One of the Companies That Matter Most in the Digital Content Industry
LONDON—November 20, 2006—Alfresco Software, Inc., the first and leading provider of an open source enterprise content management solution, has been named among the 100 leaders in the digital content industry by EContent Magazine for the second straight year. Judges of the EContent 100 recognized Alfresco for its continued leadership in thought, technology and innovation in content management including intranets and portals. The award is shared with notable companies such as Google, EMC, DIGG and Microsoft. Alfresco has been named to the list for each of its first two years in existence.
"This year saw consolidation take hold in the enterprise content management world and the future holds even more," said Dr. Ian Howells, chief marketing officer, Alfresco Software, Inc. "Alfresco has grown tremendously in the past year, both with support from the open source community as well as traction into large enterprises in banking, government, publishing and with a host of others that need a truly powerful yet flexible ECM system."
"Consolidation continued its steady march through 2006, while innovation brought many new players with interesting technologies to the market," said EContent Magazine Editor Michelle Manafy. "We started by looking at our list from last year, then only considered those companies, like Alfresco, that showed continued leadership in the market, technology, thought, innovation and experimentation. After a lot of arguing and discussion, only the strongest survived."
The EContent 100 list is available in the December print issue of the magazine and online at www.econtentmag.com.
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Alfresco is the leading open source alternative for enterprise content management. It is the first company to bring the power of open source to the enterprise content management market, enabling unprecedented scale and a much lower total cost of ownership than proprietary systems. Founded by a team of content management veterans that includes the co-founder of Documentum, John Newton and former COO of Business Objects, John Powell. Alfresco is based in London. For more information, visit www.alfresco.com.
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Church leaders in South Sudan fear that a new war will break out in the region soon unless the United Nations and African Union intervene. Tension between Sudan and South Sudan spiked after the temporary occupation of the oil-field town of Heglig by military from South Sudan. Other disputed territory includes Abyei, an area rich in oil on the border of the two states. On April 21 a Catholic church in Khartoum's Al-Jiraif district was destroyed by a Muslim mob, and a Sudanese air force attack on the South Sudan city of Bentiu on April 23 killed three people, including a child, and wounded at least 10 others.
South Sudanese troops overran the Sudanese army in Heglig on April 9, claiming the area under a 1956 agreement that the South believes set the border north of the town. Heglig had been used as a staging ground for military assaults by Sudan on South Sudan, particularly on the nearby city of Abyei, since May 2011. South Sudanese forces agreed to withdraw on April 20, but forces on both sides of the border appear to be preparing for more conflict. South Sudan seceded from Sudan after a referendum in January 2011 and officially became an independent nation on July 9.
Auxiliary Bishop Daniel Adwok Kur of Khartoum, Sudan, said that tensions between Sudan and South Sudan, the world's newest nation, could be defused if the United Nations and the African Union determined the proper border between the two countries. Bishop Adwok, who is from the south, said civilians in the disputed area around Heglig, a small town in southern Kordofan State on the edge of rich oil fields, are being victimized by attacks from both sides.
Dan Griffin, Sudan adviser for the U.S. bishops' Catholic Relief Services, said on April 17 that disaster is "looming" and that the current border conflict could give rise to a new war. "We've got to get the message out to prevent Africa's longest-running war from returning," he said a day before he was to travel to South Sudan to assess the situation and to check on C.R.S. programs in the region.
He called for negotiations mediated by the United Nations and the African Union to end the conflict and to review the 1956 documents establishing borders among various tribes in the region. Griffin said repeated shelling and aerial bombardments on Abyei by Sudanese forces must also be investigated.
A church source in the south said there appears to be strong popular support for the decision to confront Khartoum in Heglig, although "one must keep in mind that South Sudan [is] an authoritarian regime, so if someone were to openly oppose the government policy, they would have some risks." The source added, "The regime of Khartoum is no less oppressive and has mobilized the population in view of an open conflict with the South." With governments in Khartoum and Juba, capitals of the the north and south respectively, tilting toward conflict, "only a decisive intervention of the international community can stop the war."
On Easter, Archbishop Paolino Loro Lukudo of Juba, South Sudan, called for an end to the fighting, saying violence does not meld with God's intention of peace for all people as promised by Christ's resurrection. He also said clashes among rival groups in neighboring Jonglei State must cease.


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'Fantastic Beast's' odd couple, Dan Fogler and Alison Sudol
(KUTV) A witch and a muggle (or no-maj in this case) walk into a bar... It seems innocent enough, but in the 1920s mingling with the muggles, no-majs and otherwise unmagical beings was considered a dangerous and forbidden act.
It certainly wasn't the sort of thing you'd do in public. Queenie Goldstein is no ordinary wizard and Jacob Kowalski is hardly what you'd expect from a man without an ounce of magical blood in his system. She's lovely and makes a killer strudel. He's, well, he's a kind soul with dreams of opening a pastry shop. A man with the determination to chase down what he wants is apparently an attractive thing.
The duo, playfully played by Alison Sudol and Dan Fogler, are too warmhearted and accepting to notice that they're dancing along the edge of a great divide as wizards begin to wonder why they are forced to live in secret when humans are the weaker species.
J.K. Rowling has always been a champion of the outcasts, but she also respects their right to free will. What if Harry Potter had slipped his way into Syltherin and befriended Draco Malfoy and eventually defeated Voldermort so that he could be the ruler over wizards and men? Prophecies work in strange and wonderful ways.
Fortunately Rowling has a way of populating the fringes of her stories with characters that are simply good through and through. Luna Lovegood might not be the most popular of people, but she understands the value of love and friendship in a way that is envied by even the greatest of wizards. Queenie and Jacob are the best of us in the worst of times.
There are some serious themes lurking just beneath the surface of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them." Queenie and Jacob are the levity that the film needs and the actors behind them are equally delightful. Even Fogler's strange tangent where he confesses to be a wizard in his own mind takes the interview into the realm of absurdity.
The scary thing is, film critic Ryan Painter was able to find footage that supports his claims.
- Colin Farrell guides us through the Machiavellian aspects of 'Fantastic Beasts'
- 'Fantastic Beasts' cast on what they love about J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World
"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" hit theaters Nov. 18.


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Newspaper Stand
There is a newspaper stand on the 2nd floor, where you may purchase newspapers and snacks. There are also vending machines available.
Other Facilities
In addition to the Supreme Court, the building also houses the County Clerk's Office (Room 189), Public Administrator's Office (Room 144), Surrogate's Court (3rd Floor), Guardianship Assistance Network (Room 723), and the Vera Institute (Room 646H).
There are public access computers available in the Lawyer's Room and the Central Compliance Part.
Wi-fi access is also available free of charge in the Lawyer's Room, Central Jury, JCP Courtroom, Intake Part, Central Compliance Part, the 11th floor waiting area, and the Law Library.


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University of Vermont
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- Flipped Learning
Flipped Learning
What is It?
The adoption of the "flipped" approach to teaching (sometimes called the inverted classroom) has been gaining in popularity in recent years. A group of educators from the Flipped Learning Network have proposed this common definition:
Flipped Learning is a pedagogical approach in which direct instruction moves from the group learning space to the individual learning space, and the resulting group space is transformed into a dynamic, interactive learning environment where the educator guides students as they apply concepts and engage creatively in the subject matter.
The definition statement from the Flipped Learning Network [PDF]
Reversing the traditional model of teaching—lecture followed by homework—flipped instruction means that before attending class, students engage in knowledge transfer or "first exposure" activities such as reading, listening to, or viewing a lecture. This may be followed by a short online assessment to ensure that students are engaging with the work. Then, class time is used for more dynamic and participatory activities such as problem-solving clinics, peer instruction, debates, labs, or working on assignments in groups and/or with direct instructor/TA support.
Like the best studio session or lab, the flipped classroom invites students to shift from being a passive presence in the classroom to becoming engaged, active participants in the learning process.
Although, this instructional model has been in practice in some disciplines for over 20 years, its recent surge in adoption is due, in part, because of the availability of new technologies such as easy-to-learn screencasting software for recording lectures and perhaps in part due to high-profile media stories, such as Turning Education Upside Down–The New York Times (Rosenberg, 2013) and How 'Flipping' the Classroom Can Improve the Traditional Lecture–The Chronicle of Higher Education (Berrett, 2012)
Why do it?
- Moving content delivery outside the class frees up in-class time for collaboration, inquiry-based learning, peer instruction, and contact time between students and teachers.
- It encourages students to become responsible and active participants in their own learning.
- Content is available for review or remediation. While some students may take good notes during a lecture, having the lecture, or highlights of it, available for later review can help students reconnect to that content.
- It integrates well with the principles of Universal Design for Learning.
How to do it
Keep in mind that there is no single right way to implement the flipped method of instruction. Your students can benefit from even small modifications, such as incorporating more active learning techniques into the classroom and/or moving only some of the information dissemination outside of class. Whether you want to start out slowly or plan a complete course redesign, the Center for Teaching & Learning can consult with you on how to proceed. To start, we suggest that you consider points of the course where students typically need review or clarification, or where the class dynamic seems "flat" e.g., having poor attendance, low engagement, or evidence of decreased learning. A few approaches are to:
- move some of your introductory or review content out of the classroom. Create videos of your lectures, or parts of them, going into more detail on concepts that you know your students struggle with, historically. This allow students to "rewind the teacher" and review the content at their own pace.
- try implementing some active learning techniques into your classroom teaching, such as:
- » Question Box / Muddiest Point
Ask students to anonymously write down on a piece of paper something from the lesson that's unclear to them, a question they have about the content, or a problem they need help with. They can drop their questions into the box as they enter class (or at the end of class). Spend some time during each class time drawing from the box and answering the questions.
- » Jigsaw Exercise
There are many versions of this exercise, so this is an example of one of them. This activity has two parts.Part 1: The instructor identifies a list of topics (that are complex enough to be sufficiently challenging, while simple and focused enough to be manageable for this exercise). The students are organized into "expert groups" and are assigned one of the topics from the list. The goal is that they will become experts in that topic by researching, discussing, and preparing themselves to teach what they've learned to other students in the class.
Part 2: After the expert groups have had time to develop some expertise and prepare a lesson on their topic, they split up and the class forms into new "jigsaw groups" which consist of one member from each expert group. This allows each student in the jigsaw group to teach the others what they learned in their expert group.
For example, the instructor of an 18th C. English Lit class chooses five poets: Percy, Shelley, Keats, Wordsworth, and Coleridge. This means there will be five "expert groups," each studying one of these poets, instructed to focus on biographical information as well as looking into their work for themes of nature, idealism, and revolution.
Because there were five expert topic groups, there will be only five students in each jigsaw group. (Therefore, depending on the size of the overall class, there may be many jigsaw groups. Having only five students in each jigsaw group ensures that every student gets a chance to teach what they've learned.) The faculty/TAs move around the room listening and ensuring accuracy. Members of the jigsaw groups may be asked to complete brief evaluations of one another's lessons.
- » Think-Pair-Share
- This technique is one in which students are given a question or problem to quietly think (or write) about. Then they turn to a neighbor and discuss their responses. Pairs can then volunteer or be randomly called upon to share their ideas or demonstrate their problem solutions to the whole class. This can work well with clickers (read about clickers here) if a question is posed before and after to track how the pair/share process changes understanding or perspective.
- » Classroom Debates
- Classroom debates require students to learn about a subject from more than one perspective, to be able to think critically about it, and to be able to formulate and express persuasive arguments and counter-arguments. Tips for conducting a classroom debate can be found at eHow: How to Conduct a Classroom Debate. and Hold a Class Debate. A sample debate rubric can be found here.
How to get help
Please check the CTL calendar of events because we offer workshops each semester on both the flipped classroom and screencasting. To consult with an individual member of the CTL staff on how to implement flipped instruction, see our contact page. For general requests, write to email@example.com.
Articles and Resources
Video: Aaron Sams explaining why he flipped his classroom
Video: Flipped/Mastery Educational Model: Student Impressions, Jonathan Bergman & Aaron Sams
Media Articles
From The New York Times
» Turning Education Upside Down (Rosenberg 2013)
» Five Ways to Flip Your Classroom With The New York Times (Epstein Ojalvo, Doyne 2011)
From The Chronicle of Higher Education
» How "Flipping" the Classroom Can Improve the Traditional Lecture and
» Getting Students to Do the Reading: Pre-Class Quizzes
From Faculty Focus
» Looking for 'Flippable' Moments in Your Class (Honeycutt 2013)
From USA Today
» 'Flipped classrooms' may not have any impact on learning and Rebuttal/clarification from e-Literate
From Inside Higher Ed:
» Still in Favor of the Flip
From Slate
» What Is a "Flipped" Classroom? Is Your Kid in One Right Now?!
From The Flipped Learning Network
» The Flipped Learning Network website
The mission of the Flipped Learning Network is to provide educators with the knowledge, skills, and resources to successfully implement Flipped Learning. The network site is focused on a k-12 audience, but is a helpful resource for higher education, as well.
» FLN Podcasts
» The FLN definition statement [PDF]
» Flipped Learning in Higher Education (White Paper) Authors: Neil Aronson, Pearson Intern, Summer, 2013, Kari M. Arfstrom, Ph.D. Flipped Learning Network & Kenneth Tam, Pearson.
Flipping the Classroom to Solve the Time Problem
Avoiding the Flipped Learning Flop at West Point
Other Resources
From The Center for Digital Education
» The Flipped Classroom Increasing Instructional Effectiveness in Higher Education with Blended Learning Technology [PDF-4page]
From Campus Technology
» Flipping To Adapt to Multiple Learning Styles at Minnesota State University (Quirk Dorr 2013)
From Campus Technology
» 6 Expert Tips for Flipping the Classroom (Demski 2013)
From North Carolina State University Friday Institute
» FIZZ: Flipping the Classroom
From Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching
» Flipping the Classroom (Brame)


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The Inevitability Of Techno Moral Panics: But Think Of The Children
from the women-and-children-first dept
DannyB now points us to an interesting Wall Street Journal article that delves into the subject of technopanics, and how they almost always seem to target "women and children" first. It's the classic "for the children!" argument that we see all the time. In fact, the article highlights another techno moral panic we hadn't heard of before: around electricity:
If you electrify homes you will make women and children and vulnerable. Predators will be able to tell if they are home because the light will be on, and you will be able to see them. So electricity is going to make women vulnerable. Oh and children will be visible too and it will be predators, who seem to be lurking everywhere, who will attack.The article focuses on the research of Genevieve Bell, who has a theory on these kinds of technopanics, saying that they need to have these three conditions to really bring out the fear mongering:
- It has to change your relationship to time.
- It has to change your relationship to space.
- It has to change your relationship to other people.
Of course, for those of us who tend to be optimistic about new technology, and skeptical about the same old moral panics that almost never seem to have any evidence to back them up, there's not much to be done, other than to point out these historical similarities. Unfortunately, that rarely works for the new generation who always have something in their back pocket about why "this is different!" even though it almost never is.


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Jan. 18, 2007
Wheaton College Sports Information
NORTON, Mass.- The Wheaton College women's basketball team ran its winning streak to six games Wednesday night while remaining unbeaten in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC), as the Lyons collected a 62-29 triumph over MIT. The Lyons moved to 10-5 overall and 5-0 in the conference, while the Engineers slipped to 3-11 and 0-4.
After spotting MIT the game's first basket, the hosts sprinted to a 23-4 advantage with 8:31 to play in the first half and never looked back, as seven different Lyons players got into the scoring column during the stretch. The Engineers scored the next four points to make it 23-8 at 3:50, but a second three from Lauren Gosline pushed Wheaton's advantage to 18. The Blue and White was held scoreless for the rest of the frame as MIT tacked on four points to trail 26-12 at the break.
In the second half, the Engineers cut their deficit to 12 on a lay-up by Sharon Prange, but the Lyons pulled away for good with a 19-1 run during a 5:16 span to lead 45-15 at 11:30. Six different Wheaton players figured in the scoring, highlighted by consecutive deep-range shots from Jennie Pleat and Bri Smith. MIT got no closer than 27 the rest of the way, while the Lyons extended their advantage to as many as 35 with 15 seconds left to play.
Becky Aitchison was Wheaton's lone double-figure scorer with 10 points on 5-of-6 shooting in 18 minutes. Smith had nine points in 11 minutes, Gosline posted eight points and six rebounds, and Casey Sorbara, Krystin Hickey and Callie Schneider each had seven points. Andrea Bailey dished out a game-best five assists, while Kim McCormack had a game-high four steals.
For MIT, Kimberly Soo Hoo led the way with a game-high 12 points, while Prange finished with seven points and a game-best nine boards.


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Now that the horrible "Howl-Oween Special" has scarred you for life, here's a selection of Halloween-themed Warner cartoons, some of which were used in that awful thing. Watching these on their own is a MUCH more enjoyable experience!
"It's an Ill Wind"
"The Great Piggy Bank Robbery"
"Scaredy Cat"
"Bewitched Bunny"
"Hyde and Go Tweet"
"Water, Water, Every Hare"
"Broom Stick Bunny"
"Transylvania 6-5000"
"A Haunting We Will Go"
"Night of the Living Duck"
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Looney Tunes Halloween
Posted by Matthew Hunter at 7:23 PM
2 comments:
- Jon Cooke said...
Very nice playlist, Matthew. Having them in chronological order was a nice touch.
It looks like you really wanted to get the Howl-o-ween Special bumped off the main page :-P
- October 25, 2007 at 3:56 AM
Can someone please help me find this halloween cartoon that features a witch and she cackles while riding on her broom refilling her martini glass after everytime she downs it freaking hysterical. I can't remember who the main character was pretty sure it was looney tunes or could be tom a jerry
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Ansonia tops Prince Tech to advance to Class S semifinals
ANSONIA -- Star running back Arkeel Newsome was held to under 100 yards. Sophomore quarterback JaiQuan McKnight was missing receivers left and right. And it didn't matter.
In claiming a 53-16 victory, top-seeded Ansonia (12-0) made four first-half takeaways and placed constant defensive pressure on eighth-seeded Prince Tech (8-3) in a Class S quarterfinal game at Jarvis Stadium. The Chargers, who led 45-0 at the half, sat most of their starters in the second half.
Though the time and location are not set, Ansonia is slated to face fifth-seed Hyde Leadership this Sunday in the Class S semifinals.
"Hyde, they can fly," Ansonia coach Tom Brockett said. "They're very physical on defense and they've got some guys that can flat-out fly."
Despite being held in check in terms of yardage against Prince Tech, Newsome found pay-dirt five times, including touchdown runs of 6 and 10 yards in the opening quarter. Ansonia opened up an 18-0 lead as McKnight found a wide-open Andrew Matos for a 67-yard touchdown.
McKnight struggled otherwise on the offensive end, starting the game 1-for-8 passing, the lone completion being the bomb to Matos.
"I thought he was struggling," Newsome said, "I thought I had to carry the team a little bit."
Newsome carried the team, but so did the Chargers defense. Ansonia kept talented Prince Tech running back Rahkeem Jordan bottled up in the first half, while also forcing four turnovers before halftime. Newsome, McKnight and sophomore wide receiver/linebacker Witold Gul all had interceptions. Senior linebacker Ephrain Collins also recovered a fumble.
"You've got to start with great defense," Brockett said. "All year, but especially when you get into the playoffs."
Ansonia capitalized on short fields to add to its seemingly insurmountable lead, scoring twice within the Prince Tech 10 on Newsome runs. The junior back also added an electric 57-yard punt return as he stiff-armed a would-be tackler out of the way before weaving in and out of traffic for a touchdown.
In the locker-room post-game talk, Brockett praised Prince Tech for having some good athletes, but told his team that "now, it is really on," referring to Sunday's opponent: 10-1 Hyde.
"Now, we've got a team that's dying to beat this program, and guess what? We're dying for [them]," he said.
A--Arkeel Newsome 6 run (kick failed)
A--Newsome 10 run (run failed)
A--Andrew Matos 67 pass JaiQuan McKnight (kick blocked)
A--Newsome 57 punt return (Arthur Kwaskiewicz kick)
A--Newsome 1 run (Kwaskiewicz kick)
A--Matos 6 run (Kwaskiewicz kick)
A--Newsome 10 run (kick blocked)
PT--Rahkeem Jordan 2 run (Jordan run)
A--Tyler Bailey 7 run (Bailey run)
PT--Jordan 7 run (Jordan run)
Records: Ansonia 12-0, Ansonia 8-3.


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Another great investment for music composition is near-field monitors. You can get them relatively inexpensive (KRK 5" for $150 each). Headphones are good for most things for short periods of time, but they get old.
Generally speaking, studio monitors give a much flatter and more accurate response at all frequencies and volumes. More importantly (to me at least), they are very tough. I fuck up a lot and get a lot of loud honks and pops that would destroy normal speakers where monitors don't even bat an eye.
Another great investment for music composition is near-field monitors. You can get them relatively inexpensive (KRK 5" for $150 each). Headphones are good for most things for short periods of time, but they get old.
Oh yeah, that too.
Your tracking should be done with headphones, then you listen to the mix down on the monitors.
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Your tracking should be done with headphones, then you listen to the mix down on the monitors.
Why do you say that?
I do everything through the monitors. It's a more comfortable way for me to work. Well, unless I'm not at home and goofing around on the laptop. Then I'm using earbuds.
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Another aside, this has been one of my "we're living in the future" moments. I was in high school when Nine Inch Nails hit the scene and digital recording started to take off. First there were ADAT machines, then computer-based recording started to take off. I remember reading about Trent Reznor recording The Downward Spiral on a beefed-up PowerMac G3. Computers then wouldn't handle tons of instruments, they just did the tracking for you. You'd still have to hook up a bunch of outboard synths to generate sounds to go to tape.
I hated electronic music until Pretty Hate Machine was released. Then I saw the light.
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Now, at my desk right here I have a 15" laptop with Ableton and Komplete installed. It's basically a complete software studio I can throw in my backpack, with room left over for an audio interface, some MIDI controllers, and a couple mics. We're living in an age where guys like Sonny Moore can actually launch a music career with nothing but their own talent and well under $3k in hardware and software, and their whole "studio" can be carried around in a satchel.
I started composing with CakeWalk 3 and the FM synth on a Sound Blaster and moved up from there. I still have my Roland JV-1080 and Kurzweil K2000.
The difference in cost these days is amazing. Nowadays, any one of my works easily uses the equivalent of $50,0000 in hardware synths and effects.
Another thing I love about using VSTs is the practically unlimited number of voices. I'm not going to go into detail, but trying to get big sound out of a few 32-voice synths is HARD.
Yeah its pretty amazing what a powerful laptop and $1000 in software (daw+plugins+vst intruments) can accomplish. Theres still no substitute for analog gear like consoles, hardware EQ/comps etc. But the cost of replicating the amount of hardware eqs you could load vs its plugin subsitute would be mind blowing. You can spend $2600 or so for an API 2500 stereo compressor, or a few hundred for the plugin version which while wont sound as good as the real thing, at least you could put as many instances your rig can handle. Put the 2500 on 4 or or 8 stereo mix busses. To do that in the real world would cost you well over 10K just for that sound alone. Look at the UAD series, even the top of the line UAD card with all the plugins ($5000 or so). If you were to buy the hardware equivalents I'd reckon it would cost over a $100k easy.
Then there's the heat, power consumption (hardware consumes A LOT, you dont wanna know the costs of running an SSL console) and having to manually write down settings each time you change something. Also maintenance, those old tube comps/eqs require constant babying like the pultecs or especially the imfamous Fairchild 660 comp. The tubes for those things are pretty much out of existence these days.
With plugins (or in the box, i.e ITB) you not only save huge and have the ability run as many as you can handle for the initial price, you can save the settings instantly, automate them, transfer to other computers running the same stuff. The only big downside for me other than software will never accurately replicate all the vagaries of analog electronics, its the form factor. I hate using a mouse/keyboard for everything. Its so much more fun to be able to twist knobs and push buttons and get instant feedback. Yeah you can map MIDI knobs and buttons per control but this gets tiresome. However at least you can still use analog gear on s smaller level, i.e. hardware summing boxes, stuff like the API lunchbox etc. Do as much as you can ITB, then sum out your busses (i.e. drum mix, guitars, keys, bass, vocals etc) into stereo stems and run them though some nice hardware EQs/Comps to put some life into em. Makes such a big difference.
I remember reading an interview back in the 90s with Bill Leeb from Front Line Assembly talking about how they produced Hardwired iirc. Huge 92 channel SSl console, several Akai S1000 samplers (yall ever used those old Akai samplers? If you think its a pita with modern software like Kontakt, try working with those things. They sound great but man I cant imagine dicking around with several of them at once) and it was all done on 2" 24track tape. For electronic/industrial sound doing all that on modern software is rather easy. I can easily layer a ton of samples and what not, and have enough space not to run out of room, no so on hardware were real estate is limited. Plus I cant imagine how they pulled off the timing and sequencing using 90's based sofware (think they were using an Amiga).
Edit: The article was from Sound on Sound mag, you can read it here.
Your tracking should be done with headphones, then you listen to the mix down on the monitors.
Never heard of that one. You typically use headphones in the live room working with other musicians, or in a room where you cant use speakers (apartment, bedroom etc). But ppl track using monitors all the time. I never wear headphones unless I have to really.
Anyway yeah get the best monitors you can afford, but not before properly treating your room. This makes SUCH a huge difference its not even funny. Even a cheap sound treatment kit for $150 or so will make a pair of $500 monitors sound better than an untreated room with a pair of $1000 monitors. If you're doing a lot of electronic style music then maybe a sub would help as well, especially for those low bass frequencies cheap monitors typically cant replicate.
How do you guys treat your rooms in a non-invasive, not-ugly way? Can it be done?
Yeah thats usually a problem for those who rent. Well there are portable treament options that use stands. It'll be fugly but still I think its better to have treatment than none, although if you're lucky to be in an acoustically well sounding room you could make do. Something like Auralex ProMax. For a novice though I dont think its required. I just brought up the room treatment angle because I dont wanna see anyone spend a ton on good monitors and find out they wont sound that great in a crappy room. Best to get something in the middle and spend the rest on whatever you can to treat the room. If youre just starting out figure out music and the software than I wouldnt bother as theres more important things to spend cash on. There was a thread about this very issue for those in apartments on Gearslutz, I gotta see if I can find the link.
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I would suggest the Mackie MR5MK2.
I have these and love them.
I don't make music (interested in doing it at some point though, but... time is hard to find nowadays) but I am pimping zircon's newest album Identity Sequence everywhere (because it fucking rocks - seriously... track 9 - Colossus, GO LISTEN NOW!!) and he uses FL Studio.
ou818 wrote:
rafadavidc wrote:
I've never been a make-your-own-sounds guy. Just give me banks and banks and banks of presets with the ability to tweak them all to hell and back. Probably habit from having started on that 1010.
I always felt like I was cheating when I used stock sounds... like I was claiming somebody else's work as my own.
as a pianist, this strikes me as thoroughly absurd. (also, i just realized that my habit of using and tweaking stock sounds comes not from the 1010, but from being a pianist.)
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How do you guys treat your rooms in a non-invasive, not-ugly way? Can it be done?
I'm in a rental apartment and can't actually put anything up. Also the music studio happens to double as the computer work room. It's just the realities of space for me.
Probably the best way would be to build your own treatment panels. There are plans out there that basically involve building a 1x4 frame, filling it with some kind of dense material, then wrapping the thing in speaker cloth. If I were putting up panels in a rented room, I'd make several of those with some picture frame hooks on the back and just hang them like pictures. The advantage of DIY is you can make the size and shape however you want to look good in the room. Big panels, small panels, narrow tall panels, whatever. Pick a cover fabric that looks nice and matches the color scheme of the room, and it can look kind of like modern art.
I have monitors too to add to my pile. A pair of Mackie MR8's sit on stagetech stands on either side of my desk (that's right, you know your "computer speakers" are awesome when they can't fit on your desk ).
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I have monitors too to add to my pile. A pair of Mackie MR8's sit on stagetech stands on either side of my desk (that's right, you know your "computer speakers" are awesome when they can't fit on your desk ).
The push looks interesting, but I've got my eye on a bass guitar instead at present
I'll totally trade you.
How's a swamp ash Warwick Corvette Standard sound?
Jehos wrote:
Comp Guru wrote:
I have monitors too to add to my pile. A pair of Mackie MR8's sit on stagetech stands on either side of my desk (that's right, you know your "computer speakers" are awesome when they can't fit on your desk ).
The push looks interesting, but I've got my eye on a bass guitar instead at present
I'll totally trade you.
How's a swamp ash Warwick Corvette Standard sound?
Just got out of a serious jam. I must have been rockin for about 6 or 7 hours straight tonight, actually forgot to eat dinner at one point. Came up with some nice arpeggios and just started to build on top of em layer after layer, then happened upon some neat drum riffs. Spent the rest of the day experimenting with different drum samples. Not even close to mixing it yet, still tracking and dicking around, but its times like these where TV and movies and all that crap takes a backseat when you're in the groove creatively and dont wanna let go. Time sure does fly when you're having fun.
^^ funny you mention; this happened on the way out from work tonight. I was playing around with iMaschine on my 4S and really got into a good groove.
Awesome! That's the way to do it.
I don't make music, but I find this topic interesting. Would any of you care to post stuff you're working on?


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Tortoises in controversial US art exhibit removed
ASPEN, Colorado (AP) — Three tortoises wearing iPads for a controversial art exhibit have been removed at a veterinarian's request because of wet and cool weather in Aspen, Colorado.
The tortoises at the Aspen Art Museum were taken to an undisclosed conservation site on Monday, less than three weeks after the exhibit opened. The Aspen Art Museum says the conservation site will be the permanent home for the African sulcata tortoises.
The Aspen Times reports (http://bit.ly/VLIsJO ) that the museum insists the removal was not a response to backlash against the art installation. The tortoises each had two iPads affixed to their shells with a silicone epoxy, and more than 18,000 people signed a petition opposing the installation.
Though the tortoises have been removed, the exhibit will remain in Aspen through Oct. 5.
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Mt. Hood Meadows, Ltd., wants to hire a professional mediator to resolve long-standing differences with the Hood River Valley Residents Committee.
"A successful collaborative dispute resolution process is a win-win for all parties," said Dave Riley, Meadows general manager.
However, Mike McCarthy, HRVRC member, said the group has asked Riley to put Meadows' development plans on the table and explain the company's "vision" for the mountain before they will accept that offer.
"We would be very interested in proceeding ahead then," said McCarthy.
Since Riley's offer in June the HRVRC has been instrumental in forming the Cooper Spur Wild and Free Coalition. The new CSWFC is comprised of representatives from environmental and recreation organizations and dedicated to blocking any development that would "destroy the last remaining wilderness area" on Mt. Hood.
"They need to remember that Cooper Spur Mountain Resort includes 775 acres of private land, and they cannot confuse that with the public land," said Riley. "They are continually misstating that our permit area and private land is a wilderness, when that classification has not been given to either of those properties."
The formation of the new land-use watchdog group parallels Meadows' formal request in July that the county map sites eligible for a destination resort within its borders. The review, expected to be completed within the next two months, will determine whether all or part of Meadows private land in the vicinity of Cooper Spur meets the state criteria for the development.
Also included on the CSWFC steering committee are representatives from: Friends of Mt. Hood, Mazamas, Oregon Nordic Club, Sierra Club, Oregon Natural Resources Council, Oregon Wildlife Federation, and the Northwest Environmental Defense Center, Friends of Tilly Jane, and BARK (a network of volunteers dedicated to protecting Oregon's public forests).
"The HRVRC has opposed everything we've done for decades, a cost of time, energy and goodwill for everyone," said Riley.
The HRVRC was established in 1977 to protect farm and forestlands within the county. It successfully led the battle against a previous Meadows' proposal for a destination resort in the early 80s.
As Meadows' lays the groundwork for another development proposal, Riley would like to establish a process to:
Improve relations between the two groups.
Establish long-term certainty about development size and scale at Meadows, the private property surrounding the Inn at Cooper Spur related to that ski area.
Jointly gain better control of respective interests on and around Mt. Hood.
As one option for guiding the proposed dispute resolution process, Riley suggested that the HRVRC consider guidelines in a text produced by the state of Oregon, "Collaborative Approaches: A Handbook for Public Policy Decision-Making and Conflict Resolution."
"Talking things out, sharing information and reaching agreements is the responsible approach to problem solving," he said.
Riley said the mediation process could also address HRVRC's publicly stated concerns about the dimensions of the project and its effect on the environment.
He said shared information "creates long-term certainty as to the types of uses and limits of development."
In a published position statement, the CSWFC opposes expansion or construction of commercial enterprises on the mountain, favoring natural recreation opportunities.
"Specifically, we believe wide sectors of the public should benefit from public property, and that Mt. Hood should be noncommercial wherever possible," outlines the non-profit group.
Riley agrees that the public should benefit from outdoor activities on the mountain but said the U.S. Forest Service reiterated this week the importance of private/public partnerships. He said the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Ski Areas Association clearly outlines the logic behind having private businesses manage and develop ski areas and not have taxpayers incur that expense.
"Last year our two ski areas hosted over 413,000 people who came to enjoy their National Forest — which means we obviously have a large number of people who want the services we are providing on the public land," said Riley.
To ensure that public use did not adversely affect the natural resources on Mt. Hood, Riley said Meadows invited the HRVRC to participate in discussions this summer about how the company could support ecologic, economic and social sustainability as a member of the Oregon Natural Step Network. But McCarthy said the HRVRC does not want to become involved in that process until they are reassured that it is not just a public relations ploy.
"The first thing we want to do is to see if there is any substance to the program before we get involved," McCarthy said.
Riley said McCarthy and the HRVRC do not seem to understand that mediation is not about controlling discussions but about working out a plan that is acceptable to all parties.
"I'm terribly disappointed that they are not willing to put their positions aside so we can explore mutually acceptable alternatives. That's what problem solving is all about — this makes me think they don't really want to solve the dispute," he said.
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Lalli Captures 2010 Melges 32 World Championship Title
25 September 2010
San Francisco, California - Congratulations to 26-year old Luca Lalli on B-Lin Sailing as he has clinched the 2010 Melges 32 World Championship title, two points ahead of his strongest adversary John Porter on Full Throttle. Aboard Lalli's Melges 32 was tactician Lorenzo Bressani, Flavio Favini, Federico Michetti, Carlo Zermini, Luca Faravelli, Lorenzo Del Rio and Stefano Nicolussi. Jeff Ecklund on STAR had a phenomenal week pulling up to secure third overall.
With two additional races on PRO John Craig's agenda, ultra light conditions greeted the fleet as they made their way out to Berkeley Circle for the final showdown between top seated Lalli, Porter and Andy Lovell on Rougarou. With a mere 6 knots of breeze, the fleet went racing with Don Jesberg onViva rounding the top mark in first, followed by Yukihiro Ishida's Yasha Samurai, then Alex Jackson'sLeenabarca in third. The three raced downwind with Jesberg holding on for first with Lovell coming in from the right to slide in for second. Back upwind Lovell stretched his lead with Ishida overtaking Jesberg. Lovell took the win, Ishida was second. Porter, although rounding the first mark about mid-fleet, recovered well to challenge Jesberg for the third position at the finish. Jesberg had a little more momentum, just barely making the line to take third. Porter settled for fourth. Ecklund was fifth.
At this stage of the day, Porter had the title in hand with a one-point advantage over Lalli. As the race committee scrambled to fire off the second race of the day, prior to the 2:30 p.m. cut-off, teams were just as anxious to get in one more heat. The breeze was still light and fickle, lots of sunshine and flat seas prevailed as they went into almost immediate sequence once the line was set, Z-flag in effect. As the fleet approached the line, the first start resulted in a general recall with a Z-flag penalty applied to Porter and Kip Meadows on roXanne. Jackson, on the other hand shot off the line making a lane for the top spot around the mark, followed by Steve Howe on Warpath and Pieter Taselaar's Bliksem rounding third, Lalli in fourth. Firmly in the lead, Jackson took the win with Howe maintaining a second. Lalli finished third, sealing the deal for the championship win and title a substantial 11 points ahead of second overall Porter.
On behalf of the International Melges 32 Class Association, a very special thanks to every team that traveled to make this the largest Melges 32 Worlds ever. A great round of appreciation is extended to PRO John Craig and his entire race office staff, especially Melanie Roberts, Regatta Chair Nadine Franzyck and the St. Francis Yacht Club for the warm reception and hospitality. Extra special thanks to Sailgroove's Chris Love, St. Francis Yacht Club Junior Director Mike Kalin and guest commentator Offshore Rules' Justin Chisholm, presented by Velocitek.
T2Ptv has been on site all week long filming the 2010 Melges 32 Worlds. Please check out their website this upcoming week as a highlight reel will be posted.
The 2011 Melges 32 World Championship takes place on September 20-25 in Palma de Mallorca, hosted by Real Club Nautico de Palma.
Top Ten Results (After 10 races, 1 discard)
1.) Luca Lalli/Lorenzo Bressani, B-lin Sailing; [15]-6-1-8-8-2-7-4-9-3 = 48
2.) John Porter/Jonathan McKee, Full Throttle; 3-[23]-10-4-4-11-4-2-4-17/ZFP = 59
3.) Jeff Ecklund/Harry Melges III, STAR; 6-[19]-9-13-1-8-1-10-5-10 = 63
4.) Andy Lovell/Johnny Lovell, Rougarou; 2-4-3-25-13-6-8-6-1-[31] = 68
5.) Steve Howe/Morgan Larson, Warpath; [33/DSQ]-9-17-5-12-1-11-7-13-2 = 77
6.) Alex Jackson/Rob Greenhalgh, Leenabarca; 10-5-4-21-6-5-[24]-21-8-1 = 81
7.) Doug Douglas/Russell Coutts, Goombay Smash; 13-1-14-1-[25]-9-9-16-20-4 = 87
8.) Joe Woods/Paul Goodison, Red; 7-20-5-9-10-[33/DNF]-6-8-11-5-6-17 = 88
9.) Pieter Taselaar/Jeremy Wilmot, Bliksem; [23]-12-2-14-2-13-16-22-11-5 = 97
10.) Yukihiro Ishida/Tony Rey, Yasha Samurai; 4-21-11-16-11-[24]-17-5-2-12 = 99
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Lone Star College-Montgomery's Performing Arts Center and Delta Psi Omega, the college's chapter of the national theatre honor society, are starting off their spring semester with the Actors Workshop, running February 21 to 23, at 7:30 p.m. each evening, with a special matinee performance on February 23, at 2:30 p.m.
The Actors Workshop will feature a variety of scenes that are student produced, as well as the short play Power Lunch by Alan Ball.
The Actors Workshop, running Feb. 21-23 at Lone Star College-Montgomery, features a short play, Power Lunch by Alan Ball, where a highly ambitious couple battles for power and control of their relationship even though they've just met. Tickets are $5.
"The audience is invited to see our students showcase their artistic talent," said Chase Waites, drama department chair at LSC-Montgomery. "Allowing the students to create their own work and try it out in front of an audience is the best teaching tool we have. Some of our department's most exciting work comes out of the Actors Workshop."
In Power Lunch, a highly ambitious couple battles for power and control of their relationship even though they've just met. They are so serious that they even use the wait staff as tools of jealousy. The show contains adult content and language, so parental discretion is advised.
"The short play is produced solely by students," said Waites. "The scene work is what the students will use as scholarship audition pieces,"
The Actors Workshop will be running in the college's Performing Arts Center (Building D) in the Black Box Theatre (Room 204). General admission tickets are $5.
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LSC-Montgomery is located at 3200 College Park Drive, one-half mile west of Interstate 45, between Conroe and The Woodlands. For more information about the college, call 936.273.7000, or visit www.LoneStar.edu/montgomery.
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KNOX — Fourteen children and two adults, including the driver were taken to IU Health Starke Hospital this morning after the Marshall - Starke Head Start Bus they were traveling in, bus No. 37 was hit by a commercial flatbed vehicle.
Knox City Police are investigating the accident, which happened at the intersection of U.S. 35 and Lake Street, in Knox, at 7:57 a.m.
According to the police report, witnesses at the scene said the Marshall-Starke Head Start bus was crossing U.S. 35 and had the right away. The driver of the commercial flatbed allegedly blew the red light and crashed into the bus.
A representative of the hospital said all of the children were treated for minor injuries at IU Health Starke Hospital.
"Indiana University Health Starke Hospital saw 14 children and two adults this morning as a result of the accident. All 14 children have been seen and some were treated for minor bumps and bruises at the IU Health Starke Hospital Emergency Room. All 14 children have been released to their parents. As of this point, all of those involved in the collision have been discharged from the hospital, including the adults," said Neil Mangus, director of marketing, La Porte and Starke Indiana University Health.
The driver of the commercial truck was uninjured.
The names of the drivers are not being released until family has been notified. The accident remains under investigation, and drug and alcohol tests are pending.
The Knox City police Department was assisted by Starke County EMS, Knox Fire Department and the Starke County Sheriff's Department.


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The market for large enterprise software is set to grow at up to 9% a year until 2010, but the software support service will suffer a slump in growth, according to market research company Ovum.
Ovum's David Mitchell told technology law podcast OUT-LAW Radio that in certain sectors the technology market would enjoy massive growth, but in others growth would slow to effectively zero.
"By the end of this decade we'll be talking about a £6.44 billion market for software in the UK, a really substantial market," he said. "Compared to 2003 you're getting close to a doubling of the market size in seven years."
Mitchell was delivering a technology forecast based on Ovum research, and said that large industrial-scale software such as that produced by SAP or Oracle was the business to be in.
"In terms of some of the key growth areas within software, the business applications area is going to stay growing, that's going to make approximately 9% growth all the way through to 2010," he said.
"Some of the areas that are growing less are the support services market. That's growing at about 3% per annum through to the end of the decade; that's relatively flat. If you subtract inflation from those figures, that's a relatively static market," said Mitchell. Companies in that business should be thinking about producing products and producing and licensing intellectual property, he said.
Mitchell was critical of the current fashion for convergence which sees IT firms, telecoms companies and software houses all offering each others' products and services. This would not, he predicted, be a strategy that is likely to meet with significant success. "The people for me who are doing best are those who stick to their knitting and do what they're good at," he said.
"I'm counting convergence as one of those things that is a lot talked about, there's a lot of money being spent on it, but it's not one that I personally think that is one of the huge ones to watch for a lot of money to be made out of it."
Mitchell was confident that social networking sites, currently the darlings of the investment community, would be able to earn out the large sums being invested in them. "I think some of these could prove not to be overpaid, but they'll need very careful engineering to ensure that the benefits come out," he said. "It does have some of the uncertainty of the late '90s but I don't think it has got some of the silliness of the late '90s yet."
Mitchell was speaking at an event organised by ScotlandIS, the trade body for software, telecomms and IT in Scotland.


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Meet the littlest model to make a splash in the media. Ryan is getting kudos from all over for his appearance in children's clothing ads for Target and Nordstrom, reports Adweek's Adfreak blog, because he's adorable—and has Down syndrome.
What people are most excited about is the fact that Target and Nordstrom placed Ryan in the ad alongside children without Down syndrome and didn't call attention to his condition. He wasn't part of a Down Syndrome Week celebration and neither company released any press materials about their use of a child with Down syndrome. Parents of children with Down syndrome are excited to see their children reflected in a way that acknowledges their children are wonderful, perfectly normal kids. They applaud Target and Nordstrom for taking a big step toward acceptance and understanding of children with disabilities.
Plus: A Special Joy: Babies with Down Syndrome
Ryan's mom posted a comment on the popular dad blog Noah's Dad: "We are very pleased that Nordstrom placed Ryan in their catalog. The whole process of modeling is an extreme confidence booster for him. He received so much warmth and caring from the Nordstrom crew that he thought they were there just for him! We are honored that Ryan is making the Down syndrome community proud. He is a beautiful boy inside and out. He makes us better parents, and a better family."
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One of John Lennon's molars was sold to a Canadian dentist for $31,200 at auction this weekend, according to CNN. From the story:
Michael Zuk, a Canadian dentist, is claiming responsibility for the winning bid. Omega Auction House, which sold the tooth, did not immediately respond to requests for comment Saturday.
Lennon gave the tooth to Dorothy "Dot" Jarlett when she worked as his housekeeper at his Kenwood home in Weybridge, Surrey, according to her son, Barry. Jarlett, who was employed between 1964 and 1968, developed a warm relationship with Lennon, her son said.
"She was very close with John, and one day whilst chatting in the kitchen, John gave my mother the tooth (he had been to the dentist to have it removed that day) and suggested giving it to my sister as a souvenir, as she was a huge Beatles fan," he said. "It has been in the family ever since."
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Macon, Ga. (August 20, 2009) - With the season opener just days away, the ETSU women's soccer team was selected sixth in the 2009 Atlantic Sun Conference Preseason Coaches Poll the league office announced, Thursday.
Three-time A-Sun champion Kennesaw State enters the fall as the favorite in conference competition as they picked up six first-place votes to headline the poll with 116 points. The Owls finished second in the A-Sun regular season a year ago and are led by A-Sun Preseason Player of the Year Maylee Attin-Johnson.
Defending regular season champion Mercer was picked second on the ballot with 112 votes, while Florida Gulf Coast was tabbed third with 89. Rounding out the results is 2009 A-Sun Tournament champion Belmont (87), Jacksonville (70), ETSU (64), Stetson (57), Campbell (42), Lipscomb (21), and USC Upstate (20).
The Bucs have a lot to be excited about heading into the 2009 season. ETSU finished its exhibition matches unbeaten with wins over King College and Winthrop last week. In the process ETSU outscored its opponents 6-0.
The league also announced Thursday that senior forward Jordan Monty (Mesquite, Texas) was named to the 2009 A-Sun Preseason All-Conference team. The two-time A-Sun Second Team member, and 2007 A-Sun Freshman of the Year, was one of three unanimous choices by the league's coaches this season. The dynamic offensive threat led the Bucs in goals, assists, game-winning goals and points last fall.
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On Saturday night, the Gauchos ended their season on a sour note, falling to the University of Pacific in a five game, two hour-11 minute marathon match. The loss came despite UCSB claiming the first two games of the contest, as the Gauchos were unable to close out on the Tigers.
Game scores for the match went 20-25, 24-26, 25-18, 25-23, 15-12. UCSB finished the year with an overall record of 7-19. Their 5-17 record in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation matches tied Pacific for the tenth best record in the conference.
Coming into the week with a chance at sneaking into the eighth and final playoff seed, the Gauchos ended up three games back of Cal State Northridge, who earned the No. 8 seed with an 8-14 record.
Freshman outside hitter Kevin Donohue was the key to the Gauchos' early success. Kevin recorded 14 of his career-high 22 kills and swung at an incredible .565 clip in the first two games. Kevin would finish the match with a .306 hitting percentage, nine digs, and three blocks.
In addition, Donohue's line tied Dylan Davis' 22 kills on Feb. 29 at Cal State Northridge for the highest single-match kill output of the season for UCSB. With the lofty total, Donohue eclipsed the 200-kill mark for the season, finishing the year with 204- second best on the squad.
Senior outside hitter Blaine Nielsen capped off his Gaucho career with perhaps his best performance at UCSB. Blaine tied his career high- set on the first match of the season on Jan. 6 against Ohio State- with 13 kills. Nielsen also had a career and match high with 16 digs to give the Corona Del Mar native his first career double-double.
Donohue and Nielsen's efforts were not enough to lead the Gauchos to victory however, as the Tigers rallied from an 0-2 deficit, drawing on the strenth of their seniors who were honored in a pre-match ceremony.
Sean Daley led his squad with 17 kills, while Florian Gornik chipped in another 10. Dylan Walker and Ryan Spencer, the other Pacific seniors, also saw action in the first game, combining for four kills.
The proficiency of UCSB's attack dropped off the table after the second game, as reflected in their hitting percentages. In the first two games, the Gauchos hit a collective .323. They hit just .171 in the final three games.
Junior setter Oliver Deutschman was able to dish out 60 assists on the night, the most by a UCSB setter this season. Oliver was also able to contribute seven digs.
Miles Evans had yet another productive night for the Gauchos, recording 17 kills and seven digs. Evans finished the season with 325 kills, tops for UCSB attackers.
Sophomore libero Chad Kingi finished his season with a 13 dig performance. Kingi ended the season having recorded 10 or more digs in 10 of his team's 26 matches.


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Earth Revealed: Introductory Geology "Mountain Building and the Growth of Continents" Shows how major mountain belts and continents have evolved.G
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Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish "Cuadros (Paintings)" This episode covers physical descriptions and features the paintings of El Greco, Velazquez and Goya.G
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Clifford The Big Red Dog "Little Clifford/Welcome to Birdwell Island" Little Clifford - In this flashback story, we learn how Emily and Clifford got together and how Emily's unconditional love changed the "runt" of the litter into the biggest dog around! Welcome To Birdwell Island - This flashback episode tells the story ofthe day the Howards moved to Birdwell Island. The town is full of preconceived ideas about how "a big dog can mean big problems" for the island, but they soon learn that Clifford has much to offer, and that they shouldn't make assumptions before they know the facts. D
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Arthur "Is That Kosher/Never Never Never" Is that Kosher? - Joan Rivers lends her voice as Francine's sharp-tongued grandma, Bubba, in this episode about family traditions and communal celebration. Francine's convinced that she can fast on Yom Kippur just like her older sister. But then Arthur wins a free pizza party for all his friends for that very same day! Will Francine be able to resist? With Bubba's help, Francine learns that there's more to the special holiday than making it through a fast. D
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Martha Speaks "Martha Speaks Martha Gets Spooked/Martha Changes Her Luck" Martha Gets Spooked - Is someone fixing up the haunted house? If not, who ordered those flowers? Martha Changes Her Luck - Uh-oh. Martha walked under a ladder-and broke a mirror-so now she thinks she's jinxed.G
8:00 am
Curious George "The Inside Story/A Monkey, A Plan, A Canal" George dreams that he and Gnocchi are chasing the germs that are giving him a cold out of his body.G
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Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "When I Grow Up/Doing It Differently" When I Grow Up - Sally and Nick are trying to guess what they'll be when they grow up when the Cat drops in for a visit. Cat is sure Nick and Sally will never guess what his friend Puggle will be when she grows up. When they see her, they start guessing right away! A frog? A duck? No, a beaver! They discover that, while Puggle may have some similarities to other creatures, she will grow up to be a duck billed platypus! Doing It Differently - Nick and Sally can't seem to find Harvey the guinea pig. D
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Super Why! "The Cookbook" Whyatt wants to bake Baby Joy a special birthday cake - but he doesn't know how! Super Why and his friends soar into a new kind of book - a cookbook - and get the information they need from a rhyming chef with a silly sense of humor as well as a recipe for fun! In the end, Whyatt learns how to cook up the perfect birthday for his little sister.G
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Dinosaur Train "Dinosaur Big City, Pt. 1/Dinosaur Big City, Pt. 2" Dinosaur Big City Part I - Buddy and the Pteranodon family begin their journey on the Dinosaur Train, gathering all their Theropod friends together to travel to a really big Theropod Club Convention which is being held in Laramidia, the "Dinosaur Big City"! Dinosaur Big City Part II - The Pteranodon family continues their journey to the Theropod Convention in Laramidia, the Dinosaur Big City! Among the Theropod dinosaurs that ride the Train with them is King Cryolophosaurus, who sings his songs "Big Ol' Whistle-Stop Rock-n-Roll Dinosaur Tour" and "Whole Lotta Theropods"!. D
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Sesame Street "Jack's Big Jump" Jack Be Nimble is getting ready for his big jump over eight candlesticks! He tries to jump over them, but instead he knocks them over and falls. Jack runs away and hides. He messed up and now is having trouble jumping. D
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Sid The Science Kid "Save The Stump!" Sid is super excited because his Dad is clearing out space in the yard for a basketball court! While Sid and Dad are surveying the land, Sid notices a big stump teeming with little creatures! During a special field trip to The Science Center, Sid and his friends discover that there are animal habitats all around us, even in old stumps, and if one habitat is destroyed, all of the other habitats and animals are affected. (Educational objective - Habitats). D
11:30 am
WordWorld "Dog's Camping Adventure/V Is for Vacation" Dog's Camping Adventure: Pig and Frog take Dog on his first camping trip. When they lose one of the letters to their TENT, it's Dog who overcomes his fear and finds it in the dark forest.along with a monster! V is for Vacation: The weather is turning colder, and Duck is ready for his yearly vacation (migration). D
12:00 pm
Caillou "Friends" Caillou's Grandma is surprised when Caillou tells her he doesn't have any friends. She reminds him about Clementine, Leo, his cat Gilbert, and tells him that even his sister Rosie is his friend. Then, Caillou makes a brand-new friend. D
12:30 pm
Barney & Friends "Pistachio and Full Team Ahead" Pistachio: Barney is snacking on pistachios.and just can't seem to stop! His young friends try to help by hiding them from Barney. When that doesn't work, they tell him a story to help him stop eating pistachios. D
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Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "When I Grow Up/Doing It Differently" When I Grow Up - Sally and Nick are trying to guess what they'll be when they grow up when the Cat drops in for a visit. Cat is sure Nick and Sally will never guess what his friend Puggle will be when she grows up. When they see her, they start guessing right away! A frog? A duck? No, a beaver! They discover that, while Puggle may have some similarities to other creatures, she will grow up to be a duck billed platypus! Doing It Differently - Nick and Sally can't seem to find Harvey the guinea pig. D
1:30 pm
Zoboomafoo "Horses" The Kratt brothers and Zoboomafoo spend some time with a foal and her mother, a strong Belgian horse. Along the way, they learn everything there is to know about a horse, also, zebras visit Animal Junction.G
2:00 pm
Curious George "The Inside Story/A Monkey, A Plan, A Canal" George dreams that he and Gnocchi are chasing the germs that are giving him a cold out of his body.G
2:30 pm
Martha Speaks "Martha Speaks Martha Gets Spooked/Martha Changes Her Luck" Martha Gets Spooked - Is someone fixing up the haunted house? If not, who ordered those flowers? Martha Changes Her Luck - Uh-oh. Martha walked under a ladder-and broke a mirror-so now she thinks she's jinxed.G
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The Electric Company "The Incredible Return-A-Ball" Marcus sees a commercial for Francine's latest invention, The Return-a-ball, a ball that is supposed to come right back to you when you throw it. He can't resist buying it, but quickly discovers that it doesn't work. The rest of The Electric Company pitches in to help Marcus prove that Francine faked her commercial so he can get his pride and his money back. D
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WordGirl "Have Snob, Will Travel/Tobey's Playground Calamity" HAVE SNOB, WILL TRAVEL - Unable to choose the most valuable items to steal, The Butcher kidnaps Reginald the jeweler and uses him for his knowledge of fine artifacts. Amidst a fence painting contest, Becky must put her paint brush down so that WordGirl can rescue Reginald and stop the Butcher's stealing spree. Vocabulary Words: Formal, Fret. D
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Wild Kratts "Raptor Roundup" Martin and Chris challenge themselves to ID as many hawks, eagles, owls, falcons and vultures as they can. But the evil endangered species chef, Gaston Gourmand has his own plan for the raptors and has been capturing them all in his quest to find the tastiest bird wing. Will the Wild Kratts team succeed in rescuing the raptors before they become Gourmand's next gourmet delicacy? They'll have to use everything they know about classification and birds of prey - to round up the raptors and return them to where they belong - living free and in the wild!. D
4:30 pm
Cyberchase "The Emperor Has Snow Clothes" Hacker has crowned himself Emperor of Penguia and deposited the real emperor as a frozen statue in a distant corner of the site. The CyberSquad arrives just as a crippling snowstorm makes its way across Penguia in a path that seems destined to collide with their rescue. Digit uses updates on the storm's progress from cyberweathercaster Stormy Gale (Janice Huff) to help the kids track the storm. D
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Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman "How to Really Train Your Dog" Uncle MacRuffmantosh is hot on the trail of the Helmet of Victory! He's chartered a train scheduled to arrive at the helmet's hidden location-but the train is riddled with riddles. Ruff sends the six FETCHers to figure out the riddles on the train, which will unlock a mysterious briefcase. But there are others who won't stop until THEY get the briefcase. D
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Nightly Business Report McDonald's is getting a new leader, what the change means for the nation's biggest burger chain. New York Correspondent Erika Miller reports. Fresh worries about a slowdown in China take the wind out of Wall Street's sails. D
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Doc Martin "Born with a Shotgun" Tempers flare as sleepless nights take their toll on Martin and Louisa, trying to comfort their wailing baby. Aunt Ruth is dealing with a thief who has stolen the hub caps from her car. A patient tells Martin she believes her son is trying to poison her.G
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Outdoor Idaho "Canyonlands Calling" Cameras roam desert expanses, narrow canyons, mountains and rock formations of the southwest corner of Idaho. Participants reveal how eight years of collaborative effort among many interests can culminate in the federal Owyhee Initiative that includes many uses, including designated wilderness.G
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Dialogue "Food Safety and Biomedical Research" How safe is our nation's food system? Carolyn Bohach is a microbiologist from the University of Idaho who specializes in studying E. coli and food safety. This week on Dialogue, host Joan Cartan-Hansen talks with Bohach about her research and ways we can prevent E. coli breakouts.G
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MI-5 Newly recruited Beth Bailey feels the pressure when she goes underground for MI5 for the first time. She is tasked with protecting an influential oil baron. The team receives information that indicates there will be an assassination attempt but an ambush throws everything off course.G
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Independent Lens "Pushing The Elephant" When civil war comes to Rose's Congolese village, she is separated from her 5-year-old daughter, Nangabire. Rose manages to escape with nine of her 10 children and resettles in Phoenix, Arizona. After more than a decade, mother and daughter are reunited in the U.S. and now must come to terms with the past.G
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Baraboo, Wis. – Accelerated Genetics is pleased to announce Amy VanderMark as Vice President Domestic Sales. In her position, VanderMark will be responsible for providing leadership, guidance, and strategic planning for the domestic sales team. She will be based out of the Administrative Headquarters in Baraboo, Wis. VanderMark joins Accelerated Genetics with a vast knowledge base of the agricultural industry, and especially the artificial insemination sector. Her prior employment experience includes business and management positions held in the areas of progeny testing, mating services, business analyzing, customer operations, and most recently, developing business plans and marketing strategies for sales areas in both the United States and Canada.
"I am excited to have Amy on board. Her knowledge and experience of the A.I. industry will be a tremendous asset to the sales team as well as the management staff. As we develop target growth areas, Amy's expertise in developing business strategies will be invaluable," comments Joel Groskreutz, Accelerated Genetics' President and Chief Executive Officer.
VanderMark is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, and holds a bachelors degree in Animal Science. She and her husband, Kelly, reside in Portage, Wis
Accelerated Genetics is a global provider of bovine genetics and research, reproductive services, and solution-based animal health products. With a focus on People, Products and Pride, the Accelerated Genetics vision is to be the producer's trusted first choice.